Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Red Zone Cuba

Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Red Zone Cuba
by Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy (II), Michael J. Nelson

Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Red Zone Cuba

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Actor: Bill Corbett, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, Patrick Brantseg, Trace Beaulieu
Director: Jim Mallon, Joel Hodgson, Kevin Murphy (II), Michael J. Nelson, Trace Beaulieu
Primary Contributor: Trace Beaulieu
Primary Contributor: Joel Hodgson
Primary Contributor: Kevin Murphy (II)
Primary Contributor: Michael J. Nelson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-03-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Rhino Theatrical

DVD Reviews of Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Red Zone Cuba

DVD Review: Griffin ran all the way to hell...
Summary: 5 Stars

Yes, this is a bad movie. John Carradine guest stars with such greats as Coleman Francis, Tony Cordoza and Harold Saunders. What? You don't know who those people are? You don't watch enough bad movies and you didn't watch enough MST3K when it came out.
The ideas is this, Griffin escapes from jail, joins up with two traveling tramps, goes to invade Cuba for the money, fails, escapes, decides to go straight and live happily ever after. Sadly, to get the money to go straight they toss a guy down a frog mine, steal his car and end up being killed. And if you think that is bad remember a LOT of the movie was cut out by MST3K. Like the rape scene! That's right, Griffin rapes a blind woman, but from what I understand it looks like a fake wrestling match.
Bad editing, bad writing, and just bad everything. I even heard a rumor that some of the audio track went missing and they had to do certain parts over again. Did they do anything right? Well, I think they did.
The encounters with the police at the start felt real, as if the actors have had dealings with the cops before. So did the meal of beans and coffee around the fire, the sense of wandering without a goal or a place to call home. Lets face it, most of the actors in this flick had lived on the street at least once in their lives, and were able to bring that to the big screen. These folks were homeless people given money to make a movie. And they failed.
I doubt they ever invaded a small island nation or searched for wealth in the mountains or flown a plane. Still, they tried.
This movie makes you ask - why did they make it? Who put up the money to make it? Why did John Carradine act in it? And why do people think the song was sung by him? And it makes you watch it again and again. Like a drug. Or really bad coffee. Not that I drink coffee, but still, it makes you think of all the better movies you have seen.

DVD Review: Seven Who Blundered
Summary: 5 Stars

After all these years, it's now apparent why the Bay of Pigs operation failed. It was attempted with a force of seven...And after watching this, it's no wonder. The only act of violence they were capable of was running over Cherokee Jack's dog....and butchering the concept of acting and film continuity. A perfect candidate for MST3 treatment...

DVD Review: Too painful to watch, and I ADORE MST3K
Summary: 2 Stars

I've only encountered two MST 3K's in which the movie itself was so boring and painful to my eyes (literally) that I had to toss them (Hamlet is the other). I worship the MST Gods, and they did amazing work with what they had, but good god, this is only useful if you are teaching Film 101 at a community college and want to torture crappy students after class. This movie killed me. I tried to keep it. I know it is sacrilege to throw out an MST 3K, but I burned it and danced around the fire. I laughed.

DVD Review: Water....Sick Man...
Summary: 5 Stars

The film is titled Red Zone Cuba but actually the working title was Night Train To Mundo Fine, Both titles make little sense as you attempt to follow the plot. As one reveiwer put it, when the best thing about the actual movie is John Carradine's vocals (Night Train song can be downloaded from a almost any cult movie website) then you know you're in for a long and hurtful ride. Mike Nelson and the bots however make an otherwise unwatchable film hilarious. The common Colman Frances motiff of coffee is frequently used in the dialog. This film was also produced by Anthony Cordoza (rich corithian leather)responsible for such campy films as Hellcats and Beast of the Yucca Flats. Enjoy!

DVD Review: ANOTHER COLEMAN FRANCIS MASTERPIECE
Summary: 5 Stars

Coleman Francis stars in a film about criminals and Cuba and the tension is thick throughout. Alfred Hitchcock type camera angles and sparse dialog make the viewer's imagination take over on this thrilling trip.
Not quite as great as "The Beast of Yucca Flats" with the exceptional Tor Johnson. But you can't miss with the director's unique use of shadow and light, Coleman's grizzly old con lead performance and supporting characters like the mysterious Cherokee Jack; is he trustworthy? Perhaps? Perhaps not! Buy this one today!

Description of Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Red Zone Cuba

Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 03/26/2002 Run time: 93 minutes Rating: Nr

If Coleman Francis had never existed, he would have been invented by the writers of MST3K just for the perverse enjoyment of ridiculing him. Here the director of the jaw-droppingly inept The Beast of Yucca Flats tries his hand at a jailbreak film, which takes a surreal veer into an American invasion of Cuba apparently hampered by military budget cuts ("Once all seven of them are in place, the invasion really begins") before ending up in an American tungsten mine. Why? Who knows, but the bots have a ball skewering the film with some of their funniest comments ("I want to hurt this movie but I can never hurt it the way it hurt me") and Mike Nelson becomes so disturbed he turns into Carol Channing. Believe it or not, costar John Carradine rasps out the theme song "Night Train to Mundo Fine" (which was the film's original title). --Sean Axmaker

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