Brian Cadd Movies
Four Japanese surfers load up a 1961 EK Holden and wind their way down the scenic Australian coastline in this guerilla style road movie featuring a blistering punk soundtrack and manga-inspired visuals. A unique, micro-budget film designed to be enjoyed as either a feature or as a simple, background eye candy, Bondi Tsunami follows chain-smoking wave rider Shark (Taki Abe) as he leads his fun loving friends on a psychedelic journey through the land sown under and kisses his consciousness goodbye. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 1988
- R
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A virtual remake of its predecessor, Return of the Living Dead (1985), which itself was a tongue-in-cheek rip-off of director George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968), this follow-up adheres strictly to a gore and gags formula. Jesse Wilson (Michael Kenworthy), is a young boy being bullied by thugs from the neighborhood when all of them discover a sealed drum containing a zombie corpse. The release of a gas from the container reanimates the dead in a nearby graveyard, thus releasing an army of the undead, which mindlessly crave living human brains. As Jesse tries to contact the military to put a lid on the situation, the zombies are dispatched through a variety of gruesome methods. Two stars of the first film, James Karen and Thom Mathews, return in essentially the same parts, but with different names, as their characters were previously slaughtered. Followed by a third entry in the seires, Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Karen, Thom Matthews, (more)
- 1974
Alvin Purple (Graeme Blundell), the lothario hero of the Australian low-budgeter Alvin Purple (1974), "rides again" in this slapped-together sequel. This time, Alvin has more to contend with than the requisite beautiful girls who find him irresistable. It seems that there's an American gangster around and about, "Balls" McGee (also played by Graeme Blundell), who's the spitting image of our hero. The predictability of the plotline is enlivened by the film's unending stream of vulgar sight gags and scatological dialogue. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1973
A hilarious sex romp about Alvin, an ordinary guy who works in a waterbed store in Australia. Remarkably, he is always pursued by over-sexed women, which constantly gets him into hot water. The film that created a market for Australian films worldwide. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Graeme Blundell, George Whaley, (more)
