Sunday 23 February 2014

22: Escape From Los Santos (2.10)

1978; 49 minutes
Director of Photography John McPherson 
Written by Bruce Kalish/Philip John Taylor; Produced by James G Hirsch
Directed by Chuck Bowman

Hitchhiking near the border of Mexico,  David is offered a 'lift' into the town of Los Santos by a passing policeman.  On arrival he is promptly shuffled into a cell next to a distraught woman where both of them are about to be falsely accused of murdering the woman's husband.  During some ill treatment David changes into the Hulk and breaks out (through the wall of course - Hulk never was one to let mere bricks and mortar stop his progress).

Getting the woman to safety David later learns that her husband had accumulated evidence against the local authority, the employees of which seem to be completely corrupt.  The problem is that the two of them are now being treated as escaped convicts, and are now on the run both for their own safety and to attempt to retrieve the evidence that will clear their names.

An air of menace pervades the opening of this episode as an mildly distracted David witnesses the police chasing the woman who he will eventually hook up with as he himself ends up on the run.  There is a prominent feel of desperation about this story given the difficulty of two innocent individuals attempting to get back to their lives against the oppressive face of corrupt officials, and this results in a number of fairly exciting chases and interspersing encounters.

Number of Fists: ****

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