One of my favorite films, one I can’t recommend enough to absolute anyone and everyone.
“You all might think that there will be a day when America will leave Nicaragua alone, but I am here to tell you, flat out, that that day will never happen, because it is our destiny to be here. It is our destiny to control you people. So no matter how much you fight, no matter what you think, we’ll be back, time and time again. By the bones of our American dead in Rivas and Granada, I swear that we will never abandon the cause of Nicaragua. Let it occupy your every waking and sleeping thought. From the future, if not the present, we may expect a just judgement.”
My favourite of all time. Was lucky enough to watch it on the big screen a few months ago and I’m so glad I did. Laughed the whole time until ::: spoiler spoiler that devastating ending. :::
Cox more or less got blacklisted from Hollywood after this one.
Worth checking out the rest of his filmography - nothing gets as far left as this but they’re all a good time.
Definitely watch his cowboy parody film - Straight To Hell, chock ful of famous musicians, iirc because he was going to record their aid concert in Nicaragua but at the last second it became too dangerous to go ahead, so he made a film with them all somewhere in Spain instead whilst he had them all in one place.
Three Businessman is quite underrated as far as low budget hangout films go.
Fun fact is that Walker was inspired by some chud producer suggesting he make a Repo-Man style film about a punk travelling to Nicaragua to fight for the Contra’s. This is the film he made instead lol
Would you mind wrapping a spoiler tag around the end of that first block?
Repo Man is so good.