One of my friends in college saw this movie only once. Whenever I said the name, Red Zone Cuba he would get mad and sigh in disgust. The more I brought it up the angrier he became. Just shows how deeply this movie can scar people.
Coleman really outdoes himself in terms of utter pointlessness. The movie makes me think that some rich Cuban expat was offering dough for movies about the Bay of Pigs fiasco and Francis, well, he had some film left in his camera after shooting some scenes with his friends and... The epic futility of RZC galvanizing. Plus it includes Coleman Francis' trademark "shot from an aircraft" ending. (See "The Skydivers")
@@KaladinVegapunk Agreed. Joel seemed to hover around random '70s product references in his jokes, or overtly school kid age mindset. Still enjoy his work, after all this is his creation, but Mike's sense of humor and delivery is more in harmony with the shows premise.
I’m not sure what kind of place I was in in my life. But I watched this episode of mst3k every day. My phone only had 8 gb of storage and I didn’t have internet at my house. I made sure this episode was on my phone so I could watch it every single day. Looking back, did this keep me sane? Or was it clear evidence that I was not sane at all? Flag on the moon. Who put it there?
It's interesting how Coleman Francis has a look that fits exactly with what you would expect him to look like, when considering the artistic temperament of his movies.
What I like about Cuba is everything that is shown in this film: Havana, the dancing, Copacabana, the beaches, the seafood, the happiness of the people walking of the promenades and walkabous, the sound of Spanish... All that gets shown in this film.
We're being a bit harsh on this film, aren't we? It's not as good as "The Day the Earth Caught Fire", "Peeping Tom", "I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang", or even "First Man into Space" or indeed ANY film produced 70-100 years later, but when you consider "Red Zone Cuba" dates back to 1865 when the whole film industry was in its infancy, it's a reasonable effort. The fact that this film caused the Spanish Flu, the rise of the Third Reich, and the Hindenberg disaster is mere collateral damage.
I'm not sure why but every once in a while I can hear clear as day inside my head "bea-ut-a-ful broad" or "Im Cherokee Jack" for no real reason and then I have to watch red zone Cuba, yet again.
Have some random trivia. Yat-tat-ta-da-da-da-FACT: Tom Hanson (Chastain) went on to emulate Coleman and direct terrible films of his own, one of which was about the Zodiac Killer and starred Doodles Weaver, whose name was misspelled as Doddles in the credits. All of this is true.
Applemask As an aside to your aside, please seek out Doodles Weaver’s version of “Eleanor Rigby”. Someone actually recorded that and it goes wildly off the rails before it’s over.
Did this whole movie take place in a single day? Did they just ditch the plane and WALK BACK from Cuba? Why did they throw the diner owner down the well? How did they know what that one guy's wife looked like? And why did they shoot her at the end? This movie makes absolutely no sense. Plus the jump cuts gave me whiplash.
Just for the record... the "Mighty Science Theater" theme at the end of most of the Joel and Mike episodes is a spooky, haunting, and every bit beautiful little melody, imho
Going by the clues written on the wall, the Sleepy Valley Cafe was apparently located at 13313 Sierra Highway, Sleepy Valley, CA, and to judge by google maps, the building still stands, though greatly remodeled as a dwelling and virtually unrecognizable...but the shape of the building, roof, and awnings are identical. Pretty surprising that this shambolic country cafe (assuming it existed in real life) was a stone's throw out of Los Angeles.
@@Eisenwulf666 Hahaha good point. I'm actually doing a whole youTube on MST3K locations, including this one. Should be out next month (subscribe to my channel bla bla bla). I did try to be a little better about not revealing the exact locations for this reason. The house currently appears to be vacant, though not abandoned.
Thanks for that info! I always thought that those were just 2 items that you wouldn't give a really sick person (like a dietary restriction), so I appreciate your provided context. Cheers!
I think I figured something out after watching this, Skydivers and Beast of Yucca Flats. The pretentious undertones, wooden unlikable characters, extremely slow pacing! Coleman Francis was the main inspiration for M. Night Shyamalan!!
But I am happy to see Petey the friendly Plane in another movie. I wish he could be in more movies. I miss Petey. I heard that he was actually up for an Oscar in the year 1967. It was really exciting for little Petey but he lost to Wings the plane. It was very sad. Petey then turned to a life of smuggling drugs across the borders and soon he was arrested and sent to Plane prison. It was a depressing time for Petey. After a year in prison, he reformed and soon was flying sick children across the country. Petey still flies for Children's hospitals now and often does talks to other planes that are teetering on crime such as Petey's.
***** Well, actually ,that was a rumor that spread in the 70's. A lot of folks believed it, until Petey was seen in Hollywood years later. But good catch!!
These Coleman Francis movies are so wonderfully surreal in their ineptitude. I would love to get a hold of all three of his movies and edit them all together into some weird combined film. I think you could get away with combining Red Zone with Skydivers and Yucca Flat and come out with something resembling a cohesive films.
Red zone Cuba an yucca flats you could definitely fuse together. The monster is even an escaped scientist, change his nationality to Cuban and we're golden.
The film came out in 1966. Coleman Francis was born in 1919, which would make him 47 at that time. Still, you're right, he looks old. I'm 47 -- look at my pic.
If you want to see Coleman's last on-screen appearance, look for the 'rotund drunk' in _Beyond the Valley of the Dolls_ (1970). It is weird seeing him in color, and saddening how much weight he put on between these two films, but not surprising he died three years later.
Yeah a lot of people aged hard back then. Who would have thought that steak and eggs every day, chainsmoking, and drinking like a fish would be unhealthy?
1:22:25 i love how after all that driving, when they get there the guy opens the hood and rips off the radiator cap with his bare hands and doesn't get a face full of boiling water and antifreeze.
This movie is great for people with ADD. As a matter of fact there's so many jump cuts and missing plots, that if you aren't suffering from ADD you will surely be diagnosed with it after watching.
Why does Coleman blame Cherokee Jack for their choosing to be mercenaries? Why does Coleman comment on the salary before it is even mentioned? Why do the 11 guys climb up the same cliff three times? Why does the shot guy appear again? I finally figured it out. This is a time-travel movie! Now it makes more sense.
You know how you watch a beloved many times to notice details that are missed upon the first viewing? I watch this to try and figure out the plot. I still can't grasp it. Coleman Francis is a genius.
You should watch Killers from Space (The Film Crew). A much younger Coleman Francis runs around like a giant toddler near the end of the movie. It's hilarious! (he was not in the credits, but he's in it!)
I love the way Crow says "Ah! Here comes Tommm.... Servooo..." during the opener. Has the perfect air of mild-interest and partial memory loss one expects from those stuffy, upper-crust, do-nothings who drift from one social event to another and are just so utterly bored.
Film scientists have been digging at the bones of Coleman and here are two factoids of interest here. He appeared in Killers from Space as shown and riffed by the Film Crew, and had an appearance on This Island EARTH, the movie of infamy. I was thinking inquiring minds would not want to bother to inquire.
i barely understand what the plot is in this. i've seen this movie multiple times, and not only can i barely make out what the characters are saying in the movie, even the riffs don't help put together any ideas! it's staggering. it's like this movie exists and yet doesn't at the same time.
28:51 "Last known photo." That riff fits the shot perfectly, and I love how Servo states it quickly between two other jokes by the others. 36:00 "This film DARES you to watch it." 🤣🤣🤣 55:55 Charlie Brown grown up babble 1:14:47 "The movie has finally thrown up its hands and said 'I just don't know.'" All hilarious. Just the tip of the iceberg though. Sorry, I'm done now.
"Oh now I'm rocking!" "Boogie!" My favorite bits are the riffs during "Night Train to Mundo Fine" and "The Bay of Pigs Invasion." " Imagine being Castro and seeing that swarm."
I love the back and forth chatter the bots do when, near the beginning, Landis and Cook are scrambling to get back into the truck after the cop stops them. 19:42 This joke is often done in different episodes, giggling, frantic whispering, etc when characters on screen are scrambling around.
Well, almost. The crew sang themselves a nice song to cheer themselves up. I think the closest he came to was the castle of fu manchu. Do you remember what that movie did to joel, tom, and crow!?
@@fromthecheapseats7126 We sometimes sing to make ourselves even feel better. Even Gypsy joined too. And at least the guys weren't reduced to a sobbing mess, like what happened in the castle of fu manchu.
Coleman Francis has been one of my favorite directors to laugh at ever since he spoke the line, "A flag on the moon... What does it mean?" (Beast of Yucca Flats) I love how in this movie he demonstrates his total inability to direct, write, OR act.
Only if you can get Neil breen to direct or Tommy wiseau. They're probably the only great directors capable of making a shot by shot remake that is truly in the spirit of the original.
What I am about to do now, I do because I am straight crazy: I am about to watch this again. This "movie" is not merely The Worst Movie I Have Ever Seen, it is quite a bit worse than I thought was physically possible. The feeling of watching Red Zone Cuba is like sitting in a hot car in summer. It is, somehow, disgusting, in the way vomit is disgusting. I don't remember any of the riffs or host segments from this episode, as everything seemed to be pulled into a Black Hole of Madness. ...Yet I am going to attempt to watch it a second time. Why? Because I am Straight Crazy, of course.
+Harry Krinkle Hey fellow Krinkle, I think it has a cozy kind of Ugliness to it. Like sitting behind an abandoned building with your shoes off & grabbing at a mud puddle with your toes...
I just noticed that one of the "posse" guys that group up to go get the bad guys is also the same actor who played the druggist that gets "seduced" for some acid in Skydivers and also played the older scientist guy in Terror From the Year 5000. Go figure.
I’ll give Coleman Francis SOME credit. At least he got to live his dream, and make movies. It’s hard to make movies with a limited budget. He made three. Red Zone Cuba being his “best” in my opinion. They should release all his movies on Blu-ray in a three pack. The Colman Trilogy, lol
I like how he just flat out says "bay of pigs" as if to clear up any possible confusion as to what we just witnessed
@moon dawg
I’m Cherokee Jack!
Yeah, bay of pigs, brother, right on!
The Beast of Yucca Flats is even worse: "push a button, things happen."
@@jawarholol4651 flag on the moon. how did it get there.
"I wanna hurt this movie, but I can never hurt it the way it hurt me."
~C. T. Robot
You're a really cute little puppy dog. I just have 1 question. How do u hold your smart phone?
@@dustincantrell6712 He uses a paws-free phone.
That's one adorable puppy.
Ahhh, Red Zone Cuba. This was the first episode I purchased from Rhino on VHS. I still have a box full of 'em.
This movie is the best thing to put on when you need to do anything else but watch it.
Am I only the only who thinks that the "Night Train to Mundo Fine" song at the start is the highlight of this movie? Kind of like it actually.
Also that strange instrumental version at the end. It took me till this time to realize it was the same tune.
Yeah. That song is the only good thing about this movie.
You bet! Sounds like John Carradine sang this.
It's a couple of drafts and some professional musicians away from being a pretty decent gunfighter ballad.
@@alecfoster6653 David Carradine's dad.
All day MST3K is the best cure to a hangover on a Sunday.
True🤣♥️
It makes my hang over go away 🤣
Every job interview I always introduce myself by saying "I'm Cherokee Jack!"
Just fyi, I now believe this is not a good idea.
I don't know what I'd do without MST3K...
Yea :)
Can I play with you ?
1:45 the way Crow laughs when Mike says, "69"
I'm gonna pass out lmao
same here it always Cheers me up!😊
Its tha shit.
One of my friends in college saw this movie only once. Whenever I said the name, Red Zone Cuba he would get mad and sigh in disgust. The more I brought it up the angrier he became. Just shows how deeply this movie can scar people.
Wasn't he in a Ross Hagen movie too?
Man... it’s baaad.....
"Oh, it's martial law in Rat's Ass, Missouri!" is still one of my favorite lines ever.
I LOVE how they call each other HONEY now and then..even now in RiffTrax live shows. :) hilarious
Coleman really outdoes himself in terms of utter pointlessness. The movie makes me think that some rich Cuban expat was offering dough for movies about the Bay of Pigs fiasco and Francis, well, he had some film left in his camera after shooting some scenes with his friends and... The epic futility of RZC galvanizing. Plus it includes Coleman Francis' trademark "shot from an aircraft" ending. (See "The Skydivers")
There is also the dad getting shot at from a small plane in “The Beast of Yucca Flats”
this movie shows that there really is no limit to the horrors man can create
@@KaladinVegapunk Nelson is definitely my favorite; I still enjoy Joel, but not as much as Mike
It's a pity Mike turned out to be a wacky fundie.
@@KaladinVegapunk Agreed. Joel seemed to hover around random '70s product references in his jokes, or overtly school kid age mindset. Still enjoy his work, after all this is his creation, but Mike's sense of humor and delivery is more in harmony with the shows premise.
@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 mike is the only guy i ever heard to admit to unironically listen to Dennis prager
@@djt8937 You do realize Mike wrote those jokes for Joel right?
"This film DARES you to watch it!", Crow T Robot
"There's 80,000 of them and 7 of us"
@@Kinnakeeter At 12:15 we're captured!
I’m not sure what kind of place I was in in my life. But I watched this episode of mst3k every day.
My phone only had 8 gb of storage and I didn’t have internet at my house. I made sure this episode was on my phone so I could watch it every single day.
Looking back, did this keep me sane? Or was it clear evidence that I was not sane at all?
Flag on the moon. Who put it there?
Water. Thirsty. Sick Man
I watch this episode often. Even for background noise at times, to help me sleep, and to just escape from life …so, yeah often, quite often.
The jokes about Coleman Francis' striking resemblance to Curly from The Three Stooges is spot on and priceless.
It's interesting how Coleman Francis has a look that fits exactly with what you would expect him to look like, when considering the artistic temperament of his movies.
Every film of his that I've seen (so only the ones featured on mst3k) feel like they're this 🤏 close to being home movies.
@@notinspectorgadget Absolutely flat movies.
Evil Curly.
What I like about Cuba is everything that is shown in this film: Havana, the dancing, Copacabana, the beaches, the seafood, the happiness of the people walking of the promenades and walkabous, the sound of Spanish... All that gets shown in this film.
"Yea it was a real tragedy; hey pass the salt there will ya" 😂😂 love mike
To be blessed with an instrument like that....
Am I only the only who thinks that the "Night Train to Mundo Fine" song at the start is the highlight of this movie? Kind of like it actually.
"She's blind, you know. Ever since her husband got killed in the war."
"Makes sense."
We're being a bit harsh on this film, aren't we?
It's not as good as "The Day the Earth Caught Fire", "Peeping Tom", "I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang", or even "First Man into Space" or indeed ANY film produced 70-100 years later, but when you consider "Red Zone Cuba" dates back to 1865 when the whole film industry was in its infancy, it's a reasonable effort. The fact that this film caused the Spanish Flu, the rise of the Third Reich, and the Hindenberg disaster is mere collateral damage.
I'm not sure why but every once in a while I can hear clear as day inside my head "bea-ut-a-ful broad" or "Im Cherokee Jack" for no real reason and then I have to watch red zone Cuba, yet again.
For me it's
Watta
Thoisty
Sick man
It's a hazel nut sumatra blend, I think you'll like it.
I'm Cherokee Jack!
still my favorite mst3k episode. I was seriously going to name my kid Coleman if it was a boy. I guess she lucked out
Colewoman.
Wow,
She DID luck out! :) I’m literally named after Batman’s sidekick, sooo….I’m not surprised about COLEMAN. OR Colewoman
@@nonprofitgirl Your name is Jason Todd???
[All kidding aside, I'm guessing "...Robin..." or possibly "...Barbara..."?]
A lot of people don't care for this one but its not bad. I mean by mst standard movies.
So, how is little Frances doing?
*"CHEROKEE ~ JACK"*
WiLL FLiE YOU ANYWHERE?
RATES-PRETTiE-REASONEBLE¡
SiGNED
_―Cherokee Jack―_
I'm Cherokee Jack!
Another Coleman Francis masterpiece with his trademark ending. Characters without a hint of due process being gunned down from a low-flying aircraft.
my father was a can opener,my mother was a wood duck. i think my fav mst3 k line ever!
Have some random trivia. Yat-tat-ta-da-da-da-FACT: Tom Hanson (Chastain) went on to emulate Coleman and direct terrible films of his own, one of which was about the Zodiac Killer and starred Doodles Weaver, whose name was misspelled as Doddles in the credits. All of this is true.
Uncle to Sigourney Weaver (true!).
Applemask As an aside to your aside, please seek out Doodles Weaver’s version of “Eleanor Rigby”. Someone actually recorded that and it goes wildly off the rails before it’s over.
Between the quarantine and election stress these movies give me much needed relief!
Did this whole movie take place in a single day?
Did they just ditch the plane and WALK BACK from Cuba?
Why did they throw the diner owner down the well?
How did they know what that one guy's wife looked like?
And why did they shoot her at the end?
This movie makes absolutely no sense. Plus the jump cuts gave me whiplash.
All I can think of is, they rob a man with a blind daughter and pay a man with a sighted daughter. Which is a pretty weird code of ethics.
I know, isn't it great. Night tra-a-ain!
"Women be different than men!"
"Word."
What??
It’s the best line of the movie! 😂
"I know this sounds crazy but could you choke me again?"
These 1950s PSAs are so hilariously at odds with those of today. And the announcer always seems so serious
The speech PSA's are all solid introductions to basic public speaking fundamentals.
"You never know who's next."
That's what I love about this crazy place.
Just for the record... the "Mighty Science Theater" theme at the end of most of the Joel and Mike episodes is a spooky, haunting, and every bit beautiful little melody, imho
Wasn't the theme also suppose to sound sad because Joel thought the series was going to be cancelled?
@@JustinJTime You mean to say that Joel thought that it could be canceled at any moment?
Movie = Sucks
Riffs = EPIC
Theme song = WHOA I DID NOT KNOW JOHN CARRADINE HAD IT IN HIM!
Final score! = Grab some popcorn and enjoy!
I must admit Night Train is a pretty catchy song.
Going by the clues written on the wall, the Sleepy Valley Cafe was apparently located at 13313 Sierra Highway, Sleepy Valley, CA, and to judge by google maps, the building still stands, though greatly remodeled as a dwelling and virtually unrecognizable...but the shape of the building, roof, and awnings are identical. Pretty surprising that this shambolic country cafe (assuming it existed in real life) was a stone's throw out of Los Angeles.
So many Los Angelinos have WISHED they could have gotten a stone's throw out.
@@angelsaltamontes7336 yeah, like a stone thrown out of one of those air cannons they use to punt pumpkins.
I love that you did this
Well done, now all the Coleman Francis fans from all over the world will go and bother the nice people that live there.... Oh, wait.. Nevermind
@@Eisenwulf666 Hahaha good point.
I'm actually doing a whole youTube on MST3K locations, including this one. Should be out next month (subscribe to my channel bla bla bla). I did try to be a little better about not revealing the exact locations for this reason.
The house currently appears to be vacant, though not abandoned.
One of my favorite MST3k episodes.
"Water, Sick Man, Thirsty" as they are running away. :)
"The tender touch of Coleman Francis..."
“My father was a can opener; my mother was a wood duck.”
"There's eighty thousand of them and seven of us."
"Ted, you take Havana."
This movie is the embodiment of depression........I'M CHEROKEE JACK
They stole a plane and LEFT IT!
They could have even recycled old footage of the plane for the fly back!
WHY DID THEY DITCH THE PLANE!?LOL
The DVD comes with a bottle of Sertraline.
"Shut up everybody he's gonna tell the dirt and the drainpipe story again!!"
TV's Frank bringing Dr. F hard boiled eggs and nuts is a reference to 1932's Laurel and Hardy's short "County Hospital".
Thanks for that info! I always thought that those were just 2 items that you wouldn't give a really sick person (like a dietary restriction), so I appreciate your provided context. Cheers!
“Shut-up everyone! He’s gonna tell the dirt in the drainpipe story!”
For some reason that’s one of my favorite MST3k riffs 😂
I think I figured something out after watching this, Skydivers and Beast of Yucca Flats. The pretentious undertones, wooden unlikable characters, extremely slow pacing! Coleman Francis was the main inspiration for M. Night Shyamalan!!
Hey! At least Shyamalan had the Sixth Sense and Unbreakable (And maybe Signs) before turning to shit. Coleman Francis was shit from start to finish.
Shyamalan starter going to shit with Signs. Aliens weak to water anyone?
CaptainMarvell92 Returns it was holy water. The aliens were demons.
Suddenly the movie is more interesting
I rest my case.
Ah! My neck nearly got broke by that jump cut!
When they're escaping, running away towards the airplanes and Servo says "Water, Thirsty, Sick Man" LOL!!!
Even when it’s bright, it’s DARK in this MOVIE!!
This movie is like an escapist fantasy for those who have always longed for the icy touch of death.
kinda nihilistic, huh?
That's an understatment, one hell of an understatment.
"Guys, I'm gonna change the tape, 'kay? ....'Kay?........'Kay?"
This riff by Crow imitating Cook is one of my favorites and cracks me up every time.
You know a movie's REALLY bad when MST3k is barely able to make the film watchable!
I almost feel obliged to finish to the very end lol
I must do my duty!
Grows on you. This is one of my favourites now. It's my first Coleman Francis love, followed by Beast of Yucca Flats, then Skydivers.
But I am happy to see Petey the friendly Plane in another movie. I wish he could be in more movies. I miss Petey. I heard that he was actually up for an Oscar in the year 1967. It was really exciting for little Petey but he lost to Wings the plane. It was very sad. Petey then turned to a life of smuggling drugs across the borders and soon he was arrested and sent to Plane prison. It was a depressing time for Petey. After a year in prison, he reformed and soon was flying sick children across the country. Petey still flies for Children's hospitals now and often does talks to other planes that are teetering on crime such as Petey's.
acetate909 LOL!!
***** Well, actually ,that was a rumor that spread in the 70's. A lot of folks believed it, until Petey was seen in Hollywood years later. But good catch!!
NIGHT TRAIN TO DROP THE JEEP OFF --- Crow!!! LOL!!!!
I Love MST3K! Thank you for posting these!
"Wadda. Thirsty. Sick Man"
“Man godda fevah.”
@@GrixieKong HE GOT BOOGIE FEVAH.
Things you say to a guard? things you order at a Wendy's? oh, pass... lol
I came here from The She-Creature lol. When Pearl said that line I just had to revisit this masterpiece of a turd.
These Coleman Francis movies are so wonderfully surreal in their ineptitude. I would love to get a hold of all three of his movies and edit them all together into some weird combined film. I think you could get away with combining Red Zone with Skydivers and Yucca Flat and come out with something resembling a cohesive films.
Great idea. Skydivers could be added on as extra training for Cuba. Then they are injected into Cuba they meet a monster aka the beast.
this movie shows that there really is no limit to the horrors man can create
Red zone Cuba an yucca flats you could definitely fuse together. The monster is even an escaped scientist, change his nationality to Cuban and we're golden.
Cuban flag on the moon. How did it get there?
"a male Curly can run for hours on little water"
"and when a Curly dies in the wild he provides food for other Curlys"
A wild Curly appears.
THE GENE KRUPA BAND PULLS INTO TOWN!
Redzone Cuba is one of the funniest episodes of MST3K 😂😂💯
WOW! Even for Coleman Francis, this was probably the most incoherent film ever shown on MST3K!
Ever watch Monster A-Go-Go?
Don't forget Mighty Jack and Fugitive Alien!
Manos is the worst, hands down. Well, that's just my opinion.
@@microbial2007 Fugitive Alien was at least somewhat coherent. Mighty Jack, on the other hand...
Beast of yucca flatts says hi
I can't believe Coleman Francis was only 42 when this was made - he looks more 52 or 62.
Well, at least Curly had a good legacy once he retired and passed away. Coleman Francis on the other hand...
The film came out in 1966. Coleman Francis was born in 1919, which would make him 47 at that time.
Still, you're right, he looks old. I'm 47 -- look at my pic.
If you want to see Coleman's last on-screen appearance, look for the 'rotund drunk' in _Beyond the Valley of the Dolls_ (1970). It is weird seeing him in color, and saddening how much weight he put on between these two films, but not surprising he died three years later.
burgundyyears 40 today is not what 40 was then
Yeah a lot of people aged hard back then. Who would have thought that steak and eggs every day, chainsmoking, and drinking like a fish would be unhealthy?
1:22:25 i love how after all that driving, when they get there the guy opens the hood and rips off the radiator cap with his bare hands and doesn't get a face full of boiling water and antifreeze.
This movie is great for people with ADD. As a matter of fact there's so many jump cuts and missing plots, that if you aren't suffering from ADD you will surely be diagnosed with it after watching.
I have ADD and still have no idea what the hell was happening.
Sorry, I became Carol Channing and lost track of time.
@Bamboo Acrobat
Angela Landsbury called, she’ll be 20 minutes late to lunch.
The plot makes sense if you only watch a few scenes
@@ReverendNillerz Take comfort in the fact that neither did Coleman Francis.
Why does Coleman blame Cherokee Jack for their choosing to be mercenaries? Why does Coleman comment on the salary before it is even mentioned? Why do the 11 guys climb up the same cliff three times? Why does the shot guy appear again? I finally figured it out. This is a time-travel movie! Now it makes more sense.
DUDE!
The Red Zone is part of the Bermuda Triangle!
Because Cherokee Jack hadn't been honest with them about the process, especially the money. Not as if Griffin needs a reason to be pissed haha
MST is always like watching ANYTHING with my brothers. It’s great.
"we must not get caught on the beach"
"......especially with MY thighs..."
"He ran all the way to Hell for a penny and a broken cigarette". There, you know as much as anyone who watched the whole thing. Spare yourself.
You spared us of 131 minutes without boobs.
Thank you.
Shadowdancer21b Dang it! I wish I’d read your summary first. Would this be a good time for me to put my knees together and rotate?
You know how you watch a beloved many times to notice details that are missed upon the first viewing? I watch this to try and figure out the plot. I still can't grasp it. Coleman Francis is a genius.
This film was awesome to me if for no other reason, I got to see Coleman Francis running around like a gigantic toddler.
You should watch Killers from Space (The Film Crew). A much younger Coleman Francis runs around like a giant toddler near the end of the movie. It's hilarious! (he was not in the credits, but he's in it!)
You mean that WASN'T a giant toddler?
I love the way Crow says "Ah! Here comes Tommm.... Servooo..." during the opener. Has the perfect air of mild-interest and partial memory loss one expects from those stuffy, upper-crust, do-nothings who drift from one social event to another and are just so utterly bored.
*WATER, THIRSTY, SICK MAN*
Film scientists have been digging at the bones of Coleman and here are two factoids of interest here. He appeared in Killers from Space as shown and riffed by the Film Crew, and had an appearance on This Island EARTH, the movie of infamy. I was thinking inquiring minds would not want to bother to inquire.
He is also in the awesome “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls”
A Francis and Roger Ebert collaboration?@@jamesgoward5687
The only film that dares you to watch it. (God help us all!! )
YOU SHOVE OFF
wahtah. sick may-an. thoisty
i barely understand what the plot is in this. i've seen this movie multiple times, and not only can i barely make out what the characters are saying in the movie, even the riffs don't help put together any ideas! it's staggering. it's like this movie exists and yet doesn't at the same time.
It’s completely incomprehensible. That last line of your comment was so funny. GREAT riff and summary of this movie.
"It's staggering." 🤣🤣🤣 I love that
Did the 1950s just have an instructional film series for just about everything?
That's how our parents learned to wipe their asses.
“To breath one must suck in air to the lungs and extend the ribcage... then release and relax the ribcage. Repeat until blood oxygenates.”
“Invading Cuba and You! Brought to you by Lucky Strikes, now in new Extra Smelly!”
everything you need to do in order to not look or act ethnic.
Shower tall,
cook tall,
embroider tall,
solder tall.
DRINK TALL!
Eat tall,
Pray tall,
Love tall.l
28:51 "Last known photo." That riff fits the shot perfectly, and I love how Servo states it quickly between two other jokes by the others.
36:00 "This film DARES you to watch it." 🤣🤣🤣
55:55 Charlie Brown grown up babble
1:14:47 "The movie has finally thrown up its hands and said 'I just don't know.'"
All hilarious. Just the tip of the iceberg though. Sorry, I'm done now.
'Ten more minutes boys, then it's time for dinner.' Lol, Mike killin' it as usual.
"Oh now I'm rocking!"
"Boogie!"
My favorite bits are the riffs during "Night Train to Mundo Fine" and "The Bay of Pigs Invasion."
" Imagine being Castro and seeing that swarm."
They're walking right up Castro's driveway.
Castro's out raking leaves
I love the back and forth chatter the bots do when, near the beginning, Landis and Cook are scrambling to get back into the truck after the cop stops them. 19:42 This joke is often done in different episodes, giggling, frantic whispering, etc when characters on screen are scrambling around.
Seems like Dr. Forrester succeeded at breaking the crew’s minds with this one. Too bad he was in traction and couldn’t enjoy his triumph.
Well, almost. The crew sang themselves a nice song to cheer themselves up.
I think the closest he came to was the castle of fu manchu. Do you remember what that movie did to joel, tom, and crow!?
@@leannakatherineneal4625 I think the song at the end of this episode showed their deteriorating sanity.
@@fromthecheapseats7126 We sometimes sing to make ourselves even feel better. Even Gypsy joined too.
And at least the guys weren't reduced to a sobbing mess, like what happened in the castle of fu manchu.
@@leannakatherineneal4625 That’s true, but I meant that particular song evinced madness.
I'm Cherokee Jack.
26:46 "Cherokee~Jack "Will Flie You Anywhere? Rates-Prettie-Reasoneble; Signed -Cherokee Jack -
"I'm Cherokee Jack!"
Coleman Francis has been one of my favorite directors to laugh at ever since he spoke the line, "A flag on the moon... What does it mean?" (Beast of Yucca Flats)
I love how in this movie he demonstrates his total inability to direct, write, OR act.
If only they would have dubbed in a few of those Curly Howard "woo woo woo's" (like Crow did) Movie would have actually sold a ticket or two.
Why the hell do two of Coleman Francis’ three films end with a helicopter sniper?
WHY?!?
Cuz I’m Cherokee Jack!
Would love to see a shot-for-shot remake of Red Zone Cuba!
Let's start a petition!
Only if you can get Neil breen to direct or Tommy wiseau. They're probably the only great directors capable of making a shot by shot remake that is truly in the spirit of the original.
The crazy thing is the unedited version actually makes more sense, given what MST3K cuts out. It's pretty unwatchable.
That A Few Good Men reference was priceless, especially since I only saw that movie for the first time last month.
That knee test in the short had me fucking rolling! "Just dont do it during the speech". 😂
"The Stinky-Stank Redemption."
It's so hard to have a favorite line in this episode, but that one might be it for me.
This movie should start with a disclaimer: Abandon all hope, ye who enter here
What I am about to do now, I do because I am straight crazy: I am about to watch this again. This "movie" is not merely The Worst Movie I Have Ever Seen, it is quite a bit worse than I thought was physically possible. The feeling of watching Red Zone Cuba is like sitting in a hot car in summer. It is, somehow, disgusting, in the way vomit is disgusting. I don't remember any of the riffs or host segments from this episode, as everything seemed to be pulled into a Black Hole of Madness. ...Yet I am going to attempt to watch it a second time. Why? Because I am Straight Crazy, of course.
This is just training, of course, for rollergator at Rifftrax.com But, yet, NOTHING can prepare you for rollergator. Nothing. I tells you, nothing.
Seth Knight Worse than Red Zone Cuba?
Slamdance Cosmopolis Terrifying...
I think so. I remember being very bored and annoyed with RZC. Rollergator had me wanting to punch the filmmakers in the nose.
+Harry Krinkle Hey fellow Krinkle, I think it has a cozy kind of Ugliness to it. Like sitting behind an abandoned building with your shoes off & grabbing at a mud puddle with your toes...
*hears lightning*
"Man, it's really coming down out th-WAIT A SECOND, IT'S BEAUTIFUL!"
red zone in the Cuba. how did it get there?
+Yoshoshishu John Carradine. Noted actor. Starring in shitty movie.
+The Goldn Guy Melted actor?!
"Flag on the moon..."
I still say "hows that fit ya fancy pants?" to this day lol
I always get a laugh out of "Mother of mercy is this the end of Curly?"
I just noticed that one of the "posse" guys that group up to go get the bad guys is also the same actor who played the druggist that gets "seduced" for some acid in Skydivers and also played the older scientist guy in Terror From the Year 5000. Go figure.
"Ted, you take Havana" Lol
I’ll give Coleman Francis SOME credit. At least he got to live his dream, and make movies. It’s hard to make movies with a limited budget. He made three. Red Zone Cuba being his “best” in my opinion. They should release all his movies on Blu-ray in a three pack. The Colman Trilogy, lol
This one needs a remake with Gerard Butler or Denzel Washington
Exactly, and bless him for it!!!🙏👍👻