Instant Justice
Scott is a US Marine who travels Spain to see his sister Kim, after many years of separation. But she is dead, and there is nothing else to arrive him. Alone in the Madrid's streets, Scott will search for the killers, will try to reveal the reason of the murder of his dear sister, and for revenge for himself.
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- Cast:
- Michael Paré , Tawny Kitaen , Charles Napier , Aldo Sambrell
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Very well executed
The Worst Film Ever
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Redundant and unnecessary.
The title 'Instant Justice' had me in mind of the gritty vigilante thrillers of the late '70s and early '80s—movies like Death Wish and The Exterminator. This film, though, is from the latter half of the '80s, a time when cheezy action movies were at their most prevalent; as such, it is packed full of poorly staged shootouts, naff car chases and unconvincing fisticuffs, all accompanied by a horrible synth-driven soundtrack. Star Michael Paré gives one of his least accomplished performances (which is saying something) and token babe Tawny Kitaen sports massive hair and shoulder pads to match as the feisty call girl that our hero falls for (I hope he's had his shots).Dumb, not-in-the-least-bit-exciting 'highlights' include Youngblood leaping through a plate glass window onto a car roof (sustaining not even so much as a scratch), a hilarious encounter with a kung fu cook, a close escape from a load of bulls (load of bulls sums up this film rather nicely!), and Paré driving a Trans Am at high speed while firing his machine gun (after crashing the car through Spain's flimsiest gate).
Instant Justice was suppose to be Michael Pares big break-action film...produced by mega studio Warner Bros....the film bombed and it deserved to. Pare has made some classics (Streets of Fire, Bad Moon, Eddie and the cruisers I & II) but this film is not one of them. It was a sign of things to come from his uneven and often wooden career. Pare is good shape and still has the charm but the action is poorly staged, the supporting actors are terrible, and the film just feels cheap. Check it out for some old school Pare but don't expect much. Maybe you will enjoy it more going in to it expecting less than i did. Pare is in great shape though.
It's the king when it comes to cheese, it's so poorly made that it is actually fun to watch. The mistakes, poor acting and bad editing make it the undisputed king of all drinking games, just drink once for every mistake you find and by the end of the movie (if you even make it that far) you'll be wasted. This film has all others beat when it comes to it's poor quality. It's gratuitous nudity, horribly put together action sequences, terrible dialog make it a film not forgotten... unfortunately. There are no words to describe this films brilliance at being complacent with itself. It just gets to me that this movie wasn't used for the movie "Mystery Science Theater 3000" because they're are so many references to the movie made throughout the course of this movie, making fun of its cheese that it's ridiculous.
The total point of renting this sack of garbage was to feast on something terrible. My friend and I obviously overestimated our tolerance for this movie, which was a film equivalent of a venereal disease.Acting? No, of course not, there was NO acting. (Although I suppose the shower scene has made it on one of my top ten "best of the worst" lists...our protagonist apparently had forgotten he was naked in a shower with a fully clothed prostitute long enough to fall in love with her and call her "babe" at least once.)I had my eyes covered in shame for most of the movie. We fast-forwarded it through a good deal of the end, including the blah-blah chase scene where the token English guy was dropped off in the middle of the Spanish desert.All in all, I'd like my hour and a half back.I'm going to go translate some manuscripts out of their original ancient Greek to reward myself for having sat through this mind-numbing movie.