CODE 7, VICTIM 5/MOZAMBIQUE

This release is for the Blu-Ray edition of 'Code 7, Victim 5'/'Mozambique' released by Blue Underground in 2016.The two movies in this double feature were filmed in Africa. 'Code 7, Victim 5' (also known as 'Victim 5') was filmed in South Africa while 'Mozambique' was filmed, guess where? There is also a scene filmed at Victoria Falls which is on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia.Both movies are on a single disc and the theatrical trailer for each is provided. Both are in color and the quality of the Blu-Ray is decent but nothing extraordinary. I found neither movie to be exceptional and if not for the value of two movies I would rate this release at 2 stars. 'Code 7, Victim 5' has considerably more action than 'Mozambique' despite what the trailers may show. Both movies begin with a murder and then an investigation ensues.*****WARNING - SPOILERS BELOW*****CODE 7, VICTIM 5:The first movie, 'Code 7, Victim 5' is about an American private detective who is asked to go to South Africa to investigate the murder of a copper mining magnate. The film's star, Lex Barker, was doing movies in Europe, mostly Germany at this time of his life. Previously he had been best known in America for starring in 5 Tarzan films. Lex Barker plays 'Steve Martin' (this name must have been popular, Raymond Burr had the same name in 'Godzilla'). His investigation centers around a photograph of four friends with one of them 'x'd out. One of them is the person who hired Martin. He bounces around South Africa with the help of a police chief who only seems interested in good looking girls. The movie culminates with an utterly ridiculous scene at a cable car. The villain, who is runs away in a car, decides to stop and trap himself on a cable car after killing many people. Martin chases him and gets him to stop shooting by just asking nicely. It only gets worse from there.MOZAMBIQUE:The second movie, 'Mozambique', is also a murder mystery, though at times it just plods along and can be boring. It takes awhile to get going after the opening murder scene. The story is about a pilot who has lost his job due to an accident in which he was the only survivor. He is currently staying in Portugal and is enticed by a local police chief to take a job in Mozambique as a private pilot. An envelope with money and an offer for a private pilot job has been found on the body of a murdered person. On his way to Mozambique, the pilot meets a girl who is also going to Mozambique for a job in a lounge. From here, the story is disjointed and it seems the production team wasn't sure if they wanted to make a movie about smuggling, a murder mystery or an action film. Ultimately the film concludes at Victoria Falls, but they don't actually use the location. They use a bridge a little ways away for the climax.CONCLUSIONS/RATINGS:I struggled with giving this a 3 star rating as I feel that is being generous. I had never heard of either of these movies before purchasing this DVD and I can see why. They are both forgettable movies. The acting is decent in both but the stories are below average with nothing we haven't seen before in many movies that came before them. I doubt I will watch either of them again.Although these movies are not good by any stretch of the imagination, Blue Underground should be applauded for making them available in Blu-Ray. I usually buy these types of movies even if I don't think I'll like them just to give a tiny bit of support to the companies that make them available. After all if nobody buys them then what incentive is there for anybody to give you high quality old movies that don't have a large following. And you are getting 'two' movies for the price of one so it's at least a decent value.Recommended only for people who grew up watching these movies and for people that want to support smaller companies who bring us obscure older movies with Blu-Ray quality.

This is a Nicolas Roeg movie before he could only do his own arthouse. He's the cinematographer and that is the best aspect of this movie, but then again, the acting and action is good too. Hired private eye seeks out who killed the butler of a rich guy. A sort of James Bond meets Noir Gumshoe. The women are gorgeous. The only drawback is the English cop with all the girls who resembles Porky Pig. Other than that, this is the movie Roeg fans need to watch.

South Africa in the mid 1960s was a totally different place than today. There is a plot and story here. They are passable. Acting is passable. FOUR WELL EARNED STARS though for preserving history in a very interesting way.

typical murder mystery / adventure film of its time, from South Africa. (I was afraid it was going to be in afrikaans, but it's all English) moves pretty well. a little under-acted, but fun

Thoroughly enjoyable schlock film from the 60s that gets it done as long as you can smile at the absolute cheese. This movie is presented in a widescreen format and has a half decent digital transfer to it's credit.

Not to bad. It's sort of a Simon Templar (The Saint) Movie in sun & fun mode.

Very disappointing Lex Barker film.

slow moving and boring

Great film but terrible dvd copy. Picture and sound quality very poor. Originally widescreen this version is cropped poorly at 4:3 . Looks like it's recorded off a tv showing from a vhs version.

The peddlars of this abomination of a DVD should hang their heads in shame. I caught the opening credits of this film, which I had never heard of before, late one night recently on the Turner Movie Classics (TMC) channel. Great shots of Cape Town in the early 1960s with the smooth and dapper Lex Barker in a big American car (a late 1950's Lincoln Continental coupe) driven by the sultry Ann Smyrner, all in super widescreen Tecnovision. As the credits continued to roll the Director of Cinemaphotography is shown as Nicholas Roeg. The great Nicholas Roeg, one of my favourite Directors - 'Performance', 'Walkabout', 'Don't Look Now' and 'The Man who Fell to Earth' among his early repertoire. The only purchase outlet I can find is a U.S. distibutor selling the DVD through Amazon; expensive but I have to have it. But what a shocker it is. The film has been emasculated to 4:3 format - from Tecnovision! As a result you are probably only seeing about one third of the originally shot format. This makes for truly awful viewing as talking heads are either out of shot or you see two half heads on either side of the screen. The picture quality is quite the lowest I have ever seen since the few 'missing' minutes were inserted into 'The Wicker Man'. It looks as if it has been shot from YouTube on a 10 year old mobile 'phone. I just cannot understand how anybody who professes any interest in film can bastardise an original film in such a manner. A bit like deleting every second letter in a Shakespeare play; it is not Shakesphere and this is not Nicholas Roeg. Preserve your sanity and avoid this product like the plague.