The Stabilizer

Great Scott! – Here's a dementedly bad movie that even the mighty Godfrey Ho would be proud of!

Witness explosions and gun fire galore, some hilariously rendered fight scenes, a healthy quota of breasts, some atrocious dubbing/voice over work including some priceless expletive filled awful dialogue, a death by garden strimmer(!) and best of all a hero who looks uncannily like Queen guitarist Brian May!!! (complete with tight permed mullet!)

A completely OTT experience and essential viewing for all fellow bad movie connoisseurs! Seriously, what more could you want for in a film?!

Note: Look out especially for the ingenious, bizarre shot of what at first appears to be a butt crack but is in actual fact the crease of a man's arm(!!!) Why was said scene included in the film in the first place? Your guess is as good as mine! Still, never let it be said that the director didn't have an artistic eye! erm......

Professor Provost has invented a "Narcotics Detector",so he is kidnapped and tortured by Indonesian crime boss Greg Rainmaker.It's up to American super cop Peter Goldson aka The Stabilizer to stop his violent reign.Actually The Stabilizer's past is quite traumatic,because his fiancée was raped and stomped to death by Greg Rainmaker.Teaming up with a local officer and two female assistants The Stabilizer begins bloody revenge towards Greg Rainmaker and his ruthless cohorts of petty criminals...Extremely over-the-top and cheap action flick from Arizal.The amount of violence is simply insane.The performances are flat,the one-liners are endlessly quotable and there are even two scenes of lizard munching.If you are a fan of "Deadly Prey" or Cirio Santiago's mindless action flicks give "The Stabilizer" a shot.8 shoot outs out of 10.

The acting is poor, the plot is thin, but who cares? "The Stabilizer" delivers non-stop action! In my estimation, at least 75 out of this movie's 90 minutes feature some form of action - vehicle chases, fight scenes, gymnastics, shootouts, explosions, crashing through walls and floors, etc. The action is outrageous, bloody, funny, destructive, and overall very enjoyable to watch. Peter O'Brian (probably one of the worst actors ever, but that's beside the point) is notable for his unorthodox fighting style, which can best be described as bull-in-a-china-shop. One of the things I really liked about this film is that it gives the women, and there are several of them, a significant part of the action, and they are almost equally as deadly as the men, with or without a gun in hand. If you enjoy Jackie Chan's Hong Kong movies but wish they were more R-rated, you'll probably like "The Stabilizer" as well. It's as unpretentious as an action movie can get. **1/2 out of 4.

I saw this flick way back in the late 80s on a rented vhs. Revisited it recently. Its an over the top cheesy action entertainment. During the era of Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Willis, JCVD, Seagal, etc there was the curly, greasy, poor man's Stallone, Peter O'Brian aka The Stabilizer.

Check out the clothes n the hairstyle man. The Stallone/Cobra look-a-like picture (fishnet tshirt) is priceless man. The villain spitting on it is even better.

A guy on a motorcycle flying through a window, unique way of breaking into someone's home. Motorcycles breaking concrete walls, tires of motorcycles hitting people's head like footballs.

There are fists, feet and arrows flying by. God bless the 80s for such over the top action flicks n for the immediate love making scenes.

The Stabilizer fights tons of thugs with machine guns, dodges torpedoes, dodges bullets, he can scuba dive, he can even fight with his hands tied behind his back. But the best is the chopper sequence. U have to see it to laugh out loud. This movie is non- stop action. The barrel bouncing off of the head, the tires bouncing the head, hero shooting while keeping his arm tilted, etc Did I forget to mention the spiked shoes. The acting n dialogues r atrocious but the action nailed it.

The film is laden with atrocious 80s clothing. Ill fitting blazers, loose shirts, curly mullet hair, triangle shaped earrings, the actress' orange dress n her kicks r a big lol.

It has more car chase, car mayhem, car plunging into lake, explosions, etc than a Michael Bay film.

Was the arm pit scene which resembled buttocks' cleavage done on purpose?

The music during the smooch scene is epic. The film has a man who eats lizards, villain's henchmen wearing sleeveless without having any biceps.

How the mohawk haircut villain's henchman escapes during a fight sequence is beyond me. The film is full of empty cartons, huge empty boxes n hell lottuva empty drums. The empty drums r kept for a purpose by the director. It comes handy to the hero during a fire escape.

This is one of those gems that I am always waiting to find- I found a diamond here! I am pretty certain that this film was released to be taken as serious as any other action movie from the early 80s. But some of the dubbed in dialogue is

hilarious, I am smiling right now as I think about some of the lines. Whatever the case may be, it is an all around entertaining movie that I am glad I added to my collection.

For those who like to watch Italian action cinema from the 70s and 80s, you

probably will get a kick out of this too. The same goes to blaxploitation fans as well. I found myself rewinding and re-watching scenes over again. There are

lots of scenes that will make you want to take a second look. There really is too many things in this film that had me rolling. Troma offers this on DVD now at a really low price. Definately worth it. Enjoy!