John Seal Here's a trash classic in need of the deluxe DVD treatment. Chuck Morrell plays scarred Viet Nam War vet Lieutenant Dietrich, whose loyal soldiers have followed him into civilian life and have joined him in a vigilante effort to get all the dope off the LA streets. Their unique technique: disguise themselves as African-Americans and start a war between the Mafia dons who import the smack, and the ghetto blacks who peddle it for them! From the initial scene of the Zebra Force (geddit--they're white AND black!) pulling off their 'black' masks, to the jaw-dropping finale, this is one of the most enjoyable '70s action flicks you've never heard of. Featuring a very groovy score, IMDb indicates Zebra Force was shot in a 2.35:1 OAR, and judging from the amount of panning, scanning, and 'chop shots' in evidence, that's correct. Let's hope we get a correctly letterboxed DVD at some point--but even in academy ratio, it's a fun way to waste 90 minutes.

winner55 The '84 release date is unbelievable - possibly a re-release or, more likely, the release of a film that sat in a can for ten years. But all the attitudes and clothing say "mid-'70s".Anyway, this is basically a whitesploitation film trying to imitate blacksploitation films. And it would be kind of fun as a bad movie with cheesy action scenes, except that it is so bloody racist.I think there are about four black actors in the whole film, and how they got talked into doing this shite is beyond me.At any rate, racism spoils most any movie, but especially low-budget action flicks, since there's no one to root for, and the whole experience leaves a sour taste.

shark-43 This film was a nice surprise - we were gathering DVDs for our usual bad cinema night and I rented a DVD that had Frank Sinatra, Jr. and one of Robert Mitchum's offspring in it as commandos or whatnot but even though the disc read CODE NAME: ZEBRA and had the same director - the movie ZEBRA FORCE came on - obviously NOT filmed in 1984 like CODE NAME but looking so 70's and grainy and waaaay low budget but get this - the plot actually has clever things in it and a nice twist at the end. The acting goes from hilariously bad (we called two actors Gestures & Point cuz that is what these two hacks did with every line reading - one would gesture and the other would point) to a couple of good performances. The violence and action was either staged horribly or shockingly good. In fact there is one stunt where a guy goes out a high window and he falls, lands on his back in a swimming pool - impressive and dangerous. Lots of great 70's "jive" dialogue and mobsters v.s. black activists v.s. viet nam vets (and yes, one of the crazed vet leaders is horribly scarred and crazy). We enjoyed mocking the film's faults and enjoying many of it's merits. ZEBRA ROCKS!!!

Hitchcoc This is nothing more that an excuse for a bunch of scenes of slaughter. It has virtually no plot or motivation. The characters are stereotypical and really questionable actors. Their reason for doing what they do wouldn't stand up under any scrutiny. It's the Zebra force against the Mafia. I don't know why because it's never clear. If they are both basically evil, why don't the just stay away from each other. There's virtually no conversation and when it happens it is senseless and pointless. The old running back, Timmy Brown, is in it. So is the Sinatra kid. It's a monumental waste of time. There isn't even the "bad movie" syndrome at work here.