Review of Back in Action (1994) by Chris C — 18 Feb 2008
"Are these the kind of people you hang around with" exclaims Billy Blanks (as a character named, and I'm not kidding... Billy) to his sister. He is punching a man repeatedly in the face. This man looks like one of the Chuckle Brothers.
Not happy with the answers he receives, he proceeds to throw this man out of a window. Moments like this make "Back in Action" (or, if you were in the UK "RODDY PIPER and BILLY BLANKS are Back in Action") one of the greatest action films not made in the halcyon days of over the top action, the eighties.
It easily ranks alongside the great shoot em ups of Arnie, and Stallone. Take on martial arts knowing fitness trainer, and an over the hill wrestler, and mix violently to create sublimely ridiculous action.
How many men can sit behind a miniature tractor in a gun fight, and how many will survive? One of lifes many questions, that can be answered by this slice of pure, idiotic entertainment. Watch in awe, as a man gets shot of a boat, and hits a car.
Truly a masterpiece.
This review of Back in Action (1994) was written by Chris C on 18 Feb 2008.
Back in Action has generally received mixed reviews.
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