Blood Debts

Blood Debts is a 1985 Philippine action film directed by Teddy Page and starring Richard Harrison, Mike Monty, Jim Gaines, and Daniel Andrew.

Blood Debts
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Directed byTeddy Page
Written byRichard Harrison
Timothy Jorge
Produced byK.Y. Lim
StarringRichard Harrison
Mike Monty
Jim Gaines
Daniel Andrew
CinematographyBob Aaron
Edited byDavid Mac
Music byPatrick Wales
Distributed bySilver Star Film Company
Release date
  • 1985 (1985)
CountryPhilippines
LanguageEnglish

Plot

While enjoying a picnic, Sarah Collins (Catherine Miles) and her boyfriend are surprised by a gang of juvenile hunters. They rape her and kill him, but just before they are about to kill her she escapes and runs to her parents' house. The gang members shoot Sarah in front of her father, a wealthy Vietnam Vet (Richard Harrison) named Mark. The boys wound him seriously and leave.

A few months later, after his health has returned, Mark manages to find the murderers and kills each of them. He also keeps on walking the streets at night, looking for criminals in action to execute until his wife Yvette (Ann Jackson) convinces him to stop. However, he has been observed by the henchmen of Bill (Mike Monty), an enigmatic businessman desiring to crush the local drug syndicate. Bill gives orders to kidnap Yvette and forces Mark to continue his vigilante work.

Mark eventually escapes and stages a one-man assault on Bill's compound, pilfering progressively larger weapons from the henchmen he kills. However, Bill emerges with a pistol and shoots Mark in the back, leaving him crippled and supine. As Bill deliberately takes aim, Mark pulls out a tiny rocket launcher hitherto concealed in his sleeve and fires off a last-ditch shot. The rocket scores a direct hit on Bill and blows his body to pieces. The film ends with a freeze frame of the explosion and text informing the audience that “mark collins [sic], age 45, gave himself up to the authorities after the incident. he is now serving a life sentence."

Cast

Internet popularity

The film ends very abruptly, with the credits rolling before the rocket explosion finishes, or before Bill's body parts hit the ground. Simultaneously, upbeat stock music is played over the scene and the credits, contrasting the dour tone of the on-screen text describing Mark's arrest and conviction. This ending has been uploaded several times on YouTube as "The Proper Way To End Your Film". The most popular upload of this has over 6 million views.[1]

References

  1. SyntheNeko (30 April 2011). "The Proper Way to End Your Film". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 11 May 2021.


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