South Beach (1992) – Fred Williamson.

Rough-housin', private dick DTV shoot 'em up South Beach had me at Fred Williamson, and then the additional shock treatment of Gary Busey produced all the bonnie babies! Having TWO bona fide cult figures in one film is not absolutely unprecedented, but certainly not of the breathlessly winning stature of these two charismatic Alpha gods! For a slender narrative, no less pulpy than the beer mat it was speedily conceived upon, the gravitational allure of Mr. Williamson attracted an exemplary supporting cast: Peter Fonda, Vanity, Robert Forster, Stella Stevens, and a tasty cameo from Euro-cult icon Henry Silva.

An obsessive redneck psycho (Sam Jones) wants to permanently disconnect phone fantasy siren (Vanity), and her loyal ex's (Williamson) courageous attempts to prevent this prove increasingly deleterious to his continued well being. The vibes are pretty positive throughout, as the main actors share a natural rapport, all apparently enjoying themselves, with much of that playful energy transferable to the audience, well, the appreciative audience of me, myself and I had no complaints! The Pm Entertainment-esque South Beach remains an easy, fun watch, with handsome icon Williamson being on especially magnetic form, but I simply CONNOT believe our beloved Flash Gordon would have done any of those wicked things, this certainly must be one of Ming the merciless's more insidiously concocted plans!