The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

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Summary: Claudia Jennings should be remembered.
Review: Claudia was so hot and had real star power. Most might remember her as the agent who wanted to sign Greg Brady as "johnny bravo". She was up for the role of Kate Jacksons replacement on Charlies Angels (the real one, not that lame movie). With this film you see how she might have become a real star but sadly she was killed before her time.

Rating:
Summary: Claudia Jennings should be remembered.
Review: Claudia was so hot and had real star power. Most might remember her as the agent who wanted to sign Greg Brady as "johnny bravo". She was up for the role of Kate Jacksons replacement on Charlies Angels (the real one, not that lame movie). With this film you see how she might have become a real star but sadly she was killed before her time.

Rating:
Summary: Claudia Jennings should be remembered.
Review: Claudia was so hot and had real star power. Most might remember her as the agent who wanted to sign Greg Brady as "johnny bravo". She was up for the role of Kate Jacksons replacement on Charlies Angels (the real one, not that lame movie). With this film you see how she might have become a real star but sadly she was killed before her time.

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Summary: One of the Great Guilty Pleasures
Review: Ever since my dogs ate my VHS copy, i have been looking for The Great Texas Dynamige Chase to be reissued on DVD. I was not disappointed. The picture is clear. GTDC is just a great cheesey movie. Yet it is totally enjoyable. Great action an nudity for a low budget Roger Corman flick. Suspend disbelief and enjoy.

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Summary: the same guy who brought you TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2
Review: For some unknown reason I was expecting this to be SMOKEY & THE BANDIT with hot naked broads and lots of explosions. Instead I ended up with a forgettable low budget stinker about two sickly looking women who rob banks in semi deserted towns and then, much to my horror, take off their clothes! Agguh! Please. Nobody wants to see that.

Candy escapes (off-screen) from jail then robs a bank to pay off her pa's farm. Like nobody's gonna be curious as to how a broke dirt farmer was suddenly able to pay off his debts in cash. Anyway, Candy's now on the run and picks up Ellie-Jo hitchhiking. They quickly hit it off and next thing you know they're robbing every small town bank in Texas with nothing but a few sticks of dynamite. Why nobody doesn't just punch them in the face and extinguish the dynamite I have no idea.

Soon they have enough money to buy a white Rolls Royce (!) and kidnap a handsome young stud to act as their hostage over and over and over again. Yawn.

I'd be willing to suspend reality a little bit and even overlook the lame script if the action scenes were good enough, but with only 10 - 15 explosions total and nothing but cheap cars bumping into each other it's inexcusable. This movie is a dud on all levels.

The DVD is bare bones all the way. The only special feature is a trailer. Watch UNHOLY ROLLERS or SWITCHBLADE SISTERS instead.

D: Michael Pressman (TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II: THE SECRET OF THE OOZE; DOCTOR DETROIT)

Candy Morgan - Claudia Jennings (UNHOLLY ROLLERS; GATOR BAIT)
Ellie-Jo Turner - Jocelyn Jones (TOURIST TRAP; NOWHERE TO RUN)


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Summary: Claudia Jennings Lives!
Review: If anyone out there besides me watched "Thelma and Louise" and wondered why they had to drive off that stupid cliff at the end, and how exactly that denoted a "happy" and "satisfying" ending, you're gonna love this movie. Funny enough, "the Great Texas Dynamite Chase" got it just right about 15 or so years earlier.

Yes, yes - the title is quite ridiculous, but do not (I repeat, DO NOT) let this scare you away. Women robbing banks with nothing but dynamite? Genius. It's filled with the kind of... female empowerment that was strangely only tolerated in the context of a cheapie exploitation film. It's loaded with what I've dubbed "Charlie's Angels" feminism -- that is to say, the women may appear to be tantalizing packages, but try to unwrap them on anything less than their terms and KA-POW! Duck and cover baby! Besides, in this day of sexual taboos, it's pleasantly refreshing to see a movie that treats sex as fun and inconsequential. (Ahhh, those were the days, eh?) Plus, it stars underrated drive-in superstar Claudia Jennings, who gives a typically fever-pitched, ballsy performance despite suffering a back injury midway through filming.

It's high time this film was re-released after long being unavailable. Hey, Corman - how about following suit with "Unholy Rollers"?