IslandGuru Who payed the critics

Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

dbborroughs Richard Harrison stars in one of the worst films I've seen this year.He plays an army weapons expert sent to Viet Nam to show off a new multi barrel gun. The Viet Cong attack and he's taken prisoner. Back home some unknown man makes advances on his wife. Harrison is eventually rescued and goes home to find his wife has gone missing and that he's being set up for a variety of crimes as things get compounded ad he hunts for the reason behind the disappearance of his wife and he breaks heads and other body parts. Even allowing for some of the worst dubbing I've ever seen this is a collection of stupid ideas, bad performances and wildly uneven action scenes. I sat staring at the screen waiting for the next terrible thing to show up. Its horrible, and not really in a good way. I mean sure as a bad film lover I was enjoying myself for a while but after a while things just became too much and I had to struggle to make to the end.In a weird way I was rewarded by making to the very end since the film ends with a freeze frame over which there is a statement as to what ultimately happened to Harrison's character. A loud WTF was followed by hysterical laughter. In no way recommended, even for the laughter factor.

John Seal There's not a great deal I can add to previous comments about this unintentionally hilarious Philippines made atrocity, but I'll try. Fireback is hopelessly padded with interminable slow motion scenes, rendering poorly staged action sequences even worse by revealing additional flaws that might have gone unnoticed at regular speed (check out the 'Viet Cong's' fancy footwear). Star Richard Harrison sports a hideous caterpillar moustache, there's a jive talking black dude who spouts crypto-beatnik nonsense about 'Angelsville' (heaven), and (if you get a copy of the old USA Home Video VHS) spectacular bumpers featuring Sybil Danning's er, bumpers. The over-oiled Sybil cradles a massive gun in her arms whilst giving away all the highlights of the movie, but as there really aren't any highlights to give away, the spoilers won't really spoil anything for you. The Man With the Golden Hand is pretty cool, though.

HaemovoreRex Fellow fans of the numerous Godfrey Ho/Joseph Lai cut & splice ninja outings from the 1980's will no doubt initially delight to know that this is an early chance to see actor Richard Harrion in full ninja togs (at least in the final scenes of the film) - indeed such attire and the films in which he later wore it would subsequently earn Harrison a modest cult following!Unfortunately, it has to be said that the film reviewed here is sadly not nearly as much fun as any of the aforementioned ninja produce to spring forth from the IFD stables.Here Harrison plays Jack Kaplan, a weapons expert who is liberated from a Vietnamese prison camp only to return home to find that his wife has been abducted. The rest of the film has our hero searching for his lost love, which usually involves him beating the hell out of various sleaze bags who may or may not hold any relevant information as to her whereabouts. In addition, every now and then a hit-man is dispatched to bump our hero off....all failing miserably obviously!With bodies mounting up by the truck load, the police are also eager to apprehend our hero who they believe to be possibly psychologically unhinged (yikes!) Matters eventually reach a climax when Jack infiltrates the mansion of the miscreant who had his wife kidnapped and proceeds to deal out some well deserved and violent DIY justice!Lousily acted, poorly dubbed, shoddily made and generally boring throughout, this has very little to recommend it other than the presence of a number of notable B-movie stars including Mike Monty, Jim Gaines, future fellow Godfrey Ho/Joseph Lai victim and ninja movie regular Bruce Baron and of course Harrison himself.Having said this, I did quite enjoy the ending though, for in addition to giving Baron's character his just desserts, we are informed (via some writing superimposed over the final freeze frame shot) of the subsequent fate of our hero who apparently went on to serve time in the state penitentiary for his vigilante shenanigans before finally expiring due to heart complications(!!!)Hmmm....more films should employ this post finale information approach!

austo Pure cheese in a big chunky video box. MacGyver meets Rambo, badly dubbed and shot on a video camera. The dialogue is awful, the effects are rubbish, the camera work is brutal and the music makes you feel slightly ill. The storyline seems to be written by a couple of 10 year olds with a thirst for cheap dynamite and camouflage. I love it, and I actually have it on video. Possibly the funniest film I have ever seen, just because it takes itself so seriously. It's actually impossible to know where exactly the film is set. We know its not Vietnam, we think it's America, but it looks like Ecuador. And just wait until you see the US Presidents office. The words "Garden Shed" spring immediately to mind. Spark one up and watch it. You'll never laugh so hard..