| Deadly Heroes (1993) Cast:Michael Pare, Jan-Michael Vincent,Billy Drago,Claudette Mink Michael Pare and Jan-Michael Vincent star as ex-navy seals who go behind enemy lines to rescue Pare's wife (Mink) who has been taken prisoner by a group of terrrorists led by a hammy Billy Drago in this frequently ludicrious yet strangely watchable movie. The problem with Deadly Heroes is that it was made five years too late, everything about this movie screams late 80's bodycount actioner, from it's cast to it's ridiculous bad guys. Deadly Heroes if anything else maybe the first movie to have hispanic bad guys that try to sound middle eastern. However going into this movie you know right off what to expect, especially since it involves terrorists using plastic guns to shoot hijack a plane. What's most amusing about this is that the whole concept of this would make it ludicrious enough for Richard Scheib to review and label as science fiction. I'm no gun expert, but bullets need gunpowder and this provides enough heat to melt plastic (That's why guns are made of metal) so watching these guys shoot off rounds of bullets from their plastic guns, I kept waiting for one to blow up in their hands unfortunately this didn't happen. Another aspect about Deadly Heroes which was also entertaining was how some of the lines were delivered with such intensity that one was wondering how anyone could take this seriously. My favorite line in the film would have to be "My father told me before he died, you only die once." What this has to do with anything is anyone's guess but it did make me smile. Also the absurdity of watching Michael Pare who had just been shot in the shoulder run and jump on buses and proceed to get shot in the legs before finally being thrown off the bus truly shows how out of touch with reality this movie is, although that's not a problem.. Deadly Heroes delivers the most over the top action I hadn't seen since Commando. What prevents Deadly Heroes from working as that said actioner is that the climax is very disappointing, in that it becomes so one sided that the movie makes clear who's side the directors are on. Plus the acting is terrible from almost everyone, the only exceptions being Jan-Michael Vincent who comes off mediocre and Billy Drago who's hammy insanity provides most of the amusement here. D.Menahem Golan** |