Sunday, 5 April 2015

77: Two Godmothers (5.02)

1981; 48 minutes
Director of Photography Edward Rio Rotunno 
Written by Reuben Leder
Produced by Jill Sherman, Andrew Schneider 
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, trigger-ready warden controller while David himself is believed to be voluntarily assisting the group.  The drama is enhanced a little by the outlawed group's forced pause in a shack as the authorities close in, occurring simultaneously with the birth being underway, although on the whole this is a running of the well worn mill.

Number of Fists: **½

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