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Implacable

Original title: Irresistible Force
  • TV Movie
  • 1993
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
334
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Cynthia Rothrock and Stacy Keach in Implacable (1993)
Dark ComedyAction

A disgruntled retiring cop and his new butt kicking female partner must take on a well-armed terrorist group that holds up a supermarket.A disgruntled retiring cop and his new butt kicking female partner must take on a well-armed terrorist group that holds up a supermarket.A disgruntled retiring cop and his new butt kicking female partner must take on a well-armed terrorist group that holds up a supermarket.

  • Director
    • Kevin Hooks
  • Writer
    • Carleton Eastlake
  • Stars
    • Stacy Keach
    • Cynthia Rothrock
    • Christopher Neame
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    334
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kevin Hooks
    • Writer
      • Carleton Eastlake
    • Stars
      • Stacy Keach
      • Cynthia Rothrock
      • Christopher Neame
    • 9User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Stacy Keach
    Stacy Keach
    • Harris Stone
    Cynthia Rothrock
    Cynthia Rothrock
    • Charlotte Heller
    Christopher Neame
    Christopher Neame
    • James Barron
    Kathleen Garrett
    Kathleen Garrett
    • Arla Stone
    Michael Bacall
    Michael Bacall
    • Jesse Delvechio
    Nicholas Hammond
    Nicholas Hammond
    • Lieutenant Nash
    Jerome Ehlers
    Jerome Ehlers
    • Kurt
    Paul Winfield
    Paul Winfield
    • Commander Toole
    Penne Hackforth-Jones
    • Lieutenant Governor
    Kim Knuckey
    Kim Knuckey
    • Frank Delvechio
    • (as Kim Knucky)
    Peter Kent
    • Computer Punk
    Len Kaserman
    • Night Manager
    Phillip Hinton
    • Governor
    Martin Sacks
    Martin Sacks
    • Bomb Squad Officer
    Malcolm Corke
    • SWAT Member
    Bob Newman
    • Terry
    Tony Biancotti
    • News Reporter
    Gordon Andrews
    • Young Cop
    • Director
      • Kevin Hooks
    • Writer
      • Carleton Eastlake
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    User reviews9

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    JaQaL

    You'd have to be bored

    Stacy Keach plays about to retire former gung ho cop, Harris Stone, who's just looking to cruise along until retirement day. Somehow or other he ends up with Charlotte Heller as his new sidekick, which he is initially quite happy about. What trouble can she cause? Lots. She's an ex-Navy SEAL (played by real life martial arts champ, Cynthia Rothrock) and she causes plenty of trouble. However, Stacy Keach looks bored and Cynthia Rothrock looks more concerned about showing off her martial arts prowess to let the film rise above the ordinary. Stumbling from one disaster to another, they finally end up confronting a group of terrorists who have taken a hostage in a shopping mall. Where else? If you're bored out of your tree and want to waste an hour and a half of your life then watch it. Rating: 3/10
    8tudorcostin11

    very good for a TV movie with a low budget

    i was truly amazed by this movie because it has a good script,good partner for Cynthia(Stacy ketch)and pretty good villains.there are some pretty good fight scenes for Cynthia (where she shows as her martial arts skills) which is unusual for a TV us movie with low budget.this is probably the best us movie of Cynthia alongside with fast getaway i guess.i will give this movie 7.5/10 because the female villain disappears from movie don't know where so i expected a fight between her and Cynthia at the end of the movie.but i was disappointed.so i recommend you this movie if you want to see an action comedy like die hard.
    9Weirdling_Wolf

    Hard-hitting fight flick starring acting deity Stacy Keach and action goddess Cynthia Rothrock!

    Pairing charismatic acting deity, Stacy Keach and ferociously fleet-footed action goddess, Cynthia Rothrock in this hard-hitting, punch-packed, female fronted fight flick proved to be an explosive combination! Talented filmmaker Hooks is plainly aware of the demographic he is 'shooting' for, swiftly laying on the bellicose action, the world-weary cop, Harris Stone (Stacy Keach) looks on bemusedly as his new, uncommonly feisty, high-kicking partner Charlotte 'Charlie' Heller (Cynthia Rothrock) audaciously Kung Fu's herself into a terse car showroom robbery, wherein the courageous, if not a little cavalier 'Charlie' continues to power her demonstrative presence inside, and with consummate acrobatic agility takes out the skeevey, gun-toting trash lickety split! Not long after Rothrock's bravura display of martial arts, both Harris & Heller rather brusquely find themselves on suspension, after being vociferously admonished by, Commander Toole, engagingly portrayed by the exceptionally fine character actor, Paul Winfield.

    Following that deliciously adrenalized appetizer the chop-socking gets super-gnarly as our two amiably mismatched movie cops end up at a rather lavish, decidedly 'la-di-da'-looking Mall opening ceremony, and, fortuitously, before you can yell 'Yippie-Ki-Yay Mother Trucker!' they are both earlobes deep in explosive Die Hard/Under Siege territory, with the altogether awesome 'Power Cop' Charlie 'wrong placing and wrong timing' her martially majestic way through the grisly-looking gaggle of arch bad guy, James Barron's (Christopher Neame) gun-happy goons with her signature skell slaying agility!

    In the appropriately named B-actioner 'Irresistible Force' the perfectly formed, panther-swift siren of skull-rocking savagery, Cynthia Rothrock once again excitingly proves herself to be a feline force to be reckoned with, displaying grace, and tremendous agility as she terminally terrorizes the terrorists as her hardline partner, Harris adds his not inconsiderable head-butting belligerence to the pugilistic proceedings! We've manifestly seen all this Gun-happy gubbinz many times before, but all too rarely is it this irresistible! The Stoic, Keach & preternaturally perky, Rothrock have a compelling onscreen chemistry, and it's long overdue that the snarky naysayers show, Cynthia Rothrock the actor some well-earned respect, while long admired as a dynamic, supremely talented martial artist, Rothrock's also a likeable, entirely credible Thespian.
    6gdean2025

    The Force Of One....

    Let's face it, without Rothrock this film would have been as flat as 6 month old soda pop. Rothrock added so much to this film with her lightning fast moves, great charm, and excellent scene by scene presence. No disrespect to Keach but Rothrock could have pulled this one off alone in Die Hard (ala Bruce Willis) fashion. Christopher Neame was not very engaging as the bad guy either.

    It was these flaws that cost this action drama a shot at at being full blown TV series. Nonetheless, Rothrock displayed some of her finest moves. Her close-ups were very nicely done as well. Rothrock does not get the credit she deserves as an accomplished action film star. She is HUGE overseas especially in the far east. It's a darn shame that the one chance she had to do a network TV series was ruined by the film makers inability to compliment her with a good ensemble cast.
    3Theo Robertson

    Not Irresistable At All

    Is there some type of discrimination going on at U.S police departments ? Just curious because everytime I see a cop drama from America ( Especially one made as a TVM ) it seems no one can become a detective unless they are a family man with just a few months left in the job , and all police chiefs must be black , while all recruits to the plains clothes division must be females who have a black belt in some martial art

    Oh and guess what IRRESISTABLE FORCE is about ? That`s right it`s a TVM with a family man who works as a detective with only a few months left in the job , and his chief is black and he`s assingned a new female partner who`s got a black belt in karate . What else can I tell you ? I can`t remember and I only watched it last night . That probably tells you a lot in that case

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    • Trivia
      According to Cynthia Rothrock, Stacy Keach was originally written as a sidekick character, with Rothrock's role being more prominent. Keach agreed to be in the production only if his character received greater exposure and storyline importance. Regardless of this situation, Rothrock claims Keach was friendly and agreeable to work with.
    • Goofs
      Somewhere between highly unlikely and impossible for Charlie to have become a S.E.A.L. with the fear of heights she claims to have.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Road Games: Audio Interview with Stacy Keach 2016 (2016)

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    • Release date
      • May 7, 1993 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Irresistible Force
    • Filming locations
      • Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
    • Production companies
      • CBS Entertainment Production
      • Davis Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 20m(80 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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