Force : 5: Bad Movie Review

[@DarkCornersReviews]

So, we teased this last nweek with an uploading error. Now you get to finally enjoy it!

[@matthewh.9544]

Wtf 😂

[@DimensionalTraveler]

I got dragged into the theater for this pos by a martial arts obsessed friend. I laughed at it, he raved about how cool it was. And he actually wanted to go back to see it again. I quickly forgot it, apart from that cringey Black & Decker line. Thanks for the memories!

[@jh90066]

Reviewing Fatal Games twice doesn't make the movie any better.

[@homelesshannah50]

Are you going to do Beyond the Green Door? It's an Exorcist rip off[sigh]and has a fellow Brit Juliet Mills in it, probably the worst thing she's ever done then again there was Waxwork II

[@roddmatsui3554]

Very clever strategy!

[@MrNScatt]

The actor playing the cult leader also plays the kung fu villain in “Kentucky Fried Movie”. We owe him our gratitude!

[@turntheblueiris4626]

He was last seen in...Detroit

[@TheRealNormanBates]

My respect for him is of extraordinary magnitude.

[@nickmitsialis]

@@TheRealNormanBates Would you like to see his 'operation'?

[@robotrix]

​@@nickmitsialis Let's give him a great big hand!

[@nickmitsialis]

@@robotrix "BUTKUS!"

[@TomBraunZero]

My skill is small business tax preparation... and karate.

[@buzzawuzza3743]

The more versatile team was the one in Fox Force Five. Not only was one of their members, Raven McCoy a foxey chick and a demolitions expert but she also told a joke in every episode.

[@gdmcbride14]

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go home and have a heart attack." - V. Vega

[@williamblakehall5566]

This movie is distinct from the 1975 TV movie Force Five, which I suspect was Tarantino's original inspiration for Fox Force Five, though he may also have been invoking the very short-lived show Code Name Foxfire. Like Fox Force Five, Force Five (1975) was likewise a pilot that never led to a show.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

"Once there was a papa tomato, a mama tomato and a baby tomato, waling down the street. The mama tomato noticed the baby tomato was having a hard time walking with them, so she told papa tomato. Papa tomato walked back, stomped on baby tomato and said... 'ketchup!"

[@gdmcbride14]

@@TheRealNormanBates In Heinz sight, I should have seen this joke coming.

[@fletchkeilman2205]

Not quite sure if that was the case. From what I was to.understand, it was a loose reference to this film (this also being a remake of Hot Potato), and Charlie's Angels.

[@jeffcook6446]

You dare to penetrate the fortress of Doctor Klahn? Take him to Detroit!

[@zandorvorkov986]

Noooo! Not Detroit! 🤣

[@KCrouton]

"Work the groin!" I was expecting Master Ken from Enter The Dojo to appear in a cameo at this point to critique the techniques used!

[@doublep1980]

Nice touch with the Street Fighter t-shirt. For those who don't know: the character of Ken Masters from the Street Fighter video games, is inspired by the late Joe Lewis, who plays Martin here. The guy is an absolute legend in the martial arts scene, a Marine who was trained in Okinawan Karate, he was a pioneer of full-contact Karate & Kickboxing, one of the most successful competitive fighters in both disciplines, used to train with Bruce Lee and he even beat Chuck Norris in a Karate match, with whom he had a rivalry going on. His movie career on the other hand was less successful. And if he wasn't enough, they also got Benny ''The Jet'' Urquidez in the movie. Another legendary full-contact Kickboxing fighter, who you may know from Jackie Chan's ''Wheels on Meals'' & ''Dragons Forever". He's also a successful stunt coordinator/ fight choreographer, who trained Patrick Swayze for Roadhouse & worked on Sam Raimi's Spiderman movies.

[@johnmcintosh8673]

He also trains John Cusack and fought with him in Grosse Point Blank.

[@tonynelson2262]

0:25 - OMG! It's Dr. Klahn from The Kentucky Fried Movie. 🤣

[@andrewparsons2391]

a role of extraordinary magnitude!

[@TobiasWiggle]

"FORCE as in we're a force to be reckoned with. FIVE as in there's one-two-three-four-five...six-seven of us."

[@boardskins]

Our chief weapon is surprise...

[@toonhead5003]

Surprise AND fear!

[@TheRealNormanBates]

@@toonhead5003 Surprise, fear and a fanatical devotion to the Pope! Our THREE, THREE chief weapons are Surprise, fear and a fanatical devotion to the Pope!

[@Majere613]

Unless I'm very much mistaken, the guy on the hero team with the appalling blond wig and dubious facial hair is a rather poorly-disguised Richard Norton, noted for playing (usually) the bad guy in a bunch of HK movies, often opposite Cynthia Rothrock. This probably explains why he appears to be moving about twice as fast as everyone else in most of the fight scenes.

[@fletchkeilman2205]

That's him

[@alandhopewell]

The cult led by Cameron Mitchell in LOW BLOW, probably followed by the vampire cult in KISS OF THE VAMPIRE. I have a vague memory of having seen FORCE: FIVE, but it might be a memory of a malt liquor hangover.

[@robotrix]

"YOU HAVE OUR GRATITUDE!!!" AND the guy playing the Senator was the sherriff in "Squirm"!!!!!!!

[@julietfischer5056]

I thought he looked familiar.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

That’s right.

[@alexpare2030]

The star of the movie Joe Lewis was my karate teachers kickboxing coach in real life! No joke!

[@nickmitsialis]

Hey, ain't "Rev. Rhee" the Master Bong Soo Han, 'Dr Klahn' from Kentucky Fried Movie?

[@euansmith3699]

Favourite cult? Black Lotus Street Peddler, "Two or three years ago it was just another snake cult, now... they're everywhere."

[@gdmcbride14]

This is the correct answer. You may now ascend the Mountain of Power.

[@euansmith3699]

@@gdmcbride14 😆

[@gdmcbride14]

@@euansmith3699 Don't thank me. You're on KP.

[@ericjanssen394]

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, in their frequent “Guilty Pleasures” lists, each picked a humorous mainstream 80’s Kung-fu-team B-movie, and each thought the other was crazy for picking it. Siskel chose Force: Five, while Ebert chose “Kill and Kill Again”, and I always used to confuse the two titles, but if it’s good enough for Gene, I’ve wanted to give this a look.

[@chuckmesser2202]

The actor who plays the cult leader is none other than Master Bong Soo Hong, a genuine Tae Kwon Do master, who played Dr. Klan in the FISTFULL OF YEN section of KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE. FISTFULL OF YEN was a hilarious takeoff of ENTER THE DRAGON. Evan Kim played the Bruce Lee character, not only doing some good martial arts, but a good Bruce Lee impression.

[@garinsparks7041]

Saw this in glorious 16mm in Los Angeles earlier this year with an INCREDIBLE crowd at The Frida!!! Just a bad blast of a movie❤

[@toughbutsweet1]

My favorite and the scariest cult is "The Family" from The Omega Man.

[@jamesprosser704]

The A-Team debuted in 1983. This means that IT was inspired by this film. I remember seeing this with my dad at a drive-in when I was 9.

[@pappachook]

Is that Benny Urquidez I see😮

[@TheOldsbfan]

Yes, it's him

[@williamcrowe2576]

As far as martial arts movies where Grand Master Bong Soo Han is the villain go, I prefer "A Fistful of Yen".

[@brentw.2574]

My first thought was that scene was of an extraordinary magnitude.

[@Apanblod]

Take him to Detroit!

[@inspectortanzi]

That's because he knew where he was, and cared. But didn't drink.

[@nemurenuyorumoonlight8778]

I remember this film. It starred Joe Lewis as the main character. I got a laugh out of the maze when I saw how the great beast was defeated. If you want to see more Joe Lewis films, I'll leave a recommendation. Check out Bloodfight 2 AKA Death Cage. He's a giant ham and it shows. 😂

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

I'm guessing Robin also hasn't seen "Challenge of the Tiger". It seems there's more of these martial arts vs bull movies than any of us had realised... "Challenge of the Tiger" co-stars Richard Harrison in his moustachioed prime, and is very definitely suitable material for a censored review on your fine channel.

[@langleymneely]

Hes a master of karate but he’s no Dayman! AHH-AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[@TeatroGrotesco]

Great job. "The colon..." Hauntology, the film makers were confused on how to use the colon, now we are left confused as to their intentions in the use of the colon. The past haunts us.

[@thrashpondopons8348]

I thought the product placement was the Bull for Schlitz Malt Liquor!

[@shannondore]

The fact that I got this and laughed ages me.😂

[@FailSonOfAnarchy]

This is just a pale imitation of Kill and Kill Again. And that movie annihilated every concept I had about human strength, conditioning and endurance.

[@TheMadAfrican1]

This movie was the debut of legendary stuntman and actor Benny The Jet, who would go on to fight Jackie Chan in "Dragons Forever".

[@MadJens0]

...and Richard Norton channeling his inner Chuck Norris (if Chuck was a surfer!) 😀

[@grapeshot]

Yes cult problems can be solved by martial arts. Or a little bit of falo blue.

[@uranuslad9855]

I had to wear shorts for my all-time favorite job. Never disparage comfort. (Or earning potential.)

[@louismendoza-y9l]

Isn't the cult leader Han Bong-soo from The Kentucky Fried Movie (A Fistful of Yen sketch).

[@davidfausel9029]

Holy crap. The senators daughter is Cusacks ex girlfriend in Better Off Dead lol.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

their skills other than “karate” are just what you said: ripped off of the A-Team, so the pilot, leader, infiltrator, muscle, intelligence analyst, and the intelligence gatherer

[@RavenHouseMystery]

It's probably his accent, but whenever Robin says the word "violence", he makes it sound classier than it should be. I don't know if this would count as my favorite "movie death cult", but I do enjoy watching "Cobra (1986)" with Slyvester Stallone battling the "New World" cultists.

[@jongroskin729]

This is a channel of extra-ordinary magnitude.

[@rynehall9990]

I saw this at the movies...the crack about Black & Decker helps me remember.

[@isabellacarta1120]

Force: Five. Because girls are optional ..😅

[@mikehunt4986]

I don't remember this movie except for two scenes I saw in this video: the guy who gets turned into a human wishbone and the guy who gets the back of his head smashed against the wall! (I didn't even know they were part of the same movie!) I may have only seen this movie once back in the 80s but those two scenes stuck with me forever. Thanks for the upload!

[@RussLudwig]

Pretty sure Wes Craven didn't use this as an audition for Amanda Wyss for Nightmare on Elm Street. And was that a Sonny Chiba cameo at 6:26?!

[@Hedgehobbit]

I remember the "thank God for Black & Decker" line so I must have seen this movie before. I thought that line was from Kill and Kill Again.

[@gdmcbride14]

Please let me know how we can support the construction of the Dark Corners Death Maze. Now that's a man cave upgrade -- TV, stereo, fridge and oh, yeah -- Death Maze!

[@dngillikin]

For an answer, we have to ask Dark Corners' Death Maze Advisor.

[@gdmcbride14]

@@dngillikin I feel like that answer is probably going to be a disappointed, world weary, "No..."

[@billr3053]

“Force: Five” was semi sequel to “Jaguar Lives”. I saw them in the theaters. Good times. Joe Lewis was slated to be the new kung fu action star.

[@fletchkeilman2205]

One more thing. The poster for this film was lifted .....and sort of rearranged and altered......to make the poster for Fulci's Zombie 3.

[@robertchamberlain3481]

"What are your favorite cinematic cults?" The serious film about cults that I found somewhat disturbing is the 1981 Canadian film "Ticket to Heaven," which covers recruitment, indoctrination, and deprogramming. Looking back on it, the film has a really interesting cast. Also, doesn't the Death Maze final battle remind you of the (much better) climactic fight in the hall of mirrors from "Enter the Dragon" (1973)? (Incidentally, in his book, "The Making of Enter the Dragon," Robert Clouse, the film's director, maintained that he had not stolen the idea for the hall of mirrors segment from Orson Welles' "The Lady from Shanghai" [1947], as he had never seen that film.)

[@ianmcnulty799]

The Neo-Pharaonic Rame-Tep cult in A Yonge Sherlock Holmes is my favorite!

[@shawntherapidlyaginghipster]

Richard Norton!? Awesome!!!

[@fletchkeilman2205]

The Sonny Chiba Cameo for the win!! Also...Mas Oyama....a real karate master, and one Chiba played in said aforementioned film....did in fact fight and kill a bull. Possibly a few of them. He did NOT, however, fight and kill a bear

[@davidlionheart2438]

"Work the groin!!!"..........The words by which I live my life, Robin. The words by which I live my life.

[@suedenim]

Are you a disciple of Ameri-do-te Master Ken?

[@raymonddaniels1658]

Wooooohooooo! The proper one this week, he pressed the correct button this time!😀😀😀👍👍👍👍

[@mattymac1399]

Split Image (1982) is a movie with culty involvement that's worth checking out. From the director of First Blood, Wake in Fright and Weekend at Bernie's.

[@varanid9]

"MARDUKE!!"

[@leoniesableblanc]

This was such a good review. I laughed my arse off

[@TheJohnnyCalifornia]

I don't recall if you've ever done any Avi Nesher films, but an interesting low budget action move that has good, if cheap, action is TIMEBOMB (1991, I think). It stars Michael Biehn and has more of a "Roger Corman" vibe like the original TERMINATOR than T2 or ALIENS.

[@Havok91]

I don't know why I stopped taking the few minutes to watch these videos. It's always a good time.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

0:27 (chops off prisoner's head) "Now take him away to be tortured!" 4:49 "Martin discovers a cache of firearms." Who knew their currency was based on the gun standard. 7:37 who do voodoo. Favorite cults? Let's see... there's *The Devil's Rain* crew; *The Templars* from *Tombs of the Blind Dead; The Wicker Man* pagans with Chris Lee; and, of course, The Spanish Inquisition.

[@reignfire85]

I think we can all agree the stunts through windows are actually pretty good, especially the motorcycle one. Sometimes a simple but solid stunt can suffice.

[@trickydicky2908]

I prefer the way you say colon, I will say it that, way in the future.

[@ewintertyler]

I loved the “What did I do??”😂😂😂

[@bartstewart8644]

This of course was a remake of the less famous film Fuss Five, which was about a crack team of ex-mercenaries who basically pitched hissy fits a lot.

[@rabbidbabies4094]

Benny the jet is a kickboxing legend.

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

The final fight with the main bad guy reminds me of the mirror maze fight from Enter the Dragon where Han gets impailed on his own spear, escept here the bad guy uses a pick axe instead.

[@julietfischer5056]

That fight, though, was awesome, unlike this one.

[@brianmills5302]

Nice job, as always, thank you, sir!

[@beanbaka]

3.34 actor from John Saxon flashback in enter the dragon took me fifteen minutes to remember that 😊 another close movie

[@rsacchi100]

The ending is a good setup for a sequel.

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

I love it when a plan confusingly comes together

[@notshapedforsportivetricks2912]

FORCE: FIVE: We're good at karate. Not so good at punctuation.

[@racheljames7]

I love your dry humour. It cracks me up.

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

"Not bad for Black & Decker!" 🤣 I think I just found something to rival "Screw you!" from TOTAL RECALL. What's really missing here is an action montage set to "Against the Ninja" from MIAMI CONNECTION... and just a little more bull.

[@tenebrousoul9368]

Take my re-view of your review!

[@bensneb360]

I can’t find anything about Force 1-4, how am I suppose to follow the continuity of this fifth movie

[@tuckerbowen4626]

another movie where someone karate fights a bull is "Challenge of the Tiger"

[@slangislayer]

I got this as a gift and loved it. It is a good kind of bad movie, which is competently made and watchable, yet completely bonkers and best served with a delicious array of assorted cold beverages.

[@peterbailey6930]

Well I might just watch this one. I'd I can talk my Uncle Red into opening his old Video store, I'm sure it's still on the shelf.

[@Gaztronaut]

I'm a karate man! Karate man bruise on the inside!

[@josephmatthews9866]

Didn't mention this movie is also a part remake of ENTER THE DRAGON . please keep the reviews coming !!😂😂😂

[@Froggievilleus]

The 80s were such a fun time.

[@galloe8933]

I really enjoy this channel, so understand that I say this with the utmost respect I can. Sometimes, I see you and wonder if you're an Elf on the Shelf, riffing movies on your off time...

[@seelingnightapsychomanteum7124]

The cast of this film is really amazing. The very best of the martial arts world.

[@cord113]

For a moment there I was wondering why you were wearing a Stret Figher t-shirt. :)

[@Ryan-k9w]

..."Especially, this guy."...😂

[@john_blues]

Cube is definitely the best Cinematic Death Maze.

[@paintnamer6403]

Cult of the Psychic Fetus is a Cleveland OH band, so there's that.

[@GleeChan]

The music really does enhance the danger in these action scenes.

[@DDlambchop43]

wow, this is...just ...staggering amounts of cheese.

[@stardog62]

I never thought about the similarities to the A-Team. The movie I compare this to is Kill and Kill Again, which I like better. The cult leader thing seems to have been drawn from the headlines of that era. He seems to be a mix of Jim Jones because his followers killed a US congressman who traveled to Guyana to investigate Jonestown and Sun Yung Moon because he is Asian

[@leesherman5192]

This reminds me of "Seven from Heaven," which you should do.

[@stewartdavies929]

Reminds me a bit of “Kill Squad” …….Joseph needs you lol

[@gl15col]

They were good at karate, when the people you're fighting with stand back until you've knocked out one of them, they approach you one at a time until they're all knocked out. I wish I didn't notice this stuff, it ruins everything...

[@regan9851]

Where do you find these movies?

[@salvestrom]

Enter The Magnificent Karate-Team Seven

[@MaximumRD]

😝Amazingly enough, I know this movie because I have seen it in the theatre. No really, back in the day a friend and me skipped school as we often did, went downtown the cheap multiplex theatre (Cineplex), we had seen just about everything so figured screw it, I think it was like $2 Tues or something and the screen was not much bigger than big screens most have in their homes these days but YEP, we watched it laughing through most of it. My friend and I kept using the THANK GOD FOR BLACK N DECKER line 😁

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

Anyone who thinks a bullfighter with a sword has an unfair advantage would be pretty disgusted to see someone BLOW UP a bull.

[@jeffwerth2707]

The bad guys in "Enter the Dragon" - the Storm troopers from Star Wars (come on - they can't be doing it for the health care benefits)

[@lewisdoherty7621]

Not only did they steal the A-Team characters by character, the Greek Monitor and Labyrinth story was also stolen. At least at the end the bad guy/reverend should have been sprayed with pheromones and then killed by the bull when the deranged creature in a sexually crazed state assaults the bad guy/reverend in the maze.

[@Undrave]

The 5 isn't the number of members, it's the ammount of force they'll apply to this problem. The scale goes up to 10.

[@princecharon]

Anyone else suspect that being left with all the drugs was a factor in how happy the kids were?

[@KevDaly]

I see they're practising the kind of martial arts where the opponent has to stand still and wait to be kicked, punched and manhandled. It's lucky that villains politely await their turn

[@johnmcintosh8673]

Contrary to what a lot are saying, this js not an A-Team (1983) ripoff, the A-Team (1983) is a Force: Five (1981) ripoff.

[@edwardburek1717]

It's very much like the A-Team, only without the bad aiming, and with karate. Lots of karate.