Dog Eat Dog!
M**I
Agatha Christie meets Reservoir Dogs
This DVD contains a very crisp, virtually flawless copy of this pretty weird but visually beautiful black and white movie. The plot is inspired by Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians: People are holed up on an island in the Mediterranean and somebody is killing them off one by one. There is quite some gore and brutality. One character's face is covered with blood throughout the movie, although one would think he has plenty of occasions to wash it off. Jayne Mansfield's eye makeup starts running, too. What's more, she has a shiner (result of a fight with an other lady on a small fishing boat)! She basically plays a parody of herself and is quite effective in that role. Cinematography and set design are of high quality and make Dog eat Dog something like an offbeat arthouse movie. Did Quentin Tarantino ever watch it? The whole set up reminded me repeatedly of his Reservoir Dogs.Interesting bonus material contains two short b&w newsreel items, one about Mansfield's visit to Budapest with then husband Micky Hargitay - apparently made by a Hungarian crew for Hungarian moviegoers (the visit was made en route to the set of Dog eat Dog in Yugoslavia). The second is a very short announcment of Mansfield's untimely death with stock footage showing her with the British Queen's sister, Princess Margaret (of all people). Echoes from the past ...
M**L
An Interesting, Edgy Picture in Glorious Black & White!
For several years I've enjoyed the many films of blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe, especially her comedies. More recently, I've become interested in seeing what her competition from the 50's and 60's was up too! That would be Mamie Van Doren and Jayne Mansfield. I've always been a fan of "The Girl Can't Help It", so I was curious to finally see some of Jayne's other lesser known work.Dog Eat Dog! turns out to be a great little, "cheezy" movie with campy acting and a storyline that's way "over the top".This is a small budget film shot in Europe with a lot of twists and turns in the plot. I am especially impressed with the crisp, stunning black & white cinematography. Jayne Mansfield, Cameron Mitchell, and the rest of the cast are actually quite good in it. The story: a trio of thieves steal a million dollars in old US banknotes that are supposed to be sent back to America to be destroyed. I think that fans of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez might like this movie. Dog Eat Dog! looks like it would have been a fun little Drive-In picture to see back on a warm summer night in the 1960's. The film has a stylish European look to it.
C**E
A TOTAL JAYNE DELIGHT! CAMP! CAMP! CAMP!
This movie is a howl from beginning to end! If your a Mansfield fan, you'll love it! Jayne looks fantastic with her overprocessed cotton candy bubble hairdo. She's Funny, sexy, and camp, all at the same time. As far as Jayne's later career b-movies, relying on Jayne's name to make it worth seeing, this IS THE ONE! BUY IT! You'll watch it more than once..... Guaranteed!
F**R
Brings Back Memories!
I saw this movie on late night television back in the early 1970's. Certainly not a great movie, but Jayne Mansfield has always been fun to watch. I give it 2 stars for moviemaking and 4 stars for nostalgia. The picture quality is very good, the extras are poor, but it satisfies all my expectations.
C**C
Garbage
I wasted 10 minutes of my life on this one that I'll never get back. Jayne rolling around on a bed with phoney $1000 bills (like they were ever in circulation in 1966) shaking her ta-tas wearing panties and a PJ top was totally disgusting to say the least. I was just curious about the last full feature she made before she lost her head.
C**N
A MUST SEE MOVIE!
So cool! So different! Cameron Mitchell is superb, and so is Jane Mansfield in one of her best parts!This is an inspiring thriller,well made, and far from mainstream movies of the past and present.A must see original, with a strong script,and desperatecharacters! Christian Karlsson,Sweden
J**R
Pretty Good for What it is...
Entertaining Trashfest great for those times when you want to be entertained butdon't feel like using your mind. A guilty pleasure and a Hoot
N**R
gift for cousin
He loves Jayne. I know he will enjoy this movie over and over again He has almost all of her movies
S**R
good trashy movie
This is an outrageously trashy Jayne Mansfield picture full of bad acting and... Jayne!If you like movies that are so bad that they're good- you will love this.
N**L
dreadful
has to be filed under;one of the worst movies ever made!An embarassment
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