Forced Vengeance is an action film from the year 1982.
Josh Randall (Chuck Norris) 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, Sam Pascal. When Sam is killed by an unscrupulous rival, Josh goes on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
This film has examples of:
- Anyone Can Die: And how.
- Butt-Monkey: David Pascal, who essentially runs his father's business into the ground by making increasingly poor financial decisions, then gets himself killed.
- The Brute: Kam, a Giant Mook with Blood Knight tendencies.
- Chiaroscuro: Josh is shown fighting in silhouette in front of a giant neon billboard.
- Combat Pragmatist: When Josh learns that he has a bounty on his head, he immediately asks for a gun.
- Cool Boat: Josh's houseboat in Aberdeen Harbour, and the villain's yacht fortress.
- The Dragon: 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.
- Equal-Opportunity Evil: Osiris. Formed by a 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.
- Evil Brit: Ramondi, though he is technically half-British.
- Evil Counterpart: Ramondi is this to Sam's son, David.
- Kick the Dog: Pretty much everything Osiris does, but specific mention goes to Kam killing Leroy with a backbreaker during the attack on his warehouse, ensuring that he will live long enough to see what happens to Claire, Josh's girlfriend, and be helpless to stop it.
- Know When to Fold Them: Josh is attacked by a nunchuck-wielding goon making Kung-Foley sounds. Josh just produces his pistol from behind his hat and the goon quietly slinks off.
- The Mole: Inspector Keck.
- My Favorite Shirt: Leave Josh's cowboy hat alone, unless you're Too Dumb to Live.
- Needle in a Stack of Needles: Josh tries to hide the two attractive women with him in a cathouse. It doesn't work.
- Post-Rape Taunt: Kam pulls this on Josh before their final fight.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Inspector Chen.
- Reckless Gun Usage: 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 An Aesop: "Note: Never let your girl handle your piece."
- Retired Badass: Played straight with Sam. Simon Koo provides an evil variant.
- Sacrificial Lion: Leroy.
- Scar Survey: Josh's scars being catalogued by the police doctor after he's arrested.
- Shameful Strip: David and Josh catch a pit clerk stealing from their casino, and force him to walk out of the building in his underwear.
- Smug Snake: Ramondi and Kam.
- Still Wearing the Old Colors: Josh dresses in his old Airborne dress uniform to take on the bad guys.
- Stuffed in the Fridge: 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 Forced to Watch.
- Swirlie: Josh tries to bump off a Giant Mook this way, only to get the entire toilet thrown at him.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: 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.
- You Can Run, but You Can't Hide: Josh goes on the run in Hong Kong, but 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.Ramandi: By now you know that my network is inescapable.
- You No Take Candle: Kam is the only Asian character to not use Refined Pronunciation.
