This seems to be a totally forgotten little low-budget movie from Umberto Lenzi, so much so that I can't find anything about the film at all on the internet, aside from three differing titles (plus the third that I found it under!). I picked it up in one of those ancient cardboard sleeve releases, and at the princely sum of 50p I really couldn't complain, especially when I saw the names of Ivan Rassimov and Umberto Lenzi in the opening titles.
We're in routine action territory here, in a film which consists of dialogue, plot development, and lots and lots of shooting. This is a predictable movie which does at least satisfy with the amount of bullets flying around I would say that a good third of this movie is made up of action scenes, including one stretched-out massacre at a prison camp in the heart of the jungle in which the enemies are based.
This is a cheap but cheerful little film, and it's obvious that the low budget didn't hamper Lenzi at all, as he packs it with his trademark slapdash action and high body count. While the explosions may look cheesy (blowing up in front of the actors all the time, thereby obscuring them), the sheer quantity of bullets shot and people dying is impressive in a small way in itself. Once again Lenzi makes good use of a jungle setting as he charts our "wild team" making their way into the enemy camp - after all, he'd had good experience with his gruelling cannibal flicks, and the authentic Dominican Republic locations add to the experience.
The B-movie cast are consistently amusing, especially Sal Borgese as the square-jawed clean-cut action hero type who spends most of the film giving orders and doing heroic things. He's joined by the typical blonde bimbo (in cut-off shorts and low-cut top, no less), an arrogant German (talk about stereotyping) - played by Werner Poctath, one of the most underrated actors in exploitation cinema, a lovable Mexican, and Lenzi's own reliable star, Ivan Rassimov! Rassimov is once again the "whipping boy" of the group. There's also a child actor who tags along for most of the movie, but thankfully he's not too annoying. The bad guys are over actors, as per usual.
I would say that this movie is worth a look in a "so-bad-it's-good" sense. There are many unintentional scenes to laugh at. These include a moment where our heroes hang-glide into a swamp (so cheesy it's hilarious), one of those clichéd arrow-through-the-neck tricks (which you figure out as an infant) and some ripe dialogue that makes no sense ("I warned you to keep your gun clean - all you think about is Bo Derek!"). Plus some unconnected bits at the beginning and end involving stuffy officials shouting at each other. The bad focusing and appalling editing in the action scenes sink this movie from the start, but it's enjoyable enough in a cheesy kind of way.
We're in routine action territory here, in a film which consists of dialogue, plot development, and lots and lots of shooting. This is a predictable movie which does at least satisfy with the amount of bullets flying around I would say that a good third of this movie is made up of action scenes, including one stretched-out massacre at a prison camp in the heart of the jungle in which the enemies are based.
This is a cheap but cheerful little film, and it's obvious that the low budget didn't hamper Lenzi at all, as he packs it with his trademark slapdash action and high body count. While the explosions may look cheesy (blowing up in front of the actors all the time, thereby obscuring them), the sheer quantity of bullets shot and people dying is impressive in a small way in itself. Once again Lenzi makes good use of a jungle setting as he charts our "wild team" making their way into the enemy camp - after all, he'd had good experience with his gruelling cannibal flicks, and the authentic Dominican Republic locations add to the experience.
The B-movie cast are consistently amusing, especially Sal Borgese as the square-jawed clean-cut action hero type who spends most of the film giving orders and doing heroic things. He's joined by the typical blonde bimbo (in cut-off shorts and low-cut top, no less), an arrogant German (talk about stereotyping) - played by Werner Poctath, one of the most underrated actors in exploitation cinema, a lovable Mexican, and Lenzi's own reliable star, Ivan Rassimov! Rassimov is once again the "whipping boy" of the group. There's also a child actor who tags along for most of the movie, but thankfully he's not too annoying. The bad guys are over actors, as per usual.
I would say that this movie is worth a look in a "so-bad-it's-good" sense. There are many unintentional scenes to laugh at. These include a moment where our heroes hang-glide into a swamp (so cheesy it's hilarious), one of those clichéd arrow-through-the-neck tricks (which you figure out as an infant) and some ripe dialogue that makes no sense ("I warned you to keep your gun clean - all you think about is Bo Derek!"). Plus some unconnected bits at the beginning and end involving stuffy officials shouting at each other. The bad focusing and appalling editing in the action scenes sink this movie from the start, but it's enjoyable enough in a cheesy kind of way.