But she just ricochets from one ghoulish encounter to another, not unlike the shrieking heroine in a cheap exploitation flick.

Mr. Park's award-winning "Oldboy," a blood-splattered revenge movie that features death by hammer and other such tasty sport, might have been an exploitation flick, but it was an arty exploitation flick.

The problem is that, as in "Man on Fire," yet another exploitation flick in which a man sets a course for bloody revenge, the violence carries no meaning beyond the creator's ego.

The film was described by The Observer as "a bloody, violent exploitation flick".

His sometime partner, Mr. Sonney, tells of getting his start in a manner so folkloric it could be the plot of an exploitation flick.

A black exploitation flick in the 70's.

The film's success led to a string of early '70s hits with Kuei as the sole director, including the women-in prison exploitation flick, The Bamboo House of Dolls and the acclaimed vigilante drama, The Teahouse.

I feel vaguely embarrassed whenever I say it out loud, as if I'm talking about a raunchy exploitation flick or something.

More sour than hard, this highfalutin exploitation flick starts with an unsavory premise - possible pedophile meets the jailbait of his dreams - that quickly becomes downright unpalatable.

"Jackie Karma will probably read more like a smarter exploitation flick," says Moore.