There are a lot of good movies out there made in the past few decades and fortunately there are companies that are going back and saving them from being lost forever. And then there are movies those same companies are resurrecting and you wonder…why? Such is the case with DIRTY LAUNDRY.
The film revolves around a group of laundry bags with various items in them that are mixed up among the characters. The main character in the film is Jay (Leigh McCloskey), a happy go lucky sound mixer for a major rock band. Jay doesn’t seem to have a care in the world. He takes his laundry to the laundromat where all this takes place. Also there with a bag containing a ton of money is band manager Maurice (Sonny Bono) intended for mob boss “Macho” Marty Benedectine (Frankie Valli). A third bag filled with drugs is owned by two elderly women who deal them.
When a scuffle between a man and his wife results in her pushing him through the plate glass window, the police are called. They find the drug bag and the two women draw weapons on them, grabbing their bad and taking off. But the final two bags are mixed up between McCloskey who has no clue what bag he’s picked up and mob enforcer Vito (Nicholas Worth).
When Worth gets the money to his boss they find the bag full of dirty laundry. Marty goes off on Vito and sends him out to retrieve the loot. At the same time Jay has no clue what was in his bag and tosses it into his car.
The story brings in a love interest when Jay meets Trish (Jeanne O’Brien), an eager reporter hoping to get her first scoop on hair metal rock star Ricky Savoy (Johnny B. Frank). Jay is the sound mixer for the concert that night and agrees to try and help her get the story. Before that can happen Vito shows up, shots are fired and the pair head off with Vito on their trail.
The film is tame, lame and no one knows who to blame. The acting is bearable but barely. The writing is shameful fueled by jokes that seem to revolve around cop shows like MIAMI VICE. More than anything the film is boring. Most of what happens you can see a mile away. The only saving grace for the film is that it captures the culture of the time in California, the disco dying out scene, hair metal bands, leggings and more. I’m sure this movie was part of a collection of films that were bargained for but it’s not something people would seek out or that I can honestly recommend.
MVD is making this a part of their Rewind Collection. Extras
include a new commentary track with Tony Piluso, Newt Wallen and Crystal Quinn
of “Hack the Movies”, a new interview with McCloskey, a new interview with
actor Robbie Rist who plays McCloskey genius teen neighbor and friend, the
original theatrical trailer and a collectible poster.
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