Blu-ray Review – The Big Bust-Out

"The Big Bust-Out" is a 1972 Italian production that found its way into the hands of Roger Corman. Sensing an opportunity to make a quick buck, Corman chopped over 20 minutes out of the movie and oversaw a marketing campaign that emphasized the film's displays of nudity, sexual assault, and action, attempting to lure exploitation fanatics into theaters. The idea was to add another "women in prison" picture to his growing roster of hits (joining titles such as "The Big Bird Cage" and "The Big Doll House") but Corman isn't working with homegrown material here. He's trying to transform "The Big Bust-Out" into a perfectly sleazy romp when the actual feature is more of a depressing viewing experience, highlighting all kinds of suffering and death, keeping things quite grim while the new edit gradually mangles the story. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com