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the first time some company sent me their own movie. I hope it
happens more often. It definitely has a high cult factor if it ever
gets a wider release. It was "riveting", and "100% Pure adrenaline"
and "Stupid generic quotable blurb". It begins with a
generic-action-movie-quote-spewing super assassin named Savitch (who
seemed genuinely cool until he exclaimed that he was "mad, bad and
not nice to know"). However, nine months later we meet someone who
thinks Savitch is nice to know (a gangster named Jack), but is
confronted with evil people who killed his wife and kidnapped his
son, and will give him back in exchange for Savitch! Savitch
begrudgingly takes the job (he seems to have lost faith in Jack when
he sees him with an evil Fez woman with an annoying laugh named
Bertha), where he will soon be ambushed. Then Jack sees his son and
says that Mommy's still alive (Ouch). Jack and Savitch head toward
the set up with 3 foreign men claiming to be from Wisconsin. Savitch
kills them, realizing that they are in fact from Minnesota and
knowing full well how bloodthirsty Minnesotans are.
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One of
the villains who appeared earlier in the film, a quiet guy,
tries to off Savitch in a nifty fight scene. Savitch uses a
machine gun and paint thinner to take him out.
(At this point I go to Thailand. Three weeks later and a
Hellish-50-some hour quest back to home soil I watch the rest
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A pedophile tries to have his way with Jack's son but the boy
hits him with a picture frame and is then protected by a woman named
Rita, one of the villains' henchwomen. Meanwhile, Jack and Savitch
head to Bertha's Big Top where women dance (un)erotically and are
cheered on by some weird guys, including one who laughs like The
Penguin. After acquiring information from a now toothless man,
Savitch hurts Bertha until Jake finally betrays Savitch. Savitch
makes his getaway due to well-placed pennies and gets involved in a
cool fight scene with killer strippers. Savitch kills all the
henchmen save for Bertha (who doesn't join in) and Jack. Jack tells
Savitch his predicament and then flashes back to crimes past (I
think Savitch is gay at this point). Savitch then knocks Jack out
cold and walks away dramatically. Then gets hit by a car. One with
Jack in it. Savitch gets hit several times, falls off the roof and
walks away (He's OK folks). He makes it to a church. Jesus offers
him a cookie and Savitch collapses.
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goons pick him up and Mal Locke (the wheel chair guy) shows up
and kills a priest. (I'm making this sound more confusing than
it is. Sorry.) Back at evil HQ Rita tells Jack that she's an
ex-cop who wants to take out all the criminals save for Jack.
(Cause he's got a son. You know, those bad guys were all
someone's son once. Think about it.)
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Savitch is brutally beaten and has knives stuck through his
hands. Rita is beaten up by one of the guards and she bites his fake
tongue. The guard takes Rita to where Savitch is being hurt right
before Savitch is going to experience trepanation. (I learned a new
word!) After having a hole drilled in his head, Savitch gets
superhuman strength and kills the gang, the guard, Bertha, Rita and
Mal. Jack tells his son to go wait for his mother whom he claims is
still alive (Stop that!). He hunts Savitch but is stabbed in the
belly, by said assassin. Jack's son tries to help him but ends up
being chased by Savitch. Jack's son runs out of ammo but Savitch
gives him a second chance. Jack comes to save his boy but is stabbed
in the head. The boy fires and Savitch's head blows up. A sequel is
promised. This film is great and has one of the most over the top
hilarious endings I've seen in a while. I hope they do make a
sequel. I mean, the son is still alive. What's in his future...
Lethal Force creator Alvin Ecarma does a great job and I
hope he gets work on something that enough people will watch so that
it may become a cult hit. I feel that Alvin Ecarma (the editor,
producer, director and writer of this film) could do a good job of
making a live action version (hopefully with a higher budget) of
Garth Ennis' violently hilarious comic Hitman. The comic is
about a super-powered hitman, who has a heart of gold (unlike
Savitch, who's king bad-ass in a low budget kind of way). Like
Lethal Force, Hitman is over the top and filled with
colourful and bizarre characters. (I particularly find Bueno
Excellente hilarious. "Heh heh heh, bueno.") If you read
Hitman I think you'll see what I'm talking about. So
Hollywood, will you accept Alvin Ecarma? Only time will tell... or
will it?
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