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Ross Hagen Movies

Actor Ross Hagen started out in the movie mainstream, playing such traditionalist roles as jungle guide Bart Jason during the 1968-69 season of TV's Daktari. With the upsurge in cheapie exploitationers in the 1970s, Hagen found his true niche in the Hollywood mosaic. He is best remembered as "The Urban Cowboy" in Angel (1984) and its 1986 sequel Avenging Angel. Typical titles in the Hagen resumé include Blood Games (1990), Dinosaur Island (1994) and Bikini Drive-In (1995). Ross Hagen has also directed a handful of films, among them The Glove (1978) and B.O.R.N. (1988). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
1989  
 
The girlfriend of a man executed by the Mob is targeted for murder in this low-budget action film from director John Stewart. Barri Murphy stars as the woman on the run, and the genre cast includes Cameron Mitchell, William Smith, and Hoke Howell. Associate producer Ross Hagen, veteran of numerous drive-in films, appears as Drago, the ruthless villain. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

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Starring:
Barri MurphyWilliam Hubbard Knight, (more)
 
1989  
 
There's not much doubt this film's a direct descendant of Schwarzenegger's Terminator classic, though it's certainly a distant descendant. Here a fugitive from a far-away planet escapes execution in a hijacked spaceship and crashes on the planet Earth where he's befriended by some young campers and the local constable. However this Terminator take also has a chasing enforcer (the Alienator) who shows up before long, sent to capture the escapee. The earthlings come to the defense of their new friend and fight it out with the indestructible Alienator. ~ Rovi

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Starring:
Jan-Michael VincentJohn Phillip Law, (more)
 
1984  
R  
The original "honor student by day, hooker by night" melodrama, Angel stars Donna Wilkes in the title role. During the daylight hours, the 15-year-old Angel is known as Molly, a model prep school student. Devoid of parents, Molly must find some way to keep up the cash flow, so she hits the Hollywood mean streets as a prostitute. While we thankfully don't see Angel "in action", as it were, the film makes up in violence what it lacks in raw sex. Psycho John Diehl is on the loose murdering prostitutes; detective Cliff Gorman tries to stem the murder spree, but soon the hooker ranks are sorely diminished, leaving Angel the next likely target. With the help of such friends as ex-cowboy star Rory Calhoun and transvestite Dick Shawn, Angel manages to avoid becoming a statistic. We're not giving anything away here: after all, there was a 1986 sequel, Avenging Angel. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Cliff GormanSusan Tyrrell, (more)
 
1972  
 
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Speed (Ross Hagen) is the leader of a rowdy biker gang who reluctantly leaves his girlfriend, Donna (Jill Woelfel), behind when the boys take off on an extended run. While waiting for their men to return, the girls take to the road on their own motorcycles and look for action. After avenging a fellow sister's rape and sexually assaulting a reluctant farmboy, the ladies evade the law and hide out at the Spahn Movie Ranch. The ranch is inhabited by a sinister hippie cult led by the charismatic King (William Bonner), who preaches peace and love but is involved in some illegal activities that he's willing to kill for. Meanwhile, the bikers are living it up, having a raucous stag party in the woods complete with beer drinking contests and fistfights. When Terry (Vicki Volante) dies after sleeping with King, Margo (Regina Carrol) knows she has to escape and get help from Speed and the gang. King decides to sacrifice Donna in a weird ritual meant to protect the "philosophy" of the cult, while the bikers race to her rescue. With fists blazing, they make short work of the evil hippies, but King escapes and it's up to Speed and his brother, Turk (Preston Pierce), to exact the proper revenge. ~ Fred Beldin, Rovi

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1986  
R  
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Fred Olen Ray always manages to attract major names to his bargain-basement actioners, and Armed Response is no exception. The scene is Chinatown, where Yakuza boss Mako yearns to get his hands on a stolen jade statue. David Goss, son of retired cop Lee van Cleef and the brother of Vietnam veterans David Carradine and Brent Huff, is hired by Mako to deliver half a million dollars to the crooks who've got the statue. Things go awry, ending in a shootout. Mortally wounded, Goss brings the statue home, at which point a vengeful Carradine picks up the storyline. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
David CarradineLee Van Cleef, (more)
 
1995  
R  
When a finalist for "Centerfold of the Year" downs an experimental beauty-enhancing potion concocted by mad-scientist Dr. Lindholm, the unforseen side effects render her a shaply 60 feet tall. Jealous over all the attention, a rival guzzles the elixir, and soon the gargantuan beauties are battling it out and trashing much of Hollywood Boulvard in the process. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

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Starring:
J.J. NorthTed Monte, (more)
 
1985  
 
Betsy Russell takes over as part-time prostitute Molly Stewart in this disappointing sequel to the surprisingly good Angel (1984). Old pals Rory Calhoun and Susan Tyrrell are along for the search for the killer of the cop who saved Molly's life in the first film, joined by street magician Johnny Glitter (Barry Pearl). More brutal and hard-edged than the original, this installment is just another violent action movie, despite some slick camerawork and a fast pace. One peculiar touch is the frequent use of Bronski Beat's savage dance hit "Why?" which, although it has appropriately exciting music, it concerns gay-bashing and has no relation whatsoever to the storyline. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

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Starring:
Betsy RussellRory Calhoun, (more)
 
1988  
 
This gory medical thriller managed to pre-date an early-'90s spate of direct-to-video exploitation films dealing with sleazy black-market organ banks. The plot centers on the activities of the "Body Organ Replacement Network," a secret criminal organization (led by ubiquitous movie villain William Smith) which obtains donor organs -- by any means possible -- for anyone willing to meet their prices and keep their mouths shut. Their methods usually involve patrolling the city in an ambulance looking for unwilling "donors" (usually female), who are promptly chopped up on the operating table. The sinister wheels are put in motion again when a wealthy family approaches the B.O.R.N. network about obtaining a replacement heart for their ailing daughter. Though not quite as gory as it sounds, this is still a pretty sleazy exercise which plays like a tabloid-flavored version of Robin Cook's novel Coma, without the clever insight of Michael Crichton's 1978 film. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

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Starring:
Ross HagenP.J. Soles, (more)
 
1973  
 
When a couple of coal miners decide to turn into gangsters they find they're still in the wrong business. ~ Rovi

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1994  
R  
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Upon inheriting a run-down drive-in theater from her late grandfather, sexy coed Kim (Ashley Rhey) recruits her fun-loving sorority sisters to help whip the business back into shape, and prevent a greedy real-estate developer from turning it into a shopping mall. Featuring Michelle Bauer, David F. Friedman, Conrad Brooks, and Forrest J. Ackermann. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Starring:
Ashlie RheyRichard Gabai, (more)
 
1990  
 
When some locals get whomped in a baseball game by a traveling team of femmes, they blame the team for the murder of their town rapist and proceed to hunt them down in the neighboring wilderness. After their numbers are significantly reduced, the bodacious babes begin to bat back. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi

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1971  
 
William Conrad stars as corpulent private eye Frank Cannon in this 2-hour pilot for the subsequent Cannon series. He responds to a plea for assistance from ex-flame Vera Miles (an actress who was in practically every pilot film made between 1965 and 1975). She is the prime suspect in the murder of her husband, and has also become the target of vicious anonymous phone calls. Cannon's investigation unearths a hotbed of small-town corruption. Cannon was first telecast March 26, 1971. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
William Conrad
 
1987  
R  
Drug enforcement agent Cat (Kathy Shower) is sent to Mexico by her boss (Robert Quarry) when fellow agent and former boyfriend Clint (Brian Thompson) is held captive by cocaine-trafficking fiends. The head of the drug cartel turns out to be Morgan (William Smith), a former agent now on the wrong side of justice. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

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Starring:
Brian ThompsonKathy Shower, (more)
 
1993  
 
No sooner did Jurassic Park score at the box office than the imitations began turning up like bad pennies. The redoubtable Fred Olen Ray, once more delivering a bankable project at the least possible cost, was responsible for Dinosaur Island. Typical of the Ray ouevre is the presence of several top-heavy young ladies, whose costumes can be mercifully described as immodest. The dinosaurs are rubber novelty-shop creations that wouldn't convince a dim-witted duck, but they serve their purpose in forcing the females in the cast to jiggle past the camera in abject horror. Ross Hagen, a veteran of this sort of fare, heads the cast of Dinosaur Island, doing an excellent job of convincing us that the dialogue he's been given is actually worth reciting. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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1995  
 
Sometime in the future, cyborg units are threatening to take over the Earth. After their use is outlawed, four female androids are smuggled onto the planet, and it's up to Jack Ford (Marc Singer) to track them down. His efforts to do so take him on a journey from Phoenix to the underwater city of New Angeles, and finally into the nefarious realm of a megalomaniacal kingpin and his army of thugs. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi

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Starring:
Marc Singer
 
1969  
PG  
In this action film, a racer of three-wheeled motorcycles meets another rider during a weekend competition and finds himself the object of his rival's girlfriend's attention. He rejects her and she retaliates by telling her boyfriend that the hero raped her. In return, the rival and his pals beat up the hero and rape and kill his fiancee. As soon as the hero heals from the beating he avenges her wrongful death. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Starring:
Ross HagenDiane McBain, (more)
 
1983  
 
In order to attend the world's first cock-fighting Olympics, a mix-matched group of people must stick together to battle the obstacles and problems that get in their way. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi

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1996  
R  
With a big nod towards Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita (1990) this action thriller tells the tale of how ex-policewoman Tara McCormick puts ruthless gangster Tony Stomponato on ice. Tara's journey began when she was hired to kill Stompanato and failed. As a result she is tossed into prison where she meets Josie. Knowing that Tara, despite her mistake, is the woman for the job, the government offers her another shot at Tony in exchange for her freedom. She accepts and the hunt is on. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Starring:
Wendy SchumacherTim Abell, (more)
 
1995  
 
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Late stuntman Bernhard Pock wrote, directed, and starred in this gritty modern-day fairy tale about a biker poet on a journey of self-discovery. Pock is Jeremy, a lone wolf who takes on a traveling companion when he happens on a young kidnapped girl (Amber Tamblyn). Together the duo crosses the country, meeting an oddball menagerie of characters along the way. Nancy Kwan also stars. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

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1996  
R  
In this erotic thriller, a photographer ends a torrid, but unhealthy relationship. Unable to bear the rejection, his already unbalanced ex-girlfriend goes off the deep end and begins terrorizing him at every turn. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Starring:
Tim AbellTane McClure, (more)
 
1997  
PG  
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A young inventor is tinkering with his latest creation when something goes wrong, and he turns his dad into a real-life invisible man. Now the boy must somehow find a way to get him back to normal. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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1969  
 
Restored from the original 35mm negative after for 45 years, this "lost" western starring Ross Hagen and shot by acclaimed cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs (Easy Rider, Ghostbusters) centers on a notorious gang of outlaws who live to love and raise hell. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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1989  
R  
A frame job corners two TV-station employees trying to recover an important video. ~ John Bush, Rovi

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1972  
R  
In this blaxploitation flick, a supercool deejay, stuck on himself, decides to get revenge after his girl friend is slaughtered in his apartment. He enlists the help of a friend to investigate the death. He then finds a tape that shows that implicates a mobster in the murder of a union leader. His girl died because she had the tape. Violence and martial arts action ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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