A Force of One
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Movie Reviews of A Force of One
Movie Review: One of Chuck's Best!
Summary: 3 Stars
This is one of Chuck's best! He plays a champion karate instructor who's been asked to help teach self-defense classes to a class of police officers on the trail of a cop-killer they believe is a skilled martial artist. There's fun dialogue (listen to that offscreen cop muse about baseball mit prices while he and his partner search for clues at a sporting goods store!), good fight scenes (Wallace's kicks and Norris's spinning back fist look very sharp during the tournament matches), involving scenes of suspense (run, Charlie, run!), and Chuck dialogue at its best ("Whoever did this, is as good as dead.") It's got a low budget feel (because it WAS a low budget pic) with some extended long shots (not a lot of different camera angles and fancy framing), but that adds a little realistic touch and some extra charm to the film as well. Highly recommended for fans of Chuck! (Other top-notch Chuck Norris films would be CODE OF SILENCE and WAY OF THE DRAGON-also known as RETURN OF THE DRAGON. And I also recommend SLAUGHTER IN SAN FRANSISCO which is a REALLY low budget Hong Kong movie starring Don Wong-also known as Wong Dao-where mouths don't match the words and Chuck plays a really good bad guy!)Movie Review: A True Guilty Pleasure: Poorly Made Movie is Still Fun
Summary: 3 Stars
I like this film, mostly because it helps fill the void in the late 70's of martial arts flicks. The fight scenes are not very good even though you have two great martial artists in Chuck Norris and Bill Wallace; the acting sub par, even though there were talented actors like Jennifer O'Neal and Ron O'Neal; and the script is down right silly (I mean, the father of a slain son still fights for the championship the next night? This is just one problem, there are a lot more).
Then with such negative reviews, why three stars - completely, because I still like watching this movie. I know it is not very good, but I still like it. Bill Wallace is actually very good in his role as the "bad guy." (I must admit my bias here; I grew up a big Bill Wallace fan). The plot is simple, drugs filling up the streets, cops are being killed and they turn to a karate champion for help. No surprises, no frills, but, in parts, still enjoyable.
Movie Review: Chuck Norris in one of his lesser movies
Summary: 2 Stars
The police have seen a rise in drug crimes, and they suspect that a killer trained in karate is killing their narcotics officers. Karate expert Chuck Norris is called in to catch the killer and also to train the officers in karate. Chuck Norris plays a kickboxer in the movie, and he finds out that his toughest oppenent in the ring is the karate killer the cops are looking for. This leads to a showdown between Chuck Norris and the villain. It starts in the ring, and ends out of the ring.
Th final fight is extremely short and so are all the other fights. I may be able to excuse the bad fight scenes if the story was good, but it isn't even close to good. There isn't any development put into ANY of the characters and this is where the movie really fails. The most enjoyment I got out of this movie was when it finally ended.
1.5/5
The DVD from Trinity Home Entertainment is full screen, but doesn't block out any of the action. Sound is good.
There is a great 15 minute making of featurette that includes interviews with the president of American Cinema, the director of the movie, the composer, and many others. One thing the director talks about is the casting. Unfortunately he doesn't talk about casting Bill "Superfoot" Wallace as the villain.
The other special feature is a 28 minute documentary on "How American Cinema changed Hollywood forever". This talks about how Chuck Norris was the film company's main star and how their company got started. It is the same documentary that is on Trinity's release of The Octagon
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