Blastfighter (1984)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Lamberto Bava

Writers:

Luca De Rita (writer)
Massimo De Rita (writer)

Release Date:

November 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

The hero of the film is a murderer. He is an ex cop who served eight years in prison for the murder of his wife's murderer...

Plot Keywords:

Gun | Police | Rampage | Murder | Animal

Cast

Michael Sopkiw	...	Jake 'Tiger' Sharp
Valentina Forte	...	Connie (as Valerie Blake)
George Eastman	...	Tom
Stefano Mingardo	...	Wally (as Mike Miller)
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua	...	Matt (as Richard Raymond)
Michele Soavi	...	Pete (as Michael Saroyan)
Elizabeth Forbes
Carl Savage
George Williams	...	Cochran
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Giancarlo Prati	...	Murderer
Billy Redden	...	Banjo player
Massimo Vanni	...	Dying Police Officer (as Patrick O'Neil jr.)

Also Known As:

Force of Vengeance
L'exécuteur (France)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 (Video rating) | France:-12 | Norway:18 | USA:Unrated | Iceland:16 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Clayton, Georgia, USA

Company:

Les Films Jacques Leitienne

Trivia:

The film was originally slated to be a science fiction film, but complications in production forced it to be scrapped and Dardano Sacchetti was commissioned to write a new script. Since the film had already been announced (and was being sold) under the title "BlastFighter", it was kept the same.

Quotes:

Jake 'Tiger' Sharp: YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO I AM? I'M A SON OF A BITCH... who wants to be left alone.

Movie Connections:

References The Evil Dead (1981)

Soundtrack:

Evening Star

I want one of those guns.

I am not usually a big fan of action movies. That is, American action movies. Being a fan of Italian horror films, I was attracted to this film because of the director, Lamberto Bava. This was fun movie to watch, and kinda funny to-

unintentionally. It was funny to see the Italian take on American rednecks from Georgia- did a pretty good job of it, but very much a caricature of rednecks. I don't want to spoil it, but there is a lot of over the top situations where the viewer will say, "they wouldn't do that!", or "that wouldn't ever happen!". But that is the joy of watching films, to see things that couldn't or wouldn't happen in real life.

This is almost a cliché' for a action movie from the 80s. Explosions, big guns, and a sweaty dirty hero. I had to pick up a DVD-R from somebody, I don't believe that this is distributed by any company at the moment- in the US at least.