Lamas has to save the picture
My review was written in March 1991 after watching the movie on Paramount video cassette.
This sequel to the good-natured action pic "Snake Eater" suffers from a weak script, but Lorenzo Lamas' force of personality in the title role should please undemanding video fans.
Odd title refers to one of Lamas' nicknames as a Vietnam war vet who was a special forces specialist. Now he's a big-city cop (set in the United States, this Canadian production was lensed in Montreal) who's charged with murder for his vigilante tactics.
Due to bad work by his lawyer, Lamas is sent to a mental hospital for examination. He's studied there by pretty heroine Michele Scarabelli, who's not too convincing as a psychologist.
With the assistance of friendly inmates like Harvey Aitkin. Lamas escapes and teams up with his old pal Larry B. Scott to fight drug kingpins.
Problem here is lack of focus in the screenplay, which professes outrage in one scene and is silly in the next. The scourge of drugs continues to inspire action features but does not lend itself to the tongue-in-cheek humor favored by Lamas and director George Erschbamer.
Scott i engaing in the supporting cast but Lamas' real-life wife, Kathleen Kinmont, is stuck in a nothing role as a cop.
This sequel to the good-natured action pic "Snake Eater" suffers from a weak script, but Lorenzo Lamas' force of personality in the title role should please undemanding video fans.
Odd title refers to one of Lamas' nicknames as a Vietnam war vet who was a special forces specialist. Now he's a big-city cop (set in the United States, this Canadian production was lensed in Montreal) who's charged with murder for his vigilante tactics.
Due to bad work by his lawyer, Lamas is sent to a mental hospital for examination. He's studied there by pretty heroine Michele Scarabelli, who's not too convincing as a psychologist.
With the assistance of friendly inmates like Harvey Aitkin. Lamas escapes and teams up with his old pal Larry B. Scott to fight drug kingpins.
Problem here is lack of focus in the screenplay, which professes outrage in one scene and is silly in the next. The scourge of drugs continues to inspire action features but does not lend itself to the tongue-in-cheek humor favored by Lamas and director George Erschbamer.
Scott i engaing in the supporting cast but Lamas' real-life wife, Kathleen Kinmont, is stuck in a nothing role as a cop.
- lor_
- Jun 23, 2023