SFX Man

It appears Linda Blair (Doris) was only in town for a couple days which would explain why she is such a small part of the film. Anyway, Director (Jim Goldmam) must have spent the budget on her because there was not enough left over for the wimpiest action hero of all time (Christopher Mitchum) Steve Baker who does not have enough special effects to make the film interesting. Steve runs his own special effects company with his wife Kate (Cristina Landson) who is also (Kristin Erlandson) in other films and has a separate IMDB page but is the same actress. Steve uses these special effects to scare the bad guy's who are out to get always fully clothed but still looking hot Doris.

Back to SFX which rolls along with a number of plot twists and two separate army 's of bad guys one led by (Morgan) Gordon Mitchell who was over the hill although he tried and (David Light) Jerome Massini who was at least engaged and it was nice to see a veteran of Z movies get a shot with some real actors. No one else is any good and I had to force myself to keep watching to the end with a fake army tank as the big payoff. SFX Retaliator could have been something special in the Z movie hierarchy, but it turned out to be almost as bad as this review. It's a big no on SFX Retaliator.

Christopher Mitchum is a guy who does effects for a movie company. He gets involved in a theft of a million dollars when he gives Linda Blair -- looking incredibly frumpy for a mob hooker -- a ride in his car. Then, well, one mob fights another, both are after Mitchum, they kidnap hiswife, he kidnaps Blair, they steal the money back . . . then Mitchum uses his effects "skills" to fight the mobs.

We're supposed to believe that Mitchum uses real bullets, rockets and bombs in his work and they can be bought at the local electronics store. He drives a truck outfitted with weaponry that would make James Bond drool. Yeah, right.

Mitchum and Blair fumble through their roles, but look great compared to the rest of the cast, who only have to utter "mob" phrases ("Get him!" "You go around that way!") and fall down when shot.

The only reason to watch this stinker is for the great Gordon Mitchell, who plays the mob boss. He seems embarrassed but gives it his all. Imagine the star of URSUS AGAINST THE CYCLOPS being embarrassed!