Die Gierigen (1968)

Die Gierigen: Directed by William Grefé. With Jeremy Slate, Steve Alaimo, John Davis Chandler, Willie Pastrano. About a gang of dope peddlers who sail out to meet a Cuban boat. The trouble starts when they are forced to throw their narcotics overboard and are seen by a young couple.

“u0026quot;The Hooked Generationu0026quot; derives most of its entertainment value mainly from being a hilarious, off the wall relic of its era. Itu0026#39;s not exactly quality filmmaking; Hell, itu0026#39;s far from it, but itu0026#39;s a hoot just the same. Itu0026#39;s definitely way overlong, and could have used better pacing and more action. But the antics of our terminally stupid antiheroes are endlessly amusing, and the performances from this bunch take on the tones of a cartoon. Yeah, subtlety is also in short supply here. The absolute highlight has to be the u0026quot;psychedelic orgyu0026quot; sequence with the character Acid: this is a sequence that truly deserves the description u0026quot;trippyu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eProduced, directed, and co-written by Florida-based drive-in legend William Grefe, it stars the memorable trio of Jeremy Slate as Daisey, Willie Pastrano as Dumb Dumb, and John Davis Chandler as the aforementioned Acid. These guys are wannabe big time drug dealers who think theyu0026#39;re getting screwed by their Cuban supplier and slaughter the man and his crew. Soon, the Coast Guard is on the scene, and *they* all get killed too. A boy and girlfriend do- gooder couple, Mark (Steve Alaimo) and Kelly (Cece Stone) who witness the massacre subsequently get taken hostage. Eventually, our merry band of morons try to unload the drugs but canu0026#39;t since the drugs are hot. The FBI pick up their trail and close in, and Daisey and Dumb Dumb head for the Everglades with their captives.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYou gotta love any movie with the heroic lead detective trying to egg the bad guy on by repeatedly calling him u0026quot;loseru0026quot;. Slate, Pastrano, and especially Chandler are a bunch of glorious goof balls, while Alaimo manages to keep a straight face. The rock score is groovy and even though the movie itself is quite crude, the actors keep things watchable. Stone supplies all-important eye candy, particularly in a nude scene.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eKeep an eye out for exploitation movie legend William Kerwin (u0026quot;Blood Feastu0026quot;, u0026quot;Two Thousand Maniacs!u0026quot;) as one of the FBI men.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSeven out of 10.”