Midnight trash of a'70s vintage, John S. Rad's "Dangerous Men" will strike horror in the hearts of anyone expecting coherence from trailer-park entertainment. As frazzled as its heroine, who goes on a vengeful killing spree, pic happily defies logic, and could crack up hipsters looking for latenight giddiness. Vid edition will become a perennial screener at alt-vid emporiums with a taste for irony.

Mira (Melody Wiggins) and Daniel are in love -- "so much it scares me," Mira utters. A walk on the beach turns bad when a pair of unprovoked bikers attack them, stabbing Daniel and raping Mira. Rather than going to Daniel's cop brother David (Michael Gradilone) for help, Mira decides she'll become a prostitute and lure slimy men to their death. It's not certain if Rad, an Iranian-American multihyphenate, is serious, and the level of confusion about artistic motives makes this trash more interesting. Rad's primitive shooting and cutting can be likened to sub-Corman exploiters, and his disregard for his actors to deliver a line or a punch to the stomach provides "Dangerous Men" with perhaps unintended hilarity.

 
Camera (DaVinci Labs color), Peter Palian, Felix, Gus Mendogues; editors, Rad, Roubie Zadourian; music, Rad; production designer, Rad. Reviewed at the Royal Theater, Los Angeles, Oct. 28, 2005. Running time: 79 MIN.