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East Meets Watts

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East Meets Watts (also released as Dynamite Brothers) is a 1974 film directed by Al Adamson.Larry Chin (Alan Tang) has sneaked into the United States via the port of San Francisco to search for his brother (James Hong), who disappeared some time before. He crosses paths with Stud Brown, and they combine their efforts to intervene in a gang war, stop a flood of drugs into the ghetto (the Watts area of Los Angeles), keep one step ahead of a corrupt cop and find Larry's brother. The film combines elements of Blaxploitation and Martial Arts Movie styles.Cinematic Titanic riffed on the film for several live shows, one of which was released on DVD.
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Chained Heat
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Chained Heat: Larry and Stud spend part of the film handcuffed to each other. At one point, Larry somehow easily takes off his jacket despite still being handcuffed to Stud.
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NoKillLikeOverKill
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No Kill like Overkill: Stud empties the magazine of a pump-action shotgun into Razor.
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Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting
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Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting: Even Stud's gang (when they aren't simply shooting people, that is)
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Disproportionate Retribution
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Disproportionate Retribution: Larry's cousin is killed in a car bomb a few minutes after giving Larry an address to find his brother.
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The Dragon
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The Dragon: Razor, Wei's hit man.
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Hitchhiker Heroes
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Hitchhiker Heroes: Larry and Stud flag down Betty Fon, who drives them to Los Angeles. She later assists Larry in trying to find his brother.
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Idiot Ball
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Idiot Ball: Stud may have had the foresight to steal Burke's keys and disable his radio, but he also threw away the keys before unlocking his and Larry's handcuffs.
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Politically Incorrect Villain
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Politically Incorrect Villain: Burke hurls a few racial slurs along the way, which sound even more crude and jarring now than when the film was first released.
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Kung-Foley
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Kung-Foley: Lots of it.
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Never Hurt an Innocent
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Never Hurt an Innocent: Averted; Razor kills both Sarah and Burke's girlfriend.
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Large Ham
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Large Ham: Smiling Man, an unusually badass example.
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Literal Cliffhanger
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Literal Cliffhanger: The climactic fight between Larry and Wei while both are driving on a mountainous road.
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Stud empties a six-shot rifle into Razor.
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Mr. Exposition
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Mr. Exposition: The conversation between Wei and Razor at the start of the film establishes the basic plot, as they touch on Larry, the drugs, Burke and Smiling Man.
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Cute Mute
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Cute Mute: Sarah.
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Alternate DVD Commentary
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Alternate DVD Commentary: Cinematic Titanic riffed the movie in 2009.
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And I Must Scream
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And I Must Scream: A particularly twisted version as Razor tortures the mute Sarah to death.
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Alas, Poor Villain
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Alas, Poor Villain: Burke (and his girlfriend) is murdered by Razor as he's had enough of being Wei's stooge and makes plans to flee.
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Tragic Villain
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Tragic Villain: The film takes a stab at portraying Burke as one, showing him begging Wei for more bribe money and having him express his unhappiness with the position he has put himself in:
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Luke, I Am Your Father
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Luke, I Am Your Father: The brother who Larry Chin has been searching for? Turns out to be the head gangster Wei, the film's Big Bad.
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Deliberately Monochrome
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Deliberately Monochrome: Larry's flashbacks to the death of his wife are tinted in red.
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Dirty Cop
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Dirty Cop: Burke.
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Snake Pit
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Snake Pit: Kung Fat and his henchmen throw Larry into a stone pit, then throw a single snake in after him.
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The '70s: Oh, so much.
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