Raw Force (1982)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Edward D. Murphy

Writer:

Edward D. Murphy (writer)

Release Date:

July 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Horror | Action | Comedy

Tagline:

...Invaders of the Jade Tombs!

Plot:

A group of martial arts students are en route to an island that supposedly is home to the ghosts of martial artists who have lost their honor...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Martial Arts | Monk | Slavery | Violence

Cast

Cameron Mitchell	...	Captain Harry Dodds
Geoffrey Binney	...	Mike O'Malley
Hope Holiday	...	Hazel Buck
Jillian Kesner	...	Cookie Winchell
John Dresden	...	John Taylor
Jennifer Holmes	...	Ann Davis
Rey King	...	Go Chin
Carla Reynolds	...	Eilleen Fox
Carl Anthony	...	Lloyd Davis
John Locke	...	Gary Schwartz
Mark Tanous	...	Cooper
Ralph Lombardi	...	Thomas Speer
Chanda Romero	...	Mayloo
Camille Keaton	...	Girl In Toilet
Lin Lin Li	...	Gun Moll (as Maggie Lee)

Also Known As:

Kung Fu Cannibals (USA)
Shogun Island

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA | Philippines

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1989) | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Philippines

Company:

Ansor International

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The fire on board the ship freeze frames several times.

Quotes:

Religious Freak: Tell me about the centerfold you're doing.
Betty: The centerfold? Well, it's really not for positive sure yet. Well, we still have to...
Religious Freak: [interrupting her] Why are you doing it? For the money?
Betty: Well, like I said, I don't even know if I...
Religious Freak: [interrupting her again] For the publicity?
Betty: Well, sure, I guess you could say that I...
Religious Freak: [interrupting her yet again] You're not doing it for the publicity. I know why you're doing it.
Betty: Why am I doing it then?
Religious Freak: For the devil.
Betty: The devil?
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "The Love Boat" (1977)

Classic Drive-In Movie!

In a conventional sense, there really is no redeeming value in the film Raw Force. However, if you are willing to let go of your need for logic for ninety minutes, you will find Raw Force to be fun.

The story, such as it is, deals with the sale of nublile woman to monks on a small island. The monks believe that consuming the flesh of the woman will allow them to have the power to raise the dead. You can tell the monks are evil because they are always shown in slow motion!

Throw in a guy that looks like Hitler in a leisure suit and the beautiful Jewell Shepard and some American Bruce Lee wannabees and you have the ingredients for the perfect drive-in movie.

Oh, did I mention that Cameron Mitchell was in this. Some may say that his appearance in The Toolbox Murders was his low point (others might say The Demon). I think this is it.