They Call Me Macho Woman!
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{{Infobox film
| name = They Call Me Macho Woman!
| image = MachoWoman.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Patrick G. Donahue
| producer = Dee Donahue
Patrick G. Donahue
Newman Goldstein
| writer = Patrick G. Donahue
| starring = Debra Sweaney
Brian Oldfield
Sean P. Donahue
Mike Donahue
Jerry Johnson
| music = Emilio Kauderer
| cinematography = Mike Pierce
| editing = Jules Shapiro
| distributor = Troma Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|1989}}
| country = United States
| runtime = 81 minutes
| language = English
| budget =
}}
They Call Me Macho Woman! is a 1989 action film written and directed by Patrick G. Donahue and distributed by Troma Entertainment. The film belongs to the girls with guns subgenre.
Plot
The story follows city woman Susan Morris (Debra Sweaney), who decides to escape her banal urban life and goes looking for a house in the country. Unfortunately, she's taken prisoner by a group of savage drug smugglers, headed by the ruthless Mongo (Brian Oldfield). After escaping their clutches, Susan is forced to transform herself into a fearsome warrior and exact her revenge on Mongo and his evil henchmen.
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Production
A lot of the original music in this film became trademark Troma songs and were used in a variety of films, including the Toxic Avenger sequels. {{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
Reception
TV Guide sees in the film a "Troma thriller (a whole genre of humorously sub-"B" movies)".{{Cite web |title=They Call Me Macho Woman |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/they-call-me-macho-woman/review/2000096800/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}
The website Girls With Guns said of the film: "Yes, it’s dumb. Yes, it’s cheap. Yes, it makes little or no sense, in particular her sudden transformation from plucky but largely ineffective heroine [who can’t even stab someone in a way that causes them more than moderate discomfort] into a warrior woman, capable of embedding a shiny axe in your head from 15 paces. But, you know what? It’s never boring (...)"{{Cite web |last=McLennan |first=Jim |date=2015-01-26 |title=Review: They Call Me Macho Woman! |url=https://girlswithguns.org/they-call-me-macho-woman/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=Girls With Guns |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0098467|title=They Call Me Macho Woman!}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes}}
Category:American independent films
Category:Troma Entertainment films
Category:1989 independent films
Category:American action films
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:English-language action films
Category:English-language independent films
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