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Bookmark this pageForce: Five (1981)
Director: Robert Clouse
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From Time Out Film Guide
Potentially interesting martial arts caper of battle against a Rajneesh-like guru, allowed to stagnate in a mire of sickening gore, endless destruction, and simplistic, humourless sermonising. As the stereotypically mixed Force: Five - a black, a Chicano, a woman, a psychotic, and a Handsome Leader - sets out to save gullible disciples from the wicked Reverend Rhee's Palace of Celestial Tranquillity (a minotaur's labyrinth of torture and carnage), it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish morally between the opposing sides. All the breathtaking brutality makes for tiresome viewing.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Robert Clouse
Producer: Fred Weintraub
Cast: Joe Lewis, Bong Soo Han, Sonny Barnes, Richard Norton, Benny Urquidez, Ron Hayden, Pam Huntington, Mandy Wyss full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 96 mins
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