Namsploitation/Rambosploitation Film Reviews by R.D Francis
Philippine and Indonesian ripoffs of Rambo and Schwarzenegger's Commando. Look under "Critic Reviews" for B&S About Movies, for each.
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- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsRonald AsinasTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonRaffy CurtisDuring a daring mission in Vietnam, a helicopter squadron is downed. While the soldiers try to escape capture by the Viet Cong, clues that the helicopter was sabotaged lead to brutal infighting, as they search for the traitor among them.
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsDavid CarradineTony DorsettRob YoungbloodDavid Carradine is an American colonel who will pay any price to defeat the Viet Cong. When his unauthorized fighting force in Cambodia is discovered, he becomes a one-man army, fighting a war of his own for a cause he knows is just.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsMark HarmonLuis PrendesRitza BrownIn a desolate section of the Sahara once ruled by the French, two thirsty men stumble into the camp of a Tuareg warrior where they're given water and shelter. Soldiers from the new Arab government now arrive by Jeep and demand the two men be turned over to them. The warrior refuses, citing the sacred laws of hospitality. The soldiers shoot dead one of the men and carry off the other -- a political foe of the new government. The warrior mounts his camel and rides off to rescue his kidnapped guest.
- DirectorTonino RicciStarsJames MitchumChristopher AhrensCharles RackTwo mercenaries are hired by a Chinese businessman to find an ivory tablet that supposedly has magic powers and is hidden deep in the jungles of North Vietnam, protected by soldiers, cannibalistic monks and witch doctors. The businessman will pay $250,000 for the tablet, but he has plans for the tablet--and the mercenaries--that they know nothing about.
- DirectorTeddy PageStarsRomano KristoffJim GainesRuel VernalAfter suffering a concussion from a grenade blast in 'Nam, Sgt. Frank Johnson has been getting flashes of his childhood. He is a ninja in those dreams. Because of this, he is given a codename: "Black Fire" by the US Army and is sent to San Sebastian together with his buddy Sgt. Jim Anderson to work as U.S. military advisers. One night, Sgt. Johnson discovers Capt. Salcedo trying to transport arms.
- DirectorTeddy PageStarsRomano KristoffJim GainesJerry BaileyThe American army sets up a special force to free three American officers who were captured by the Vietcong in Vietnam in 1968.
- DirectorNeil CallaghanStarsRonald L. MarchiniAdam WestLynn O'BrienSteve Parrish (The Marchster) returns home to the San Francisco area after his many travails fighting in Central America. All he wants to do is see his young son Zak (Dax Nicholas). However, gang boss Petroli (Landingham) has it out for Parrish. He sends all the baldest, fattest, oldest goons after Parrish to exterminate him. But Parrish is one...clever...man. Somehow they manage to kidnap Zak, so Parrish teams up with his love interest Teri (Lynn O'Brien) to fight the baddies and save Zak. Shortly after that, he finds Zak and they team up to take on the bad guys! Also, corrupt government agent Carruthers (West) has his own stake in both the fates of Petroli and Parrish.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsRobin MackayNian WattsHarry MylesNarcotics agent Tom Wilde is given a second chance at life after being shot and killed. In a futuristic experiment, agent Wilde is returned to life as an Android Robot and he is sent on a very dangerous mission.While this is rip of The Terminator; it's also a reedit of the Namsploiter, Devil's Dynamite (1987). Both films are discussed. Also an oft-programmed Mill Creek box setter.
- DirectorJun GallardoStarsVic VargasRichard HarrisonAnthony AlonzoA rag tag group is assembled for a secret mission into Cambodia, led by legendary special forces commando Richard Harrison.AKA Invasion Cambodia; referenced for the Wikipages of the film and the career of John Gale.
- DirectorJun GallardoStarsGordon MitchellKen WatanabePaul VanceSuperb action set during the Vietnam War. The prologue shows a French army convoy being ambushed by the Vietcong in 1950.Not to be confused with Intrusion/Invasion Cambodia, above.
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsRichard YoungChristine L. TudorJason RossVince Deacon, a higly decorated Vietnam War veteran, serves as a SWAT team captain for LAPD. When his family gets attacked by thugs and he kills one of them in self defense he's being suspended by his boss. Deacon and his family decide to spend the weekend camping at a lake to forget about everything but an explosion on their boat kills both his wife and kid. He finds out that Slater, a war buddy-turned-traitor is responsible for the murders. Deacon tracks him down to a small town in the mountains and gets his revenge only to be haunted by a redneck sheriff who happens to be Slater's brother. Not even his former commander, Col. Cain, or the National Guard can stop him now...
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsRick HillKatt SheaCrofton HardesterThis war's in your own backyard. Violent warfare erupts in Northern California when Vietnam vet Deacon Porter reassembles his Combat Strike Force to avenge the death of a commanding officer.In some overseas markets; First Blood was titled, The Devastator.
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsBrett Baxter ClarkRobert PatrickEd Crick"The Lost Command, " a bunch of notorious renegades, terrorize South Vietnam, forcing Sgt. Zack Skinner, HQ's best man to hunt down the Command to stop its killing spree.
- DirectorTeddy PageStarsRobert MariusJim GainesNancy K. LeeLt. Garvey, a US Air Force pilot, takes a fighter jet fitted with a new rocket system, on a tests flight. A KGB spy sabotages the navigation system and Garvey crashes over Cambodia. General Gruent organizes a dangerous rescue operation.
- DirectorTeddy PageStarsRichard HarrisonBruce BaronGwendolyn HungA weapons expert is sent to Vietnam to demonstrate a new weapon he has just invented, but he is captured during a Viet Cong attack and imprisoned in a POW camp. He is rescued not long afterwards, but when he returns home he finds that his wife has been kidnapped and he is being set up for a string of crimes that he did not commit. He determines to find out what's going on and who is behind it.Silver Star Productions. Teddy Page. Richard Harrison. Sly and Arnie ripping -- it's beautiful!
- DirectorJunn P. CabreiraStarsMax ThayerJohn DresdenNick NicholsonA US lieutnant is turned into a guinea pig for deadly KGB experiments.
- DirectorAnthony MaharajStarsRichard NortonDick WeiFranco GuerreroThe plot concerns a unit of US marines operating in the Vietnam war during 1970, with the movie opening on a raid in a village. After massacring the villagers, the marines steal the villages gold, much to the objection of their Vietnamese translator and guide, (Bruce Le). Skip forward past the credits sequence; it's now 15 years later, and members of the unit are getting murdered one by one. This leads to the former head of the group, now a high ranking military officer, announcing that the only person who is up to the job of finding out the identity of the killer is an Aussie, Major Brad Cooper (Richard Norton).AKA Mission Terminate with Aussie actor Richard Norton.
- DirectorRudy DominguezStarsPalitoPanchitoMax AlvaradoAfter the war, Sgt Samson is to deliver a letter to the wife of a friend who died in the war. Shortly after he arrives in Santo Sepulco he is beaten and thrown out of town. From now on, he is pursued by the mayor and the police chief and his men. His old soldier instinct is awaken again and a fight to the death begins.Rambo done as a comedy; successful enough for a couple sequels.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsMaria BorieFrancis CanyonTao ChangAKA Rescue Team.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsAlphonse BeniKurt EberhardPhilip GordonOnce the head of a special anti-terrorist surveillance unit, CIA agent Mike Graves has gone bad and has now put together his own terrorist organization. Colonel Noble of the CIA assigns two of his best agents, Lester Martin and Bruce Gilbert to stop Mike. Lester and Bruce were Mike's best friends and can't believe that he has become a terrorist. They confront Mike and find that it is true. Former friends are now bitter enemies. Mike has begun an operation to get the plans for some Top-Secret experimental laser weapons by kidnapping professor Albert and his family. This plot is foiled by the highly trained Special Assault Squad from the National Security Organization. Mike then tries to get the actual laser weapons from the government by having a plane hijacked and holding the passengers hostage.Sometimes confused with Top Team Force (1989), but it's not the same movie.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsDavid ArchKevin BrooksSorapong ChatreeAction packed war film set during the Vietnam war. A group of soldiers is signed to rescue two US soldiers and a couple of civilians who are kept captive by the Vietcong. The first half of the film is getting there and, obviously, the second half is getting away again. In between we're treated to a very violent and entertaining war picture.Yep. Oliver Stone ripping.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsRachel BrownTao ChiangBetty ClementWar film set in South Vietnam in the 1960s. Paul, a young Vietnamese doctor, enlists in the ARVN over his family's objections. He participates in a joint U.S. Marine-ARVN attack on a Viet Cong hilltop position. The attack fails and Paul is killed.Godfrey Ho! He’s Joe Livingstone. He’s Willie Palmer. He’s Charles Lee. And here, he is Bruce Lambert behind the camera and Eric Coleman behind the typewriter.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsDerrick BishopMarco ColeyChristian ComteThe People's Freedom Army is a loosely knit army of Southeast Asian patriots determined to protect their country from the communist threat. To ensure that their goals remain righteous, the American is sent in to coordinate surveillance. They enlist Alexander Samson to infiltrate the group. Due to his skill and bravery, Alexander soon attains the rank of commander.Yep! It's a Sly and Arnie mashup.
- DirectorJun GallardoStarsReb BrownShannon TweedKahlena MarieAn American military advisor becomes disillusioned by the brutality and corruption of the Central American government which hired him. When his shift in sympathies becomes known, he's arrested and tortured but soon escapes, along with a beautiful American woman, in order to join the rebels.An oft Mill Creek box setter.
- DirectorJun GallardoStarsRomano KristoffMike MontyGwendolyn HungWall to wall action. Roy Kristoff and Michael Monty team up together in this highflying action-war thriller, to save the country form a communist uprising. filled with explosive-excitement in every scene. The war was supposed to be over, but the battle to survive has only just begun. A film not to be missed.AKA Slash Exterminator, which sounds like "Terminator," so there you go!.