10 Amazingly Bad Rip Off Films You've Never Seen

Don’t worry if you haven’t seen Strike Commando I because this sequel features a different actor and has more on its mind than being just another Rambo clone.

The director is Bruno Mattei, who doesn’t make movies so much as recreate scenes from Hollywood blockbusters on a budget of half a shoestring. This becomes apparent early on when Mattei restages Raiders Of The Lost Ark’s drinking game and its subsequent brawl, throwing in some ninjas for good measure as well as John Williams’ score.

More ‘homages’ follow: there's a recreation of Predator’s ‘killing the scorpion’ sequence, a torture scene that switches from Raiders (red-hot poker) to Lethal Weapon (snapping your opponent’s neck with your feet), a climactic one-on-one in the mud that must’ve given Mel Gibson and Gary Busey déjà vu and, best of all, Lost Ark’s truck chase restaged at 15mph, with clearly terrified performers clinging to the vehicles for dear life.