Invasion USA

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Movie
German title Invasion USA
Original title Invasion USA
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1985
length 107 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Joseph Zito
script James Bruner ,
Chuck Norris
production Yoram Globus ,
Menahem Golan
music Jay Chattaway
camera João Fernandes
cut Daniel Loewenthal ,
Scott Vickrey
occupation

Invasion USA is an American film from 1985 in which a former CIA agent single-handedly tries to save America from a violent terrorist invasion. The production company was Cannon Films .

action

Cruel, seemingly pointless murders rock the coast of Florida at Christmas time . A group of Cuban refugees is shot in their boat, the crew of a coast guard cruiser is recovered dead, a young couple in love is murdered in cold blood on the beach at night. In addition to the FBI , the reporter McGuire tries to clear up the background of these crimes. The Soviet terrorist Rostov, who secretly landed with his international mercenary force, is responsible for the series of murders. Armed with a gigantic arsenal financed by drug deals, he and his people are now covering the country with targeted terrorist actions. The government turns to Matt Hunter for help. The former special agent, who now lives in seclusion in the Everglades wetlands, was able to prevent an act of terrorism by Rostov before, but his superiors subsequently forbade him to kill the terrorist. For this reason, Hunter refuses to go into battle again. However, Rostov is obsessed with destroying Hunter and tries to assassinate him. Hunter escapes dead, but his friend John Eagle is shot dead in the robbery. Hunter now seeks revenge and is a lone fighter on the heels of Rostov and his people. These have meanwhile caused turmoil and horror to the population. Not only do they destroy railway lines and warehouses, but they also razes peaceful suburban settlements and murder innocent citizens. To add to the panic, they disguise themselves as police officers and members of the army during their attacks. The region is sinking more and more into chaos. The National Guard moves out, a night curfew is imposed in the big cities, and the first supply bottlenecks arise. With a tip from the underworld, Hunter was able to bring one of Rostov's mercenaries into his power and squeeze out the next target of the gang. Although he can no longer prevent the bombing of a busy shopping center, he succeeds in rendering several of Rostov's men harmless. In the days that followed, Hunter repeatedly managed to prevent further attacks and kill a number of terrorists, including Nikko, Rostov's right-hand man. At the same time he realizes that it is impossible to shut down the entire terror network man by man and decides to set a trap for Rostov. The media reported that Hunter had been arrested as a member of an illegal vigilante group and taken to the new military headquarters in Atlanta , where the governors of the 50 states had also gathered to discuss the state of the nation. Rostov now sees the possibility of destroying the US political leadership and its archenemy at the same time. He summons all of his gang and assaults the building in downtown Atlanta. Too late, he realizes that he has been ambushed. In the ensuing battles, Rostov is killed by Hunter, and his men surrender after a heavy and loss-making battle with the army.

criticism

The American premiere reviews of the film were for the most part devastating. Variety called the flick a "hideous opus that Chuck Norris apparently aimed at targeting Rambo ." The Los Angeles Times found it "brutal, one-dimensional, sadistic" and LAWeekly commented, " Rambo has found his master in stupidity." The German reviews were anything but benevolent. The Fischer Film Almanach discovered an “evil zeitgeist that stands behind these panic-inducing works”, the film magazine Multimedia stated that it was “an enormously complex, but stupid and dangerous film” and the Cinema found it “worrying that such mobilization films should be box-office hits. "

A good 20 years later, the film's plot and message are rather humorous. For example, B. Christian Keßler : "On the Gagaismus-Meter, this film not only leads to the greatest possible deflection, but also to central collapse, because this is no longer a male cinema, but an archetypal Genrotz expulsion of mythical proportions!" ( Splatting Image No. 72 )

The lexicon of the international film judged: "Hard action film, the propagation of vigilante justice and enemy images is politically ambiguous and whose staging relies on the acts of terrorism that it claims to criticize."

background

  • With this production, the production company Cannon Films wanted to follow up on the successes of its two predecessors Missing in Action (1984) and Missing in Action 2 - The Return (1985), both with Norris in the lead role, and to establish Norris as an action star with a wide audience. In comparison, the film was granted a much larger budget and the proportion of action scenes increased.
  • The film had a budget of around $ 13 million. In addition, six million were invested in marketing.
  • The basic idea for the film comes from Chuck Norris, who had read an article in Reader's Digest in which the existence of terrorists living in the USA was assumed as sleepers. Norris' brother Aaron Norris and James Bruner worked the whole thing out into a script. Joseph Zito was used as the director, as he had previously staged Missing in Action .
  • Chuck Norris wanted to cast the female lead with Whoopi Goldberg , but the director refused and resorted to Melissa Prophet.
  • Aaron Norris acted as stunt coordinator for this film, in addition to his involvement in the script, and was assisted by Don Pike. In total, more than 90 stuntmen were involved in the production. One of them was Eric Norris, the youngest son of Chuck Norris. He made his stuntman debut with this production and has since been involved in more than 100 productions.
  • The shooting took place in Atlanta , where u. a. was shooting in a mall to be renovated. In addition, soldiers and equipment from the National Guard were used .
  • The film grossed around 17.5 million at the US box office, falling short of high expectations.

Trivia

  • In the film Night Hunter with Michael Dudikoff , the main character is also called Matt Hunter. The film was planned as a sequel to Invasion USA , but Chuck Norris withdrew from the project and Dudikoff was used as a replacement.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Invasion USA In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed July 1, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, Hille 2013, p. 186.
  3. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, p. 189.
  4. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, p. 187ff.
  5. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, p. 189.
  6. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, p. 189f.
  7. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, pp. 190ff.
  8. ^ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, p. 194.
  9. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, p. 195.