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Kill Squad
A wealthy business man is a victim of an assault and is shot and wheelchair bound while his wife is gang raped and murdered. He then assembles his motley squad of Vietnam buddies to kung fu their way to revenge and get those muthas back.
Release : | 1982 |
Rating : | 4.9 |
Studio : | |
Crew : | Special Effects Makeup Artist, Cinematography, |
Cast : | Jean Glaudé Cameron Mitchell Sean P. Donahue |
Genre : | Action |
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This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
This is cheesy fun with a not so bad story with a twist as well. A wealthy businessman, once a vet is viciously attacked while his wife is raped and murdered by these thugs. Now wheelchair bound, he enlists the help of six of his old buddies, vets too, who all have their own fighting style. We see examples of their work in their early scenes, one involving a disgruntled employee who shoots his own toe off. One of the squad, an Asian, shows his employee what happens when he refuses to pay him. Another one of the squad is thrown off the scaffolding of a building, hitting a mound of sand below, and amazingly doesn't die. When the guilty co workers run down to check that's he's kaput, he's vanished. But the kill squad become the death squad, where one by one they're taken out, til only one's left standing, who finds out the real truth, heartbreaking and horrifying as it is as it's motives are revealed. This movie I saw back in 86' was a fun watch, though again it lacks in the brain department, but what brains it lacks here certainly makes up with the action which karate action fans will as well as it's golden twist.
You should know what to expect. And with "Kill Squad" you get what you expect. Silliness. Man-love. Rose beds. Action. That's non-stop silliness, man-love, rose-beds and action. Martial arts action. Where everyone (yep that's everyone) who fights knows kung-fu or gives it some sort of shot. No one is safe. And nobody is safe from the sound FX too (swoosh, crunch and smack). Cheap, low-grade drive-in exploitation that's simply fun from start to finish. Its happy-go-lucky approach is episodic, but it's all about the kung-fu set-pieces. Less talk, more fighting that's it although there's bit of strutting as well. Well they can't help it because of its funky dory soundtrack. Sure repetitive, but never does it become tiring due to its speedy pacing and brutal carnage. A small group of Vietnam veterans with special abilities reunite to seek vengeance for a friend who was left paralysed. The motto; "Joseph needs you." So after the brutal opening, we then see the squad but before teaming up ("Assemble the squad Larry. You know where to find them."), they all get some sort of intro to show how badass they are (and even invincible you'll know why when you see it). Then it comes "Joseph needs you." No hesitation, they're in and they deck up in their former army gear to help their pal. It's super best friends doing (a head nodding) Joseph proud, out to dig up leads but finding nothing but trouble as they take matters into their own hands. Especially those you don't like to play fair, by bringing out a gun but those moments do end up with comical and quite bloody results ("You better let me hold onto this before you kill yourself").Plenty of humour is evident, but never does it feel all that serious. It's purposely funny, but well delivered on that front. There's a good mixture of laughs, sleaze ( this one is politically incorrect) and take no prisoners violence. That's not to say it doesn't get ridiculous, because it does like the balaclava wearing sniper who suddenly appears from nowhere eliminating any clues / ties / people and the climatic revelation is pure ham instilling utter melodramatic daftness. The story is just dumb, but just roll with it. Performances are leaden, but diverting and the stunt work is a hearty display with its forceful fury and swift timing.Enjoyably hip, if low-brow macho kung-fu entertainment.
KILL SQUAD was a flick I won on eBay in a mixed lots set. I watched it and here's what I have to say:The acting is terrible (one actor has a particularly annoying voice),The music is good but a different score should have been used for THIS movie,Particularly when the characters are introduced, the fact they constantly use Kung-Fu to solve their problems is f&@%*!g stupid,And how Marc Sabin's character, Art survives those samurai sword wounds and without too much pain is beyond me.However, this movie has extremely surprising twists (and yes, they are good), good action scenes apart from the first few laughable ones, and well, an okay opening tune.In terms of KILL SQUAD overall, it does have flaws but has qualities as well.
If one was to try and make a list of all the implausibilities and flaws in this movie, he would need much more than a thousand words. From its crummy-looking cinematography (the sky looks mostly yellow) to its supremely silly plot (that is just an excuse to get from one kung-fu scene to another in as little time as possible), this flick is bad. But...it's enjoyably bad. It is intended for bad-movie lovers ONLY, and only if you belong in that category should you take my ** rating seriously.