Men like tigers
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Men like tigers |
| Original title | Terminal Island |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1973 |
| length | 88 (k. 76) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stephanie Rothman |
| script |
Jim Barnett Stephanie Rothman Charles S. Swartz |
| production | Charles S. Swartz |
| music | Michael Andres |
| camera | Daniel Lacrambe |
| cut | John O'Connor |
| occupation | |
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Men Like The Tigers is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by Stephanie Rothman .
action
With the death penalty abolished in California in the near future, felons are now being shipped to a remote tropical island and left to their fate without guards. The newly convicted Carmen finds the island under the violence of the prisoner Bobby, a sadistic dictator, upon arrival. There are about forty male prisoners and four women on the island. These are not only sexually exploited by the men, but are also forced to do hard labor. Under the leadership of due euthanasia convicted former physician Dr. Milford separates, the women join Milford. The result is a struggle for supremacy on the island, in which women in particular take bloody revenge. After the fighting ends, lasting peace returns to the island.
background
The first performance in Germany took place in 1975; five years later the film was released on video. Tom Selleck and Roger E. Mosley worked together for the first time, both starring between 1980 and 1988 in the successful television series Magnum .
criticism
“On a convict island with no police or prison guards, two groups of people sentenced to life kill each other. Speculation with sex and sadism. "
"It's that kind of film that you can almost review if you've only seen the trailer or the TV commercial ..."
Web links
- Men like the tiger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Men like tigers. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 26, 2019 .
- ^ Review of Terminal Island