Film Overview"Armed Response" is an American action movie released in 1986, directed by Fred Olen Ray. The movie stars David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Mako Iwamatsu, and Brent Huff, among others. The movie is primarily known for its martial art series, remarkable stunts, and violent-action series. The story focuses on a household's fight versus arranged criminal offense in Los Angeles.
Plot Summary"Armed Response" initiates with the story of Burt Rothwell (Michael Berryman), a corrupt police who takes millions from Clay Rothman, an organized crime boss. Following this event, Rothwell is completely murdered while hiding the money in an Oriental curio shop. As Clay aggressively pursues the misappropriated cash, he comes crossways with a harmful family who owns the curio store.
The bro duo, Nick (David Carradine) and Frank Rothwell (Brent Huff) are United States Army veterans who choose to protect their household's shop at any cost. Their father, Mr. Rothwell (Lee Van Cleef), utilized to run the curio shop. It has a safeguarded safe hiding secret suggests for lethal defense, built around normal products. The store itself is a fortress where a trespasser could notice hazards at every corner. There are death traps throughout, which can immediately eliminate undesirable entrants.
Clay Rothman has a girlfriend, Ruby (Mako Iwamatsu), who winds up getting associated with the harmful video game unwittingly. She ends up being another pawn in this confrontational battle in between the Rothwells and Clay Rothman.
Action Sequence and ClimaxThe action magnifies as the film progresses, with clashes in between the Rothwells and the thugs sending out by Clay becoming increasingly strong. The movie is filled with martial art series and explosive face-offs that take place in the curio store filled with lethal booby traps.
In the climactic scene, Clay and his males decide to get into the curio shop. Nevertheless, they underestimate the Rothwell household's defense reaction, and one by one, Clay's males are removed by the concealed traps within the curio store. This leads to a vicious showdown in between the Rothwell brothers and Clay Rothman.
Conclusion"Armed Response" concludes with Nick and Frank effectively protecting their shop against Rothman's males, and they handle to get away with the taken money. Clay is lastly eliminated by his own girlfriend, Ruby, who winds up siding with the Rothwells and ending Clay's tyranny.
General Reception"Armed Response" is filled with non-stop action and loaded with martial art series, managing the style of family, loyalty, and revenge versus the criminal activity distribute backdrop. Nevertheless, the film got mixed reviews from critics, who valued the movie's action sequences and the performance of the lead actors but criticized the excessively simplistic storyline. Despite this, "Armed Response" ended up acquiring cult status among action motion picture enthusiasts for its highly amusing and well-done action scenes. It also serves as a suggestion of the elegant, excessive action flicks widespread in the '80s.
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