SYNOPSICS
Blind Rage (1976) is a English,Filipino,Tagalog movie. Efren C. Piñon has directed this movie. Tony Ferrer,Leila Hermosa,Leo Fong,Charlie Davao are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1976. Blind Rage (1976) is considered one of the best Action,Comedy movie in India and around the world.
The Americans are planning to send five million dollars to Southeast Asia for relief work. They plan to send it to a bank in Manila and the President of the bank goes to the U.S. to work out the details. He is later approached by someone who wants him to steal the money and turn it over to them. He learns that they want him to use 4 blind men to get the money. So he recruits them and brings them to Manila and recruits a woman who teaches the blind to train them. Eventually they recruit a local bank robber who is also blind to help them.
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Blind Rage (1976) Reviews
A '70s Anti-Masterpiece
Ever see a film that you knew deep down was bad, but you were able to suspend your usual beliefs about what a good movie should be and enjoy it anyway? Meet BLIND RAGE, a low-budget '70s anti-masterpiece. The plot is highly original, if not ridiculous. Five blind men are assembled to rob a bank in broad daylight. Why? Because who would ever suspect blind men of robbing a bank? (Well, there's a bit more to it than that, but I won't spoil it for you). The group of visually-impaired thieves (no, you've never heard of any of the actors) is carefully trained in a mock bank by the lovely Sally (Leila Hermosa, who later landed a coveted role in the highly acclaimed BONGGA KA DAY). But can they pull it off? Well, this is a dumb '70s movie, isn't it? BLIND RAGE isn't rife with so-bad-it's-good humor, but it certainly has its moments. I'll never forget the badly-dubbed scene where one of the blind dudes breaks up an attempted sexual assault by another. In a voice with about as much emotion as Eeyore before coffee, our hero orders the aggressor to "Get off her... sex hungry bastard." Then there's the hilarity of desperate producers trying to pass this off as a Fred Williamson actioneer. They don't tell you that Freddy doesn't show up until about the last 20 minutes (though he is vintage cigar-chomping Williamson once he finally arrives). If this review has at all piqued your interest in BLIND RAGE, you're definitely a candidate for enjoying it. (Though you'll probably have to scour eBay to find it).
A silly (but irresistable) premise wasted
Of course, the idea of hiring five blind guys to rob a bank is pretty ludicrous. Though the movie DOES at least go to the trouble to show the men training for an extended period of time, and admit it - who could resist that premise? Sadly, the movie pretty much wastes it. It's slowly paced, and lacking excitement, even in the actual bank robbery. And Fred Williamson doesn't even appear until the last ten minutes! I'm curious as to why he is playing his Jesse Crowder character, since he made that character for his personal projects. Anyway, Williamson does provide a little spark (even though he seems to be sleepwalking here), though it's not enough to save things. I won't be surprised if Hollywood eventually remakes this movie - whatever the results, it will have to be better than this.
Gloriously ridiculous 70s grindhouse trash
Five blind guys -- erstwhile assassin Lin Wang (chubby wonder Leo Fong), bitter electronics expert Ben Guevara (solid Tony Ferrar), suave former mobster Willie Black (a divinely hip D'Urville Martin), magician Anderson (Dick Adair), and matador Hector Lopez (Darnell Garcia) -- are rounded up by shifty criminal mastermind Johnny Duran (a nicely slimy portrayal by Charlie Davao) to pull off a daring bank heist. Our sightless quintet are whipped into shape by sultry trainer Sally (fetching Leila Hermosa). Competently directed by Efren C. Pinon, with a deliciously silly script by Fong and Jerry O. Tirazona, a steady pace, a funky-throbbing score by Tito Sotto, a ludicrously serious tone, plain, no-frills cinematography by Benjamin L. Lobo, a welcome last reel appearance by the great Fred Williamson as rugged private eye Jesse Crowder, and a perfectly grim nobody wins bummer ending, this endearingly absurd item certainly does the trick as an entertainingly inane piece of chintzy low-grade schlock. The story blends nifty elements of chopsocky and blaxploitation into a tasty synthesis while the globe-trotting locations which include Tokyo, Manila, Hong Kong, and Las Vegas add an extra exotic flavor. Among the hilariously campy highlights are the grueling and extensive training session the blind guys undergo for the big gig, Willie Black attempting to rape Sally, the positively sidesplitting (and pretty exciting) bank robbery, and the blind dudes choking on fumes and drowning in petrol while trapped in a gas tanker. A complete cruddy riot.
Jaw droppingly awful heist film is a must see for bad movie lovers and those wanting a unique viewing experience
Incredibly unique, though not remotely good story about syndicate of gangsters who stage a bank robbery using blind men. Give them points for the unique plot, take away a good many more for poor acting, bad dubbing and some of the most bizarre jaw dropping twists in a film. This is truly a bad movie lovers delight and the sort of thing to inflict, er, share with friends of a similar mind. Amazing, in a mind bending sort of way. Come on, can you really take a movie seriously who has the wonderful line of dialog "All Units its all going down at the International House of Pancakes". Even Fred Williamson, touted as the nominal star walks through his scenes (he's only in the last 10 minutes) in such away that he makes it clear it's a pay check job. (Williamson's scenes appear to have been shot in one day and you can watch as the sun's shadows lengthen as the sequences go on). The back of the DVD called this film a must see, I would add only for those wanting to see cinema of the strange, all others stay away.
Relatively painless viewing.
In the wake of the Vietnam war, the United States plans to send millions of dollars in aid to Southeast Asia, in order to prevent a feared "domino effect" of instability in the region. For some reason, the U.S. government didn't foresee that a criminal mastermind named Johnny Duran (Davao) has hired a woman named Sally (Hermosa) to corral a group of blind men to stage a robbery on the bank where the money is being held. BLIND MEN ROBBING A BANK. That's pretty much it. That is, until Jesse Crowder (Williamson) shows up to get to the bottom of the heist and get justice. Will the blind indeed lead the blind...to a multi-million dollar payoff? Find out today...? The original Blind Fury (1989), Blind Rage is the original vision impairment-based action movie. While we absolutely fell in love with the concept of the film: namely, a group of multi-racial blindies getting together for a bank heist, a couple of things weigh down the movie as a whole. The main detriment is the slow pace. There are long, extensively detailed scenes of "robbery practice" where Sally teaches the blind boys of Alabama how to properly execute the heist. The other thing is a mixed blessing. It's the inclusion of Fred Williamson. His appearance towards the end of the film rescues the movie from the doldrums, but the problem is, Fred should have been involved the whole time. Let's not forget this is from the same director as Ninja Assassins (1978), the movie where Cameron Mitchell didn't appear until the third act. Maybe that's director Pinon's idea of playing his last ace. There are plenty of things to admire about Blind Rage, however. The 70's style we all know and love is in evidence, best exemplified by the massive cars that are roughly the size of aircraft carriers. The funk on the soundtrack and the rotary phones reinforce the vibe as well, not to mention the loudly patterned shirts and wood-paneled rec rooms. Speaking of the soundtrack, there's this one annoying high-pitched note that appears at least twice in the movie, and it's so ear-shatteringly irritating, and is held for such an interminably long time, we actually had to hit mute. Hopfully that wasn't Pinon's idea of suspense music. But that one note (not to be confused with the movie's idea) is washed away by the funk, as well as the presences of Fong and Williamson. Fong plays a guy blinded during a fight with the triads, and Fred is just cool (he even exits a car in an extremely cool manner), but the rest of the acting is hilariously stilted and packed with funny pauses. That alone makes Blind Rage worth seeing, despite its flaws. And let's not forget the immortal credit "Golay as Chan". Yes, there is a man (?) out there simply named Golay. He's obviously the Cher or Madonna of the Philippines. And he played Chan. So now you know. Golay, we hardly knew ye. Featuring a song we think is called "The System" by Helen Gamboa (Manila's answer to Shirley Bassey?), Blind Rage does have some dull moments and is flawed, but the overall concept and some of the sillier moments make for relatively painless viewing.