The Executioner Part II (1984)

Roger O'Malley (Christopher Mitchum) is a police lieutenant tasked with tracking down a character that's become a nightmare to cops and criminals alike: The Executioner! This masked man is a twisted vigilante who metes out brutal punishment to all underworld figures. For example, stuffing live grenades inside their clothes. O'Malley will team up with a perky female news personality, Celia Amherst (Renee Harmon, who also wrote the monumentally dopey script) to see that The Executioner is identified and contained.Given that the director is James Bryan of "Don't Go in the Woods" infamy, one shouldn't expect the slightest hint of style or polish. Everything about this turkey reeks of incompetence. Bryan fumbles his way through the direction, Harmons' screenplay is utterly senseless, the acting is absolutely atrocious (especially from the actress playing the daughters' friend), the dubbing abysmal, and the music is so wretched that it boggles the mind. Harmon sure doesn't keep us in suspense or anything; we can see that there's only one person that The Executioner could be. You add to that an insipid hero portrayal by Mitchum, several doses of bright red blood throughout, the occasional flash of breasts, and hilariously sleazy, cartoonish villains, and you have a bunch of ingredients guaranteed to result in a priceless exploitation train wreck.Aldo Ray turns up in a few scenes, with very few lines to utter, but it's just as well. Antoine John Mottet is a riot as Rogers' unhinged, 'Nam flashback-plagued buddy Mike. Veteran stuntman Dan Bradley is likewise amusing as "Big Dan", a goon who is constantly taking punishment and coming back for more. Frank Albert and Frisco Estes are entertaining as the scummiest guys in the story. And Bianca Phillipi is utterly charmless as Rogers' troubled daughter. Harmon, on the other hand, is kind of hard to resist, especially as she mouths her own bad lines in that thick German accent.The movies' biggest joke, of course, is that it's not really a sequel to anything, although it was clearly inspired by "The Exterminator".Highly recommended to bad movie lovers.Five out of 10.

In Vietnam 1970, there were a bunch of American guys who were fighting and trying to survive. Now, back in America, there is a killer on the loose who calls himself The Executioner. He is no ordinary killer, though, but a vigilante: a man who kills criminals with guns, broken glass shards and live grenades.This film was directed by James Bryan. Not sure who that is, actually. And why is it "part 2"? No idea.The exploitation nature of this film shows up in the first ten minutes, when a group of guys brutally rapes a woman on a rooftop while the neighbors just sort of watch and consider whether or not they should help the woman. Luckily, they are stopped by the Executioner! There is a scene that is a bad advertisement for Miller High Life, with two guys fixing a car and talking about how fast time goes by. Then, in the middle of guy time, some thugs show up to steal their tires and a fight breaks out, complete with sound effects and a song ripped off from "Shaft".There's a visible poster for "Hot Teenage Assets" and another film... but if you know why, you are a better detective than I am.Thoroughly entertaining film with bad dialogue, cheesy explosions and the inevitable Vietnam flashback. A must see? No. But pretty decent for what it is.

It seems to me that the majority of "bad movies" are pretty boring. Too often we bust a gut laughing when a critic shreds a lousy flick, but we then find that actually watching the movie is a grim experience with few laughs. Fortunately, Executioner 2 is a clunker that delivers.In the early 80s James Bryan wowed the bad film community with Don't Go In the Woods. I found another movie of his, Hellriders, terribly dull. But with Executioner 2 he's back on track. It's your basic vigilante movie, with bad guys running scared and cops embarrassed at the public's support for the vigilante. As was the case in Woods, the dialogue was dubbed (even though the characters were speaking English to begin with). Some not so good acting, a pair of stoner high school girls who are constantly laughing ("oh, heavenly coke!"), and Aldo Ray (of the movie "Bog") make Executioner part 2 a must-see. Sure, some parts are boring, but overall it's worth it. Watch this movie, it will justify your having searched through dozens of other lousy films in your quest for B-Movie Nirvana.

Made in 1982 (not be confused with Sonny Chiba's 1974/1975 two part film saga), James Bryant directs this loud, cheezy actioner that features a nutty Vietnam vet (who goes in a trance with a cheap music) who goes after the tattooed man who is pushing drugs and molesting girls in the city. Chris Mitchum plays his vietnam vet friend who is now a police detective who doesn't know that his best nutty friend is the executioner. Famous 21st century pictures stock music (that usually in the movie trailer) is used in the action scenes. Many funny moments like a guy getting stabbed by a samurai sword and getting impaled on a couch, as the executioner keep kicking the couch as the bad guy keeps moving towards him with a couch on his back(!). Also the Executioner shoves handgrenade on bad guys pants, and the same cheap stock footage explosion appears. Aldo Ray only appears in two location so he probably only had a day on this film. Harmon who starred in Bryant other films is terrible with English and has a thick Germany accent. The film looks like it was shot without sound. The producer was trying to cash in on the 1981 film THE EXTERMINATOR (which was about a vietnam vet who takes on bad guys) and release this turkey at New York theatres in 1983. The films video release runs a few minutes short and only a minor scene is missing. Should be a cult classic.