Forced Vengeance

Forced Vengeance is about much raw strength and nice evil characters. Real characters, not the usual martial arts actors of the nineties. It's great! The plot has Norris as a bouncer in a Hong Kong casino where his father-and-son bosses are an adopted family for him. When the elder boss refuses to sell out his place to a proliferating casino chain, both he and his son are killed. The sole heir to their fortune is the partying daughter that Norris must now protect from the greedy syndicate.

The story isn't particularly good, but it's quite adequate in linking lots of fight scenes together without sacrificing too much logic. The pacing is what really makes this movie work. Director James Fargo keeps the story moving with claustrophobic camera-work of back-alleys, boats, rooms at the brothel, and other places where bad guys could (and often do) attack. Not to mention some beautiful shots of Hong Kong itself. The fights aren't great, but they're some of the better ones I've seen from Norris, and there's lots of 'em. Some are even choreographed. There's also a delightful non-fighting cameo from Richard Norton ("Shanghai Express"). The action is good, though nothing spectacular. Luckily, there is plenty of action and I have never seen Norris look this cool. Highly recommended for fans of Chuck Norris.

Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

This is one of the best action fliks. Chuck Norris is great. I loved it. The story is excellent. And so is the incredible Action scenes.

This is one of my favorite Chuck Norris movies. It has one of the best opening scenes ever with the silhouette of Chuck fighting an unknown adversary over a neon background. It looks fantastic and is such an innovative opening scene that really creates a cool atmosphere.

Josh Randall (Chuck Norris) is an ex-Special Forces Vietnam veteran who ends up in Hong Kong after the war, eventually becoming the head of security for the Lucky Dragon Casino, run by fellow American expatriate, Sam Pascal. When Sam is killed by an unscrupulous rival, Josh goes on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge.The film is well paced with plenty of Chuck-related ass whupping and doesn't skimp on the violence either. When Chuck's girlfriend is murdered it's a pretty shocking scene, especially the bad guy's hair and mustache.

Overall, Forced Vengeance is a fun Chuck Norris flick with plenty of fight scenes and action to keep action fans happy. Worth Watching...8 out of 10

This is such a bad movie, I honestly don't know what people see in Chuck Norris. Sure he's an accomplished Martial Artist and I respect his time in the military but he's such a boring person in this movie. His breathy voice just put me to sleep, you've got to show more than one emotion. I've only seen him in a few movies but at first I thought the actor was just some nobody adult film star and it's definitely not the silly cowboy hats he's sporting throughout the movie. I honestly just clicked and watched this not knowing Chuck was in this. I thought it was going to be a vanity project style movie such as Champagne And Bullets (1993) or similar.

The second the plot actually thickens without ruining it, the movie REALLY goes downhill. Perhaps it's the person who wrote the scripts fault or the lack of a budget. I'll admit I enjoyed this more than Enter The Dragon which was the last movie I saw shot partially (as far as I know) in Hong Kong.

The plot is unoriginal, the fights were OK at best. It's just some tasteless action movie we picture our parents watching. When we come back from the video store in that era when we rent a comedy, cartoon or whatever. It's an over done story and the only saving grace is the odd shot or two of Hong Kong that makes me want to actually visit there. The villains henchman was terrible, he had the worst wig in Hong Kong on it looked like, the last two fight scenes were laughably bad.

Don't bother unless you're a hardcore. Chuck Norris fan. I'd rather watch a Steven Seagal movie made after 2005. I had to force myself to finish watching this garbage.

Chuck Norris is not known for his acting chops or his classics. But this one is the best and honest of his pictures. Honest because he knows and the director knows that in order to make an action movie soar is to make it as violent and as simple as this one. Its simple but is told in a very straightforward way. You identify the bad guys, they misbehave, Chuck finds them and kick their asses. The final confrontation between Chuck and the big Chinese guy is done with some realism. Chuck is bloody and angry he is not fighting him in a conventional karate way, he's hitting him with everything he has, he even tries to drown the big fella in a toilet. My favorite by far. Peace.