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Tagget [VHS]

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Do you like action, boobies, people in space, and constant violence? Look no further Dragon Fire has it all. Dominic La Banca, Sifu Kisu, Harold Hazeldine, and Pamela Runo tear apart Los Angeles in 2050 in this non stop action thriller. When there is no fighting there is female frontal nudity, when there's no more nudity, there's blood. This cinematic piece has some of the most talented martial artists in the business and from scene to scene it's clear they all MEAN business. Released in 1993 and rated R this one's not for the kiddies, put them to bed, order a pizza, crack some beers, crank up the volume, and find out just exactly WHY all warfare is deception.

To begin with, this dvd was incorrectly listed. I thought I was ordering a movie with Daniel J Travanti. There was no picture to serve as a guide. A "kung fu" type movie arrived. I did attempt to view it and pass it along as a charitable donation. Unfortunately, the nudity ruined things, and I stopped it. It wasn't worth passing along as a donation.
Turns out the movie I wanted was re-titled "Tagget"-probably to avoid this duplication.

The Memory Hole has a claim upon this feature made for cable television, and more's the pity since it is all that one might reasonably ask from a tale of covert deception between governments, a well-cast production that pleases on most levels, notably due to its competent direction, cinematography and scoring. Daniel J. Travanti plays John Tagget, owner of a large electronics manufacturing firm, who is disabled due to injuries incurred as a tortured prisoner of the North Vietnamese, and suffering from cryptic flashbacks of his P.O.W. experiences that, in combination with what may be attempts by his erstwhile intelligence community peers to murder him, create a situation that Tagget naturally tries to probe, whereupon more complications ensue, some quite deadly. Though Tagget's disability may be psychosomatic, the film's content is uncommon in that its principal character is in fact disabled, and many of his employees (assemblers, etc.) are wheelchair-bound, but this is only one fresh aspect of this work that, with a limited budget, offers generally clever plotting and neatly crafted filmmaking. Even when the continuity is plagued by problems with logic, there are attempts at explanation, whilst the creative lighting and camera skills of cinematographer Billy Dickson, a concinnate score from Michel Colombier, and the taut direction of Richard T. Heffron all intensify the proceedings that also benefit from nifty acting turns by Travanti, William Sadler as a crafty Russian operative, Leon Russom, elegant Guy Doleman, Peter Michael Goetz and Sarah Douglas; a discriminative cineaste will not rue having viewed this motion picture, titled DRAGONFIRE upon its initial release.

Daniel Travanti stars as an ex-green beret trying to make sense of his forgotten flashbacks,making others fell uncomfortable as he becomes a target.It's a good spy flick!!