Collecting debts in the Harrisonian way, or the use of a manual mini-missile. Richard Harrison this time plays a non-ninja (this, if anything, in the 80s was his crown role, which he played in almost 20 films on the themes of sword warriors and shuriken). Now he is a former warrior, whose daughter and her fiancé were shot in the middle of the day by evil villains walking through the park with guns (!). Harrison, of course, takes revenge, but it attracts the attention of the local crime boss Bill, who believes that the skills of Mark (the name of the character Harrison) will help to deal with competitors. And for Mark to be more accommodating, it is necessary - of course - to kidnap his wife.
This is a typical representative of the revenge film, plus everything filmed in the Philippines. This, if you do not know, entails: lousy dubbing, premature shooting, poor film quality and wild confusion of the plot. The latter is actually the main distinguishing feature of the picture: in the middle of the tape, Mark begins hunting for some side crammed maniac, cutting women, and at this moment there is a feeling that he simply forgot about his wife (well, there is a crime boss, a hostage - this is not necessary, right?).
But he did not forget, and, taking a fake grenade launcher, he goes to revenge. Having done the same thing that he did throughout the film - having skilllessly and monotonously shot a lot of people - yes, despite the fact that there is simply a darkness darkening the executed individuals, this does not cause much interest, because they are shot in the same way, methodically and monotonously. What about the police, you ask? Law enforcement? Well, they're here -- you can't argue with that -- but there are law enforcement officers who live exclusively in their offices, not participating in the main scenes at all. And who really needs it?
All this typically cheap, one-sided Filipino shawarma does not cause poisoning. “Duty of Blood” is a fun film, easy to watch (despite the monotony of the action scenes), equipped with a sonorous, albeit repetitive soundtrack, and the finale is generally a pearl. I was just screaming for joy when I saw it. This is the main highlight of cheap film-low-cost: due to budget-free and complacency, these tapes are often able to deliver many minutes of healthy laughter and real, human joy, and the finale of “Duty of Blood” illustrates this fully.
Teddy Page's film is just a storehouse, a real fusion of the main components of foreign exploitation of the 80s: the Philippines, Richard Harrison, a former veteran, maniac, shootouts - there are not enough flashbacks from Vietnam and ninjas for the full picture. Someone once said it was “the best rape movie in the Philippines”—why not! Yes, he is not much different from a platoon of similar all-rounders - but a cheerful soundtrack and a stunning ending do their part.
6 out of 10