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Ein Mann wird zum Killer

Originaltitel: Death Force
  • 1978
  • R
  • 1 Std. 36 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
5,4/10
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IHRE BEWERTUNG
Ein Mann wird zum Killer (1978)
ActionDramaKriegKriminalität

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAn American Vietnam soldier on his way home is left for dead and is saved by a pair of Japanese stragglers from WWII, who train him in the way of the samurai.An American Vietnam soldier on his way home is left for dead and is saved by a pair of Japanese stragglers from WWII, who train him in the way of the samurai.An American Vietnam soldier on his way home is left for dead and is saved by a pair of Japanese stragglers from WWII, who train him in the way of the samurai.

  • Regie
    • Cirio H. Santiago
  • Drehbuch
    • Howard R. Cohen
    • Cirio H. Santiago
    • Robert E. Waters
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • James Iglehart
    • Carmen Argenziano
    • Leon Isaac Kennedy
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    5,4/10
    743
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Cirio H. Santiago
    • Drehbuch
      • Howard R. Cohen
      • Cirio H. Santiago
      • Robert E. Waters
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • James Iglehart
      • Carmen Argenziano
      • Leon Isaac Kennedy
    • 16Benutzerrezensionen
    • 29Kritische Rezensionen
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    James Iglehart
    James Iglehart
    • Doug Russell
    Carmen Argenziano
    Carmen Argenziano
    • Morelli
    Leon Isaac Kennedy
    Leon Isaac Kennedy
    • McGee
    • (as Leon Isaac)
    Jayne Kennedy
    Jayne Kennedy
    • Maria Russell
    Joe Mari Avellana
    Joe Mari Avellana
      Joonee Gamboa
      Joonee Gamboa
        Leo Martinez
        Leo Martinez
        • Julio (cab driver)
        Armando Federico
        • Rico
        Cathy Sabino
        James Monroe Iglehart
        James Monroe Iglehart
        • Jimmy Russell
        Allen Arkus
        Tony Carreon
          Ernie Carvajal
          Vic Diaz
          Vic Diaz
          • Chinaman
          Ramon D'Salva
          Darnell Garcia
          • Hitman
          Tony Graziano
          Jack Gregory
          • Regie
            • Cirio H. Santiago
          • Drehbuch
            • Howard R. Cohen
            • Cirio H. Santiago
            • Robert E. Waters
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          10mycattwixy

          he's a one man death machine

          Classic cult martial arts movie i had this movie on vhs back in the day
          6Red-Barracuda

          Cirio H. Santiago strikes again with another mixture of madness

          Cirio H. Santiago seems to have been a bit of a legendary Filipino director from the period when many cheap and cheerful genre flicks were being knocked out in the Philippines. From the little that I have seen, his output seems to be a guarantee of a good time on at least some level. One thing I have noticed is that he is fond of throwing everything at the screen no matter how disparate, with Future Hunters (1986) for instance he combined a post-apocalypse, time-travel, religious artefacts, Shaolin monks, neo-Nazis, dwarfs and Amazonian women. With the earlier TNT Jackson (1974) he simply combined martial arts with Blaxploitation, which was a tactic he returned to with Fighting Mad, with the added bonus of a vigilante revenge story and Hell in the Pacific thrown into the mix as well. The story itself has a lot going on in it. Three Vietnam veterans steal a cache of gold and then two of them double-cross the third by killing him and throwing him in the sea. Trouble is he doesn't die and winds up on a tropical island inhabited by two Japanese soldiers who are still fighting World War II in the late 70's. They nurse him back to health and train him to be a martial arts expert and samurai sword master. He eventually ends up back home in L.A. and seeks out his ex-buddies - who are now crime lords - for a slice of violent revenge.

          It would be churlish to complain too much against a movie which has a synopsis like the above. In true Santiago style its attempt to mash genres up does result in something a little bit different for sure. It's full to the brim with fighting, training montages, heads and ears being lopped off, soul singing, 70's hats and Afros. So while it's not always entirely engaging stuff it tries its best to deliver a bit of stupid fun and you really can't argue with that too much.
          4Coventry

          I love you, Cirio H. Santiago!

          Like the case with so many "notoriously awful" Z-grade exploitation directors, I have a love/hate relationship with Cirio H. Santiago. Of all that movies that I have seen of him, I honestly couldn't award any with a rating higher than 3 out of 10, but at the same time I certainly don't regret having seen them! Some of his works are just plain terrible ("Demon of Paradise", "TNT Jackson") while others are hilariously inept but non-stop entertaining trash hits ("Equalizer 2000", "Future Hunters", "Caged Fury"…). With "Death Force" Santiago delivers one of the better titles of his impressive repertoire; a vigorous and raw action picture with a couple of ludicrous plot ideas, flamboyant characters and – especially when approaching the finale – a bunch of cheap but gory massacres! Lots of bad muthas losing their heads in the final act, I guarantee you! But the thing that makes "Death Force" particularly unique is that it can be categorized in no less than three different exploitation sub genres. With its many story lines and colorful cast of characters, the film qualifies simultaneously as Kung-Fu/Samurai action, Blaxploitation and revenge thriller! And what's really funny is that there are also enough alternative titles to fit the different categories, as the film is also known as "The Black Samurai", "Fighting Mad" and "Vengeance is Mine". At the end of their tour of duty in 'Nam, three buddies named Morelli, McGee and Doug (the former a white boy, the other two black guys) have smuggled a fair stash of gold. Morelli and McGee have the ambitious plan to become the mob bosses of Los Angeles, but they righteously fear that Doug is too much of a soft family man that will hinder them. Morelli comes with the idea of killing Doug and McGee immediately agrees, also because he's always been jealous of Doug for having such a beautiful wife. They cut Doug's throat and throw him off a yacht, but apparently they didn't properly lean to kill in Vietnam, because Doug survives and washes ashore a small island. Seriously, how do you fail slicing somebody's throat? The plot gets even more deranged when the little island turns out to be inhabited by two ancient Japanese samurai warriors that still believe WWII hasn't finished and refuse to surrender. While Doug receives a full samurai training on the island, Morelli and McGee work themselves up to fearsome LA crime lords (illustrated through dozens of shootout sequences) and McGee also aggressively stalks Doug's wife. Dough eventually leaves the island - though not before a cheesy and fake-sentimental farewell to the 2 samurais - and head backs home with only vengeance on his mind. You can say a lot about our pal Cirio H. Santiago, but not that he didn't do his homework and carefully studied action blockbusters of the 70s decade! "Death Force" is a typical product of its time, stuffed with redundant romantic interludes, wannabe groovy music and costumes martial arts. Bad blokes Carmen Argenziano and Leon Isaac are the most familiar faces in the cast, and it shouldn't come too much as a surprise to learn that Q. Tarantino is a big fan of this junk as well.
          7Bezenby

          Prime seventies exploitation - with swords!

          My first Cirio H Santiago film! This one has a brain-meltingly random premise, Afros, cool music, is choppy as hell and even throws in a bit of gore at the end there.

          Russell is a Vietnam vet who's smuggled some gold with his mates Morrello and McGhee, who of course double cross him, slit his throat, throw him in the sea and head off to L.A to waste the mob there and become crime lords (as we see them blast their way through many gangs). McGhee also has the hots for Russell's wife, and periodically turns up to try and woo her (getting more aggressive with every visit).

          Russell, however, washes up on a desert island, where he meets two Japanese soldiers who have never surrendered (and never will). After becoming friends and indulging in some funny banter ("You should see Japan now!"), the ranking officer (great character) teaches Russell how to slice things up good with a samurai sword, which as you know will lead Russell back to LA where he can chop his buddies, and their hired goons (Hired goons?) into little pieces.

          Full of ridiculous situations, action scenes and funky music, Fighting Mad is a good bet for an exploitation fan. There's a good relationship between Russell and the Japanese officer, and just when I thought Russel would never get off that damn island, he does in a rather sad scene and the film picks up from there. Whenever the film bogs down in training sequences, Santiago just switches to L.A to show McGhee and Morrello taking on rival mobs.

          Once Russell arrives in LA, he becomes an unstoppable killing machine to get to his enemies. It looked like some of the violence had been cut from the version I watched (a leg being severed), but as there were several graphic decapitations at the end, who knows? This is good for a watch if you're like me, and just switch your brain off before hitting 'play' and just go with the flow. It's cheap and cheerful and action packed – what else do you want?
          7HaemovoreRex

          Cool & groovy 70's revenge flick

          Now this is more like it! When two crooks decide to bump off their partner and pocket all the loot from a profitable crime, little do they suspect that our man not only survives their murderous attempt, but is washed ashore an island where he is nursed back to health by two Japanese soldiers who have been stranded there since the second world war and who in addition, don't even know that the war has ended! In fact not only do they nurse his wounds, but one of them additionally teaches him the way of the samurai thus paving the way for our man to return to the states and take a bloody revenge!

          This is a great little film and very much a product of its time featuring cool seventies fashions, proud looking afros, some soppy romantic scenes (in glorious seventies slow motion obviously!), a groovy seventies soundtrack and last but not least some cool and gory action throughout including our hero cutting off one of his enemies ears, and later sending the same guy his crime lord associates head in a box!

          Highly entertaining stuff and it even has a happy ending! What more could you possibly want?

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            Writer and director Quentin Tarantino has stated multiple times Cirio H. Santiago's movies influence on him. In this movie you can see that huge influence, in what would later be used on Kill Bill: the main character being betrayed by his friends and being left to die; him surviving and swearing revenge; being educated on Samurai culture and preparing his revenge, among many other elements.
          • Zitate

            McGee: You like lasagna, you got lasagna.

          • Alternative Versionen
            The new DVD release by Vinegar Syndrome is the complete 110-minute director's cut, as opposed to the regular 96 minute version on various public domain releases.
          • Verbindungen
            Referenced in Kill Bill - Vol. 1 (2003)
          • Soundtracks
            Yesterday I Heard The Rain
            Written by Armando Manzanero and Gene Lees

            Performed by Jayne Kennedy

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          • Erscheinungsdatum
            • 29. April 1982 (Westdeutschland)
          • Herkunftsländer
            • Philippinen
            • Vereinigte Staaten
          • Sprache
            • Englisch
          • Auch bekannt als
            • Fighting Mad
          • Drehorte
            • 19500 Mayall Street, Northridge, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA(Interior & Exterior. As McGee's home)
          • Produktionsfirma
            • Cosa Nueva Productions
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          • Laufzeit
            • 1 Std. 36 Min.(96 min)
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            • Mono
          • Seitenverhältnis
            • 1.85 : 1

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