by: NYCalling
Posted on 01.06.10 in All Horror Films > Cult/Erotic > Exploitation
Release Date: 1981

Tagline “Don’t cross him or he’ll cut you down to size”

I usually recommend this film when people ask for a good introduction to Grindhouse or exploitation films. It’s not great, it’s pretty technically inept, and it’s really kind of ludicrous.  Still, this film delivers the goods, albeit a little sneakily. The film doesn’t quite live up to the title, which is one of exploitation films finest, but it’s still worth tracking down and watching.

Ron Slinker IS Mr. No Legs, a mob enforcer with no legs. Not just in a wheelchair, but an amputee with no legs.   Maybe he was born that way,  honestly, the film doesn’t let you know either way and there isn’t too much written history assosiated with the film either.  I’m not a huge wrestling fan, but apparently Ron Slinker was also a big-time wrestler, of some sorts. Apparently, he was also a raging alcoholic. I hope this film bought him a few crates of Wild Irish Rose. This flick was also directed by Ricou Browning, better known to the world as the Creature from the Black Lagoon. He was the man squeezed into the infamous monster suit. He also was a big stunt guy for anything aquatic apparently, and did work on Flipper and other nautical shows. But he only solely directed one film, and this is it. And who would have thought it would be so entertaining, and so sleazy? The film, per the IMDB page, was released in 1981, but don’t you believe it. The styles, camera and film style all scream Seventies. If this was made in 1981, they were clearly using clothes from 1977.

Mr. No Legs is a mob enforcer in the film. He gets fed up with his immediate boss’s insults and pay, and decides to double cross the mob when he’s had enough. The insults about his condition enrage him to the point that he decides to wage war on the mob. Personally, I think the guy had it made: wimming pool, good looking seventies floozy, but I guess enough was enough. Armed with his pretty awesome wheelchair of death (it has throwing stars on the wheels, drop down shotgun boxes on the side) and his martial arts (which he’s stunningly good at – this guy is in phenomenal shape) he begins to muscle in on the mob action. Two detectives (who, sadly, the camera follows as much as Mr. No Legs) try to stop the bloody mayhem that ensues as Mr. No Legsmurders everyone in his way, including a hooker who may be a police rat. The said murder occurs in one of the crappiest, sleaziest bars I’ve ever seen, and looks genuinely authentic. The hookers in the film all look legit as well. This is clearly a film shot on the cheap, and it pays off. Sometimes a lower budget can help a film, and it really works here. The only issue with the film would be some of the overly long dialog (which is a true sign of exploitation films, in general) and the fact that Mr. No Legs isn’t in it as much as you’d want.

I’m not going to bore you with all the plot details, or the plot ‘twists’, as they are almost irrelevant. What matters is a muscular dealer of death with no legs and his wheelchair of mayhem. Set in the Seventies, with all the great seventies fashions to boot. He gets the chicks, he kicks serious ass with his wheelchair-fu, and does it all in a film that is completely worth seeking out. I’m not saying its perfect: no film in this genre will ever be, but come on, doesn’t the premise alone sound pretty intriguing? I’d recommends seeking it out, if possible.

• ★★★★★

  Acting:

• ★★★★★

  Blood:

• ★★★★★

  Violence:

• ★★★★★

  Partying:

• ★★★★★

  Language:

• ★★★★★

  Humor:

• ★★★★★

  Predictable:

• ★★★★★

  Girls:

• ★★★★★

  Gore:

• ★★★★★

  Sexuality:

• ★★★★★

  Torture:

• ★★★★★

  Overall:

I would recommend a six pack of cheap beer as well. Definitely a good drinking film

This is the type of film I'd love to watch at 1am with my cat, a bag of cheetos, and my soon to be orange cat. HAhaha........i'm not funny.