Forced Vengeance (1982)
Forced Vengeance is a 1982 American action film, starring Chuck Norris, Mary Louise Weller and Camila Griggs. The film was directed by James Fargo, written by Franklin Thompson and James Fargo and filmed in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong and Portuguese Macau.
Plot.
When the owner and proprietor of the Lucky Dragon casino in Hong Kong refuses to let mobsters take over his business he and his family are hit. Dragon’s chief of security, Josh Randall (Chuck Norris) goes looking for the head of the syndicate to exact revenge for the murder of his employer, friend and mentor.RELATED:
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Production.
The film was originally known as The Jade Jungle. It had Norris’ biggest budget yet, costing $5 million, and was from a major studio, MGM. The title was changed during production to Forced Vengeance. Film earned $6,660,333
Critical response
Variety wrote, “In the unlikely event that a film historian stumbles across ‘Forced Vengeance’ 20 years from now, he would probably guess that it was made somewhere around 1974—75. In setting, plotting, themes and action motifs, latest Chuck Norris pic is incredibly reminiscent of those unlamented Yank-vs.-Hong Kong syndicate martial arties of that era. For Norris, who has given signs of trying to graduate from the genre, this is a step backwards, or at least is treading water.” Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that by the middle of the film, “bone-crunching, flesh-ripping violence so dominates the screen that the film simply starts drowning in a sea of blood.Cast:
- Chuck Norris as Chief Joshua
- Mary Louise Weller as Claire Bonner
- Camila Griggs as Joy Paschal
- Michael Cavanaugh as Stan Ramandi
- Peter Gee as Simon Koo
- David Opatoshu as Sam Paschal
- Seiji Sakaguchi as Kam
- Frank Michael Liu as David Paschal
- Bob Minor as LeRoy Nicely
- Lloyd Kino as Inspector Chen
- Leigh Hamilton as Sally Tennant
- Howard Caine as Milt Diamond
- Robert Emhardt as Carl Gerlich
- Roger Behrstock as Ron DiBiasi
- Jimmy Shaw as Inspector Keck
- Richard Norton as Herb