Rage to Kill (1988)

Wow! Such a good movie.

Too much of everything

Awesome Movie

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Holy shart, I don't know the name of this movie but it is great and I am only four minutes in. Surprise helicopter, awesome shooting victims, kids getting shot, cool helicopter killing...what an opening! I'll be back with more after... Wow. There's a lot to say but I will try to jist it so I don't give away too much. I did kind of take notes for the first time ever while watching a movie, the first paragraph happened when I paused it to make a snack. Rage to Kill is another student versus military movie...like Red Dawn with the Fame high school instead of the red neck one. There is a lot of action and some down time but even the down time is funny. The conversations don't make a lot of sense and there's a lot of passionate arguments that are ridiculous. The bad guys are infiltrating a school on an island somewhere on Earth. The school is full of white people that speak English and the island is the opposite. The opening scene was the bad guys attacking a rich house party for some reason and that was good fun. There seems to be a lot of different camouflage used by the bad army men, a real budget saver game of who are those guys fighting for? So the bad guys move into their new base area by the school and they take the time to fence off a span of beach with warnings and signage about the mines they are burying. Odd. Then they turn and launch a rocket at two dudes in a damn rowboat, blowing them to, yup...smithereens. I was confused by that entire scene. The bad guys fluctuate between real bad-ass and not able to defeat a group of school students. To be fair the kids have some "banana throwing locals" backing them up with spears and blow-darts. Racism was different in the 80's. Apparently the bad guys are loading up missiles at the old nuclear power plant where the security is awfully lax.("security?"-L. Simpson) This movie has some really great shooting deaths. During one of the shootouts there is a bad guy sitting on the edge of a silo, a giant 40 ft silo, shooting away. The main good guy, skinny Neff Foldbloom shoots him and he falls then he keeps shooting him all the way down. Good stuff Neff. There are a lot of stunty people, jumping when shot, flipping around like idiots and some awesome bigger stunts that don't seem to end right. A guy jumps for a truck and seems to miss but is saved by editing then a jeep flips over and possibly breaks a guys arm. Just some good ol' poorly executed stunts throughout. There is some nudity but it ain't in the sex scene, that baby has all it can handle. To be fair it isn't technically a sex scene 'cause I don't think they actually have sex. They are kneeling through most of it, they flop around a little, lying, then kneeling; it's almost like they are trying to form letters with their bodies. Oh, and they are in about 5 inches of water, kind of dangerous for the one on bottom...maybe that's why they were kneeling the whole time. She takes her shirt off but that's it and you don't really see her boobs as they perform their routine. They never actually do it they just make out and they make an A! How 'bout a W! There is a group of men that I believe are supposed to be the government. One of them has a toupee I think. He looks like a fat Andrew Johnson. They are ignoring the school issue...not sure why...but the school takes charge on their own and captures a bunch of the bad guys and for some reason strip them down to their banana hammocks and dance around. Nip Horn leading the way, I don't know where he fits in the story but he is FABULOUS!. It is a strange scene that had me asked out loud, "what the f#$k is going on?". Still not sure. Okay, wrap it up. There is lots of great overacting, something like the phrase "tell the government go to hell, no tell them happy birthday" was yelled. There is a wicked awkward hot tub scene with the two bad leaders and two women...they are partying in the movie sense of splashing around drunk, getting way to close to the other couple and getting inappropriate with one of the women. It actually looked like she was offended, in real life offended where she probably yelled at him after the scene cut. Maybe he just thought he was acting strong, with a boner. God, there's a lot more but this has to end. Watch this movie. 3 out of 5 slowly repelling army men for this gem.

Evil General Edward Turner (Reed) and his army of thugs show up on the Caribbean island of St. Heron and stage a coup. They take over the island by force and set up shop in the local college, and the students there are held hostage. When war hero/race car driving man Blaine Striker (this is like the tenth movie we've reviewed where the hero is named Striker) (Ryan) hears about this, he snaps into action because his brother is on the island. He then leads the students in a revolution against the General and his men. With the help of plucky newspaper reporter Jennifer Baker(Maxine John) and the local, indigenous warriors led by Wally Arn (Henry Cele) and special agent Sgt. Miller (Mitchell), will this ragtag group of counter-revolutionaries save the island from tyranny? When Oliver Reed shows up in a helicopter and starts opening fire on everyone and one of the first lines is a very convincingly-said "eat dirt you scumsucker", you know you are in for an awesome cinematic experience. It's not entirely clear exactly WHY Turner chooses to take over St. Heron, but we do know he's making missiles for the Russians. This film is topical and tropical as it recalls 80's concerns like the cold war and the Grenada incident. Of course, because this is a film dealing with the issues of the 80's, there are gratuitous scenes of aerobics.Not to fear because "The President" is on the case. All he wants to do is "watch the world series" and he has a lot of funny advisers. They sit in a room which isn't very presidential and discuss things like "backdoor diplomacy". It has some pictures of past Presidents though. Kind of like how the "American Med students" we keep hearing about have an American flag in their dorm so you know they are American, despite the fact that some of them have accents from other parts of the world. The set decoration tells the story, I guess.We wished there was more Oliver Reed, who probably figured that he could go nuts in this AIP production because...this is an AIP production. There is plenty of Cam Mitchell, which is a good thing. The guy that plays Striker's brother looks like a cross between fan favorites Mike Norris and Richard Norton. This is as close as we'll get to seeing them in a movie together. Interestingly, he even says the line, after beating up some baddies "Not bad, I learned that from a Chuck Norris movie". Usually, they mention Rambo in these movies.While the idea of James Ryan leading a student force of kids who aren't used to carrying guns seems like a good idea, somehow the silly fight scenes, ridiculous, unnecessary torture scenes, mindless, shirtless shooting and cardboard nukes add to the downmarket feel.A note about the music: the end credits feature an amazing ballad, "Do You Remember Love?", which is extremely catchy. Sure, it has little-to-nothing to do with the hijinx we just saw, but its power will be stuck in your head for days. The scenes in the native village include the upbeat reggae tune "Party Party Party" over and over and over again. That's a catchy one too. The beat is so infectious, we even see the infamous "Cam dance", i.e., Cameron Mitchell dancing.Bearing a weird resemblance to recent superfilm The Expendables (2010), Rage to Kill is what you would expect of an AIP treatment of this type of material. A fun "beer" film, invite over some friends and Rage it up tonight! For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com

This is a b-movie to the smallest detail. Our hero is a former war hero and current race car driver(Can you be more macho?!). When he hears of his brother's troubles, he immediately comes to his aid(As any true man of action would!). And after being caught, beaten up and electrocuted you would think that he's done for. But think again!Not only does kill half an army, but he manages to turn ordinary students into a guerilla army.This movie has almost everything a b-movie requires: Dumb violence, heroes & bad guys and the obligatory sex scene between a our hero and a student.But it needs one liners! It takes itself too seriously, and that is a huge mistake. It makes the movie kind of pathetic when it could have been excellent entertainment.But hey! If you need to watch something without using your brain this is not a bad idea. Enjoy!

`Rage to Kill`is an ambivalent B-product attempting to capitalize on the attractive concept of students rebellion after one bloody coup d`etat in a South American country. Some of the action is fine on the level of complete B-movie trash and thus this movie seems to be extremely entertaining on the level of guilty pleasure that is.Kudos to late Oliver Reed who really does impress as menacing dictator.This is an exclusive movie for people who really have the touch for B-movies.