Episode #143: "The Assignment" and "Ali: Fear Eats the Soul" (Spoilerpiece Theatre)

Episode #143: "The Assignment" and "Ali: Fear Eats the Soul"

Spoilerpiece Theatre · Apr 7, 2017 · 1h 2m

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The movie

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

The main topic of this episode

Show notes

This week during a conversation about the new Domino's commercials that parody FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, Dave shares a seemingly small aspect of the movie that really gets under his skin. Next he and Evan review THE ASSIGNMENT (at 7:56), a truly awful film by Walter Hill about a hitman (Michelle Rodriguez) who undergoes forced gender reassignment surgery, and seeks revenge on her mad scientist tormentor (Sigourney Weaver). They pick apart its terrible makeup, its endless exposition, its uninteresting revelations, and its nonsensical plot, which they argue no one could be good in. After that, Kris spoilerpieces ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (at 36:30), a German film he was inspired to watch by Roger Ebert's "The Great Movies." He reveals why it's worth watching, as he describes how the movie's poignant, complicated love story addresses racism without sensationalizing it.