Another lame brained movie of the 80's, which again, well, makes you appreciate the 80's. The movie, very low on smarts, again brings the war home in quite a well made and entertaining actioner pic, where a few scenes, resemble ones out of a few other 80's movies. This one, again, revenge formula, which a draws little on the sick air of the Exterminator, has a team of vets, bringing the justice, the chief honcho of this gang in Atlanta, after their crippled mate, who of course, refused to pay any more protection-. Sound familiar? 80's, He's killed in a sickening style, where we're denied, and thankful, to be spared the graphics. Paul Koslo rocks as this totally repugnant villain. Fancy him showing up in this? Jim Antonio is the other strong performance, and there are a other good ones too. You won't see much blood, funnily enough in this R pic, but the vet characters are fun, especially the drunk, while again, the always dependable Gerrit Graham plays the joker of the squad. There are such ludicrous moments, which will have you laughing, but what The Annihilators does, is entertain. It is a kind of cool movi, but the stupidity factor, something I underestimated, as just having watched it again, after a many year absence, is what lets it down. Awesome, striking movie poster too.
Review of The Annihilators
