MartinHafer The list of the 100 worst rated films on IMDb is heavily populated with films that were featured on "Mystery Science Theater 3000"-- partly because the films were so terrible but also partly because there seems to be an assumption that this show featured the worst films of all time. This is not at all true but instead they featured films they could obtain the rights to and many much worse films were never shown on the program. You'd think that "Plan 9 From Outer Space", "Robot Monster", "The Horror of Party Beach", "They Saved Hitler's Brain" or "The Apple" would make the list...but no, it's instead chock full of films from "MSTK 3000". While I would clearly say that "Last Train to Mundo Fine" is a terrible film, it is far from the Bottom 100 in badness. It's cheap, poorly made and dull beyond belief considering what the film is about...and probably in the bottom 200 or 500. The story is about some scum-bags trying to make their way to Cuba to earn money fighting for the insurgents. But when they are promised checks instead of cash, they attempt to escape. Much of the film simply consists of these idiots running about the countryside.The sound for the film is very cheap and sounds poor--like it was clumsily added later. Often lips are not synchronized to what the folks are saying and it sounds tinny. The cinematography is equally cheap and the acting no better. But it makes up for all this by being incredibly dull.

Clay Loomis The reviews on this movie seem to have the general idea covered very well, so suffice it to say that I agree, it's a horrible film. One thing that I did not see in the reviews was any mention of Cherokee Jack's sign. The version of the film I saw only flashed to the sign for about 1/2 second. I ran it back and played it twice more and I still could not absorb the whole thing. So I paused on the sign and did a screen-grab. The sign in itself is funny, so I posted the screen-grab on my personal Web site and was going to give you a link here so you could see it for yourselves. Alas, the posting guidelines for IMDb forbid giving URL's. Too bad. It's worth a look.While it doesn't do the actual sign justice, here is what it says:*******************************"CHEROKEE ~ JACK" WiLL FLiE YOU ANYWHERE? RATES - PRETTiE - REASONEBLE;*******************************All misspellings and punctuation above are correct. The "i"'s were all lower case, but capital sized. The sign was done by hand. I'll admit that the possibility exists that this was intentional, but considering how little thought went into the rest of this movie, I doubt it. So, Jack somehow managed to get a pilot's license but can't spell the word "fly"? Not exactly confidence inspiring. I was also counting how many times a cigarette was put to lips in this film, but I lost count after 27.Coleman Francis, was there any movie you couldn't make for $35,000?

Jearleee George Protagonist escapes prison. Protagonist meets two shady men. The three stooges travel in a plane to undergo an hour of training to invade Cuba for a pay of 1000 dollars, they receive 35. The invasion fails and they get captured. They escape and rush back to the us in a plane. Then follows a series of events that are coherent in no way, and it finishes with the protagonist getting shot.This "film" should not be seen unless you are into BDSM or want to see how a bad film is done. It should serve as an example why a script is important, as well as a variable cast. A film will not turn out good if you go out in the desert with just a camera and a hand-picked cast of actors from the metal factory.If you are to see this film, please note that the protagonist has no lines until a third of the film has passed and that your confusion is natural. Nobody understands what goes on.

ametaphysicalshark Auteur extraordinaire Coleman Francis once again proves that staying away from studio interference and a budget as well as casting one's incompetent self is the only surefire way to create a surrealist, absurdist, and yet somehow ultra-realistic cinema-verite masterpiece of the magnitude of "Red Zone Cuba", also known as "Night Train to Mundo Fine".Coleman Francis uses multiple inventive and original techniques to establish the absurdist atmosphere of this uncompromising noir epic. His use of repetitive imagery evokes the unnecessary nature of the lives being lived by the protagonists as well as the antagonists in Francis' typical ultra-realist and yet abstract sensationalist cinema verite noir universe. John Carradine in particular was an inspired bit of casting- a fine actor whose career was deteriorating- the perfect way to portray a character in the dark, gloomy, relentless world of continuous close-ups that Francis creates.Of course it's fairly obvious that "Red Zone Cuba" was Stanley Kubrick's primary influence for "2001: A Space Odyssey", but the similarity between both films goes even farther. Indeed, "Red Zone Cuba" creates an aesthetic far removed and yet nearly identical to "2001". Kubrick has stated that Coleman Francis succeeded so unbelievably well in "Red Zone Cuba" that no director in the future of cinema should attempt to equal it, resulting in Kubrick's deliberate attempt to create an inferior film. Needless to say, the poorly-paced "2001" succeeds in this aspect.Although released late in Francis' career "Red Zone Cuba" was actually shot in 1961. It is said that critics who viewed the film in 1961 walked out in droves appalled and yet fascinated with Francis' portrayal of Fidel Castro as an American man named Landis in a deliberately fake beard. This absurdist view of Cuban-American relations caused controversy that delayed the film's release by five years.Francis includes many of his trademark stylistic choices in this film as both a writer and director. For example, coffee is the focus of more than one scene, and we all know how brilliantly coffee is used in Francis' films as a motif. Another important aspect of this film is the use of repetitive imagery to enhance the gritty realist absurdism that is Coleman Francis' cinema. The scene where several men climb up a cliff using a rope is remarkable and possibly the greatest sequence in all of cinema.Of course the final line is the greatest of all time: "Griffin ran all the way to hell... with a penny, and a broken cigarette."Narration that is clearly an influence on Terrence Malick and other reputable directors.10/10