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Return of the Kickfighter (1987)
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"He may have been raised in Australia, but he's all American!" moreCast
(Credited cast) | Richard Norton | ... | Col. Brad Cooper |
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 | Rex Cutter | ||
| Judy Greene | ||
| Bruce Le | ||
 | George E. Mahlberg | ... | Gen. Brady |
| Nick Nicholson | ||
| Henry Strzalkowski | ||
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Richard Norton, one time world kickboxing champion, returns to the role of Col. Brad Cooper, bad-azz killing machine extraordinaire. You see, it seems that sometime in 1970, in Vietnam, a bunch of US marines wiped out a VC village and stole a bunch of gold. The gold, however, belonged to one very POed ninja warrior (Bruce Le.) Fast forward to 1986, when that very same ninja warrior is picking off the marines from that unit one by one, trying to get the gold back. This is making Maj. Ryan (Rex Cutter), the leader of that unit, rather nervous, understandably. So in an effort to save his own ass, he calls on Col. Cooper to go to Vietnam and stop whoever is responsible. He only has one condition for Cooper: don't ask any questions. This, of course, leads Cooper to ask a bunch of questions, and his investigations lead him to the massacre, the cover-up, and the gold. Turns out there is a giant training camp in the mountains, where an army of ninjitsu terrorists are being readied to attack a nuclear plant. Throw in a dash of martial arts mysticism, and one of those gunfights where the hero never misses, but the 200 enemies he's fighting can't hit the side of a barn, and boom, you've got yourself an A.I.P. action flick.
This movie is rather interchangeable with any number of other low-budget action flicks from the period. The wooden acting of Norton certainly doesn't help matters, but at least it comes in at a mercifully short 88 minutes. I really don't know why I watch this dreck, but I will say this: it was better than "Rachel Getting Married," which I also saw yesterday.