Deadbeat at Dawn 1988 123movies

Watch: Deadbeat at Dawn 1988 123movies, Full Movie Online – After one too many encounters with The Spiders (a rival gang), The Ravens’ leader’s girlfriend tells him to quit the gang or it’s Splitsville. He does so, but the leader of The Spiders is hellbent on revenge and arranges the murder of the girlfriend. That ticks off the boyfriend, who wreaks havoc with the two gangs, who have joined forces in order to pull off a security truck heist..
Plot: Goose leaves the gang life behind after pleas from his girlfriend. But it isn’t long before he’s pulled back into the world of violence.
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An entertaining, low budget, 80s cult exploitation flick.
Goose (Jim Van Bebber), leader of tough Ohio street gang The Ravens, has only just renounced his violent lifestyle when his girlfriend Christy is brutally killed by members of rival gang The Spiders. Goose vows to avenge her murder, but finds himself caught in a self-destructive spiral of hatred and despair that leads him to attempt suicide. However, just as he is about to blow his brains out, Goose is confronted by Keith (Ric Walker), the current leader of The Ravens, who wishes to recruit him for an armoured car heist; the only problem is that The Ravens have since joined forces with The Spiders and Goose isn’t about to forgive and forget…

Written, edited, directed by and starring Van Bebber, who also provides the film’s stunts and make-up effects, Deadbeat at Dawn is a marvel of independent movie-making, one that belies its meagre budget by successfully pulling off several gruelling and very bloody set-pieces and quite a few dangerous looking action scenes, with the final 10 minutes or so going all out to shock with its brutal violence and a gruelling sense of nihilism. Where many an 80s horror/action flick ladled on the cheeze, Van Bebber goes for the full-on, gritty exploitation vibe and for the most part he succeeds, his film feeling suitably grubby and depressing throughout with vivid coloured lighting and retro kaleidoscopic scene transitions really adding to that authentic grind-house feel.

While some of the acting is admittedly a bit wobbly (the guy who plays Goose’s father wins my award for funniest performance of the film) and the fight scenes aren’t always totally convincing, it’s easy to forgive these shortcomings when considering the almost negligible budget and Van Bebber’s relative inexperience behind the camera (he was only twenty four at the time of the film’s release); what he has managed to do for minimal money is most impressive indeed and his enthusiasm for the project shines through on every grimy, filth-ridden frame, especially those where he is putting his life on the line for his art.

Pretty brutal ultra low budget revenge actioner
I can’t really think of another movie quite like Deadbeat At Dawn, think of The Warriors high on Angel dust listening to Venom on a violent rampage and you might get an idea. This cheapie exploitation action flick is very raw, viceral and quite nihilistic and street tough. The hero and title character is a guy named Goose, a leader of a street gang and all around violent hooligan. His girlfriend encourages him to leave the gang and she is brutally murdered. Like the case with most street gangs, it isn’t that easy to get out and leads to double crossings and betrayals that have the violence escalate to the films conclusion. Deadbeat At Dawn may be low budget but is super tough and has bad ass heavy metal guys brawling, doing drugs and committing crimes. The action is ultra violent and very bloody and gory. This is one nasty piece of sleaze and Deadbeat At Dawn is hard as nails. In my opinion this film is a good time and one cool micro budget splatter action flick.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 20 min (80 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Action, Crime, Horror
Director Jim Van Bebber
Writer Jim Van Bebber
Actors Paul Harper, Jim Van Bebber, Megan Murphy
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 16 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 16 mm, 35 mm (blow-up)