Review of Raw Force

Raw Force (1982)
5/10
Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting...
2 December 2010
A cruise full of martial arts enthusiasts stops by Warriors Island, an island in the South China Sea rumored to be populated by disgraced martial artists raised from the dead by monks. Oh, and there is some other criminal activity going on, too.

Starring Cameron Mitchell (Blood and Black Lace) and written and directed by Edward Murphy (who has done little else, though he did appear in "Goodfellas"). Camille Keaton and Jewel Shepard also make small cameos.

The Fortune 5 DVD is apparently a VHS transfer, because not only is it fuzzy, but it jumps frames a lot and the sound cuts out. Some moments are pretty much completely unwatchable... not sure why they bothered unless there is just honestly no other way to present the film.

In the opening scene, a group of Vietnamese girls is stripped naked, sort of setting a tone for this film. Yes, it is an exploitation film. But if you want more of this sort of thing, look elsewhere. Plenty of nudity, but not what I would call exploitation.

Some weird party with a male stripper, a centerfold, a female cop and drunks. "what do you call that?" "fetishes." "that's really sick!" I don't know who the actor, Gary McClintic, is, but he is by far the highlight of the movie (and the girl he is with is not bad to look at, either.)

In short, the best samurai zombie movie I have seen to date.
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