Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Olivier Gruner | ... | Joseph Charlegrand | |
Ian Ziering | ... | Cain Parker | |
Ashley Laurence | ... | Mary Parker | |
Michael Palance | ... | Mitchum | |
Donald Gibb | ... | Cody Johnson (as Don Gibb) | |
Marc Singer | ... | Ziegfield Von Trotta | |
James Brolin | ... | Colonel Jones | |
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Charles Santore | ... | Slim |
Raliegh Wilson | ... | Emmit | |
Rance Howard | ... | Farmer | |
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Takis Triggelis | ... | Phillipe (as Takis) |
Gene Wolande | ... | Zachariah | |
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Zale Kessler | ... | Promoter |
Scott L. Schwartz | ... | Bruno the Horrible (as Scott Schwartz) | |
Erik Betts | ... | Brazilian Fighter (as Eric Betts) |
1865. A young French officer, travelling the U.S. in search of the murderer of his best friend, gets involved in a struggle between poor farmers and a rich landowner. To help the farmers, he offers them his "Savate" (French kickboxing) skills. Written by Homme A. Piest <piest@pobox.leidenuniv.nl>
Savate is an exciting, over the top B-flick that borrows heavily from Once Upon A Time In The West, Kung Fu, and Bloodsport. It's no brainer action at it's finest!
Olivier Gruner is a French Legionnare wandering the old west tracking a sinister German fighter played by Marc Singer. Gruner comes to the rescue of a group of homesteaders threatened by land baron R. Lee Ermey (another entertaining performance) and agrees to represent them in Ermey's fight tournament.
Marc Singer is entertainingly cartoonish and pretty menacing as well. The final showdown between Gruner and Singer is quite exciting.
The score steals a few ideas from Ennio Morricone and a flashback scene is a blatant knockoff of Once Upon A Time In The West, but there's enough action to satisfy reasonable martial arts and western fans.