The Road Raiders

April. 25,1989      
Rating:
5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Filled with anachronisms and rip offs from "The 'A' Team" and "The Dirty Dozen" - It's 1942 in Manila and an American saloon owner organizes a misfit group to fight in WWII.

Bruce Boxleitner as  Charlie
Susan Diol as  Lt. Johanson
Tia Carrere as  Cyanne
David Paul as  Black
Noble Willingham as  Crankcase
Stephen Geoffreys as  Einstein
Mark Blankfield as  "Schizoid"
Clyde Kusatsu as  Shimoto
J.D. Cannon as  
John Fujioka as  

Reviews

Console
1989/04/25

best movie i've ever seen.

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InformationRap
1989/04/26

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Jenna Walter
1989/04/27

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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Dana
1989/04/28

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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lms4861
1989/04/29

I thought it was entertaining... When I first started watching the film, I just wasn't sure it was worth my time. I did enjoy it. I am a die-hard Bruce Boxleitner fan. I think he is an outstanding actor and although he did do many movies and televisions shows, I don't think he got the recognition he deserved. Some of the scenes were a bit cheesy but so what. Bruce is such a dream. Kind of reminded me of the Mel Gibson's Mad Max movie "Road Warriors" where the survivors built vehicles out of leftover parts. Its a tough movie to find but should be added to any BB collection. I try very hard to get every one of his movies and/or TV shows and I have pretty much succeeded in doing that. Linda

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jjojo2003
1989/04/30

I was a Japanese soldier extra in The Road Raiders, it was filmed in Jacksonville & Green Cove Springs, FL in September/October 1988. The show was supposed to be a CBS TV Pilot Movie for a possible TV show, it obviously never happened because ratings were probably terrible! It was just like the A-Team in concept but took place in World War II Japanese occupied territories like the Philippines. There was action mixed with comedy, and to meet the enemy, the good guys fabricated fighting machines with whatever wrecked planes, trucks & machinery that was laying around. Some of the vehicles used in the movie were displayed in a vehicle display park at Universal Studios Orlando during the mid 90's.

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