Sunday 5 April 2015

76: Two Godmothers (5.02)

1981; 46 minutes
Written by Reuben Leder; Produced by Jill Sherman
Directed by Michael Vejar

While collecting laundry from a female detention facility, David - ever in the wrong place at the wrong time - is taken hostage by three escaping prisoners and forced to drive the van out into the middle of nowhere as the women aim to hold up for a night or two.  A bigger problem is that one of them is pregnant, with the birth not too far away as the shaking of the vehicle on bumpy roads stimulates movement of the new arrival.

The group are pursued by a fascist warden controller while David himself is believed to be voluntarily assisting the group.  The drama is enhanced a little by their forced pause in a shack as the authorities close in, at the same time as the birth is underway, although on the whole this is a running of the well worn mill.

Number of Fists: **½

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