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Savage Streets
| Rating: | R |
| Genre: | Drama, Action/Adventure |
| Release Date: | January 1, 1984 |
| Running time: | 93 minutes |
| Cast: | Linda Blair, John Vernon, Robert Dryer, Johnny Venocur, Sal Landi |
| Director: | Danny Steinmann |
| Writer: | Danny Steinmann & Norman Yonemoto |
Description: Heather (Linnea Quigley), the deaf-mute sister of Brenda (Linda Blair) is gang-raped in a drawn-out, violent scene at the beginning of this routine vengeance movie, a scene that provides the motivation for Brenda's rampage through the rest of the film. Dressed in a special outfit that bares enough skin to suit the standards of this genre and armed with a crossbow, Brenda goes after the young punks in the Scars gang who raped her sister -- with predictably gory results. Surrounding this miniature Charles Bronson is a society burdened with parodies of good people: the school principal who is only superficially tough, and the upper-class teens whose thought processes were arrested shortly after kindergarten. Stereotypical and transparent, this teen movie is interesting because it does promote a woman in a hero role, but the subject matter and violence will not appeal to everyone.~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
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