Line #25 Film/ForcedVengeance


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3	''Forced Vengeance'' is an action film from the year 1982.
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5	Josh Randall (Creator/ChuckNorris) is an ex-Special Forces Vietnam veteran who ends up in Hong Kong after the war, eventually becoming the head of security for the Lucky Dragon Casino, run by fellow American expatriate, [[SelfMadeMan Sam]] [[BenevolentBoss Pascal]]. When Sam is killed by an unscrupulous rival, Josh goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
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8	!!This film has examples of:
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10	* AnyoneCanDie: And how.
11	* ButtMonkey: David Pascal, who essentially runs his father's business into the ground by making increasingly poor financial decisions, [[spoiler: then gets himself killed]].
12	* TheBrute: Kam, a GiantMook with BloodKnight tendencies.
13	* {{Chiaroscuro}}: Josh is shown fighting in silhouette in front of a giant neon billboard.
14	* CombatPragmatist: When Josh learns that he has a bounty on his head, he immediately [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim asks for a gun]].
15	* CoolBoat: Josh's houseboat in Aberdeen Harbour, and the villain's yacht fortress.
16	* TheDragon: Stan Ramondi runs the day to day operations for the Osiris gang, but Josh figures out pretty early that he isn't the actual leader.
17	* EqualOpportunityEvil: [[TheSyndicate Osiris]]. Formed by a [[OrcusOnHisThrone not so retired]] Triad leader who named it after an Egyptian god. The Triad leader's half-British illegitimate son is the public face of the organization, their chief legbreaker is Japanese, and they have many European and American mercenaries as hired muscle.
18	* EvilBrit: Ramondi, though he is technically [[ReallyRoyaltyReveal half-British]].
19	* EvilCounterpart: Ramondi is this to Sam's son, David.
20	* KickTheDog: Pretty much everything Osiris does, but specific mention goes to [[spoiler: Kam killing Leroy with a backbreaker during the attack on his warehouse, ensuring that he will live long enough to [[StuffedInTheFridge see what happens to Claire, Josh's girlfriend]], and be helpless to stop it]].
21	* KnowWhenToFoldThem: Josh is attacked by a nunchuck-wielding goon making KungFoley sounds. Josh just produces his pistol from behind his hat and the goon quietly slinks off.
22	* TheMole: Inspector Keck.
23	* MyFavoriteShirt: Leave Josh's cowboy hat alone, unless you're TooDumbToLive.
24	* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: Josh tries to hide the two attractive women with him in a [[TheOldestProfession cathouse]]. [[WeAreEverywhere It doesn't work]].
25	* PostRapeTaunt: Kam pulls this on Josh before their final fight.
26	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Inspector Chen.
27	* RecklessGunUsage: Josh lends his girlfriend his pistol when he has to leave her alone, but she's so nervous she puts a bullet through the door the moment he calls out to her on returning. Josh then delivers AnAesop: "Note: ''Never'' let your girl handle your piece."
28	* RetiredBadass: Played straight with Sam. [[TheDon Simon Koo]] provides an evil variant.
29	* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Leroy]].
30	* ScarSurvey: Josh's scars being catalogued by the police doctor after he's arrested.
31	* ShamefulStrip: David and Josh catch a pit clerk stealing from their casino, and force him to walk out of the building in his underwear.
32	* SmugSnake: Ramondi and Kam.
33	* StillWearingTheOldColors: Josh dresses in his old Airborne dress uniform to take on the bad guys.
34	* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler:Claire, Josh's girlfriend, is raped and killed by Kam during the attack on Leroy's warehouse, after Kam breaks Leroy's back so that he will die after being ForcedToWatch]].
35	* {{Swirlie}}: Josh tries to bump off a GiantMook this way, only to [[TheCanKickedHim get the entire toilet thrown at him]].
36	* WellDoneSonGuy: David is nowhere near as business savvy as Sam. Ramondi insists he has earned his place in his father's empire through his ruthlessness, not nepotism.
37	* YouCanRunButYouCantHide: Josh goes on the run in Hong Kong, but [[WeAreEverywhere keeps getting attacked out of nowhere]] by various goons, providing an excuse for many martial arts scenes. He finally finds a place to hide only to get called on the phone there.
38	-->'''Ramandi:''' By now you know that my network is inescapable.
39	* YouNoTakeCandle: Kam is the only Asian character to not use [[IAmVeryBritish Refined Pronunciation]].

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