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(1988)

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4/10
"Indiana" Sam J. Jones
tarbosh2200016 July 2010
Warning: Spoilers
Johnny Quinn is a guy with a cool bomber jacket who is in North Thailand to get some answers. People think he killed his former partner, Tom Irving. He is innocent, and meanwhile the evil Alex Korda (Timothy Hughes), a businessman intent on making big profits off the sale of narcotics, wants Quinn out of the way. After a location change to Manila, the authorities and Korda's men are after him. So Quinn teams up with Tom's daughter and the token wacky computer nerd named Wizard to save the day. Apparently all the valuable information is on a tiny "laserdisc" which looks like a little cymbal. Will Quinn and his 2-person team prevail? Honestly, "Whiteforce" is pretty standard fare. Sam Jones has been in better movies, such as Maximum Force (1992). His unshaven charm provides help to this ailing actioner. He keeps weapons in the heel of his boot and would sooner shoot someone than give up his classic jacket.

The idea of "corporate narcotics" is interesting, but it's all kind of muddled with things like the "International Security Alliance" and "Ambrack International". The viewer's interest begins to wane, and a bunch of shooting doesn't really help that much. Neither does the goofy music.

Unfortunately, "Whiteforce" resembles Down Twisted (1987). The team up of Jones and the girl in a foreign land, on the run, has a similar ambiance.

Vic Diaz turns up as one of the baddies, and "Indiana" Sam Jones is invented because of the popularity of that Spielberg classic. It even mentions it on the back of the VHS box. Speaking of which, you don't have to look too closely to see Sam Jones' head pasted on someone else's body. It's pretty funny.

In all, "Whiteforce" is paint-by-numbers and somewhat tedious going, buoyed to a certain extent by the lovable Jones.

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3/10
WoW this movie is pretty bad
matthew-marks21 January 2007
this movie is not even viewable any more. It's a low budget action flick starring Sam Jones and no one else even worth mentioning. The plot is kind of weak and you don't even care about the characters. There are still some funny moments.

really bad sound effects.

laser discs when dropped sound like coins random speed ramps the highway scene felt like it was filmed all in one take it was kind of weird. the movie flowed like if someone had a camera guy not take any cuts so it was shot like a home video.

overall watch if you like Sam Jones even if you do its still kind of weak.
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Ho-hum action flick
lor_12 April 2023
My review was written in June 1989 after watching the movie on New Star video cassette.

Sam Jones makes a convincing he-man hero in the otherwise ho-hum "Whitefore", one of three actioners with "Force" in the title he's made recently.

Headed direct to video, Far East opus marks an underwhelming return of Eddie Romero, whose '70s exploitation films for AIP and Dimension Pictures were a lot more fun for drive-in fans.

Jones is accused of murdering his partner Ken Metcalfe, when in fact Timothy Hughes, a megalomaniac drug lord, is responsible. The former "Flash Gordon" (billed as Sam J. Jones a decade back) is stuck with Metcalfe's spunky daughter Kimberley Pistone dodging bullets as both sides search for a laserdisc which has the incriminating information about the drug cartel on it.

Jimmy Fabregas provides a modicum of comic relief as Jones' sidekick. Henry Tefay's script is merely functional: in-joke that the villain is named "Alex Korda" is hardly yock-inducing for film buffs. Action scenes are perfunctory and Romero omits the t&a footage that once was his forte.
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