Solid actin escapism
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.
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.
- lor_
- Jun 28, 2023