US Actors in South American

 

KILLER FISH-1979-In this Italian production filmed in Buenos Aires with North American actors jewel thieves headed by Lasky (Lee Majors) and Kate (Karen Black) steal some valuable gems and wreck most of the facility getting them. They hide the loot underwater in a reservoir. The mastermind behind the heist Diller (James Franciscus) fills the reservoir with piranha. 

Meanwhile Lasky pursues model Gabrielle (Margaux Heminway), while her fat photographer (Roy Brocksmith),manager (Marisa Berensen) and pilot (Gary Collins) hang around. After some of the robbers are killed trying to retrieve the cache, Kate scuba dives for it and she and Diller get the booty. When they get caught in a rainstorm they are picked up by a yacht owned by the model and her entourage. 

The storm washes the piranha into the nearby lake. Diller betrays them all and it's Longstreet vs. The Six Million Dollar Man in the finale battle of the US TV stars in this drawn out little drama directed by Anthony Dawson (aka Antonio Margheriti) (CASTLE OF BLOOD). 

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A Review at Lightspeed

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STAN LEE'S LIGHTSPEED-2006-Made for Sci-Fi Channel rip-off of "The Flash" with a little "Ultra-Man" thrown in. Lee was one of the executive producers.


After being caught in an explosion a special agent (Jason Connery) gains the power to run at...well...lightspeed! He's also part of a special forces group called "The Ghost Hunters", led by Lee Majors but no one but his girlfriend (Nicole Eggert) knows his secret. Their foe is a hissing reptillian half human (Daniel Goddard from THE BEASTMASTER TV show)) who's experiments with snakes and skin grafts went awry. The climax goes on forever in this quickly made cheapie.

Camera operator and cinematographer turned director Don E. FauntLeroy later made ADACONDA 3 and 4.

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