This actioner is set in a remote, heavily forested area in Northern California where marijuana growers raise their illegal crops and run whole communities with their terrorist tactics and wealth. The tale centers on the efforts of a fearless New York cop to free one such community from the tyranny of the pot growers. It begins with a surveyor who is leading the town's crooked sheriff to a small marijuana field he has just discovered. The surveyor is killed before he can get there. Joshua, a small boy, sees the execution and tries to get back in time to tell his parents. Unfortunately, the killers murder his family and throw him off a cliff. The boy's aunt, worried at not hearing from her family, gets suspicious and asks an old flame, NY cop Joe Dillon, to investigate. The town sheriff is not pleased by his intrusion and warns him to stay out of it. Dillon disobeys, and that is where all the action comes in.
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Thanks for the memories!
It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
As Good As It Gets
I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
Saw this way back in the 80s on a rented VHS. Revisited it recently on a DVD. Quiet cool was an enjoyable film. The action is plentiful, the movie moves quick, offers gunfire and explosions. There's a funny little twist at the end as well. It has 80s written all over it. Bad music, lousy dialogues, bad acting. Plenty of action, gory death scenes n 80s hairstyle. Definitely one time watch for fans of 80s action. Really good action film. The Movie is only 81 minutes and a lot of action is crammed into that. The chase scenes alone make this movie an essential must-see. The highlight is the Motorcycle chase scene man. Ther is this one scene wher our lead actor gets up from sleep in a torn shirt, he picks up a heavy dumbbell, does one rep that too on one arm only. By the way he ain't muscular at all.
A modern Western... SHANE revisited to be exact... where an ex girlfriend calls a roughneck New York City cop for help. Seedy marijuana smugglers run the small town where she lives, and they ain't into munchies.In the beginning of the film we're introduced her family living free in the hills: yuppies without credit cards. The patriarch listens to a bad cover of California DREAMING; life is bliss till a group of marauders slay everyone except the teenage son Joshua.Adam Coleman Howard plays the part with the same rogue prowess as James Remar's urban cop Joe, and he's as just as important to the proceedings, perhaps even more being it's his personal revenge story.Bow and arrow in hand, Joshua becomes a Charles Bronson version of Robin Hood, taking out a few of the thugs, who are different than most pot smoking characters depicted in movies...Usually mellow and free spirited hippies, these daylight tokers are cut-throat and don't take prisoners. Led by a narrow eyed Jared Martin and his stone faced henchman Nick Cassavetes (son of John), the small town belongs to them Till now.When Joe enters with unassuming machismo, we learn how tough he is when locals cross him. Not like we didn't get a taste for his talent in the big city segments – ten minutes involving a shootout and cool car chase – but here's where he really matters... There's a price to pay for everyone dumb enough to try stopping him: from barroom bullies to gun-wielding thugs. Though his plight isn't an easy one; each scene brings a tougher adversary than the next.The best parts have the city cop and the teen vigilante team up against the baddest of the bad guys. Joshua learns a few fight tactics from Joe while Joe learns the geographical layout from Joshua, providing both equal footing and giving Joe someone to protect that the audience really cares about.Ample searing saxophone mixed with tense synthesizer envelop the woodsy gun battles and fistfights, occurring practically with zero downtime, proving 80 minutes is perfect for the action genre.For More Reviews: www.cultfilmfreaks.com
My mom loved this movie and I haven't been able to find it until now. This is wonderful.My mom is gone now and I have been looking all over for this. Can you get it on DVD i really hope so? This movie means a lot to me and my family. You have to really watch it to know everything that is going on. Thank you so much for having this movie. I am the happiest girl ever right now. I need a copy of it now so please let me know how to get it.I wish I could watch it right now. I have told my kids about this movie because I know that they would learn things that are in this movie that you should not do or that you need to watch out for. Everybody has got to love this movie because my family does and my mom beyond loved this movie.
I wanted to see this film for years, so I was glad when it was finally released on DVD. James Remar, who plays the lead role of NY cop Joe Dylanne, and Nick Cassavetes, who plays main villain Valence, are two of my favourite actors and they both give excellent performances in this film.Remar is great as the big city cop who is called in by his ex-girlfriend to find out what happened to her brother and his family in the forest countryside of California. Remar specialises in playing tough guys and Joe Dylanne is no exception. He is charismatic and very enjoyable in the role. Cassavetes gives a performance not too far away from his character of Packard Walsh in THE WRAITH, another of my favourite movies. Valence is a total psycho and a sadist to boot. Just see how he punishes one of his dope farmer associates for getting stoned at one point.In supporting roles, Daphne Ashbrook, Adam Coleman Howard and Jared Martin are all excellent, although when he first appears in the movie, Howard sounds a bit of a sour note. Anyway, the action sequences are all handled excellently and the film is, in my opinion, a great show. I have the Region 1 release, so I hope it gets a Region 2 release.
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