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Force: Five

Good story abd good acting and cool martial arts scenes, actually a very nice screenplay as well as karate movie. Kind of like the A Team in that it's a small group of martial artists. A few romantic scenes to round it out. Good action scenes too. I recommend this movie if you want a martial arts move with a decent story.

Nice movie, but the fights can not compare technically to Bruce Lee's style. I really liked the "raging" bull, like Minotaurus in the labyrinth. The plot however is really simple and a happy end is guaranteed. I think that I never saw one of the actors before, anyway the are doing a good job. The level of violence is above average, do not expect bloody shoot-outs, it is mostly hand-to-hand combat. Also the villain likes to torture his victims during interrogation. The final fight is ok, it could have been more intense. Enjoy this hidden gem and relax your brain. If you do not like it, watch Enter the Dragon.

This is like an Ed Wood movie, as all the fights look like it was only 1 take. All the fights except 1 are all one sided to the stars. They just keep kicking ass and it gets boring real quick. Not 1 star got killed or hurt. On a positive note, the main bad guy henchman played by Bob Schott, has a most impressive physique. Very massive for the time. It would have been a much better movie if he beat up all 5 main stars.

It's amazing when one stops to think about it: Robert Clouse directed perhaps the greatest martial arts movie of them all (ENTER THE DRAGON), then proceeded to plummet downhill as fast as he possibly could. He went from the very apex (although I actually prefer the fight scenes in WAY OF THE DRAGON and GAME OF DEATH- as seen in the documentary A WARRIOR'S JOURNEY, anyway- to those in ENTER THE DRAGON) to fumbling through more BAD movies than your average Z-grade director. Once again, Joe Lewis is the sole saving grace in a film (the other was JAGUAR LIVES!); by dint of his performance (which should've been expanded, since he was the only actor worth his chops in this one), he makes this one worth watching- despite Clouse's aforementioned propensity for screwing up potentially good action movies. (Come on: GAME OF DEATH, GYMKATA...?) FORCE: FIVE is essentially a remake/ripoff of ENTER THE DRAGON, by a man who should've known better.

You can not expect HERE the kind of film that OPERATION DRAGON director gave us one decade earlier. Bob Clouse who, after Bruce Lee death, lost the main element who could have pulled his talent. ULTIMATE WARRIOR and THE PACK were excellent action packed films, but that's all. I prefered Rowdy Herrington's ROAD HOUSE - which could also have been made by Clouse too - than this though bearable junk, and agreeable time waster. But so lousy. It seemed to me that the billionaire's daughter scheme, spoiled child abducted refusing to be saved by her dad's goons - the heroes of the film - reminded me a little Dick Brook's THE PROFESSIONNALS.

This movie rocks! Not only is the action top notch, but it isn't being performed by a bunch of Hollywood "actors" who took karate lessons for a couple of weeks. I am talking about living legends of the martial arts. Master Han, the indelible Mr. Joe Lewis, not to mention "the jet". Team of five must rescue a girl from a island fortress ruled by a ruthless religious leader. Constant action and great "action" music. If you liked any martial arts movies made before 1985, then this will NOT dissapoint. Find it, rent it, buy it, watch it and thank me later.