Idiotic dialog and unbelievable situations follow George Kennedy and his band of merry young men around in this politically motivated action thriller about dictator Robert Forster ruthlessly fighting his enemies, threatening world peace, and how Kennedy's organization (including Andrew Stevens and Isaac Hayes) intend to stop him. Smooth voiced Louis Jourdan is Kassar, Forster's greatest enemy, whom the men are determined to protect so he can take over when dictator Forster is tossed out.
Fun for the type of clichéd and audacious film it is, with Kabir Bedhi, the go-to Arab American actor of the 80's always playing the bad guy, here holding Jourdan's wife and son hostage, no different than he was on "General Hospital" and "Dynasty", or up against James Bond. Hayes gets the campiest dialog, rapping his lines with a wink to the audience that he was having a ball with all the silliness. Plenty of explosions and battles, but after an hour, it just starts to be tedious. Poor sound effects (sounding quite tinny and phony) and bad synthesizer music are other flaws.
Fun for the type of clichéd and audacious film it is, with Kabir Bedhi, the go-to Arab American actor of the 80's always playing the bad guy, here holding Jourdan's wife and son hostage, no different than he was on "General Hospital" and "Dynasty", or up against James Bond. Hayes gets the campiest dialog, rapping his lines with a wink to the audience that he was having a ball with all the silliness. Plenty of explosions and battles, but after an hour, it just starts to be tedious. Poor sound effects (sounding quite tinny and phony) and bad synthesizer music are other flaws.