Death Force (1978)

Directed by

Cirio H. Santiago

Genre

action film, adventure film, blaxploitation film

Country

Philippines, United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Vietnam veteran turned gold smuggler is betrayed and left for dead by his partners. He recovers and learns to fight with a samurai sword, then hunts down the men who wronged him.

vengefulaction-packedretroexploitativepulpgrittymartialtraining-montage

What happens

Death Force (also known as Vengeance Is Mine) is a 1978 martial arts exploitation film directed by Cirio H. Santiago and written by Howard R. Cohen. The film is an international co-production of the Philippines and the United States, and stars blaxploitation actor James Iglehart alongside Carmen Argenziano, Leon Isaac Kennedy, and Jayne Kennedy. Iglehart plays Doug Russell, a veteran of the Vietnam War turned gold smuggler who is left for dead by his partners and, after being trained to wield a samurai sword by a Japanese soldier, seeks revenge on those who betrayed him. Iglehart's real son, James Monroe Iglehart appears briefly as Jimmy Russell, Doug's infant son. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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