Deadly Heroes (1993)

After a hijacking incident our hero Brad Cartowski loses his wife Marcy when she is carted off by the terrorist gang who hijacked a plane to release their leader Jose Maria Carlos. He follows her to a guarded island where she is being held prisoner assisted by Cody Grant, a US government operative. In the end the two 'Deadly Heroes, attack the island supported by some SEALS. It runs 1 hour and 45 minutes and is rather dull despite the explosions and the shootings. Directed by prolific producer Menahem Golan who as a director was better as a producer.Most of the acting is bland. Michael Paré as Cartowski goes through the motions and is unconvincing and as Cody Grant the immobile faced Jan-Michael Vincent even less convincing. Everyone is overshadowed of course by Billy Drago who plays the terrorist leader. He is riveting and scary, probably too scary in this lightweight film but always a treat to watch and the best thing in it.

This will be enjoyable only for fans of these 2 actors. I like Michael Pare from Greatest American Hero, Eddie and the Cruisers, Streets of Fire, World Gone Wild, etc. And I'm also a huge Jan Michael Vincent fan too (See Buster and Billie, Tribes, Winds of War, Airwolf, etc). So having these 2 in a movie together was very cool! Granted this came out in 1993, past the hey-day of either of them, but both do themselves justice in this flick. Pare looks to be in great physical shape still, as does Vincent. This is one of the last flicks Vincent did before he deteriorated more with alcohol problems. He puts in a very decent performance here is a former CIA toughie. It's great to see a final display of his action-star charisma before he vanished from the screen. By the end of the movie, Vincent really seems to be enjoying himself, flashing a boyish smile which makes you remember his charming quality in so many great 70's/80's movies. It's also fun to laugh at the plastic-weapon-wielding terrorists who are waaaaaaaay over the top!

Gee, what can I say?Nowadays I'm trying to prevent watching really really bad movies, because it is just a waste of time usually. I saw this movie by accident on TV when cooking and eating my dinner on a lazy saturday night, and so I actually saw this movie without being forced to. But at least I spend my time eating, which is good.This movie has no qualities, period. It's a complete waste of time for anyone, anywhere. Absolutely incredibly bad acting by basically every single person in the movie, horrificly predictable plot-changes, ridiculous script, and a lobotomized monkey for a director (Yes that's you mr. Golan) make this an insult to anyone with even the slightest bit of brainmatter. I can't believe ANYONE would want to tie his name to this piece of crap.This is the type of movie that gets aired by the TV networks because it came as an in-the-box gift of a box of cornflakes. I couldn't force myself to watch the rest of it when I was finished eating. And if you're wondering if I got sick of this movie, it's just too lame to get sick from.This movie gets a 1 only because they won't allow negative scores on this database. If you're curious about this movie, ignore your curiousity and go do something more entertaining, like torturing yourself with a kitchen utensil or rearranging your socks. Trust me.

I have, in all honesty, never seen a movie with worse acting, script and directing, and I have seen very many movies in my life.This movie does not deserve more words for a comment, neither it needs more. By any means, try to see this movie, try to see the first 20 minutes. If you are human, you'll cry in pain because of the sheer stupidity yielded by this motion picture.