History YMMV / RedZoneCuba

* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/JohnCarradine's appearance as an AdvertisedExtra might seem a little surprising, but those familiar with his resume will probably know that his taking such a role really wasn't anything out of the ordinary. However, why on earth the film-makers decided that Carradine should perform the film's theme song is a different matter entirely; just listening to a few seconds of the song will tell you that whatever other talents Carradine may have had, singing ''definitely'' wasn't one of them. On the other hand, given what a bleak, gray and downbeat movie this is, Carradine's rough and unpolished performance fits very well.

* DesignatedHero: The main characters are entirely unsympathetic, particularly Griffin. He is supposed to be viewed as a put-upon everyman who just suffers from poor impulse control, but is instead portrayed as a selfish, violent, and hypocritical murderer and rapist. When the work page describes Griffin as "one of the most disturbingly realistic portrayals of a sociopath in film", something went wrong. This is a case so extreme that the "Hero" somehow ''hit every single criterium for CompleteMonster''. Not even [[Literature/TheTurnerDiaries William Lut]][[Literature/{{Hunter}} her Pierce]], ''a neo-Nazi'', managed to achieve this with the evil lunatics he saw as heroic; that's how much effort this feat takes.

* DesignatedHero: The main characters are entirely unsympathetic, particularly Griffin. He is supposed to be viewed as a put-upon everyman who just suffers from poor impulse control, but is instead portrayed as a selfish, violent, and hypocritical murderer and rapist. When the work page describes Griffin as "one of the most disturbingly realistic portrayals of a sociopath in film", something went wrong. This is a case so extreme that the "Hero" somehow ''hit every single criterium for CompleteMonster''. That takes a lot of effort.

* DesignatedHero: The main characters are entirely unsympathetic, particularly Griffin. He is supposed to be viewed as a put-upon everyman who just suffers from poor impulse control, but is instead portrayed as a selfish, violent and hypocritical murderer and rapist. When the work page describes Griffin as "one of the most disturbingly realistic portrayals of a sociopath in film", something went wrong. This is a case so extreme that the "Hero" somehow ''hit every single criterium for CompleteMonster''. That takes a lot of effort.

* EarWorm: As cheesy and terrible as it is, "Niiight train[=/=]to Mundo Fiii-nuuuh..." The fact that it's sung by Creator/JohnCarradine probably does nothing to hurt its catchiness.

* SpecialEffectFailure: The obviously fake beard on Fidel Castro.

* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/JohnCarradine's appearance as an AdvertisedExtra might seem a little surprising, but those familiar with his resume will probably know that his taking such a role really wasn't anything out of the ordinary. However, why on earth the film-makers decided that Carradine should perform the film's theme song is a different matter entirely; just listening to a few seconds of the song will tell you that whatever other talents Carradine may have had, singing ''definitely'' wasn't one of them.
** On the other hand, given what a bleak, gray and downbeat movie this is, Carradine's rough and unpolished performance fits very well.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: At one point late in the film the trio stop to put up the hood of their stolen convertible. However the hood gets stuck and they struggle with it for almost a minute before giving up. Given the quality of the film it is entirely possible they didn't know it would get stuck but didn't bother to reshoot and put the scene in anyway. The entire scene was just there to have an ironic statement by the Burma-Shave ad ("Where" "Will" "You" "Spend" "Eternity?")

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: At one point late in the film the trio stop to put up the hood of their stolen convertible. However the hood gets stuck and they struggle with it for almost a minute before giving up. Given the quality of the film it is entirely possible they didn't know it would get stuck but didn't bother to reshoot and put the scene in anyway.
** The entire scene was just there to have an ironic statement by the Berma-Shave ad ("Where" "Will" "You" "Spend" "Eternity?")

* DesignatedHero: The main characters are entirely unsympathetic, particularely Griffin. He is supposed to be viewed as a put-upon everyman who just suffers from poor impulse control, but is instead portrayed as a selfish, violent and hypocritical murderer and rapist. When the work page describes Griffin as "one of the most disturbingly realistic portrayals of a sociopath in film", something went wrong. This is a case so extreme that the "Hero" somehow ''hit every single criterium for CompleteMonster''. That takes a lot of effort.

* CompleteMonster: A very rare unintentional example. [[DesignatedHero Griffin]] is an escaped convict who only shows himself to be a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] {{Jerkass}} and {{hypocrite}} throughout the movie. A [[{{Greed}} greedy]] FatBastard whose only stated desire is to become rich, he casually abuses everyone around him, [[ChronicVillainy never passing up an opportunity to do bad]]. He claims that he wants to go legit, then five seconds later he whips his friend with a belt and steals said friend's most valued possession. He regularly beats up (and occasionally strangles) his friends, murders strangers, and rapes a blind woman after throwing her father down a well.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: As has been mentioned, Griffin was supposedly meant to be seen as a mostly decent person who was down on his luck and held back by a HairTriggerTemper, and what happens to him at the end of the movie was supposed to be [[TragicHero tragic and thought-provoking]]. Unfortunately, all sympathy for him is lost by the time he rapes a blind girl and murders her father, making the ending seem more like justice being done than anything else. He also does nothing even remotely heroic or altruistic at all throughout the entire story.

* HilariousInHindsight: The FatBastard VillainProtagonist is named ''[[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Griffin]]''.

** Which really makes you ''really'' wonder about ColemanFrancis, himself.

* CompleteMonster: A very rare unintentional example. [[DesignatedHero Griffin]] is an escaped convict who only shows himself to be a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] {{Jerkass}} and {{hypocrite}} throughout the movie. A [[{{Greed}} greedy]] FatBastard whose only stated desire is to become rich, he casually abuses everyone around him, [[ChronicVillainy never passing up an opportunity to do bad]]. He claims that he wants to go legit, then five seconds later he whips his friend with a belt and steals said friend's most valued possession. He regularly beats up (and occasionally strangles) his friends, murders strangers, and [[MoralEventHorizon rapes a blind woman after throwing her father down a well]].

* CompleteMonster: [[DesignatedHero Griffin]] is an escaped convict who only shows himself to be a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] {{Jerkass}} and {{hypocrite}} throughout the movie. A [[{{Greed}} greedy]] FatBastard whose only stated desire is to become rich, he casually abuses everyone around him, [[ChronicVillainy never passing up an opportunity to do bad]]. He claims that he wants to go legit, then five seconds later he whips his friend with a belt and steals said friend's most valued possession. He regularly beats up (and occasionally strangles) his friends, murders strangers, and [[MoralEventHorizon rapes a blind woman after throwing her father down a well]].

* DesignatedHero: Griffin was probably supposed to be an UnscrupulousHero but, possibly due to bad writing, he comes off as just a straight up villain.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: As has been mentioned, Griffin was supposedly meant to be seen as a mostly decent person who was down on his luck and held back by a HairTriggerTemper, and what happens to him at the end of the movie was supposed to be [[TragicHero tragic and thought-provoking]]. Unfortunately, all sympathy for him is lost by the time he rapes a blind girl and murders her father, making the ending seem more like justice being done than anything else. And finally, he does nothing even remotely heroic or altruistic at all in the story.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: As has been mentioned, Griffin was supposedly meant to be seen as a mostly decent person who was down on his luck and held back by a HairTriggerTemper, and what happens to him at the end of the movie was supposed to be [[TragicHero tragic and thought-provoking]]. Unfortunately, all sympathy for him is lost by the time he rapes a blind girl and murders her father, making the ending seem more like justice being done than anything else.

* EarWorm: As cheesy and terrible as it is, "Night train to Mundo Fiiiine..." The fact that it's sung by Creator/JohnCarradine probably does nothing to hurt its catchiness.

* FanNickname: Chastain's name is misheard as "Justine," which was then popularized as a fan nickname by ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

* CompleteMonster: [[DesignatedHero Griffin]] is an escaped convict who only shows himself to be a sociopathic {{Jerkass}} and {{hypocrite}} throughout the movie. A [[{{Greed}} greedy]] FatBastard whose only stated desire is to become rich, he casually abuses everyone around him, [[ChronicVillainy never passing up an opportunity to do bad]]. He claims that he wants to go legit, then five seconds later he whips his friend with a belt and steals said friend's most valued possession. He regularly beats up (and occasionally strangles) his friends, murders strangers, and [[MoralEventHorizon rapes a blind woman after throwing her father down a well]].

* CompleteMonster: [[DesignatedHero Griffin]] is an escaped convict who only shows himself to be a sociopathic {{Jerkass}} and hypocrite throughout the movie. A greedy FatBastard whose only stated desire is to become rich, he casually abuses everyone around him, [[ChronicVillainy never passing up an opportunity to do bad]]. He claims that he wants to go legit, then five seconds later he whips his friend with a belt and steals said friend's most valued possession. He regularly beats up (and occasionally strangles) his friends, murders strangers, and [[MoralEventHorizon rapes a blind woman after throwing her father down a well]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: "He's Cherokee Jack!"
* FanNickname: Justine