I love this movie so much

Absolutely Fantastic

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

I just finished watching this documentary about Cannon Films on YouTube. It touches on the company's beginnings in the late '60s when it was run by one of its co-founders, Christopher Dewey who consented to be interviewed for this doc as did John G. Alvidsen who directed one of the company's first notable films-Joe about a bigot's teaming with an upper crust man in looking for the latter's daughter. I reviewed that on this site so look for my review under that title if you're interested. Then it jumps to when a couple of Israeli cousins-Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan-bought the studio for their own productions. They revitalized Charles Bronson's career when he made various Death Wish sequels and made Chuck Norris a major star with his actioners. They also made Breakin'-the quickie attempt to beat Orion Pictures' Beat Street in showcasing break dancing on film. They seemed to do pretty well for themselves but then they overextended their credit to the point to when they made Superman IV and Masters of the Universe, they went into bankruptcy which then led to their split. Various talking heads mention how things went so wrong while also telling how much charisma they had when making deals. In summary, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films is quite a ride in telling the story of how a studio went so out of control before anyone knew what hit them! So that's a recommendation. P.S. I remember as a teen watching two of the studio's films: Treasure of the Four Crowns-a 3-D ripoff of Raiders of the Lost Ark which had some entertainingly scary zoom scenes of things coming at you but not much plot or good acting. And The Last American Virgin which me and my brother watched on HBO and liked many of the nude scenes and raunchy jokes...but was shocked at the unhappy ending that came!

Rewind the tape and slap it on. This is pure nostalgia-fest for those of us of a generation. I'm sure if IMDb was around back then, we'd all have been writing up reviews slamming their films and chutzpah at throwing at us much of the dross they did.Yet, many of us actually loved a lot of their old fare. The action movies at a certain age were superb fun and ridiculously good. They might have been low budget put together with the script last in line, but they still were entertaining. It kind of was the last true B-Movie era.In the UK, video was king for a number of years, and nobody exploited that market better than Cannon. I lapped up many of their films. It's wonderful to see in this documentary all the old names and how lovingly they look back, in humour as much as all else. Its terrific.Okay, the films were practically all garbage, and I've probably grown up to be too much of a film snob now to sit back and enjoy going through their movies again. However, I will be revisiting some of their old fare in one way or another, and this film reminded me of what a wonderfully silly time the video days in their heyday truly were.Thanks Cannon, from a guy who owes you a great deal.

This documentary remind me, so much of 2010's 'Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape' & 2010's 'Machete Maidens Unleashed!' in the way, they are able to tell a Hollywood story. It feel like a very braze and wild informative clip-show with a few talking head interviews. Directed by 2008's 'Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!' director Mark Hartley; the film explores and expose the shameless history of the low-to medium-budget exploitation movies of Cannon Films, from 1967 to 1994. Unfortunately, the structure of this movie is not as strong as the others. Don't get me wrong, I like how the movie structure Cannon film history, into three main groups: Cannon's earlier years of producing skin flicks, Cannon's mid years of producing violence action flicks and dance movies, and last, Cannon's last years, trying to produce main stream blockbuster flicks. However, it's also here, where the film seem to jump around with its history. It was somewhat distracting when one minute, they are talking about the original Death Wish film series (1974-1994), only to cut to something else, and then later on the film, go back to talking about the film once again. It was a little too odd. Still, I did like how the movie talk about the history of Cannon Film Israeli producers, cousins, Yoram Globus & Menahem Golan, making films in Israel in the 1970s. Only to later focus, their resources, on turning a dying American porno company into a global Hollywood Blockbuster firm in early to mid-1980s. It made for a very entertaining watch. However, the film did omitted a few good informative, such as mentioning how the video film company invested heavily in the video market, buying the international video rights to several classic film libraries; while also, buying off, the film rights to a number of comic book superheroes like Spiderman, Captain America and others. The film also fails to mention, the fact that they also made or produce, animation movies and foreign language movies like 1986's 'Robotech the Movie'. Another misleading thing about this movie is how the film makes it seem like Cannon film went out of business in the late 1980s, when in truth, Cannon films last until 1994 when its new owner, Parretti at Pathé got into serious legal trouble. It's also sucks that this movie acts like most of Cannon films, were pure crap, when in truth, several of their works, won or were nominated for Academy Awards, and Golden Globes, such as 1986's 'The Assault', and 1986's 'Otello'. Yes, those films were produced by other companies, but there were some other well-received films from them, like 1987's 'Street Smart' that gave an unknown middle-aged actor named Morgan Freeman his big break, and allow him to receive his first Oscar nomination. I wish, the movie would showcase, more films like that, because, I thought the overall bashing of the Cannon films was a little much. After all, Cannon films do have their cult fans. Too much hate for these films, is probably, the main reason, why Yoram Globus & Menahem Golan didn't want to be in this film. Their 2014's documentary film, 'The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films', is a little more kind for those fans. However, that documentary was produced quickly and wasn't as well-made as this film. One thing, I kinda wish this documentary had, was more important, talking-heads giving their opinion on their films. How cool, would it be, if we saw actors Chuck Norris, Brooke Shields, Jean Claude Van Damme, Mickey Rourke, Sharon Stone & Sylvester Stallone give their opinion on their films. It would be awesome. Despite that, the people being interview like Richard Chamberlain, Elliot Gould, Franco Nero and Bo Derek, gave some good facts and opinions. Even if they were a bit biased, and resentful toward their former employers. Like Cannon Films, this documentary is also a clear guarantee that you were going to get violence, nudity or bad language, and frequently a combination of all three. So, I wouldn't say, this movie is for everybody. There is lots of scenes of gruesome acts like murder, rape, and deaths, but since I was a kid raised on VHS in the 80's and 90's, this movie was a nostalgia trip for me. Overall: I do recommended seeing, this walk down memory lane film.

'Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films' is an occasionally scathing but generally affectionate look back at the rise and fall of Cannon films, an 80s B-movie powerhouse started by two Israeli cousins, Menahem Golan and Yorum Globus, as told by the people who were there.Even if you don't have any nostalgia for the era and the Cannon catalog (which totals over a hundred films), if you're a film fan in general my guess is you're still likely to enjoy this often hilarious documentary about the dream of two men with lots of passion and very little good taste.