T.N.T Jackson

United States, Philippines

1974

72 Min

Color

English, Filipino, Tagalog

Currently 1.5/5 Stars.
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SCR Leonard Hermes, Ken Metcalfe, Dick Miller

CAST Jeannie Bell, Chiquito, Stan Shaw, Max Alvarado, Pat Anderson

ED Barbara Pokras, Gervacio Santos

Her name is Diana Jackson, but you can call her T.N.T. When T.N.T.‘s brother is killed by ruthless drug dealers, the beautiful young karate expert goes to the most dangerous part of Chinatown to find the killer. In trouble with the law since she was 13, T.N.T. wants no help from the pigs; but she does befriend a Chinaman named Joe, whose impressive martial arts skills prove useful more than once. In her quest for the killer, she’ll meet the white drug lord, Sid; Elaine, his bitchy girlfriend; his suspicious Chinese assistant, Ming; and Charlie, his handsome black assistant with criminal ambitions of his own. Before her search is over, she’ll find herself making love to Charlie, trading insults with Elaine, and fighting criminals while nude and in the dark. Just call her T.N.T. —IMDb

Director

Cirio H. Santiago

Producer/director Cirio H. Santiago is the son of Dr. Ciriaco Santiago, who founded Premiere Productions in Manila in 1946. He has two siblings. After starting out as a producer he started directing english-language movies in the early 70s. Santiago became one of the pioneers of the “Blaxploitation” genre by being one of the first to cast black actors and especially actresses as strong action heroes. Movies like T.N.T. Jackson (1974) became instant cult classics. In the 80s, Santiago became known for his numerous low-budget Vietnam war movies such as Firehawk (1993) (V) which gave him a reputation as the “master of the Vietnam war genre”. A long running production partnership with Roger Corman assured proper distribution of his movies in the USA. Many of today’s hottest filmmakers such as Jonathan Demme, Joe Dante or Carl Franklin got their first directing jobs with Santiago. In 1995 he was named president of the Philippines Film Development Funds by President Ramos. The organization… read more