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3 | ''Avenging Force'' is an action film from the year 1986. It is a sequel to ''Film/InvasionUSA1985''. |
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5 | Retired secret service agent Matt Hunter (Michael Dudikoff) is forced to dust off the areas of his expertise when a friend of his, Larry Richards (Steve James), becomes targeted by a team of right-wing extremists who call themselves the Pentangle. They prove to be a quite challenge, with the action culminating in a manhunt across the swamplands of Louisiana. |
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8 | !!This film has the examples of: |
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10 | %%* BaldOfEvil: Jeb and Parker. |
11 | * BattleStrip: Richards takes off his shirt before he starts punching mooks during the harbor fight. |
12 | * BigBad: Prof. Glastenbury. |
13 | * TheBigEasy |
14 | * BondageIsBad: Jeb's hunting mask looks like an S&M type-deal. |
15 | * BoundAndGagged: Sarah, after Pentangle briefly kidnaps her. |
16 | * CarBomb: One that happens offscreen before the movie's events, but this appears to be part of Matt Hunter's unknown backstory (which the film remains as a NoodleIncident). |
17 | --> "It wasn’t your fault, there was no way you could have known there was a bomb in the car..." |
18 | * CarChase: One starts when the mooks lead by Parker attempt to ambush Hunter and Richards. |
19 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: The villains of the first film were communist terrorists. Here the antagonists are a far-right group. |
20 | * DeathOfAChild: Richard's only surviving son dies in the fire as well. |
21 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Glastenbury speaks in a quite bass voice. |
22 | * FiveManBand: True to its name, Pentangle has five key members in its inner sanctum. |
23 | * HeroicFireRescue: Before he dies from his wounds, Richards rescues his son from the burning safehouse. |
24 | * HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: The idea behind Pentangle's "hunting club". |
25 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Glastenbury ends up impaled on a statue when he fights Hunter. |
26 | * ImprovisedZipline: Hunter uses his belt to create a zipline to a mook's face. |
27 | * ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: An attempt on Richards's life happens during the Mardi Gras. |
28 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: Pentangle members wear masks during their manhunts. |
29 | * ManOnFire: One of the redshirts during the Pentangle's raid on the safehouse is shown running around on fire after an explosion. |
30 | * MexicoCalledTheyWantTexasBack: Mentioned in Prof. Glastenbury's NewEraSpeech. |
31 | * NewEraSpeech: Prof. Glastenbury gives one after the kendo exhibition, which plays to the participants' right-wing paranoia. |
32 | * ObviousStuntDouble: BigBad Prof. Glastenbury alternates between his actor and a stuntman in a bad wig during the final fight. |
33 | * PipePain: Hunter picks up a pipe to deal with a mook. |
34 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Pentangle and Glastenbury are a group of right-wing militia fanatics who are white supremacists. |
35 | * RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The Pentangle is made from these. |
36 | * SequelHook: The film ends with Hunter starting the search for the fifth unknown member of the Pentangle. |
37 | * SwordFight: Hunter's fight with Chuck becomes one momentarily. |
38 | * UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Richards pulls one when Hunter gives him some covering fire. |
39 | * VillainOpeningScene: The film opens with the Pentangle hunting down and killing two men. |
40 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Glastenbury shoots Parker after his failure to kill Hunter and Richards. |
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