Final Score (1986)

Richard Brown, a decorated Vietnam War veteran now living in Indonesia, discovers that gunmen invaded his home, murdered his son, Bobby, (preparing to celebrate his 8th birthday), and ... See full summary »

Director:

Arizal

Writer:

Deddy Armand

Stars:

Christopher Mitchum, Mike Abbott, Ida Iasha

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Mitchum	...	Richard Brown (as Chris Mitchum)
Mike Abbott	...	Hawk
Ida Iasha	...	Julia
Dicky Zulkarnaen	...	Major Handoyo
Zainal Abidin	...	David
Siska Widowati	...	Florinda
Nizar Zulmi	...	Dick
Ivonne Elisabeth	...	Francisca
Andre Mathias	...	Bobby
Gino Makasutji	...	Alfred (as Gino Makasuci)
Syarief Friant	...	Hengky (as Sjarief Friant)
Tanaka	...	Markus
Baron Ahmadi	...	Driver
Karen Sukarno	...	Dony
Martin Noya	...	Joseph

Storyline

Richard Brown, a decorated Vietnam War veteran now living in Indonesia, discovers that gunmen invaded his home, murdered his son, Bobby, (preparing to celebrate his 8th birthday), and gang-raped and murdered his wife, Florinda. Vowing revenge, he begins to track down the culprits, learning in the process that they're in the employ of a business rival named Hawk. At one point he's captured, beaten, and tortured but then he's rescued by Julia, Hawk's personal secretary, who also seeks revenge on her employer for causing the death of her sister. Brown eventually finds and confronts Hawk at Hawk's fortress-like compound.

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Plot Keywords:

death | explosion | bare chested male bondage | martial arts master | bullet ballet | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Action | Crime | War

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Details

Country:

Indonesia

Language:

Indonesian

Also Known As:

Elegy of a massacre

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rapi Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Richard Brown: [upon finding his wife and son murdered] I'll find whoever did this and, so help me God, they'll pay.

User Reviews

Low-brow, high-octane Z-grade action import that simply must be seen

FINAL SCORE is a must for action fans. Whether you've scraped the surface of the genre or delved headlong into it, you'll need to get a hold of this amazing low budget film.

Chris Mitchum (yeah, Robert's son) stars as an American government official in Indonesia whose wife and son are brutally murdered by a pack of bad guys (but not before they gang rape Mitchum's wife, naturally). Mitchum sets out to seek revenge on everyone responsible, including the crime czar who hired the men to ace his family. Mitchum is, of course, highly trained in the art of killing, so every bad guy he tracks down gets done away with in a prolonged, isolated vignette of extreme violence, usually torture-based. Expect shoot-outs, explosions and chase scenes galore.

The movie was directed by a guy named Arizal, whose work has a small but devoted cult following in the U.S. (SPECIAL SILENCERS, THE STABILIZER and LETHAL HUNTER are fairly popular camp classics here), but in his native homeland (Indonesia) he's taken rather seriously (GITA CINTA DARI SMA, in particular, is still regarded as one of Indonesia's crowning achievements in '70s cinema). Arizal's action movies are typically fast-paced, stylishly shot and mean-spirited as hell. FINAL SCORE is my favorite of his action output, and with good reason: It's one of the most aggressively entertaining genre efforts ever made.

Do whatever you have to do to get FINAL SCORE in your hands, on whatever format you have to settle for (I believe it's only been released on VHS, but online DVD bootleggers sling it as well... that's how I got mine). Believe me, if you're into low-grade action zaniness, it's worth the effort.