An American Vietnam soldier on his way home is left for dead and is saved by a pair of Japanese stragglers from WWII, who train him in the way of the samurai.An American Vietnam soldier on his way home is left for dead and is saved by a pair of Japanese stragglers from WWII, who train him in the way of the samurai.An American Vietnam soldier on his way home is left for dead and is saved by a pair of Japanese stragglers from WWII, who train him in the way of the samurai.
Leon Isaac Kennedy
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- TriviaWriter and director Quentin Tarantino has stated multiple times Cirio H. Santiago's movies influence on him. In this movie you can see that huge influence, in what would later be used on Kill Bill: the main character being betrayed by his friends and being left to die; him surviving and swearing revenge; being educated on Samurai culture and preparing his revenge, among many other elements.
- Alternate versionsThe new DVD release by Vinegar Syndrome is the complete 110-minute director's cut, as opposed to the regular 96 minute version on various public domain releases.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
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A heaping helping of cheesy chop-phooey
Leon Isaac Kennedy is Doug Russell, an American who steals a shipment of gold in the Phillippines with two Vietnam War buddies, who cut his throat and throw him overboard. Russell washes ashore an island inhabited by two Japanese soldiers stranded there since World War II. They nurse him back to health and he is taught martial arts and the art of the samurai. Back in the States, his treacherous pals, Marelli and Maghee, use their loot and viciousness to muscle their way into Los Angels mafia turf. Maghee sets his sights on Russell's wife, Maria (Leon's real-life spouse at the time Jayne Kennedy), a lounge singer who can't get a gig because Maghee has her blackballed all over LA in his scheme to make her come crawling to him. Russell, samurai sword in hand, hitches a ride on a boat back to America and begins his search for his wife and son; he learns that Marelli and Maghee are the top men in town and he begins slaughtering their cohorts, working his way up the hoodlum food chain. Plenty of action and yucks, including a "touching" montage when Russell is reunited with his wife and son. FIGHTING MAD, not to be confused with the Peter Fonda revenge flick of the same name, is entertaining in a MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 kind of way.
- rabiddog67
- May 14, 2005
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- 19500 Mayall Street, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA(Interior & Exterior. As McGee's home)
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