Detonation: Violent Games (1976)
May 16th, 2011 by Mr. C
Director: Teruo Ishii
Genre: Japanese biker gangs, exploitation
If TOEI wasn’t busy producing mega monster movies like Godzilla, you can bet your Takoyaki balls that they were looking for the next biggest thing in the exploitation arena to knock out of the ballpark at the box office! In this case, it’s the 1970’s invasion of the Japanese biker gang phenomenon on the big screen! Teruo Ishii directs the 2nd movie of the 4 part DETONATION series! Ishii was well known for directing movies in the pinku, martial arts, & yakuza film genre!
Detonation: Violent games tells the tale of an urban tug-o-war between two rival motorcycle gangs in Tokyo. It’s the Red Barons vs the Black Panthers! The Red Baron gang encompasses members of the more well to do faction of Tokyo while the Black Panthers are a bunch of raggamuffin inspired street demons who work day to day blue collar jobs. It’s a social typecasting that all human races can relate to and the animal in us will soon surface as layers of wealth are just that…layers that can be shed in the journey to discovering your true self. The opening scene of the movie involves both gangs tearing up the streets with their motorcycles to eventually meet tire to tire on the concrete slabs of Tokyo while hell riding & karate kicking each other in attempts to try and knock each other out of the box! Hells yeah! sounds like a good prelude to the movie already! Let’s get ready to rumble! Turf wars would soon ensue as the upper echelon society of the Red Barons will battle the sewer rats of the Black Panthers with Masami, a European Grand prix racing champion acting as the mediator between the two gangs! You can guarantee that someone will get caught up in the crossfire! Love, pride, & a tattoo BY FORCE to one of the gang members will cause the emotions of Mount Fuji to slowly erupt while testosterone levels rise to unsafe levels in the name of revenge! In the midst of all this brouhaha, finger snapping Japanese style West Side Story scenes will make this movie appeal to the exploitation fans as well as broadway enthusiasts(not really). As with any successful-award winning(sarcasm) exploitation flick, a decent amount of breasteses will show thyselves in the film & high beam you when they need some TLC! So, if junior is near the vicinity & he thinks that Detonation is an appetizer to a double header to Godzilla, get him back to playing pong on those colecoVision, Intellivision, or Atari game consoles while you investigate Detonation: Violent Games! This movie is chock ‘o full of fun motorcycle wares and love stares to make you grease that head back, or encourage you to puff out that perm with some extra heat while in the hairstylist seat!
I’ve been trying to get a hold of the 1st movie in the series called Detonation : Violent Riders with a special guest appearance by Sonny Chiba! Chiba Chiba-san promises to be a rough riding badass mofo!
Tags: detonation, exploitation, japanese biker gangs, teruo ishii, violent games
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