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Raw Force

  • 19821982
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  • 1h 26m
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5.4/10
2.1K
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Raw Force (1982)
ActionAdventureComedy
A group of martial-arts students is heading to an island that supposedly is home to the ghosts of martial artists who have lost their honor. A Hitler lookalike and his gang are running a fem... Read allA group of martial-arts students is heading to an island that supposedly is home to the ghosts of martial artists who have lost their honor. A Hitler lookalike and his gang are running a female-slavery operation on the island as well. When the two groups meet, all sorts of crazy ... Read allA group of martial-arts students is heading to an island that supposedly is home to the ghosts of martial artists who have lost their honor. A Hitler lookalike and his gang are running a female-slavery operation on the island as well. When the two groups meet, all sorts of crazy things happen, involving cannibal monks, piranhas, zombies, and more.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
2.1K
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    • Edward D. Murphy
    • Edward D. Murphy
  • Stars
    • Cameron Mitchell
    • Geoffrey Binney
    • Hope Holiday
    • Edward D. Murphy
    • Edward D. Murphy
  • Stars
    • Cameron Mitchell
    • Geoffrey Binney
    • Hope Holiday
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    • 35User reviews
    • 62Critic reviews
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    Cameron Mitchell
    Cameron Mitchell
    • Captain Harry Dodds
    Geoffrey Binney
    • Mike O'Malley
    • (as Geoff Binney)
    Hope Holiday
    Hope Holiday
    • Hazel Buck
    Jillian Kesner
    Jillian Kesner
    • Cookie Winchell
    • (as Jillian Kessner)
    John Dresden
    John Dresden
    • John Taylor
    Jennifer Holmes
    • Ann Davis
    Rey Malonzo
    Rey Malonzo
    • Go Chin
    • (as Rey King)
    Carla Reynolds
    • Eilleen Fox
    Carl Anthony
    • Lloyd Davis
    John Locke
    • Gary Schwartz
    Mark Tanous
    • Cooper
    Ralph Lombardi
    Ralph Lombardi
    • Thomas Speer
    Chanda Romero
    Chanda Romero
    • Mayloo
    Camille Keaton
    Camille Keaton
    • Girl in Toilet
    Maggie Dowling
    • Gun Moll
    • (as Maggie Lee)
    Garry McClintic
    • Steve
    John Rosselli
    • Male Stripper
    Joe Pagliuso
    Joe Pagliuso
    • Milt
      • Edward D. Murphy
      • Edward D. Murphy
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    • Trivia
      The first treatment of the script was written under the title "Kung-Fu Zombies" and a treatment was written for a possible sequel that would have starred Jonathan Winters as the ex-husband of Hope Holiday's character. Cameron Mitchell would have also returned as Capt. Harry Dodds in the sequel. However, for reasons which have never been explained, no sequel was ever made.
    • Goofs
      The driver backs the truck into a metal awning in front of the building, even going so far as to shake the awning, but in the next scene the truck is several feet away from it.
    • Quotes

      Bartender: [breaks a block of ice with his head, hands the girl her drink and asks] Wanna have dinner tonight, babycakes?

    • Crazy credits
      'To be Continued ...' appears at the end of the film. (but as of 2009, no sequel has ever materialized)
    • Connections
      Edited from Piranha (1978)

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    7/10
    Babes, blades, zombies & Cameron. Freaking. MITCHELL.
    I was going to give this one 9 out of 10 but had to knock it down because it quite simply wasted Jillian Kesner (RIP; you kicked my ass).

    A nutty German who is apparently Hitler's younger brother, Chip, trades Philippine hookers for Jade to some weird monks ("Zey eat zem," Chip tells us) and uses a group of head-band-wearing Kung-fu thugs to protect the operation. If that sentence right there doesn't make you want to watch this film...

    Zee chade mine must be kept a zeecret...sorry. Chip doesn't want anyone to know about the jade mine and when he finds out a low rent cruise ship is planning on making a tour of "Warrior Island" (dun dun duuun) he tells his thugs to take care of it. They fail of course, due to the First Commandment of Kung-fu: The good guy will always kick butt no matter how many bad guys attack him at once.

    The thugs do manage to set the ship on fire and kill everyone on board except the plucky group of heroes. Their life raft beaches on the island and more Kung-fu ensues. The monks capture the group and tell them they may not leave until they have fought the monk's Kung-fu masters which is the queue for the Kung-fu ZOMBIES (!) to enter (I freaking love this film!).

    The fight scenes were great, the over-acting was wonderful and the concept was so far out that it clicked like Fred Astaire in tap shoes. I can't end the review without a special shout out to Mitchell who was the ONLY man who could play the part of the captain. I laughed out loud every time he fired his pistol, especially when he tried to get the attention of a potential rescue plane by firing his pistol AT it! This film had it all and I can't do it justice here. Just see this film!

    Things you didn't know: The South China Sea is loaded with piranha Asian chefs are ALWAYS Kung-fu masters Buddhist monks aren't always the peaceful guys they are rumored to be
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    • Release date
      • July 9, 1982 (United States)
      • Philippines
      • United States
      • English
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      • Philippines
    • Production company
      • Ansor International
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    • 1 hour 26 minutes
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