Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Adam Peters (23%) What should have been fun example of 80's trash cinema sadly leaves a bad taste in the mouth. All the elements were there, the great cheesy soundtrack, the sleazy plot, the cast/setting, all good. But the rape scene featured is so amazingly poorly judged beyond all moral reason that it pretty much ruins the whole movie. Grotesquely the scene in question is intercut back and forth with a borderline soft-core porn scene involving Linda Blair cat-fighting a completely naked girl in the showers. So what kind of response is the director trying to achieve here? To be honest I don't really want to know as it just feels like the man is more of a sleazy pervert than an actual film maker. If the movie overall was handled a little better it could have been a minor classic, but its sexulisation of abuse (intended or not) is really too morally backward - even for a mid-budget sleaze picture - to warrant praise from me.

chribren "Savage Streets" is a Grindhouse/Action movie from 1984, directed by Danny Steinmann.Basic plot: A group of tough girls, lead by Brenda (Linda Blair), are walking out in slutty-looking clothes at night, when Brenda's deaf-and-mute sister Heather gets hit by a car driven by the Scars (a gang of bad boys). Heather is okay, but the other girls get mad at the boys.In one fine school day, Heather gets gang raped by the Scars, and badly hurt. Later on one of the boys throws Brenda's best friend Francine off a bridge and kill her. And Brenda is soon to get to know the truth.This film is no doubt one of the best Grindhouse action movies of the 80s I've seen. The film really seems to have taken inspirations from some other revenge-flicks like Eastwood-, Bronson, or Pam Grier-movies of the 70s, the film is just a little bit more brutal. Here Linda Blair really kicks ass as the girl gang leader Brenda, especially during the climatic revenge sequence. The soundtrack is somewhat cool as well. But the gang rape scene is somewhat graphic and might be disturbing to some viewer. Oh, let's not forget there are several scenes of full female nudity as well.The Danish DVD version I have is completely uncut and runs for 93 full minutes. Thankfully I was in Copenhagen on vacation and bought this film. Recommended if you like Grindhouse action movies with revenge as the theme on the film. I give this film a well deserved 10/10.An another Grindhouse classic from the 80s to be honorable mentioned includes Mark Lester's "Class of 1984".

Boba_Fett1138 This is a rather late vengeance exploitation-flick, that is almost a good movie.This is really a movie in the vain of violence filled '70's flicks, in which the main character goes on a killing spree, once a loved one gets hurt, raped, or murdered. Charles Bronson his Death Wish movies are of course the best and also best known example of these type of movies. "Savage Streets" is a movie that features such a main premise in it but I can't really say that it handled it very well.First of all, it takes far too long for the 'action' to finally kick in. the movie feels stretched out and could had gotten to its point way earlier on. And when the Linda Blair suddenly goes on her revenge tour, it sort of comes out of the blue. She wasn't the tough, cold and well calculated young woman before that point, who would have no difficulties with taking somebody else his life. And where on Earth did she get that crossbow from so suddenly? Was it lying under her bed for protection all that time? No, it really isn't the most convincing or solidly written movie within its genre but it at least has plenty of redeeming qualities in it still.One is that no matter how stretched out the movie feels at times, it never becomes a boring one to watch. Pointless yes but boring no. Lots of stuff and characters really weren't needed in this movie but they at least keep things going at all time.I really don't think that the lovers of trashy and simplistic cinema would mind watching this movie. The movie is simple, mostly straightforward (good is really good and evil is really evil) and features plenty of nudity and violence, though that last is nothing too impressive or gory to see (and yes, I watched the uncut version). They will take this movie for what it is and also enjoy it for that, though even they will see that that this is not a great movie in any way.Also can't really say that Linda Blair impressed me. She wasn't always very convincing in her role but what was worse; her acting really wasn't that good! Especially when she had to play the tough girl her acting fell through.Not an horrible movie, as far as the genre goes but also not exactly a very impressive one.5/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

Scarecrow-88 A gang of drug-dealing scumbags, real despicable bastards, known as the "Scars", make the mistake of raping the innocent deaf mute sister of Brenda(Linda Blair)incurring her wrath once she discovers they were responsible. When gang leader Jake hurls her best friend Francine off a bridge, this fuels her rage even further escalating into a major climax of violent revenge.I think SAVAGE STREETS is an example of a film about high school run amok, in the vein of CLASS OF 1984, where the students have become unruly, hard to control, where the faculty attempting to teach them have lost their power. We witness teachers(..and especially the principal, played by a very disgruntled John Vernon)swear at their students in an effort to silence them, often still unable to get a grip on their kids. Linda Blair sheds her wholesome image(..Reagan she's not!)and really gets into her role as a strong-willed, "take no crap from anybody" leader of a group of gals known as The Satins, lighting up a cigarette in the principal's office(..or whenever she feels like it), ripping apart a rival student's shirt(..also engaging in a silly shower room catfight with Cindy, played by the voluptuous Rebecca Perle)during a fight in class, or telling a boy who wants a piece to f-off. Seeing Blair as a high schooler is a bit of a stretch in credibility, but when she "suits up", ready to make those cretin Scars bleed, it's certainly radical(..to use an 80's term). All that hair, wearing a scowl, ready to tear some vermin to pieces for harming her beloved sister, Blair delivers the goods and then some. Gotta love her.The Scars are a real piece of work. You couldn't develop a nastier, loathsome, truly repulsive brood than these vulgar heathens..I'm sure many will be in anticipation(..with bated breath) to see how Blair wreaks vengeance on them. Robert Dryer(..ferocious gang leader Jake, with a venomous smile, always antagonistic), Sal Landi(..Jake's muscle, a real thug who enjoys humiliating and tormenting females), and Scott Mayer(..as the unhinged Red, a real thrill-seeker who enjoys causing disturbance)embrace their roles as the troublesome Scars. Johnny Venocur has the role of Vince, the kid who made the unfortunate mistake of aligning himself with this pack of wolves, eventually squealing about their actions against Brenda's sister. Linnea Quigley is the adorable tragic victim of the Scars, who endures a really harsh rape, undeserved of her brutal treatment at their hands. It's quite a startling contrast seeing Quigley and Blair in direct reversals of the characters they normally portray. I could very well see Quigley in the role of Brenda and Blair as the victim. But, Quigley(..always abused as nothing more than that extra willing to expose her breasts), impresses as an uncorrupted and pure "victim of circumstance", unable to evade her attackers..it had to be a difficult scene, dragged into a room, her clothes ripped away, as this band of brutes just grope away while they giggle in celebration.The film will be recognized for it's hideous fashion statements of that time(..it's also undeniably quite dated which worked for me, to tell you the truth), loaded with profane dialogue(..delivered with gusto by all involved) but has a bitchin' rock soundtrack and the conclusion where Blair gets even delivers. Really a film for fans of base and unsavory exploitation. A relic of the 80's that fans of trash cinema owe it to themselves to see.