There was a time in the 1980s, each evening my older brother would turn up with the latest pirated video he could get his hands on. Some of them had not yet been released in British cinemas.
Too often tended to be Cannon films, the latest Charles Bronson revenge flick. It would be an exploitation movie with violence, nudity and action.
Even then you realised that they were bad movies but Cannon churned them out on almost a monthly basis.
Israeli Go-Go Boys Golan and Globus were once described as the last movie moguls. Chancers who claimed to love cinema but found that nudity and sex put bums on seat.
When they came to Hollywood the quickly moved up the cinematic ladder thanks to pre sales and junk bonds. They made movies such as Superman IV, owned cinema chains and film studios around the world. It quickly came crashing down.
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films is an highly enjoyable tongue in cheek documentary about Golan and Globus. In retrospect it is a good job the duo did not take part. It allowed actors who worked with them, former associates who made the movies to be more candid.
Only one contributor speaks directly to the camera that Golan and Globus faced sneering hostility from the Hollywood establishment because they were foreigners. To the rest, they were two men who had lots of ideas, bagful of energy but on rare occasions they would stumble into making a good movie.
The Cannon story was never going to end well. This documentary gives reasons why.
Too often tended to be Cannon films, the latest Charles Bronson revenge flick. It would be an exploitation movie with violence, nudity and action.
Even then you realised that they were bad movies but Cannon churned them out on almost a monthly basis.
Israeli Go-Go Boys Golan and Globus were once described as the last movie moguls. Chancers who claimed to love cinema but found that nudity and sex put bums on seat.
When they came to Hollywood the quickly moved up the cinematic ladder thanks to pre sales and junk bonds. They made movies such as Superman IV, owned cinema chains and film studios around the world. It quickly came crashing down.
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films is an highly enjoyable tongue in cheek documentary about Golan and Globus. In retrospect it is a good job the duo did not take part. It allowed actors who worked with them, former associates who made the movies to be more candid.
Only one contributor speaks directly to the camera that Golan and Globus faced sneering hostility from the Hollywood establishment because they were foreigners. To the rest, they were two men who had lots of ideas, bagful of energy but on rare occasions they would stumble into making a good movie.
The Cannon story was never going to end well. This documentary gives reasons why.