GUILTY VIEWING PLEASURES
Band of the Hand (1986)
Info:
- Release Date: April 11, 1986
- Creators: 0 (director), Leo Garen (writer)
- Genre: Teen Rehabilitation
- Rating: ★★★☆☆
Plot:
- Hardcore survivalist Joe takes five teen delinquents with various crimes (gang bangers, cocaine dealer, murderer and car thief) and teaches them how to survive in the Everglades and downtown Miami.
Notes:
- Crazy offering up his cup for seconds of the milkweed/snail/termite egg stew
- Nestor's fabulous cocaine stash and santeria closet. Genuinely creepy moment between him and Nikki.
- "I've never heard of no juvenile facility in the middle of the Everglades!"
- "This is who you let run you out of the house?! Five punks and Tonto?!?!"
- Lord of the Flies meets Miami Vice!
Cast:
- Stephen Lang as Joe
- Daniele Quinn as Carlos
- Lauren Holly as Nikki
- Michael Carmine as Ruben
- Leon Robinson as Moss
- John Cameron Mitchell as Crazy
- Al Shannon as Rattler
- James Remar as Nestor
- Laurence Fishburne as Cream
