15 Action Movies That Are Unintentionally Hilarious
14. Strike Commando II (1988)
Dont worry if you havent 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 doesnt 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 Arks 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 Predators killing the scorpion sequence, a torture scene that switches from Raiders (red-hot poker) to Lethal Weapon (snapping your opponents neck with your feet)' a climactic one-on-one in the mud that mustve given Mel Gibson and Gary Busey déjà vu and, best of all, Lost Arks truck chase restaged at 15mph, with clearly terrified performers clinging to the vehicles for dear life.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
