15 Action Movies That Are Unintentionally Hilarious
12. Lightblast (1985)
Following Inglorious Bast**ds and the Bronx Warriors trilogy, Enzo G Castellari made this odd Dirty Harry rehash which replaces Fred Williamson, his usual leading man, with the actor youve always associated with Harry Callahan Erik Estrada. After resolving a hostage situation by stripping down to his underwear and taking out the bad guys with a cooked chicken (dont ask), Estrada is called in to stop a mad scientist whos holding San Francisco to ransom with his new invention a giant laser that makes buildings glow red, melting the skin off anyone trapped inside. This necessitates giving Estrada a comic relief partner, an overweight moron who gets shot and tells him to get those sons of bitches. Stealing a car, Estrada causes every vehicle that meanders across his path to crash into stacked boxes and explode. Thats right its one of THOSE movies.
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.'