Thanks for the memories!

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

"Ms .45" is an American movie from 1981, so this one had its 35th anniversary last year. The director is Abel Ferrara and he is probably somewhat known, certainly more known than screen play writer Nicholas St. John and at least as much as lead actress Zoë Lund in her very first performance. She plays the title character, a woman who gets raped early on in the movie and from that moment on goes on revenge path against men and keeps shooting everybody who gets in front of her and slightly does not act like a perfect gentleman. That's the whole story and while I felt that the film started off relatively solid, it gets uninteresting quickly and I must say it never recovers from that during its 80 minutes runtime. Quite a shame as I know Ferrara can do better than that. You may decide for yourself if you see this as a feminist, androgynist, sexist movie or none of these. One thing that is for sure though is how absolutely stunning and beautiful Lund looks in here. She had me glued to the screen and even if her acting is probably not on par with her looks, it was still a bearable watch mostly thanks to her. With another lead actress, it would have been an even weaker movie. The film hits rock-bottom probably when they show her in that nun costume and at that point it has a bit of a Jess Franco aura to it already and there is not that much quality anymore, if any at all. Lund is of course the most known cast member, unless you count Ferrara's cameo. Still, it makes me sad to see she died so early and with what her thought on drugs were. But she left us this film here, or maybe I should say "her performance" and the looks on her tremendous body as the film itself is just not good unfortunately. I have to give it a thumbs-down. Nothing worth seeing beyond Lund.

Ms. 45 (1981)*** (out of 4)Abel Ferrara's controversial story of the mute Thana (Zoe Tamerlis) who is raped one day when she's walking home. Things get even worse when she gets home as there's an intruder there who rapes her again, although this time she manages to kill him. These attacks set something off in Thana who soon hits the streets with a 45 and begins killing off men.The first time I watched this film I saw it simply as a female version of DEATH WISH. In a lot of ways those two films share a lot in common but I think I was being a bit harsh in playing this off as just some sort of rip-off because there's actually quite a bit going on here. For starters, the best thing about the picture is the bizarre nature of the film, which comes from the direction of Ferrara who perfectly nails what this film is trying to do. For me, the film works as a very dark and rather disturbing tale of someone who has something tragic happen to them and they simply lose their mind.What I like about MS. 45 is that so many things go unanswered. We never know how she gets the gun. How she keeps coming up with bullets. We don't know why she doesn't tell the police after the original rapes. The character doesn't speak a word throughout the movie and we never fully know why she's doing the things that she is. Not having anything explained actually works in the film's favor and especially the way Ferrara dives into her mental state as the picture moves along and the killing's increase.A lot of credit also has to go to Tamerilis who does a terrific job in the lead role. I thought she was terrific in the part as one of the hardest things to do as an actor is to give a performance without being able to use words. As a silent performances she's quite wonderful here as she gives a full range of emotions and even without words you constantly know how she's feeling. The supporting cast is also quite good including Ferrara in his quick cameo.MS. 45 isn't a flawless movie but it perfectly captures a rather sleazy New York and as a character study it really delivers.

Maybe they couldn't think of something to add into the plot, which is a bit skimpy? The basic theme is great, ie, disadvantaged female gets even with creeps who deserve a good slapping. And does she deliver!A superb performance from Zoe Lund (aka Tamerlis), who doesn't say a word, but manages to say truck-loads just by the looks she gives.But then it seems to go on a bit without really saying (!) much or achieving much. A pity, and I would have liked a better ending.Others in the cast, and the director and producers combine to deliver and interesting, and different movie. One that could have been better. I've given it a 7, and will happily watch it again.

Zoe Tamerlis Lund's ability to keep hold of an audience despite her lack of speech in this movie is truly phenomenal. During all of the action sequences, her innate command of viewers takes hold and makes your eyes automatically drawn to her and Thana's character. The way she shows Thana's ongoing mental decay is brilliant as well. She was certainly brilliant in the film, but what happened to her leaves much to be desired.Lund died of a cocaine overdose in her mid-30's. She was a talented musician, model and screenwriter,and rather easy on the eyes. It's too bad she was taken at such a young age, like many other talented actresses. Who knows where she could have gone with that many talents...