Episode 56: Murder in the Orient (1975) (Marchini Madness... in August!)

The boys take a quick detour from The Summer of Blockbusters to talk about an old friend... Ron Marchini is back! This time, he has the Eric Bana Hulk to the Ed Norton Hulk. We disavow all connections from Murder in the Orient to the Ron Marchini Cinematic Universe. 

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to use two swords instead of a piece of paper to form a map? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have $10 million somewhere... out there? And have you ever had your plans to get two swords (to make one map) unravel because you're just unbearably horny? Really riled up? Cranked up to 11? Then, you have something in common with the folks in Murder in the Orient!

This flick follows the trials and tribulations of INTERPOL's top agents: a random woman's brother, and some guy she met once. They battle it out with the Golden Cobra clan, whose dastardly schemes are constantly derailed by someone giving out knives to the chronically frothing among the crew.

This movie is impossible to find. Google tries to save us from ourselves by constantly suggesting, instead, Murder on the Orient Express. We should have gone with their suggestions. 

Unfortunately, this will likely be the last Ron Marchini movie covered on this podcast, because it's impossible to find "Dragon's Quest" without two swords. And we only have one sword, so we only have half the map. 

Next week's movie has a *slightly* bigger budget... it's Speed 2: Cruise Control! Speed 2 is on HBO Max and has all of your old friends from the first one! Well, except Keanu Reeves, and Dennis Hopper, and Jeff Daniels, and... well, the bus! Instead, it's Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison, and a bunch of leeches. Jeff's wife unironically likes this movie. Enjoy!