Why would I be awake at 2:51 AM on a school night watching a movie called Truck Stop Women - as well as Road Angels - when I could just as easily be in bed? Well, some would say it's a devotion to our readers who demand to know more about mid-70's truck driving action films. But we all. know it's because this movie has Claudia Jennings in it and that name is enough to make me say, "Well, I'll at least watch this for a few minutes." Before you know it, the sun is coming up and I've spent all of my beauty sleep hours watching the dearly departed Ms. Jennings skate roller derby or fight the syndicate or play post-apocalyptic games with David Carradine. Tonight is no different.
What can you say about a movie that starts with two gangsters assassinating a naked couple in a bathtub? You roped me in again, Mark Lester, director of Commando, Firestarter, Class of 1984, Bobbi Joe and the Outlaw, Roller Boogie and so many other movies that have also kept me awake late into the small hours.
Anna (Lieux Dressler, Grave of the Vampire) runs a brothel for truckers - yes, there was once a thing and I bet there probably still is - in New Mexico. He daughter Rose (Jennings) is one of her girls (so is Uschi Digard!) but she's tired of her mom running her life and dreams of more money, so she starts working with the Eastern Mafia - led by Smith (John Martino, Paulie Gatto from The Godfather) and Rusty (Speed Stearns, Eat My Dust!) - to take over the racket.
Oddly enough, $15,000 of this film's budget came from politician Phil Gramm. There were some articles that made a big stink about it being an adult film,but it's honestly softcore at best.
Look, any movie where Claudia Jennings yells, "Would Jackie Onassis eat chicken fried steak!?" is going to be one that I end up watching. Whether or not you have the same bad taste as me will determine whether or not you should watch this movie.
Does it help if I tell you that the entire movie stops dead for a montage of an 18 wheeler going across the entire country to the tune of "I'm a Truck," sung from the POV of the truck itself? Because wow, that totally happens. Hey - Dennis Fimple is in it, so maybe you really should stay up all night. I know that I did.
What can you say about a movie that starts with two gangsters assassinating a naked couple in a bathtub? You roped me in again, Mark Lester, director of Commando, Firestarter, Class of 1984, Bobbi Joe and the Outlaw, Roller Boogie and so many other movies that have also kept me awake late into the small hours.
Anna (Lieux Dressler, Grave of the Vampire) runs a brothel for truckers - yes, there was once a thing and I bet there probably still is - in New Mexico. He daughter Rose (Jennings) is one of her girls (so is Uschi Digard!) but she's tired of her mom running her life and dreams of more money, so she starts working with the Eastern Mafia - led by Smith (John Martino, Paulie Gatto from The Godfather) and Rusty (Speed Stearns, Eat My Dust!) - to take over the racket.
Oddly enough, $15,000 of this film's budget came from politician Phil Gramm. There were some articles that made a big stink about it being an adult film,but it's honestly softcore at best.
Look, any movie where Claudia Jennings yells, "Would Jackie Onassis eat chicken fried steak!?" is going to be one that I end up watching. Whether or not you have the same bad taste as me will determine whether or not you should watch this movie.
Does it help if I tell you that the entire movie stops dead for a montage of an 18 wheeler going across the entire country to the tune of "I'm a Truck," sung from the POV of the truck itself? Because wow, that totally happens. Hey - Dennis Fimple is in it, so maybe you really should stay up all night. I know that I did.