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A drug selling and violent street-gang terrorize the renters of a big trashy apartment-house. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Joe Lynn | ... | Sam Washington | |
| Mina Bern | ... | Ruth (as Mina Bern Bonas) | |
| Walter Bryant | ... | Mr. Wesley | |
| Corinne Chateau | ... | Carol | |
| Angel David | ... | Poppo | |
| Martha De La Cruz | ... | Anna (as Martha DeLaCruz) | |
| Rhetta Hughes | ... | Leona | |
| Larry Lara | ... | Rojas | |
| Alfonso Manosalvas | ... | Mr. Gonzales | |
| Gy Mirano | ... | Anita | |
| Jaime Roman | ... | Carlos | |
| Olivia Ward | ... | Mrs. Wesley | |
| Jorge Baqueiro | ... | Charlie | |
| Sylvia Medina | ... | Maria | |
| Chyann P. Robertson | ... | Jeanne |
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Game of SurvivalSlaughter in the South Bronx (USA) (video title)
Tenement: Game of Survival (USA) (DVD box title)
Tappoleikki (Finland) [fi]
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UK:18 (video rating) (2005) | UK:(Banned) (1987-2005) | West Germany:18 (cut) | Norway:18 | Canada:(Banned) (Ontario) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Singapore:(Banned) | USA:XFilming Locations:
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A friend brought this DVD to my house after we got a kick of revisiting the unintentionally hilarious DEATH WISH 3. However, the goings on in TENEMENT aren't nearly as accidentally funny, as this is more of a straight-ahead gore film involving a violent gang of young junkies and losers who terrorize the people living in a slummy tenement building in the heart of the rapidly decaying South Bronx area of New York. They are arrested and taken to jail early on, but manage to get out quickly and return to the tenement for revenge by leaving the tenants no route of escape while these punks set out to kill them for their own kicks.
As far as trash cinema goes, this one has its brief moments along the way. Directed by Roberta Findlay, who used to work with her late husband Michael on exploitation fodder from the '60s like the infamous "Flesh Trilogy", and who now is one of the few female porn directors, among other things. The title song by Kool Krew is delightfully stupid.