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Eat the Rich | Year: 1987 Directed: - Peter Richardson Actors/Actresses: - Nosher Powell Cannibalism and Satire **This review reveals minor details about the movie's plot.** I bought this movie because Lemmy Kilmister from the British rock band Motorhead had a part in it. I didn't expect much but figured, "At least I get to see Lemmy act". This movie is full of dark British humor and I didn't think I would get the jokes, but this movie me laughing so hard I cried. The star of the film, Lanah (Allen) Pellay plays a black homosexual waiter who is fired from a restaurant, which happens to serve the extremely wealthy. His disdain for the affluent becomes apparent when he returns to the restaurant with his misfit band of revolutionaries to exact his revenge. What is his revenge? Pellay and his 'friends' kill all the rich folk and grind them up in a meat grinder and feed them to other well to do customers. Pretty gross I know, but the satire is so sharp and twisted that you hardly notice, well almost. How was Lemmy's acting? Not too bad for a Rock god, but I see no leading man roles in his future. Another treat was a cameo by the other band members (circa 1986 lineup including Taylor and Clarke). The movie score was 100% Motorhead (I'm not complaining). Without giving too much of the movie away, I'll say that my absolute favorite part was the ending. Pellay does not get away with his crimes. He dies a martyr - in his eyes only - when he eventually dies. His death seen is long, dragged out and extremely hilarious. Other cast members include Nosher Powell (who plays Nosh) and Fiona Richmond (who plays Fiona). Peter Richardson directed and appeared in this film as well. Not suitable for children under 17. HA HA HA! Funniest movie even for us American blokes! Yeah baby! This comedy is about a waiter who works at an exclusive restaurant that is frequented by the super rich and has on the menu any sort of endangered animal species for your culinary enjoyment (Panda steak anyone?) The waiter quits after having enough abuse and promptly organizes a socialist revolution of sorts in which the meat dishes contain fatty rich human carcass meat. Of course the patrons still think they are eating panda, tiger, hashbrowns and bacon strips, we love the way that they lick their lips. Sittin' down in a restaurant, tell the waiter just what you want, is that the meat, you wanted to eat? How would you ever know? Anti-Thatcherite Diatribe Could Include American 'Snobs' This sometimes very sharp, sometimes silly, comedy is certainly not a naive paean to socialism. It seems more a hopeless cry against human greed and stupidity, as realized in Britain's "Let greed do it all!" 1980s under Margaret Thatcher (not much different, we are assured by Republican historians, from the same period under Reagan.) Hopeless, because the 'revolution' started by Pellay's character has no chance whatsoever of changing government policies, let alone the nastiness of human beings whose only ideal is 'Capitalism.' The revolution in fact, is monitored from the first by some government 'Secret Service' that is generally very satisfied with the results -- the elimination of Nosher Powell's outspoken, no bull, Home Secretary, who might, accidentally, upset the establishment's apple cart. Aside from the fine feeling of temporary revenge against the nasty capitalists that it may foster, the film is notable for Nosher Powell's performance as a kind of honest but blind man of action, and for the final appearance (as his wife) of the wonderful Sandra Dorne, one of England's proletarian pinups of the 1950s (sexier than Diana Dors and a better actress, though less well marketed.) Sandra at 50 something, no longer young, no longer glamourous, showed that she could still deliver a fine (and very considered) comedy performance, just as she did in her heyday. Buy Eat The Rich at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Eat The Rich Search with the Priority Search Engine on Eat The Rich This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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