This film was kind of a combo of Rambo and the deadliest game and it had action galore and while not good it was entertaining in its own strange way. I was going to give this film a five or possibly a six, then it went too far. I will get to that later, needless to say the film contains scenes of violence that are just a bit too much and then are made worse by what happens in the end to a certain character. There are good points to the film, mind you, as the action starts out fast. I was expecting more exposition before the game was afoot, but no, it starts fast and charges hard throughout. Not sure why a couple of scenes were even needed in this thing though.
The story, a bunch of mercenaries are hunting real prey, we get to see them take out a fat dude running through the woods because that is going to harden your mercenaries more so than war games with actual other soldiers. Well fat dude hits one guy and then the guy who was hit is promptly shot and after seeing this, I am thinking no one would want to be a mercenary for this outfit because the way they kill shows they would betray a person in a heartbeat. Well, they are ordered to capture another man and of course, it's the wrong man as they get someone who begins killing them methodically, but refuses to put on their clothes so we have to watch this guy do all his killing in his boxers. Then at one point they get the guy and the film could be over if the idiot in command just lets his second in command shoot him, but no, he wants to talk him into joining. Then if the idiot being hunted and is a badass simply plays along and acts like he is going to join he could have easily gotten loose and killed everyone at his leisure; however, instead his poor wife gets drawn into the mess and the movie went too far with her.
So how did they go too far? Well, the commander of the mercenaries brutalizes her and rapes her. Why? This will obviously do nothing but enrage the super crazy killing machine who is having no trouble with the dude's mercenaries who have worse aim than a stormtrooper. Then it looks like the wife is in the clear and the second in command shoots her dead. Not necessary, in fact, her character should have been done the moment her husband got kidnapped and not seen again until he returned home. I found the rape and then the kill totally took this film down a notch.
So, the film would have been okay had they not tried to keep pushing the boundaries of decency and it would have been completely fine if Cameron Mitchell was not in this thing at all. He adds nothing to the plot and does nothing of note but killing the guy who is paying for the mercenaries and is also disturbed by the rumors of the captain of the mercenaries killing people. Honestly, the mercenaries were so bad all that the hero needed to do was jack a gun and wait in the right spot and then mow them down, but he was too busy showing his skill with sharpening sticks.
The story, a bunch of mercenaries are hunting real prey, we get to see them take out a fat dude running through the woods because that is going to harden your mercenaries more so than war games with actual other soldiers. Well fat dude hits one guy and then the guy who was hit is promptly shot and after seeing this, I am thinking no one would want to be a mercenary for this outfit because the way they kill shows they would betray a person in a heartbeat. Well, they are ordered to capture another man and of course, it's the wrong man as they get someone who begins killing them methodically, but refuses to put on their clothes so we have to watch this guy do all his killing in his boxers. Then at one point they get the guy and the film could be over if the idiot in command just lets his second in command shoot him, but no, he wants to talk him into joining. Then if the idiot being hunted and is a badass simply plays along and acts like he is going to join he could have easily gotten loose and killed everyone at his leisure; however, instead his poor wife gets drawn into the mess and the movie went too far with her.
So how did they go too far? Well, the commander of the mercenaries brutalizes her and rapes her. Why? This will obviously do nothing but enrage the super crazy killing machine who is having no trouble with the dude's mercenaries who have worse aim than a stormtrooper. Then it looks like the wife is in the clear and the second in command shoots her dead. Not necessary, in fact, her character should have been done the moment her husband got kidnapped and not seen again until he returned home. I found the rape and then the kill totally took this film down a notch.
So, the film would have been okay had they not tried to keep pushing the boundaries of decency and it would have been completely fine if Cameron Mitchell was not in this thing at all. He adds nothing to the plot and does nothing of note but killing the guy who is paying for the mercenaries and is also disturbed by the rumors of the captain of the mercenaries killing people. Honestly, the mercenaries were so bad all that the hero needed to do was jack a gun and wait in the right spot and then mow them down, but he was too busy showing his skill with sharpening sticks.