I know it's hard to really tell because this video is crappy, but this woman is walking in Central Park by the big angel fountain (you might have to click the picture to get the whole story):

It's crazy to walk alone in Central Park at night! Especially in the late 70s and early 80s! Times Square was more like Pimp/KnifeFight Square! But, see, she's totally hardcore. She's a mute seamstress who was raped twice in one day, but the second time she kills the rapist and steals his gun. That's where the title, Ms..45 comes from. After that she sort of goes on the hunt, dressed like one of those Addicted to Love back up band girls, lotsa makeup and heels and black clothes, killing dudes who mess with her, with the stolen .45. No one knows about the killings, but her landlord (who looked for a second like Hatchet Face but is not) suspects something. So, this is definitely a cheesy movie, like the blood is totally watered down acrylic paint, and there's a scene where you think she might kill the neighbor's dog, so you can't be a fan of her all the time, even though the movie is all, check out what a sweet revengist she is! She totally is. She kills dudes for trying to pick her up, for touching her too much, etc. There's a scene where some seamstresses and models are walking down the street and every dude has something smartypants or gross or kissynoises to say to them, and it's funny to see a dramatization of what I felt like in NYC, even though it wasn't every dude.
So, her landlord doesn't catch her but she does go to a Halloween party with her boss dressed as a nun and when he puts his hand up her skirt, she shoots him. And then she shoots a bunch of other dudes. And then a model stabs her. And then you find out she didn't kill the dog.
How weird that she couldn't speak, right? She only made a noise when she threw up, that's all. She does some awesome chopping a dude up action in the bathtub like Morvern Callar. I was just looking at the youtube homepage(do people still say splash page?) and there are videos of people helping you learn how to put make up on. Here's one that doubles as a scene from Ms. .45:
As you can see, this movie is really cheesy but somehow it worked for me. I was thinking, cheesy movies are fun to watch because it's really obvious sometimes how things are done, like the acrylic blood, you can see through the veil or behind the curtain or whatever. But they can be tough too because sometimes the illusion is awesome! Like, who wants to see inside ET's suit? So...Can you watch cheesy movies?
i can't really watch cheesy movies like that. or early jackie chan, cheesy like that. but, i can watch cheesy romantic comedies up the wazoo.
ReplyDeletei didn't know misandry, but it makes sense.