Invasion USA (1985)
"Invasion U.S.A." (original title)

A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.

Director:

Joseph Zito

Writers:

James Bruner (screenplay), Chuck Norris (screenplay),

Stars:

Chuck Norris, Richard Lynch, Melissa Prophet

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chuck Norris	...	Matt Hunter
Richard Lynch	...	Mikhail Rostov
Melissa Prophet	...	McGuire
Alexander Zale	...	Nikko
Alex Colon	...	Tomas
Eddie Jones	...	Cassidy
Jon DeVries	...	Johnston
James O'Sullivan	...	Harper
Billy Drago	...	Mickey
Jaime Sánchez	...	Castillo (as Jaime Sanchez)
Dehl Berti	...	John Eagle
Stephen Markle	...	Flynn
Shane McCamey	...	Kurt
Martin Shakar	...	Adams
James Pax	...	Koyo

Storyline

A terrorist, Rostov, is planning to unleash a reign of terror on the U.S. but before he does he decides to go after, Matt Hunter, a former CIA agent, who lives in Florida, who once had Rostov's life in his hands but on orders took him alive, and now Rostov is plagued by nightmares of Hunter killing him. So Rostov goes after him but misses, so Hunter, who has already been approached by his former employers to go after Rostov, after initially turning down the job, cuase he believed that they should have let him terminate Rostov when he had the chance, decides to go after him. But he is only one man and Rostov has hundreds of men ripping the country apart, so how will he stop it.

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Plot Keywords:

rescue | nightmare | army | invasion | terrorist | 

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Taglines:

No one thought it could ever happen here...

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 September 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Invasion

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cannon Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (TVC)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Whoopi Goldberg was Chuck Norris's first choice to play the female journalist.Joseph Zito disagreed, and cast someone else.

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Goofs

Just before the landing boats arrive, Nikko shoots a couple making out on the beach. He uses a pistol with a silencer, but unsilenced shots are heard.

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Quotes

Matt Hunter: You're beginning to irritate me.

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Connections

References Dirty Harry (1971)

User Reviews

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Possible Spoliers: This movie is a good movie to watch on a late Friday night with a beer in hand. It is enoyable, Norris movies never require one to think, because let's face it the storylines are straight out of elementary schoolchildren's fantasy imaginations. Example: A small band of Cubans/Russkies trying to create discord and panic in America, which will allow them to take it over. They easily get wipe out by a Florida National Guard unit, Not much a of a national threat there. Golan Globus and Cannon Films knew that. They were in it just to make more money then they spent on the film and usually these films were profitable. The 80's was a time for exploitative action flicks, brawn, sex, brutality and harmless stereotypes. It is sad though that these types of films are no longer made in the political correct 90's and 2000's.

Norris' acting has never been great, even though his one liners are better than Seagal and Van Damne. He just did some running, kicking and punching and collected his paycheck.