Linda Blair must be the only actress in the world whom I love more with every new and utterly lousy movie of hers that I watch! Never mind the immortal horror classic ("The Exorcist") or the socially relevant TV-drama's ("Born Innocent", "Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic") she starred in during the 70s; the sleazy and trashy B-movies she made throughout the 80s are what define her as the ultimate cult cinema siren! Now, admittedly, for "Night Force" you need to have a lot of Linda Blair fondness, because the film itself is terrible.
The one thing that is really great about "Night Force" is, ... the plot description! It sounds like a cool rip-off/variation of "Red Dawn", with a bunch of friends spontaneously deciding to go and rescue their friend who got kidnapped by a Mexican crime cartel and taken to a primitive jungle prison. The girl's fiancée is too cowardly to do something, and her father - a senator - cannot act because he swears by not negotiating with terrorists.
The rest of the film is a sore letdown, to be honest. The 'mission' is quite dull, the action sequences are poorly staged, Linda Blair disappears without a trace half of the time, the locations and scenery are uninspired, and the climax is unremarkable. Highlights, next to Blair, are the flamboyant performance of Richard Lynch, and the gratuitous nudity provided by Claudia Udy.
