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Devil's Express

  • 1976
  • R
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
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Devil's Express (1976)
ActionAdventureCrimeHorror

A tough black martial artist cop takes on warring street gangs and an evil demon that haunts the New York City subways.A tough black martial artist cop takes on warring street gangs and an evil demon that haunts the New York City subways.A tough black martial artist cop takes on warring street gangs and an evil demon that haunts the New York City subways.

  • Director
    • Barry Rosen
  • Writers
    • Barry Rosen
    • Niki Patton
    • Pascual Vaquer
  • Stars
    • Warhawk Tanzania
    • Larry Fleischman
    • Wilfredo Roldan
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    559
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Barry Rosen
    • Writers
      • Barry Rosen
      • Niki Patton
      • Pascual Vaquer
    • Stars
      • Warhawk Tanzania
      • Larry Fleischman
      • Wilfredo Roldan
    • 17User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Warhawk Tanzania
    Warhawk Tanzania
    • Luke Curtis
    • (as War Hawk Tanzania)
    Larry Fleischman
    Larry Fleischman
    • Cris
    • (as Larry Fleishman)
    Wilfredo Roldan
    • Rodan
    Stephen DeFazio
    • Sam
    Elsie Roman
    Moses Lyllia
      Tsikagi Tanzania
        Theodore Gottlieb
        Theodore Gottlieb
          Yoshiteru Otani
          • Warrior
          Guy King
          • Priest…
          Nobu Iwasawa
          • Priest
          Clint Chin
          • Priest
          Masaki Oishi
          • Priest
          Thomas Lee
          • Priest
          Thomas D. Anglin
          • Tom
          • (as Tom Anglin)
          Charles Pong
          • Gang Member #1…
          John Chin
          • Gang Member #2…
          Cedric McClester
          • Shag
          • Director
            • Barry Rosen
          • Writers
            • Barry Rosen
            • Niki Patton
            • Pascual Vaquer
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          • Trivia
            Shot in about two and a half weeks.
          • Goofs
            Chinese gang member spits out an impossible amount of blood when Rodan stomps on his neck.
          • Quotes

            Luke Curtis: The gangland fighting isn't right. That's not what martial arts is all about. I'd lay low for a while.

            Rodan: What lay low? You shoulda seen those cats spinning like a bunch of faggots.

            Tom: They are, man! They took one look at our faces and split far and wide!

            Rodan: They'd rather fight a gorilla in a phone booth than to mess with us.

          • Connections
            Featured in 31 Days of Horror: Don't Go in the Subway (2018)
          • Soundtracks
            Rumble, Rumble
            © 1975 Rising Sun
            By Patrick Adams

          User reviews17

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          Kinetic blaxploitation/kung-fu/monster romp.

          An afrocentric martial arts master attends a Karate tournament in China, accompanied by a young student who steals an ancient amulet from a cave, unwittingly freeing a long captive demon. He brings the cursed artifact back to New York City, unaware that the demon has followed him in order to reclaim it. The evil entity possesses and kills people as it hides in the underground subway system, leaving homicide investigators baffled with each brutal murder. Only the aforementioned Karate master has the testicular fortitude needed for a hand-to-hand combat with the ancient evil.

          DEVIL'S EXPRESS is emblematic of movies typically screened in "The Deuce" of NYC during the 70s...those little theaters so unendurably squalid that you'd need to bring a plastic garbage bag to cover your seat with. Cast of nobodies is headed by the inimitable WARHAWK TANZANIA, a karate-chopping soul brother forever iconified by this, and just one other Z-grade blaxploitation feature(FORCE FOUR, 1975).

          7/10...Eighty-three minutes of sleazy, kickass action. You never had it so good.
          • EyeAskance
          • Sep 17, 2005
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          • Release date
            • August 18, 1976 (United States)
          • Country of origin
            • United States
          • Language
            • English
          • Also known as
            • Gang Wars
          • Filming locations
            • 42nd street, 200 West block, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(opening credits)
          • Production company
            • Mahler Films
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          • Budget
            • $100,000 (estimated)
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          • Runtime
            1 hour 23 minutes
          • Sound mix
            • Mono
          • Aspect ratio
            • 1.85 : 1

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