Macho Man (1985)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Macho man |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1985 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alexander Titus Benda |
| script | Alexander Titus Benda |
| production | Alexander Titus Benda |
| music | Michael Landau |
| camera |
Klaus Werner Adi Gürtner |
| cut | Inga Sauer |
| occupation | |
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Macho Man , also known as Harte Fäuste , is a German film by director Alexander Titus Benda from 1985. According to the Nürnberger Zeitung , it was the only action film shot in Nuremberg . Besides Das Nürnberger Bett (1983), it is the only film by Alexander Titus Benda. Bea Fiedler and Jacqueline Elber are the only actors in the film who were previously active in the film business. For the German and European boxing champion René Weller , as well as for the later German kickboxing champion Peter Althof, it was the first film. The sequel Macho Man 2 followed in 2017 .
action
The doctor's secretary Sandra Petersen frees a friend from her drug addiction and thus steals a good customer from a drug gang. Therefore, the gang wants revenge on Sandra by giving her an injection with drugs. But world boxing champion Dany Wagner saves Sandra at the last moment by beating up the three drug dealers . Dany brings the scared Sandra home and they arrange a date.
The next day, Dany Wagner and Andreas Arnold, the owners of a karate school , happened to be present at a bank robbery . The two martial artists , who do not know each other at the time, overpower the two bank robbers. Markus, co-owner of the karate school, waiting in the car, prevents the third accomplice from escaping.
Because of a small sports accident, Andreas went to see doctor Dr. Fischer, whose secretary is Sandra Petersen. Fischer, who is also a ring doctor , invites Andreas to a boxing match with Dany Wagner after the treatment . Sandra, who recently found out that her friend had died of an overdose , is also invited . After Dany defends his world title with a knockout , he discovers Sandra in the audience. Hugs between her and Andreas arouse the boxer's jealousy.
One day later, Lisa Roth, who had arranged a private training session with Andreas by telephone the day before, arrives with her Cessna at Nuremberg Airport and is picked up by Markus. After a short scene in the karate school, where she meets Andreas personally, the two go to a disco. By chance they meet Sandra and Dany there on their date. Andreas challenges Dany to a fight to find out whether boxing or karate is the better martial art. A breakdance performance by Captain Hollywood can then be seen.
Short erotic scenes of the two couples are then shown. Then you see Andreas and Dany in training for the joint fight, which is held in front of fans of both sports. After a short while, the fight is interrupted and postponed in order to put an end to the drug gang. Andreas, Dany, Markus, as well as boxers and karateka who were present, drive to the dealer's bar and beat everyone up there - but the drug lord escapes.
When Lisa and Sandra go shopping for a spontaneous vacation for four, they are kidnapped by the gangsters. Children who saw the kidnapping tell the passing Dany and Andreas about it. After the two have found out where the leader lives, they beat up the dealers present and free the women. You then inform the police. The final picture shows the two couples in front of Lisa's Cessna.
background
Macho Man was dubbed with other speakers under the direction of Roger Fritz . Weller was spoken by Ekkehardt Belle , Althof by Hartmut Neugebauer , Fiedler by Eva Kinsky and Elber by Madeleine Stolze .
The film, distributed by AB Film, premiered in German cinemas on January 25, 1985. According to the Filmförderungsanstalt , 9,263 visitors saw the action film in the cinema.
Macho Man was released on VHS by International Home Video, JOY Home Video and Optimum-Video and in 2013 on DVD by Cineclub.
In 1991 Weller obtained an injunction against the production company of the film Macho Man , which then had to remove all sex scenes with him from the film.
reception
The critics of the magazine film-dienst describe Macho Man as dreary " with little original plot and drastic brawls " and advise against film.
In more recent reviews, the rating is no better, but the component of the trash film is added. Marcus Littwin writes: “ The story is not really mature and the actors are all bad. The whole thing is so bad that the viewer has fun again. 'Macho Man' is rather unknown, but enjoys a certain cult status. “He sees the film as a“ vigilante martial arts film based in the milieu on an acting porn level ”.
The director Thilo Gosejohann writes, Macho Man represents “ nowadays a cultically revered milestone of the fooled film ”.
In July 2017, the film was shown as part of the Tele 5 series The Worst Films of All Time .
continuation
On September 27, 2017, the sequel Macho Man 2 celebrated its premiere in the Nuremberg cinema Cinecittà Nuremberg, more than 31 years away . René Weller, Peter Althoff and Michael Messing again embody Dany Wagner, Andreas Arnold and Markus Meisner, who have now reached retirement age. When Meisner is shot dead by organ dealers in the street , Wagner and Arnold take the pursuit of the perpetrators into their own hands. Other roles include Diana Herold , David O. Riedel , Bülent Babayiğit , Anton Kroll , Christoph Zitzmann , Axel Schulz , Firat Arslan , Torsten Heim , Marco Brandes , Andreas Leopold Schadt , Andreas Wolf , Ruggero Deodato and Roman Sörgel (Bembers) . Directed by Davide Grisolia .
Web links
- Macho Man in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Macho Man at filmportal.de
- Macho Man 2 (site of the sequel)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Macho Man . In: Hans Günther Pflaum (Ed.): Yearbook Film . 1985, OCLC 5921955 , pp. 224 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Thomas Susemihl: Treasure hunters off the beaten path. (No longer available online.) January 4, 2006, archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; accessed on January 21, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Peter Althof www.kampfsport-althof.de with Köksal Orduhan. (No longer available online.) K-1 Fightcenter, archived from the original on September 16, 2013 ; accessed on January 21, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- Jump up ↑ Hard Fists (1985) - Full Cast & Crew. IMDb, accessed January 21, 2014 .
- ↑ Macho Man. kino.de, accessed on January 21, 2014 .
- ↑ Injunction. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Macho Man . In: Catholic Film Commission for Germany (Hrsg.): Film service . tape 38 , 1985, ISSN 0720-0781 , pp. 53 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Marcus Littwin: Macho Man. (No longer available online.) Die-besten-Horrorfilme.de, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; accessed on January 21, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Thilo Gosejohann: Splatter Christmas. einslive.de, December 17, 2013, accessed on January 21, 2014 .
- ↑ CINECITTA Multiplexkino GmbH & Co. KG: Macho Man 2. Accessed on October 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Macho Man - Franconian cult film is back on the screen . In: inFranken.de . ( infranken.de [accessed on October 3, 2017]).
- ↑ Davide Grisolia : Macho Man September 2, 27, 2017, accessed October 3, 2017 .
- ↑ nordbayern.de, Nürnberg, Germany: A little trash is a must! ( nordbayern.de [accessed on July 18, 2018]).
