Line #23 Film/AvengingForce


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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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