They don’t really have much personality, instead they can be told apart because Hammer is always seen carrying a hammer, Linc always has a length of chain, and Bernie is always smiling this weird, creepy smile. The cold open of the film shows the thugs stalking and robbing a random woman on the street, choking her nearly to death with a chain. During the first half of the film, it alternates between following this group of three thugs who just seem to enjoy causing random havoc and this Elvis-like singer Lonnie Lord and his girlfriend Cee Bee. One of the most notable things about this film is the abrubt tonal shift about halfway through the film. And even at just over an hour long, it felt nearly twice that, not to mention the jarring shifts in tone, both color and narratively. Then I noticed that they also had this film which I always assumed was going to be an obscure film that I would have to track down so I decided to go ahead and watch it. I was just really impressed that they took that extra effort to check my profile and suggest an appropriate movie to me instead of just some random film. actually responded the next day with a martial arts superhero film I hadn’t heard of that’s available at their site. The other day, I finally decided to watch that film and signed up for their 2 week free trial and tweeted, asking for suggestions on what films to watch during my trial. While looking through their site, I also noticed that they had the Wild World of Batwoman streaming. Anyway, I found out about Fandor last year because they were promoting a meet and greet with director Jeremy Saulnier with his film Blue Ruin. ![]() Which is appropriate as the film feels like about half filler anyway so you’re not missing out on much. Before I get to the actual movie, I do want to talk about the site where I watched this film. Well, technically it very well could be a typo, but it’s one made by someone who worked on the film though the director claimed later on that it was intentional. Kind of like a group of screaming children playing in a sandbox.No, that’s not a typo in the title, the movie I’m talking about today really is called Rat Pfink A Boo Boo. I will give this movie one thing at 72 minutes, at least it's energetic. The movie reaches full-charged silliness with the appearance of the gorilla which is laughingly played by a guy in a rented costume. Our two heroes at first act like your average B-movie players but as soon as they come out of the room in costume, the consequences of everything simply melts away in a puff of cartoony smoke. Rat Pfink a Boo Boo feels like an improv game gone horribly off the rails. The rest of the film is largely padded with goofy fight sequences, park side tumbling and a slap-dashed side story involving an escaped gorilla. When hearing the news Lonnie and his janitor pal (Titus Moede) run into a room and burst out moments later as makeshift heroes Rat Pfink and Boo Boo. ![]() They abduct a young lady (Carolyn Brandt) the girlfriend to rock n roll star Lonnie Lord (Ron Haydock). The film follows three greaser youths Linc (George Caldwell), Hammer (Mike Kannon) and Benjie (James Bowie) as they stir trouble around the neighborhood. ![]() If you come into this film with the exact same attitude you may just come out of it with a modicum of joy. Originally titled Rat Fink and Boo Boo, the filmmaker Ray Dennis Steckler discovered the misspelled title animation and left it that way because, shrug, he didn't care anymore.
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