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Invasion U.S.A. (1985) is a English,Russian,Spanish movie. Joseph Zito has directed this movie. Chuck Norris,Richard Lynch,Melissa Prophet,Alexander Zale are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1985. Invasion U.S.A. (1985) is considered one of the best Action,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
A terrorist, Rostov, is planning to unleash a reign of terror on the U.S.. But before he does he decides to go after Matt Hunter, a former CIA agent who lives in Florida. Hunter once had Rostov's life in his hands, but on orders took him alive, and now Rostov is plagued by nightmares of Hunter killing him. So Rostov goes after him but misses, so Hunter, who has already been approached by his former employers to go after Rostov, after initially turning down the job, because he believed that they should have let him terminate Rostov when he had the chance, decides to go after him. But he is only one man and Rostov has hundreds of men ripping the country apart, so how will he stop it?
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Invasion U.S.A. (1985) Reviews
Details not necessary. Rocket launchers more important.
Invasion U.S.A. can only be described as one of the finest examples of how to put brilliant action sequences before any vague realms of plot. But what if this movie was factually accurate? Here's a list of things I discovered while watching this film: In closing, it's time to die.
They Don´t Make Such Movies Any More!
This is an 80s Action-Movie you have never seen before. Of course, nowadays this flick looks ridiculous, but considering that in the early 80s there were no Action-Comedy-Movies (like "Lethal Weapon"), this is outstanding. I think, the plot is not very realistic but interesting. What if a bunch of crazy terrorists just blows up everything that is holy for the U.S.? Yeah, the Chuck-Norris-One-Man-Army is ludicrous but in the 80s we just didn´t have Jackie Chan. Besides that, the film is extremely violent. The scene with the two teenagers at the beach getting headshots for nothing but being on the wrong place at the wrong time is still giving me bad times. This is something, no other action-movie in the 80s had: They take no prisoners. The victims are all innocent and they even dare to kill kids! Last time this happened was when the little girl in "Assault on Precinct 13" got shot! Plus: If you like gunfights, this is the movie for you. I think, this film is underestimated. Not, because it´s good, but because it´s different. SPOILER ALERT! Memorable Scenes include: A Man gets shot in his nuts several times. A Woman sniffs cocaine and gets the straw beaten in her nose (after that she is thrown out a skyscraper-window). A Couple doing Petting on the beach earn headshots. Several houses get Bazooka-Shots during Christmas-Vacation. Hundreds of Immigrants from Cuba don´t get asylum but hot lead from an M-40.
One of the greatest movies OF ALL TIMES!!!!!!!
1) Richard Lynch is Rostov the Russian terrorist who is bent on destroying the soft American peoples. 2) Chuck Norris is Matt Hunter the American who has had enough of the ultra spy life and just wants to wrassle gators. 3) They demonstrate how evil Rostov is and how bad ass Hunter is. Over and over again. 4) They meet one on one in the end. If you need more than this, don't bother, just go rent Moulin Rouge already. For those who have seen it, I will continue my case argument for it's "greatness". These are reasons I, and everyone else, love this film. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD SO DON"T STOP READING!!!!!!! * Early eighties brutality! Rostov ends a drug deal succesfully but then for no reason drives a plastic tooter up a girls nose but figures he better throw her out the window too, then shoots another man a couple of times in the crotch! Ouch!!! This scene has no value to the story. None! We have already established Rostov being evil by him leading a My Lai type massacre on the open seas at the very beginning of the movie. The movie "Scarface" was released a couple of years before this and this scene reaks of it's remains, but in a good way. During the early eighties you could always count on a Golan-Globus movie having two things. Brutal violence and topless women. A tried and true formula that somehow evolved into poetic voice-over narratives and guy's asses. Give me Michael Dudikoff any day over Freddie Prinze Jr., know what I mean. * Chuck Norris may be saving our asses, but he is not a "nice" man in this movie. He's rude, mean, brutal and all business. If this character ever met Walker the Texas Ranger he make him wear his ass for a hat. * In the end, the US Army handles all of the Russian terrorists, and Norris blows up Rostov.Commie terrorist die in droves, America is safe in the end and alot of asses were kicked, shot and blown up during the trip. Everyone's happy. Hollywood lost the balls to make this kind of movie. Now Hollywood is too busy makin Moulin Rouge and other sensitive crap. The very things that make us into the "soft Americans" that Rostov wanted to use rocket launchers on.
Only in the movies...
A cheese fan's dream, with Chuck Norris on top form as a gun-toting hardman out to single-handedly stop the invasion of America by those pesky Russians. From start to finish, INVASION U.S.A. is one of Cannon's most outrageous and over-the-top action epics, featuring a plethora of outlandish action scenarios all achieved on what must have been a relatively low budget. The movie features B-movie stalwart Richard Lynch as a deranged madman out for revenge on our bearded hero. Along the way, Lynch takes care of sleazy coke dealer Billy Drago and his coke-snorting prostitute in one of the most violently laughable set-pieces ever put on film. From then on in, it's Chuck versus the terrorists. Our hero proves fast with his mini machine guns and even faster with his one-liners, dispatching crim after crim in a series of spectacular showdowns. Highlights include the attempted bombing of a school bus and a massive shoot-out in a shopping mall (so good they copied it in Seagal's MARKED FOR DEATH). Things end with a massive battle that provides a maximum number of explosions for your dollar – even if one scene of an exploding van is repeated three times, each from a different angle in an attempt to make it look like a different vehicle. Supporting characters are wisely kept out of the way, walls are demolished, the scenery-chewing hits an all-time high and Chuck doesn't even attempt characterisation (in fact, he barely even speaks). No, this was the same year that COMMANDO came out and automatic weaponry ruled the box office. It's an action fan's delight, proving far funnier than any mainstream comedy you can name.
Entertaining in parts due to its absurdity, but overall it's INCREDIBLY stupid
A crazy terrorist named Rostov thinks that Americans don't value their freedom. Since they are in no danger of really losing it, Rostov decides to attack the USA with a bunch of mercenaries. He proceeds to demolish towns and instill terror. He then blows up Chuck Norris's house and frightens Chuck's pet baby armadillo. Big mistake, Rostov. BIG FRIGGIN' MISTAKE! From the title you can only manage to expect an overblown macho action-fest and that is precisely what this is. Schwarzenegger had 'Commando' also in 1985 and Stallone came out with a similar vehicle in 'Cobra' the next year. The idea of one guy taking out hordes of bad guys with his trusty weapon of choice - a pair of uzis with unlimited ammo in this case - is here much like in the aforementioned films. Interesting is the not-so-subtle presentation of uber-patriotism. Chuck Norris wears all blue, drives American cars, lives in the American wetlands of Florida and so on. While the badguys speak with their ridiculous foreign accents, use much different and presumably foreign weapons and even drive non-American cars even if they acquire them in America. Was this intentional? Well that doesn't matter actually, because it is played out to no effect. What does matter is the film's absurdity. The film begins with a laughably goofy set-up for a political thriller and ends up being a series of loosely connected action scenes with Chuck making his heroic appearance and taking out the badguys with the very bomb they intended to plant. One scene where Chuck saves a school bus will literally have you laughing on the floor for how stupid it is. If you think you have seen "so bad it's funny" then see this film - it is so bad it's... um... very funny! The only real highlights (things that are actually good for real) are Richard Lynch's turn as the villain. It is a delightfully stereotypical villain role, but it was sadly underused. Ah-nuld's 'Commando' made much better use of it's goofy villains, premise, and overall feel making it an equally stupid, but much more satisfying film in the end. The other thing is the premise at hand here - an attack on America. Uber-patriotic crap aside, that could make for a good and interesting thriller. What the film makers here didn't realize that that idea (as with any worthy thriller) is going to take more than 5 minutes to develop into a screenplay. Also of note would have to be the film's gun-play. In most action movies people don't aim when shooting, but they at least try to look it and essentially most decent action films get away with that. Here, not only do people don't aim, they don't even look like their trying. There is actually a scene where the badguys storm into a building (that's empty) and just shoot everything. Maybe they thought they were in the AOL customer service office. Damn. 3/10 Rated R: violence and profanity