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Switchblade Sisters (1975)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:10

Rotten:9

Average Rating:5.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Quentin Tarantino brought this gleefully over-the-top exploitation classic to a new generation with its re-release through his Rolling Thunder production company in 1996. The story chronicles the... Quentin Tarantino brought this gleefully over-the-top exploitation classic to a new generation with its re-release through his Rolling Thunder production company in 1996. The story chronicles the Dagger Debs, gang girlfriends of the Daggers. When sexy new girl on the block Maggie (Joanne Nail) joins the gang and befriends its tough-talking leader Lace (Robbie Lee), she arouses the jealousy of Patch (Monica Gayle), Lace's former right-hand woman, and catches the eye of Lace's boyfriend (Asher Brauner), the stud leader of the Daggers. When he's shot down at a bloody roller rink gunfight, Maggie steps in as leader and enlists the help of a tough band of black militants in getting revenge. Through it all, Patch keeps driving a wedge between Maggie and Lace, leading to treachery, and more bloodshed. Acclaimed exploitation director Jack Hill (COFFY, FOXY BROWN) invests this gem with his strong character development, colorful action, and zingy dialogue, and the result is a truly rewarding trash experience. With everything from lesbian prison brawls to machine gun warfare, this film deserves its high cult status and should be considered required viewing for 1970s exploitation fans. [More]

Starring: Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail, Monica Gayle, Janice Karman

Starring: Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail, Monica Gayle, Janice Karman, Kitty Bruce, Marlene Clark, Asher Brauner, Don Stark

Director: Jack Hill

Director: Jack Hill
Screenwriter: F. X. Maier, Jack Hill, John Prizer
Producer: John Prizer

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Reviews for Switchblade Sisters

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Like most things that fall over into the ever expanding trap of 70s revivalism, it's kitsch and it's fun but in a rather restricted way.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob McCabe
Bob McCabe
Empire Magazine
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This is a film with all the itchily sweet passion of a Shangri-Las anthem, cranked up to full volume.

Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment Comment
03/05/02
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Sight and Sound
N/R

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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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A nifty little movie, full of all the lurid teases, off-the-cuff production values, and trenchant topicality that make exploitation movies the fascinating cultural time capsules and filmmaking treasures that they are.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

This movie never pretends to be more than what it is, which is pure exploitation.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Kat Giantis
Kat Giantis
Boxoffice Magazine

Badly acted, written and directed.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

The gung-ho corniness, colorful characters, and unflinching bad-ass attitude are just so damn entertaining, and Hill is never apologetic...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
07/10/07
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
N/R

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04/09/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

No review available.

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07/06/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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03/06/05
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

A terrific example of efficient, resourceful filmmaking, and its depiction of urban ills is, if anything, all too prophetic.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/14/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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To watch Switchblade Sisters is to visit a never-never land of shopworn media images colliding in a tabloid high school of the mind.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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01/01/00
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Philadelphia City Paper

No review available.

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11/17/03
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

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01/01/00
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
rec.arts.movies.reviews

A 1975 exploitation dud, this is the kind of movie Cinemax screens late at night. It's not just bad, it's execrable.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Just good enough to make it understandable why someone else might really like it. And it's just bad enough to make you wonder about such a person.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

Switchblade, like most of its genre cousins, tries to live up to the impact of its generative poster, and it comes very close to delivering what the artwork promises.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob Stephens
Bob Stephens
San Francisco Examiner

So hilarious, so trashy, and so utterly enjoyable that it truly must be seen to be believed.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
 
 
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