After nearly being rundown by a gang of drug dealing thugs a group of women take a joyride but the two wrongs escalate to rape, murder and revenge.
80s exploitation nostalgia hounds will eat up. Director Danny Steinmann's Savage Streets echoes The Last House on the Left, Avenging Angel with a Death Wish vibe which retains it shock value.
Stephen L. Posey cinematography frames 1984 wonderfully. John D'Andrea
and Michael Lloyds music is notable. It's a trashy exploitation affair with boobs, murder and blood as a teenage Brenda (typically 80s casting, all look over 20 something) vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent idiots who raped her sister, killed her best friend and unborn child.
John Vernon is on usual top form and gives an extended cameo. Linnea Quigley offers a small restrained inning. Exorcist's Linda Blair looks menacingly comfortable in the lead role especially in the opening and showdown ending. Street thug Robert Dryer is consistent and edgy. Lastly Suzee Slater leaves a staple Chopping Mall impression.
The script is as uneven, jovial, vulgar and crude as the tone (even for the time, as well as today), but the faults are out weighed by some good performances, Steinmann's fine direction and sharp editing.
Overall, its of time and remains just that. If nudity, violence and obscenity with a dash Porky's and The Road Warrior is your thing, then you no doubt already rate it or you're going to watch it.
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