INTREPIDOS PUNKS
Though I didn’t realize it at the time, Teleport City was created for one reason and one reason only: to eventually review Intrepidos Punks. In fact, it wouldn’t be entirely beyond the pale to say that my entire life has been leading up to the moment I first heard of, then tracked down and watched this overwhelmingly fantastic slice of punk rock exploitation from, of all places, Mexico. At its heart,Intrepidos Punks is really nothing more than a by-the-numbers biker film updated for the loser censorship morals of the 1970s. But the frosting it layers onto the biker film cake make it into something utterly sublime. Everything I’ve ever been interested in — exploitation films, sleaze, punk rock, luchadores, scantily clad new wave girls, dune buggies — it all comes together in this perfect storm of day-glo mohawks and ten foot tall teased-hair brilliance.
#1 by Jen S on January 12, 2012 - 2:03 pm
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Oh, my goodness!
I grew up (or at least did a significant part of my up-growing) in eastern Oregon, which probably rivals Kentucky in its profusion of microscopic towns, time/space warping fashion and mentality, and “if you want any fun you gotta make it yourself” lack of youth culture.
I didn’t go the punk route–drama club nerd here–but the whole Hollywood/exploitation presentation of punk (or rather the wholesale collage of punk, glam, metal, and whatever) still lit a fire in the part of me that said “there’s more out there, and you know it.” Even when it was painfully obvious that the punks on screen were some director’s version of a subculture he’d never even seen, the energy still seemed to seep and crackle from the edges.
#2 by DamonD on January 13, 2012 - 5:34 am
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That hair is truly unbelievable. Deserves an IMDB entry by itself.
#3 by The Rev. on January 13, 2012 - 12:41 pm
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That picture alone would’ve sold me, but the review…yeah, I need to see this. Maybe at T-Fest someday (I think it’d be a good choice for that sort of thing.)
#4 by KeithA on January 14, 2012 - 1:35 am
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The sequel, Venganza de los Punks, is just as eye-popping — including a sparkly Satanic priest in a KKK hood — but is also a lot grimmer. There’s a third Mexican punk rock epic, called Los Demonias del Desierto — unconntected to the Intrepidos films but an obvious kindred spirit. I have it but haven’t watched it yet. Die Danger Die Die Kill tackled it though — http://diedangerdiediekill.blogspot.com/2011/12/los-demonias-del-desierto-mexico-1990.html