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My review was written in October 1991 after watching the movie on Academy video cassette.

Excellent action footage highlights the teen survival drama "Edge of Honor", a better-than-usual video title released last May theatrically in Denver.

Corey Feldman and Sott Reeves lead a group of scouts exploring the woods in search of merit badge material (film's shooting title was "Scout's Honor"). They come across a cache of shoulder-mounted rocket launchers, part of a smuggling business that evil Don Swayze and other Pacific Northwest locals have turned to during tough economic times.

Film is unusual for the teen genre in terms of the ruthlessness of its storyline. Swayze and cohorts kill dozens of people, both sexes and all aes, in cold blood accounting for an R rating that certainly limited the pic's theatrical chances.

Predictably Feldman and his pals turn their survival training to good use to fight the adult bad guys. The Rube Goldbeg-esque contraptions they devise for the climax are far-fetched but entertaining.

Feldman is convincing delivering hip dialog, and Swayze, brother of Patrick, is suitably malevolent. Another significant heavy is British thesp Christopher Neame, who frequently and irrelevantly quotes Shakespeare.

Meredith Salenger, who has co-starred with Feldman several times is not cast as a romantic interest, but rather as a tough young woman who helps the scouts survive after Swayze murders her family.

My love of this film began on an old VHS tape Dad had. I ordered it on DVD. Me being how I am - I root for the villains. Its a shame, all the kids don't get killed, and 2 thumbs up for Don Swayze, and of course Christopher Naeme whose gorgeous in anything. It was a good movie, could have been better if the villains succeeded but hey that's me.

I enjoyed the hell out of this movie. I first saw it when I was eleven years old. I was a boy scout then and I really thought it was cool. I'm twenty now and I still like to watch it. Corey Feldman is cool in it and I love the atmosphere the movie gives off. It is very violent, but it in an inventive way. The skills that the kids use to reek revenge are very neat and creative. Patrick Swayze's brother is in this one and he is downright awful. Aside from that, the movie is ver good. I love the gunfights and there is a very dark tone. It's very reminiscent to Red Dawn. It's VERY unrealistic but a LOT of fun. Check it out and watch it one night with a few beers and you'll have a blast.

While "Edge of Honor" certainly is no "Deliverance", it is one of the better hunted in the woods films. I would put this on a par with something like "Hunter's Blood". The movie benefits from Don Swaze playing an excellent villain. The plot is simple and easy to follow, with the Scouts trying to survive using their survival skills. Although the climax is somewhat of a stretch, what precedes it is totally acceptable outdoor entertainment. The photography in "Edge of Honor" is another huge plus. Seek this one out if you are a fan of this type. You will not be disappointed. ..........................................- MERK

Interesting action film for teenagers, about a group of campers who stumble onto a gun-running operation in the woods. The people in charge of the smuggling find out that the kids know about them, and then hunt them through the forest to kill them. The bad guys are all zombie-like psychopaths straight out of a John Carpenter movie, with no scruples against shooting innocent children. Taut little thriller, with overtones of Walter Hill's own 80's "survival in the wilderness" flick "Southern Comfort". A true guilty pleasure movie for sure, but you will be strangely drawn to root for the teenagers during the final action scene where they reek violent revenge on their pursuers. I watched this film along time ago, but I still remember it because it was a good movie considering what it was about.