Runtime: 89 minutes
Directed by: John Stewart
Starring: Gregory Scott
Cummins, William Hubbard Knight, Barri Murphy, Ross Hagen, Cameron
Mitchell
From: Filmtrust/Stewart &
Berger
What better film to watch then talk about on the 4th of July than
this one? I have seen this ago, albeit long ago... even before I joined
Letterboxd so this is my first time discussing this oddity here. It was a
made for video thing where a bunch of stuntmen got together to make an
action picture and it is as glorious as it sounds. Long ago I downlo...
er, I mean “found” this movie and I still have it in my collection, so
that is how I made that revisit.
The plot, dialogue, and situations are all standard and yet I know many won't care as long as it don't get in the way, and it don't. Two FBI agents-they might as well be known as “Not Murtaugh and Riggs”-in northern Texas guard Carmen, as her boyfriend stole diamonds from “The Syndicate” and several bad men not only kill boyfriend in front of her, but of course they want the diamonds back also. From there we get such things as:
* A souped-up old Corvette designed for the drag strip, complete w/ giant motor and wheels on the back bumper
* Car chases, shootouts, barfights, dangerous helicopter stunts, stuntmen on fire, and a whole lot more...
* Including explosions-plenty of explosions
* Tremendous 80's music is heard throughout
* One of the agents is known as Panama, and wait until you hear the explanation as to the origin of his nickname
* It was recent conversation on Twitter that made me realize it had been far too long with this, and one person even posted a clip, which was: an hour in, another car chase happens and as this is in a rural neighborhood, a station wagon is accidentally run off the road and... crashes into a wooden house, taking out part of it! The house owners are in the front yard and get mad, but the driver did apologize, before driving away. Then... the house explodes!
The description of that scene likely will sway your opinion either way as to whether or not you want to track this down, along with knowing that the co-stars include William Smith, Cameron Mitchell and Ross Hagen. Hopefully one day it comes out on disc so more 80's B action fans can bask in the majesty of this.
The plot, dialogue, and situations are all standard and yet I know many won't care as long as it don't get in the way, and it don't. Two FBI agents-they might as well be known as “Not Murtaugh and Riggs”-in northern Texas guard Carmen, as her boyfriend stole diamonds from “The Syndicate” and several bad men not only kill boyfriend in front of her, but of course they want the diamonds back also. From there we get such things as:
* A souped-up old Corvette designed for the drag strip, complete w/ giant motor and wheels on the back bumper
* Car chases, shootouts, barfights, dangerous helicopter stunts, stuntmen on fire, and a whole lot more...
* Including explosions-plenty of explosions
* Tremendous 80's music is heard throughout
* One of the agents is known as Panama, and wait until you hear the explanation as to the origin of his nickname
* It was recent conversation on Twitter that made me realize it had been far too long with this, and one person even posted a clip, which was: an hour in, another car chase happens and as this is in a rural neighborhood, a station wagon is accidentally run off the road and... crashes into a wooden house, taking out part of it! The house owners are in the front yard and get mad, but the driver did apologize, before driving away. Then... the house explodes!
The description of that scene likely will sway your opinion either way as to whether or not you want to track this down, along with knowing that the co-stars include William Smith, Cameron Mitchell and Ross Hagen. Hopefully one day it comes out on disc so more 80's B action fans can bask in the majesty of this.
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