Yes, it was crap like this that made the eighties, what they were. Our man Hatch, an ex Vietnam colonel, is the objective of a long awaited and personal vengeance of one of his fellow comrades, court marshaled for raping a 14 year old girl. Split up from his Asian girlfriend, and colleague, during a raid and bombing attack, by Charlie and company, he's returned to the Phillipines many years later to tack her down, where his search takes an unexpected detour, thanks to good ol' personal vengeance. Here was a film, to be honest, I did find a frustrating, "couldn't wait to end" watch. It's bad, amateur, yes, but does have some colorful performances. While Hatch, an actor I really like (Ghettoblaster, Party Line) is the man of a the hour, it's his new found buddy, the intriguing and aging man of the world/salesman, Charlie, and the looney, rambling, innocent, and lovable Michael J Pollard, one of the baddies' gang, who provide the brighter moments, to such a predictable and dull (did I forget to say bad) action pic, with hardly any blood shed, yet one cosy nice sex scene between Hatch and lover, which could be the only reason for this movie warranting an R rating, except for the 14 year old implied and nastily detailed raping. Yes the embittered ex con/marine/rapist, now making money making and selling drugs with his team, in the same hut, he was court marshaled in (told you this film bad), made a great and engaging spectacle, of himself (an ugly version of Peter Coyote) fueled with so much vengeance, he really became annoying and pathetic, and me, I do like vengeance in movies, one of hardly any things I liked in this, where the song too, at the start wasn't bad, if sappy. Watch for one really one bad acting performance, by an pi..ed off Asian major, stuttering and acting in a robotic sense. Check out too, the son of the Hatch's girl, is he gay? Of what the good things I've offered in my review, consider them, before watching this, but merely if not a Hatch fan, you should bypass it, in what is a very bad, unappealing, plodding movie, with moments of utter belief.
