This is not the 1952 film of the same name and it has no relation to it whatsoever; what
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this is is another outing for the inimitable Chuck Norris. It was also partially written by him and a cynic might argue that it shows. It’s one of the more outlandish stories Chuck has taken part in but this 1985 outing is a good laugh anyway.
The story all begins sensibly enough – considering this is a Chuck Norris film, when a boatload of what appear to be Cuban refugees are killed by what look like U.S. Coastguards but are actually drug smuggling, Latin American communists. They steal a stash of drugs hidden in the boat and head to the Florida coast to exchange the goodies for weapons.
The FBI suspect Russian criminal Mikhail Rostov (Richard Lynch) as being behind the act and ask retired CIA agent Matt Hunter (Norris) to intervene to stop his Russian nemesis. Hunter refuses but soon changes his mind when Rostov demands that Hunter be killed before he can carry out his dastardly plan. The killing of Hunter fails and he decides to go after Rostov after all.
Rostov’s plan turns out to be a mini-invasion of Florida, which mostly consists of a few hundred armed guerillas landing on the beach and attacking homes. It all seems to be some sort of group suicide mission and when the guerillas attack a shopping mall, Hunter arrives to despatch a few of the baddies.
Our hero now concocts a plan to lure the rampaging communists into a trap by faking his own arrest and having himself ‘held’ at a central command centre in Atlanta. When Rostov finds out about the arrest he focuses on the command centre and plans an attack. Unbeknown to Rostov however, it’s all a big trap and waiting for his pesky guerillas are national guard troops, tanks and our man, Hunter. Hunter comes face to face with Rostov in the final duel and eventually manages to kill him. Check out the final duel: