Armed Response (1986 film)
Armed Response is a 1986 action thriller film directed by Fred Olen Ray and starring David Carradine and Lee Van Cleef.[1] It is the first action film made by CineTel Films and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
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| Directed by | Fred Olen Ray |
| Screenplay by | T.L. Lankford |
| Story by | Fred Olen Ray T.L. Lankford Paul Hertzberg |
| Produced by | Paul Hertzberg |
| Starring | David Carradine Lee Van Cleef Mako |
| Cinematography | Paul Elliott |
| Edited by | Miriam L. Preissel |
| Music by | Thomas Chase Steve Rucker |
| Distributed by | CineTel Films |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
One of the men of a dangerous Yakuza boss known as Akira Tanaka has subtracted a statuette that he had planned to use as a peace offering between the local Yakuza and a rival Chinese tong. It seems that two private investigators were hired for the exchange of bailout money to restore the statue, but their business plan to recover the statue gets worse and Clay Roth is killed. This infuriates the Roth brothers and their father, as all three of them happen to be veterans, as they go off to find the person responsible and get their revenge as well.
Cast
- David Carradine as Jim Roth
- Lee Van Cleef as Burt Roth
- Mako as Akira Tanaka
- Lois Hamilton as Sara Roth
- David Goss as Clay Roth
- Brent Huff as Tommy Roth
- Ross Hagen as Cory Thorton
- Dick Miller as Steve, 1st Bandit
- Burr DeBenning as Lt. Sanderson
- Michael Berryman as F.C., Tanaka's Sidekick
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Toshi, Member of Tanaka's Gang
References
- Cohn, Lawrence L. "Review: Armed Response". Variety (324). October 8, 1986. p. 21.