Labirinto da Morte

A psychotic Vietnam vet named Dagget (Ron Spencer) is killing people in the sewer system under Indianapolis, Indiana. He taunts and eventually kills his former commanding officer Ed Chambers (Jack O'Hara), a fellow "tunnel rat" in 'Nam who he believes left him there to die. Not finished with his revenge, Dagget kidnaps the girlfriend of Ed's half-Vietnamese son Ricky (Ian Borger) and forces the kid to play a game of cat-and-mouse under the city.

When it comes to Indiana lensed action features, this is no Terror Squad (1988). But then again, what is? This was the second feature from director Dean Crow, who previously gave us the backwoods thriller called, uh, Backwoods (1987). You always have high hopes a regional film can succeed, but this one is just kind of there. The film's biggest asset is the location of Pogue's Run, the underwater creek/tunnel system beneath the city. But this ain't no C. H. U. D. (1984). The acting is pretty hammy, the styles and songs are very '80s, and the script feature one of the dumbest bits I've seen in a loooong time. While in the sewer, Ricky finds his dad is still alive (police misidentified the blown up body). Anyway, he says to his dad, "We need to get you out of here." But the dad replies, "I've already left. I went home and got you supplies." So you left safely and didn't go to the police? Okaaaaaay. At least you brought back a big arsenal of guns and knives, right? Nah, he brought the son's collection of darts, fireworks and boomboxes! Yes, he dragged like 5 or 6 big boomboxes into the sewers. You know, so they can annoy the psycho by playing Hendrix's National Anthem (that really happens). The dad then hides in a hole in the wall while the son fights for his life for 25 minutes. Uh, thanks, Dad?