I rented Sloane because of its iconic poor cover art. It features a buff shirtless guy carrying a swoon woman while firing a machine gun. The film opens: A man is killed and his wife abducted, the family hires Sloane, an ex cop to track her abductors and rescue her. The film is supposed to take place in the Philippines but most of it looks like set from bygone Vietnam War films. Robert Resnick, who portrays Sloane is not buff, this was a disappointment as I was expecting a Schwarzeneggeresque hero. He is also clad in the worst kind of attire, tight white pants with an undersized shirt to match.. all polyester. Most of the film is slow and forgettable, and honestly I was surprised at how little action and gore was to be had. The film quality is very poor, the writing and acting are equally poor, and the fight choreography for the sparse action sequences is very disappointing. The bloodlessness of the film only confounds the lame fighting. Sloane and his pal who joins him for the caper try to get information about the missing woman in a Vietminhesque tavern.. which quickly leads to a bar fight where the not so buff Sloane uses a wooden looking fighting style to beat down all the Pilipino assailers. Later Sloan and his buddy track the missing woman to a cave nestled in a remote jungle, after fighting their way through the guards they discover a cannibalistic tribe of midgets, which Sloan defeats to save the distraught captive. This film is worth a watch if you enjoy terrible, low budget/quality 1980's action flicks. 'Sloane' does disappoint in all aspects of an action flick, not really violent or gory enough to justify all the dead time filler that makes up 80% of the film. The cannibal midgets are hilarious but again, not enough violence and gore to justify even having a tribe of cannibal midgets in a film. Huge portions of the film are forgettable; in fact I forgot most of what happened less then an hour after I finished watching it. For most viewers, I would just recommend looking at the film's cover art.. it delivers a lot more with one glance then the whole of this film does.
Review of Sloane
