Forced Vengeance - 1/2/2024

[fred25_Ca]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

I watched this last night and thought the film was simply ok. The technical merits were all good, but expected some more fights and the story was all over the place. I still enjoyed it, as it's pretty hard to not enjoy a Chuck Norris film from the 80's, but just expected a bit more. The final fight with the large Japanese killer was pretty cool in the end though.

I think the same thing. Pre-Lone wolf McQuade, I'd say only An eye for an eye is a good movie. I kind of enjoy them all (i'm a fairly big Chuck fan and just did a new marathon recently watching all of his movies from Breaker breaker until Top dog haha) but i'd say he truly found his voice and style with Lone wolf. The beard. The dirt. The beer. The one man killing machine. It all started there.
Mind you, it goes downhill after the first Delta force (although I like MIA 3 and The hero and the terror, even if they aren't as good as the previous 6 movies) and then after Delta force 2 it really hits rock bottom with stuff like The hitman (much worst than any of his pre-Lone wolf stuff), although I do have a soft spot for Sidekicks.

If you have a chance, his biography is really interesting. He's essentially one of his characters when you see everything he has accomplished haha. It's super captivating. The older he gets the more religious he becomes and the less interesting it gets but the first 3/4 are great!