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International
Guerillas
Paranoid Lollywood fantasy about assassinating
Salman Rushdie (circa 1990) complete with
disco and batsuits. Salman Rushdie, played
by Afzaal Ahmad, is depicted as plotting
the downfall of “Pakistan, the stronghold
of Islam” by opening a chain of casinos
and discos in the country. The hero of the
story, played by Mustafa Qureshi, learns
of this plot and quits his day job as a
police officer to recruit his brothers and
create a mujahid (God’s soldiers)
to pursue Rushdie and slay him. Rushdie
is protrayed as a smug, bespectacled butcher
in a double-breasted suit, living in palatial
splendor on his own island, slaughtering
his enemies with a huge blood-soaked sword.
In the end, as the trio of brothers and
their mother are being crucified by Rushdie,
Allah frees them with bolts of lightning
and attacks Rushdie withy flying holy books
(the Koran, Tawrat, Zabur, and Injil) that
shoot laser beams into his skull until he
bursts into flames, a scene that evoked
shouts of approval from Pakistani audiences.
video source quality
rating: B- |
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International
Guerillas |
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Item
price: $14.99 |
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Color/ 180 minutes/ 1990 |
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