bucojuco44 The action in this film is very good and the fight scene against the lighted background on the steps is a classic fight scene. This is my favorite Chuck Norris film and if you are a martial arts/action movie fan, then you will like this film. The acting/script is not top quality, but these are not high on my priority list in an action film anyway. There are some great one liners in the film by Chuck too! This movie is well framed in terms of the mistake by the good guys and the bad guys punishment that leads to the good guys fighting back. This leads to the bad guys taking extreme measures that ultimately drives you into the good guys corner as Chuck's character suffers loss resulting in ultimate revenge by the good guys. Really enjoy this film and watch it whenever I see that it is on TV.

Comeuppance Reviews Josh Randall (Norris) is a soft-spoken tough guy who's used to being an enforcer. But he really gets in over his head when he travels to Hong Kong. Working for the boss of a popular casino, Randall notices something dangerous is afoot when heavies want to buy the casino but the management refuses. People start dying all around him, so he and his old 'Nam buddy LeRoy Nicely (Minor) try to fight off the baddies while protecting the casino owner's daughter. Evil gangster boss Stan Raimondi (Cavanaugh) is greedy and wants not just the casino money, but Randall's blood. Meanwhile, Inspector Keck (Shaw) is trying to use his side of the law to figure out what's going on. Will Josh and LeRoy get answers? Will they get justice? Find out today! Forced Vengeance is classic 80's Chuck. It was still when he had blonde hair and a blonde mustache. It seems Chuck movies can be broken up into two eras: blonde Chuck and red-head Chuck. At some point in time his hair turned a rusty, russet color, thus dividing his career into two halves. Not that one is better than the other, necessarily, but it makes his movies easily identifiable. This particular outing takes a while with its setup, and the pacing isn't necessarily break-neck, but is solid and reliable. It's like an old tank that just keeps rollin' along at its own pace. You get your rewards, but it's not instant gratification like the kids are used to today with their MTV and their e-lectronic gizmos.Even though Golan and Globus had nothing to do with it, this whole film has a look and feel that is very Cannon-esque. From the opening slow-motion, silhouetted fight in front of the neon (much like the opening of one of Sho's classic Cannons) to the way the rest of the film is shot, it will certainly put you in that Cannon frame of mind. The movie uses its Hong Kong locations to very nice effect, and the music by William Goldstein is so sweeping and dramatic, it helps the film rise to heights it might not necessarily have reached otherwise. The main theme is especially cool. Another soundtrack observation: there is an excellent disco/muzak theme of "Super Freak" which is a lot of fun as well.Chuck, who gets some suave line readings and wears tuxedos in this one, gets to channel his inner James Bond. Can you imagine him as an official Bond? We can only dream. Fan favorite Richard Norton is here too, but in a "Where's Waldo"-esque cameo that defies you to spot him. Here's a hint: with his blonde bowl haircut and matching mustache, he looks like he just stepped off the set doing stunt work for Chuck. (Indeed he did do stunt work on the film, along with John Barrett and Aaron Norris, among others). And he appears almost naked, wearing only a pair of tiny red shorts. Still and all, this movie could have used more Norton. The massive red flower Raimondi wears on his lapel is almost the same size as Norton's shorts. Coincidence? Or a visual motif? In other wardrobe news, Chuck's wide array of cowboy hats not only is impressive, but they almost become secondary characters in the movie, as at one point Chuck woefully decries "Why do they always pick on my hat?" Truly the eternal question.When Forced Vengeance was originally released on VHS, it came in one of those awesome MGM silver big-boxes. The kind with the cover on a hinge and the cassette in a plastic tray. We love those. Now the film is on DVD of course, but for the coolness factor, you have to love the original packaging. So for some classic kicking and punching Chuck style, Forced Vengeance is a prime example of why everyone finds him so endearing.

waldosanmiguel Chuck Norris is not known for his acting chops or his classics. But this one is the best and honest of his pictures. Honest because he knows and the director knows that in order to make an action movie soar is to make it as violent and as simple as this one. Its simple but is told in a very straightforward way. You identify the bad guys, they misbehave, Chuck finds them and kick their asses. The final confrontation between Chuck and the big Chinese guy is done with some realism. Chuck is bloody and angry he is not fighting him in a conventional karate way, he's hitting him with everything he has, he even tries to drown the big fella in a toilet. My favorite by far. Peace.

lotus_chief I saw this movie on TV a LOOONG time ago, and the other day I just kept thinking of this Chuck Norris flick where there was a fight scene where it was nothing but silhouettes in a neon light background on a staircase. After flipping through my uncle's VHS collection, I find this! You gotta love the old Chuck Norris flicks; he was what Steven Segal and Van Damme were in the 90s in the 70s and 80s. We see a 'Godfather-type' theme here, it gives for a decent plot for a bare bones martial arts action movie...and Chuck Norris delivers. It's a shame what he's become, because he was just RAW! An all around enjoyable old school action film. Anyone looking for anything else that what's being presented here is just misguided. *** out of **** stars.