I cannot stress how much I miss the VHS Boom of the 80's and early 90's. It was a simpler time when I as a child could go around the corner and stumble upon endless straight to video trashy gem's much like this little flick here. Blood games is a cash in on the action/revenge film that was pretty popular during those times. It seemed as if every film released in the local shops those days were one of three genres, Horror, Sex-Romp Comedies and the ultra cheesy Vigilante action film. This one is of the latter variety. I don't tackle too many action films on this site and quite honestly I grabbed this film thinking it was gonna be a lesser known slasher, Although it was not I was kinda pleased with this find after all. Don't get me wrong , this film is by no means good but, It did seem to fly by and was pretty entertaining at times. Now on with the film in question.
The film starts with a local beer league softball game between the all girl team of "Babe and the Ballgirl's" versus a team of redneck men who are as sleazy as can be.As the game progresses we learn that the two coaches/owners of the teams have a bet riding on the game and as the girl's are starting to get a significant lead over the good ol' boys, things start getting hairy as the men begin to play rough and take their physicality to new levels. Even going as far as to assault some of the girls and throwing their weight around. The girls are game for the rough play and take home the win.After the game the men's team captain Roy's Father and team manager Mino Collin's is told to pay up. Before Babe's father collects we get the requisite shower scene which is a treat for the young pervert in me (That Sounded wrong) Also certainly one of the films highlights for sure. After the girls shower up and head to their bus to get on the road , The girl's coach Babe's Father goes to collect and notices his payoff is a little light. He then corner Mino in a pub bathroom and a fight ensues.The money is collected but meanwhile Roy and his buddy Ronnie decide to go out to look for some action, When they run into two of the girl's from the team including Babe's sister and Roy gets a bit aggressive. The girls coach catches Roy in the act of attempting to rape his daughter and yet another brawl breaks out which leads to the girl's coach getting stabbed.
The Ladies rush to their bus and Roy and his friend decide they are not gonna let the girl's leave so easy, After opening fire on the bus , Roy gets crushed by the moving vehicle when he shoots the driver in the head. As the girls scramble to get on the road , Mino finds his son dead and swears vengeance for his son's death. He rounds up the local rednecks and promises 1,000 dollars a head for the women responsible for his son's passing. The guys spread out and cover the entire town with traps in order to get the ladies.After getting assaulted at a near by filling station , Ronnie and Vern (George "Buck" Flowers) give chase until they fli their truck in the chase. A little further down the road the goons set up a roadblock sending the ladies on a detour which leads to a dead end. Upon arrival at the end of the road the girl's decide to flee on foot through the woods in order to get to the nearest town for help.From this point on the film is pretty much just Cat and mouse as the women flee from the rednecks giving chase. Mino manages to take out one of the girl's with a cross bow and the guys are hot on the ladies trail until three if Babe's friends decide to stop running and to fight back. This leads to some smart luring which gets Vern killed for falling for the ladies good looks.
The remaining ladies use their smarts and stealthiness to attack the goons and begin picking them off one by one. Finally they take out Mino and are left with just Roy's best friend to deal with. He manages to get himself a shield in Babe's sister but Babe uses her pitching skills to knock him out with a rock before they unload some lead into him. The women then stumble into an abandoned area filled with shacks where they believe they are safe. Just when Mino shows back up and this starts yet another fire fight between Mino and the Ladies. The chase finally comes to an end when Babe leads Mr.Collins to the top of a mill tower where she kicks him down to his death. The girls embrace and reminisce about their fallen teammates before walking off into the sunset.
I wish I could go into greater detail on this film but their really is not much to it. Pretty cut and dry, Chase through the woods until the next action sequence stuff here. Not much else to it but that. It is not trying to be anything more than a pointless time burner and that is what it is, I will give it credit for not dragging at any point as the film seemed to just zip by at a rapid pace.This is about as senseless of an action film as you can find and if you ever enjoyed the straight to video action flicks of the late 80's early 90's then this one is decent but it is certainly no Savage Streets or Ms.45. Each character in this film is pretty standard for the course and we don't get much back story on any of them including the main cast members. It's just Boobs, Guns, Rape attempt, redneck, Boobs, And then more guns. If that sounds like your cup of tea then check it out otherwise you are not missing anything by skipping on this one. It does serve purpose as a harmless time waster though. As I stated before though if you are looking for a scorned woman gets revenge flick I would recommend Savage Streets or Ms.45 for sure or even the much darker Thriller:They Call her one eye. An interesting note however about the films main star Laura Albert who played Babe in the film, She went on to have a rather successful and long career as a stunt woman. Doing stunts for some big films such as Mission Impossible 3, xxx, Stone Cold and a long list of others and it appears she is still doing stunts on films to this day. So at least someone other then George "Buck" Flowers had a career outside this film, since it appears most involved in this project did nothing afterwards whatsoever.
Gore:5
Nudity:6
Story:4
Cast:5
Fun Factor: 5
Overall: 5 out of 10
Ah, It's good to be back. After my short off season I finally return to The House of Waffles and Bad Cinema with one of my favorite genres of film, The 80's Sex-Romp and to top that it's made by the folks at Troma!
Lloyd Kaufman More so than not is known for the classic Toxic Avenger and his over the top splatstick flicks like Class of Nuke em' High and Sgt.Kabukiman NYPD But before he found his true niche he was a provider of spank material for the young kids out there who had the luxury of cable and channels like Cinemax. Kaufman was not the most original of directors at the time , making several Meatball's/Porky's rip off's like this fun little romp about Softball.
Squeeze Play centers around a local mattress companies male Softball team and the troubles the teams men face in their relationships due to focusing to much on the Beer League past time. We get Tit's right at the gate as we see Team captain Wes getting interrupted having sex with his fiance Samantha by a honk from his team mates alerting him it's game time. Followed by scenes of several of the other players leaving their ladies back at home to have fun with the boys. It's the Softball World Series as The "Heroes" the Beavers are facing their rivals the Animals and take home the win. As the season wraps up Sammy demands that Wes give up on the game and focus more on their family life as they will be wed soon, But she is pissed off when she finds that he is trying to hide the fact he has signed up for another season, This causes some serious troubles between the couple as she feels Wes needs to grow up. Meanwhile across town we meet Mary Lou , A young woman who just moved to town from Georgia who is apparently running from her father as a Private detective shows up at her job looking for her. Mary's creep of a manager denies he knows her and then tries to get paid to keep his mouth shut with some sexual favors. Mary obviously does not take to the idea and she quits. Mary manages to hitch a ride with a few ladies who happen to be the Beavers girlfriends and she is taken to a bar where the team is celebrating their big victory. At one point Mary and Sammy have a chance meeting in the ladies room, where Sammy notices Mary has one hell of a pitching arm when she throws her purse through a wall damn near.This gives Sammy and idea, She plans to get Mary a try out for the team in order to make the guys see that Softball is not just a man's sport in hopes that perhaps the ladies could get in on the fun as well at the same time taking away the one thing the guys love so much.
Samantha manages to seduce Wes into giving the new woman in town a try out. After Mary Lou gets a job at the mattress company where she meets her love interest in Buddy one of the team players. Shortly after being hired she is in fact given a tryout and the guys can see she means business, however they act like dogs and make the experience awful for her. After seeing what asses the guys can truly be , Sammy dumps Wes and leaves him in a rather vulnerable position. Upset the women decide that they will start their own team in order to beat the Beavers and get some revenge for being treated as second class citizens and sexual playthings.
The warehouses janitor was a former Softball legend and he decides to take the girls under his wing as coach.
Then we of course get the wacky training montage of the girls in short short's and skimpy softball outfits running and jiggling about along with the standard silliness in tact.
The Guys learn about the ladies team and plan on beating them out of the game. The women take the mind games to another level by partying at the local bar and taking place in a wet t-shirt contest, which gets the attention of the guys fast. Sammy then begins flirting Wes' rival Bozo to make him jealous. This ends p being a bad idea as Bozo gets a bit too hands on as Wes leaves and Sammy fights back. Later at Wes' place he hears noises coming from Sammy's Apartment and believes it is her cheating on him when in fact it was Buddy and Mary Lou hooking up. Mary and Buddy get married before the night of the big game between the Beavers and the Beaverettes.
The day of the big game is upon us and it is a tight game with both sides being tied for most of the game. The Girls use their feminine charms to distract many of the guys and some of the couples begin going easy on each other creating tension amongst the team mates. In the games closing moments Wes finds that Sammy was in fact not cheating on him and they reconnect just as Wes scores the winning run. After all the goofy slapstick of the game we have our happy ending with all the guys and gals hooking up and the film is over.
As far as 80's Sex romps go this one is pretty par for the course. This film does have some genuine laughs throughout and actually has some cute moments as well. Honestly the entire film though I was anxiously awaiting the small character of Jamie , the innocent ditsy blonde to get topless and when it does happen I was juiced because she was adorable and stacked as well. All the characters are pretty standard and allot of the humor is sophomoric but what would one expect from a film like this? If you enjoy sex romps as much as I do then this one is definitely worth checking out although it has become sort of hard to find these days, However it does play frequently on Troma's On Demand channel which I was happy to see. There is allot of flesh on display in this one and for the most part it is all pleasing to the eyes. Pretty standard silly stuff here but you could do allot worse. Thanks for checking out my page and I am glad to be back. will be posting another review up tonight most likely and I will be diving back into horror very soon, So please bare with me , Sometimes I just need something light to get me back in the mood.
Gore:N/A
Nudity:7
Story:5
Characters:5
Fun Factor: 6
Overall: 6 out of 10
Once again I must apologize for my lack of activity on this site , As it has been nearly three months with no activity.I have been dealing with many personal issues that have taken my attention away from the films I love so dearly. I would like to thank all the readers for supporting me and continuing to support my humble little site. As of Tomorrow 1/16/2012 I will be returning to my reviews. I have two already pretty much done but It has been awhile since I watched the films ,So before those I will be returning tomorrow with my first return back with "Squeeze Play!" . Followed shortly by "Flying Guillotine" and Troma's "When Nature Calls". After I get those 3 up I will be back to full swing and I have several films I plan on doing in the coming weeks. Again I am truly sorry to let you guys out there down and I plan to continue to provide a place for folks to learn and relive some of cinema's forgotten or lesser known gem's of sorts. I hope to make my lack of attention up to you out there who do check this place out and I plan on trying to make it up to all of you. If anyone has requests for films, Please feel free to leave them in the comments under this post. Thanks.
Sincerely I love you all and Thanks,
Nathaniel "Dick Swift" Guest
Well I have to apologize for my failure of a tribute to Kung Fu theater last month. I had some financial wowes and my internet was shut down for a bit, not too mention I have not had much free time as of late. With that said I promise to have more stuff up and get back to the reviews full swing asap. I did however notice a boost in followers over the last month and for that I could not be Happier. Thanks to all who have subscribed and I hope to please each of you with my reviews. The traffic to the site has been on a constant upswing and I am excited to see that as I have reached over 30,000 views since starting the blog less than a year ago.I have a Flying guillotine review I will be posting soon as well as a women of cinema tribute I will be finishing up soon, But I have some films I have been really wanting to watch and get on here so I will be focusing on those first. Thank you all for understanding and I will bring the goods as well and often as I can now that things are starting to calm down around here.
