Am I really going to give Special Silencers an 8 out 10? Maybe I am insane, but this film entertained me more than any film I've seen in a while. Quite simply, I got eight stars worth of entertainment from the brain dead Special Silencers.
Indonesian action star Barry Prima (sort-of a poor man's David Chiang) rides a motorcycle into a village where the evil son of a monk is scheming to be village mayor (why he would want this "honor" is only vaguely explained). The villain has these capsules ("special silencers") which a henchman puts in the food or drink of whomever the villain wants dead. These pills cause plants to grow in the victim's stomach, eventually causing vines to burst out of the stomach Alien style with much cheap gore effects. The fact that the special effects are patently unconvincing adds rather than detracts from the film's charm.
Another charming aspect is the way the villain uses any excuse he can think of to drop something from above on a potential victim below, regardless of how impractical the would be murder weapon. Yet, another plus is Eva Arnaz as Julia, the mayor's daughter who looks great fighting in a skirt. Add in some icky moments with snakes and rats for junior high gross out appeal and one has a movie that is anything but boring. Now, if only someone would release a widescreen DVD of this film.
