HEATED VENGEANCE review at Mondo Digital

Things are a little slow here at the moment so instead you might wanna jump to MONDO DIGITAL where they've recently reviewed CODE RED's new cool DVD release of HEATED VENGEANCE. I watched the DVD a couple nights ago and it sure looks pretty good. My old VHS from Finland is fullscreen but this new DVD is taken from a 35mm print and presented in its correct letterbox ratio format. There's also a cool audio commentary track by the director (with Bill Olsen of Code Red). For Mondo Digital's review go here. Just remember they're not fans of these Filipino Vietnam war flicks like you and me so their review is maybe a little less enthusiastic in regards to the film itself. I was definitely well entertained.

There's a cool RAMBO 4 review...

...over on Brian's blog COOL ASS CINEMA. I highly recommend you check it out! ^_^

The new(ish) LAST AMERICAN SOLDIER bluray reviewed...

...by Fred Anderson over on Ninja Dixon blog. Go here.

The film is also aka COMMANDER.

Greek VHS

Viet Cong at Teleport City?

Reviews of trashy Filipino war movies are often limited to raves about just how bad the movies are. Fun for the writer but less fun for the fan who actually wants info and an incisive piece on the film in question. I've just stumbled over a review that is both well-written and incisive about the movie INTRUSION: CAMBODIA! Great stuff! The review was posted over at the excellent Teleport City website in December of last year (2011). I highly recommend you check it out. Go here.

Trashy Filipino war destroys exotica!

Alright, maybe not quite, haha. But in any case, Tim from Mondo-Esoterica has begun a week of reviewing the films we love around here and you ought to jump over there and check out his cool reviews. So far he's reviewed:

EYE OF THE EAGLE
EYE OF THE EAGLE 2
LAST STAND AT LANG MAI (aka EYE OF THE EAGLE 3)
COMMANDER LAWIN
JUNGLE RATS

Click each film for the individual reviews or go to the front page here. Tim was inspired by this here wee blog and we love him for it (in a manly slap-on-the-back none sexual way).




- And today, completely unexpected and out of the blue, I received the German ex-rental VHS release of one of my favourite Filipino war flicks, PHANTOM SOLDIERS!! It's my buddy Philipp down Germany way, whom I haven't heard from for ages, who thought I ought to own the tape! Thanks, mate, that's totally awesome!!!

A bleeding eye on KILLER INSTINCT

Our friends (that's a royal plural, lol) over at KULT EYE BLEEDER have been away for a while but are back with a slate of cool new reviews, and one of them is in league with this here site: KILLER INSTINCT (aka Behind Enemy Lines). Rush over there now!

A bleeding eye on trashy Vietnam war flicks

I just want to draw your attention to Sauli K's cool blog for world-weird movies, Kult Eye Bleeder. Apart from other multo kool'o trashy world-weird movies (quite a few from the Philippines) he's also reviewed a handful of the films I write about here, i.e. trashy Vietnam War movies from the Philippines (and some eyetalian!). Check them out!

Just a Damned Soldier

Battle Rats

Cobra Mission

The Destroyers aka The Devastator

Final Mission

Strike Commando

Warbus