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5.0 out of 5 stars
An amazing blast to the face and funnybone, November 13, 2006
This review is from: Lethal Force (DVD)
Alvin Ecarma's LETHAL FORCE boasts geysers of blood à la the LONE WOLF & CUB films, blazing guns (and latent homosexuality) from John Woo's A BETTER TOMORROW, and a bevy of stylistic and thematic nods to other favorite films from CONAN THE BARBARIAN to EVIL DEAD 2 to ARMOUR OF GOD. Even the temporary soundtrack present when I saw LETHAL FORCE at a riotous MicroCineFest 2001 screening (where it walked away with the Audience and Judges' Awards for Best Feature Film) possessed musical cues (and sound effects) from ENTER THE DRAGON, FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE, and other films of high regard.
Frank Pritchard stars as Jack Carter. He's a well-meaning patsy caught between his old friend, Frank Savitch (Cash Flagg Jr.), an unstoppable assassin, and Mal Lock (Andrew Hewitt), a wheelchair-bound super-baddie with a legion of white-masked goons at his command. Director Ecarma does well to keep things fresh in what could otherwise be a staid action film with wonderfully kinetic camerawork and large doses of dry-witted comedy.
The tricky hybrid of comedy and action could have easily failed, turning LETHAL FORCE into a ridiculous farce like THE NAKED GUN or a silly gest like THE JEWEL OF THE NILE. Rather, this small-budgeted film ($12K!) wonderfully succeeds on all levels. The film is technically adroit and chock full of laugh-out-loud outrageousness.
I really can't say enough good things about LETHAL FORCE. Each time I watch it, I find myself enjoying it even more than the last.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
ln a nutshell..., January 10, 2007
This review is from: Lethal Force (DVD)
A BLAST of Funtastic Kung Fu, Chop Socky, Tom Foolery, & Highbrow Highjinx... LOVED IT!!!
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1.0 out of 5 stars
TOTAL GARBAGE, September 17, 2011
This review is from: Lethal Force (DVD)
This so-called movie is total bottom-of-the-barrel garbage. Total crap in everyway--script, acting, direction, production values. Looks like it was made by retards, and I don't mean the kind with downs syndrome. People with downs syndrome would have made a far better movie than this POS. The dum-dums who made this should buy up every copy and burn them all. God was this thing horrible. To see an actually awesome shoe-string-budget movie, check out "There's Nothing Out There." Now that's awesome low-budge movie-making. STAY AWAY FROM "Lethal Crap."
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