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3	->''"All this from potatoes?"''
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5	''Kill and Kill Again'' is a 1981 South African martial arts film, a tongue-in-cheek sequel to 1977's ''Kill or Be Killed'' reuniting that film's director (Ivan Hall) and star (James Ryan).
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7	A supervillain named Marduk has captured a scientist and is using his potato-based serum to create an army of mind-controlled slaves. Squaring off against Marduk are karate champion Steve Chase (Ryan) and a motley band of martial artists.
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9	Today, the film is best known as the first to feature BulletTime effects.
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12	!!This movie contains examples of:
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14	* AccentAdaptation: The American dub replaces (some of the) broad South African accents with American regional accents. This results in the incongruous presence of a southern-fried American construction foreman at a South African building site.
15	* ActionPrologue: A punch-em-up attack on the Sun City casino.
16	* AlternateDVDCommentary: It received the Podcast/RiffTrax treatment [[https://www.rifftrax.com/kill-and-kill-again in 2017]].
17	* ArtisticTitle: A Bond-style credit sequence featuring silhouettes of Chase.
18	* AvengersAssemble: The first act is all about Chase getting the band back together.
19	* {{BGM}}: Nearly all of the music in the movie is stock music from the KPM library, some of which was later used in ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''.
20	* BondOneLiner: Steve Chase is full of them.
21	* BulletTime: The first live-action film to feature this effect. It is used only in one scene, about an hour into the film, after the main villain has already been killed.
22	* CombatByChampion: Chase versus Marduk's "optimus".
23	* CultColony: New Babylonia.
24	* DressCode: Marduk's minions wear slacks and sky-blue T-shirts.
25	-->'''[[Podcast/RiffTrax Bill Corbett]]:''' Are we sure this isn't just Habitat for Humanity?
26	* EightiesHair: Minerva and her short pink-dyed do.
27	-->'''Chase:''' Has anyone ever suggested you change your hairdresser?
28	* EverybodyLaughsEnding
29	* FrenchJerk: ''"This soirée was the pièce de résistance!"''
30	* HandyFeet: Fly does stuff like light incense with his feet.
31	* HiredGuns
32	* IfItsYouItsOkay: Marduk takes no lip from anyone but his ladyfriend Minerva.
33	* {{Kiai}}: All the martial artists make loud, Bruce Lee-style noises while fighting.
34	* MadeOfExplodium: Marduk's helicopter.
35	* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Kandy poses as one.
36	* MindControlDevice: A mind-control serum derived from potatoes.
37	* MuggedForDisguise: How the group infiltrates Marduk's camp.
38	* PretendToBeBrainwashed: Dr. Kane has secretly developed an antidote to the mind-control serum.
39	* SameLanguageDub: Many of the South African actors have been dubbed with American accents.
40	* {{Stereotype}}: The lone black team member is called ''Gorilla'', of all things. Lampshaded in the Podcast/RiffTrax.
41	-->'''Bill Corbett:''' Hey, Gorilla! Still got that unfortunate nickname?
42	* TheApartheidEra: Partially filmed at Sun City, famous target of anti-Apartheid boycotts. To its credit, the film contains hints of an anti-Apartheid stance. Chase's team is racially integrated, for instance. And there are a few digs at the South African regime.
43	* TheEvilsOfFreeWill
44	-->'''Marduk:''' Freedom of choice, as we have come to know it, has led inexorably to the deterioration of the ethical and moral fabric of society.
45	* WarForFunAndProfit: Chase and his group are in it for the money.
46	* WealthyPhilanthropist: Chase accepts a job from a couple of public-spirited rich guys, and not from the South African government. One of them pointedly remarks, "It's debatable who will use the formula for more evil ends: our government or Marduk."

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