As a long time fan of Raquel Welch ever since I watched One Million Years B.C. in the theater as a kid, this movie is only bested by Fathom in my opinion. Unfortunately there was just a single Raquel dancing scene and the one by Mary Wilcox was even more smooth and sensual. The plot was better than average and Luke Askew played the psychotic killer so perfectly that his hair style was used for actor Jim Carrey's character in Dumb and Dumber decades later.
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Flare Up - 1969 - Warner Archive
This is a review for the Warner Archive DVD. Regarding this review, this item was viewed upscaled through a panasonic blu ray player to 1080p onto my 55" Samsung LED.JohnybikingFlare Up - 1969 - Warner Archive
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2020
Firstly, ignore Amazon's description, this is a Region Free disc and will play anywhere. Print is excellent for a non-restored movie. Colours are rich, image is nice and sharp. Aspect ratio is 1.85:1 (16.9 enhanced). Runtime is actually 98 minutes according to my BR player's counter. Audio is English only. There are no subtitle options. Disc contains no extras. I can't moan too much about the lack of extras, Warner Archive make a lot of obscure titles available, so I can live with the no-frills.
First gripe: The film itself has a strange 'made-for-tv' feel about it. The script is very bland in places and could have done with someone on hand to re-write some of the awful dialogue.
Second gripe: The killer, whom we know from literally the first scene, is played by Luke Askew, and frankly he is the worst actor I have witnessed for a long time. Wooden is not the word, a concrete slab could display more emotion. Even angry with his ex at the start, just before gunning her down in full view of everyone in the cafe, he is blank. Also, he is in more scenes than I would have liked, and his hair cut is appalling!
Third, and WORST gripe: Raquel Welch is the only dancer in a Topless Dancing Club, to NOT dance topless. The girl before her act dances topless. The trio of girls dancing after her act, yep, are topless. Miss Welch, during her few minutes dancing remains, well, practically full clothed in topless club speak. The costume (cover of DVD), is very nice, shows her perfect figure off beautifully. It would have been more believable if the club hadn't been a topless one.
Final gripe: They wrote two major scenes where Raquel has to, well, do some proper acting. One scene, where she is supposed to be distraught and shouts at her friends for talking too much (the aforementioned woman gunned down by the concrete slab was one of her best friends, and a fellow dancer), she isn't convincing. Another scene calls for her to be in fear of her life, again, not a strong point. A bit of odd screaming, and a screwing up of the face. Oh, and must not forget, the scene where she is running from the killer through a zoo late at night, she just keeps falling over all the time, not just the once to increase tension, but about six times, just to make her look clumsy. Still she is in heels, and there might have been some wet leaves around?
OK, now you are wondering why the four stars. Well, the scene were she finally shows down with the killer is pretty good, fairly graphic and, based on the rest of the film was a shocking and good surprise.
The above gripes only account for about 10 minutes of the runtime. The rest of the time, Raquel is in her comfort zone, dressed in fabulous costumes when working. Very high cut shorts when out and about. She gets to fool around and fall in love with a guy, she's all smiles and charm. Light and not too taxing, the way we like to see Raquel - playing to her strengths. Why her agent didn't just keep her in comedies and light stuff, I haven't a clue. Most great actors from that era just stuck to what their strengths were, and made great careers from it and where never criticised for it. Let's face it, the closest John Wayne every got to acting was in The Searchers, the rest of the time he was just John Wayne.
As you will have guessed, I am a huge Raquel fan and this purchase was to fill one of the gaps in my collection. Raquel in her prime is worth 4 stars to me.
If you are not Raquel fan, but are just interested in rare and obscure movies, then, if i am honest, it's a 2.5 or maybe a 3.
Purchased on Amazon UK Jan 2020, cost £8.49 (incl pp) at time of purchase.
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