Forced Vengeance

Plot synopsis:
Josh Randall is the head of security for the Lucky Dragon casino in Hong Kong. As the movie begins, Randall is visiting Los Angeles to collect $114,000 owed by a rich gambler to his employer, David Pascal (Liu). After a few threats and some fighting he collects the debt. He dozes during a jet flight back to Hong Kong and the viewer sees in flash back how he got in a fight in the Casino when he was on leave from the US Army and ended up befriending David’s father, Sam (Opatoshu).
Josh goes to the casino upon his arrival in Hong Kong and checks in the money. While he’s there David asks him to help terminate one of the Dragon’s dealers who is skimming money. David fires the dealer, telling him he’s lucky he doesn’t have his hands broken for what he’s done. The dealer is humiliated by being forced to walk out of the casino without his pants. Josh isn’t very happy with how David handled the situation, telling him he was too hard on the dealer.
After work Josh visits his friend Sam Pascal, David’s father and the Dragon’s original founder. The two share some reminiscences about the old days, and Sam asks Josh what is going on with David and the casino, saying his gut tells him that something is wrong. However, Josh has not been taken into David’s confidence and doesn’t know what to say. Sam invites Josh back later to visit and watch some soccer with himself and David.
Picking up some food, Josh heads home to his houseboat out in Hong Kong bay, where he spends a pleasant interlude with his beautiful blonde girlfriend Claire (Weller). A couple hours later he returns to the Dragon, just in time to foil an attempted robbery.
That evening the 3 men are relaxing at the Pascal home with some beers and watching a soccer game. David tells Sam that a competitor, Stan Ramondi (Cavanaugh), has an interesting business proposition for a “merger” the elder Pascal should hear. He suggests that the men go to Ramondi’s restaurant and casino after the game. Ramondi is widely known as a mobster and runs a syndicate called Osiris which extorts “protection” money from Hong Kong businesses, but with some misgivings Sam agrees to go.
Upon arrival the Pascals and Randall are escorted into Ramondi’s office. Ramondi has much praise for Randall, saying he has heard many good things, and even offers Josh a job. When Randall turns him down Ramondi asks him to wait outside in the casino. Ramondi then gets right down to business, telling Sam Pascal that times are changing and he should bring his business in under the umbrella of Osris. Sam gets angry at this, saying he doesn’t need to procure “protection” from Osiris and that Ramondi’s offer is a joke and “bullshit”. Sam storms out. Out in the casino Randall has run afoul of 2 of Ramondi’s men, including the hulking Cam (Judo and Sumo wrestler Seiji Sakaguchi). They nearly come to blows until Ramondi calls off his goons.
On the way home, David tells Sam that they are almost broke due to David’s gambling losses, and that they have no choice but to take Ramondi’s offer. Sam is furious to hear this, telling David that he’d better straighten up and if he doesn’t even though he is Sam’s son he will be “out” of the business. As they return to the Pascal household, David asks Josh to return later, fearing that there may be trouble. Soon after Randall leaves, the mobster’s assassins show up at Sam’s home and wipe out everyone in the family except for Joy (Griggs), Sam’s wild child daughter.
When Randall returns to the Pascal home he finds David and Sam murdered. Knowing that both he and Joy are in deadly danger, he shows up at the “swing” condo where she lives, and almost coerces her into accompanying him, much to her annoyance.
Randall decides to go to the police and drops Joy off with Claire at his houseboat. Two police inspectors, Keck and Chen intercept Randall on his way to the station and arrest him. As Keck takes Josh into custody he brutalizes Randall. The police attempt to pin the murder of the David and Sam Pascal on Josh and Keck has him strip searched. Finally due to lack of evidence the cops are forced to let him go.
Randall visits the place of business and warehouse of his old Vietnam buddy Leroy Nicely (Minor), and obtains a .45 automatic and a Gerber combat knife. Leroy tells him that he has a $100,000 price on his head, to which Josh jokingly replies “Hong Kong or American?” Leroy volunteers to go with Randall like in the old days when they were part of the A teams in Vietnam, but Josh tells him to stay and protect the girls.
On the way back to his houseboat Josh sees Keck staking him out and sneaks up on him, returning the beating he had taken earlier. Rounding up Joy and Claire, Josh attempts to run and hide out from the mobster’s men throughout Hong Kong, but this turns out to be difficult for a big blonde American with 2 beautiful women in tow. After a number of Karate battles and shots fired, he drops the girls back off at Leroy’s.
Realizing that Ramondi must be a figurehead as there is no way he has the authority and influence to be at the top of Osris, Josh resolves to track down who the real leader is, as that person is the one who ordered the killings. After following some leads Randall finds out that aging and supposedly retired crime lord Simon Koo is the actual head of the Osiris syndicate and also that Koo is secretly Ramondi’s father.
Randall returns to the warehouse to find Ramondi’s thugs broke into the warehouse and mortally injured Leroy, kidnapped Joy, and raped Claire to death. Seriously going on the warpath, Josh dresses up in military uniform to get into Ramondi’s restaurant without being recognized. Once inside he waylays one of Ramodi’s goons and wrings Ramondi’s location out of him, discovering that Joy is being held captive on Ramondi’s private yacht.
At the shipyard Randall takes on more of Ramondi’s men and has his life saved by the timely intervention of Inspector Chen who it turns out is part of an international task force against organized crime in Hong Kong. Chen informs Randall that Inspector Keck was arrested and he confessed that he worked for Ramondi. Randall decides to go onto Ramondi’s yacht and rescue Joy and Chen says he can’t let Randall go alone. While overcoming Ramondi’s bodyguards aboard the yacht Chen is wounded, then Randall gets into a savage and difficult battle with Ramondi himself, who like Randall is very skilled in the martial arts. Finally he wins the fight after Ramondi’s neck is accidentally caught in a rope and snapped when he falls.
Randall leaves Joy in the care of the Inspector and goes after Koo. Arriving at Koo’s compound, Randall fights his way in. Once inside, he confronts Koo, telling him, “You killed a lot of good people, old man.” Koo replies that he has a place for Randall in his organization, asking Josh if his son Ramondi told him this. Randall tells Koo, “Yes, that’s why I came here… to tell you your son made me an offer… before he died…” Enraged, Koo orders Cam to kill Randall. As the fight begins Cam taunts Randall that he was the one who raped and killed Claire. Randall is nearly beaten in the terrific battle which follows. Finally, after much furniture is broken and many walls smashed, a wooden window frame with a large dagger of broken glass falls on the bodyguard’s neck, cutting his throat. Randall then takes Koo into custody.
In the aftermath, Inspector Chen drops off Randall and Joy near the harbor. Chen thanks the two of them for all they did and informs Randall that the key remaining people in the syndicate will be deported, which will finish it. He adds that Simon Koo will be committed to an institution for the insane, the shock of his son’s death apparently being too much for him. He also remarks that he wishes Randall would consider taking a job on the police force. As the Inspector leaves, Joy tells Randall that she would like to get the Lucky Dragon up and running again, and asks him if he thinks she can. Smiling, Randall rhetorically says, “You’re a Pascal aren’t you?”
In a voice over as the movie ends, Randall states that the city of Hong Kong lives on borrowed time, the lease is running out and the city will be reverting to the Chinese “landlords” in 17 years, but as he further muses, Hong Kong’s residents are survivors and whatever happens… Hong Kong will always be - “The place”.

Tags: violence, murder

Review:
"Chuck Norris kicks the hell out of people in Hong Kong!".
This is one of my favorite Chuck Norris movies.
It has one of the best opening scenes ever with the silhouette of Chuck fighting an unknown adversary over a neon background.
It looks fantastic and is such an innovative opening scene that really creates a cool atmosphere.Josh Randall (Chuck Norris) is an ex-Special Forces Vietnam veteran who ends up in Hong Kong after the war, eventually becoming the head of security for the Lucky Dragon Casino, run by fellow American expatriate, Sam Pascal.
When Sam is killed by an unscrupulous rival, Josh goes on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge.The film is well paced with plenty of Chuck-related ass whupping and doesn't skimp on the violence either.
When Chuck's girlfriend is murdered it's a pretty shocking scene, especially the bad guy's hair and mustache.Overall, Forced Vengeance is a fun Chuck Norris flick with plenty of fight scenes and action to keep action fans happy.
Our hero Josh (Chuck Norris) , one man army , now as a Hong Kong Casino (the name of the Hong Kong night club and gambling house was "The Lucky Dragon Casino") security bodyguard taking on bullies when are brutally killed his chief (David Opatoshu) and son .
Tough Norris battling Chinese triads with the only help his lovely fiancée (Mary Louise Weller) and confronts a sinister baddie like a human tank .
This is a slang-bang , unstopped action film with variety martial acts though predictable .
Indestructible Norris in yet another groan and grunt middling budget movie ; a routine non-sense , action-thriller that featured fourteen major action sequences .
Written and filmed as "The Jade Jungle", later the producers changed the title to "Forced Vengeance" during post production to make it sound more like an action film .
Norris stars naturally taking on multiple opponents , cleaning up nasties from Far Orient and beats them , punches , knocks , kicks and defying the gravity in bounds and leaps .
Chuck plays nicely an ex-Vietnam vet (like Colonel Braddock from Missing in action) turned security chief .
Being one of numerous collaborations of actor-star Chuck Norris and brother stunt coordinator Aaron .
The movie belongs to Norris's early period , during the 80s , such as : ¨Force 7¨ , ¨Goods guys wear black¨ , ¨Octagon¨ , ¨Force of one¨ ,¨Eye for eye¨ , and ¨Code of silence¨ with successful box office as video rentals as cinemas .
This movie is a must see if you're a die-hard Norris fan..
Chuck Norris plays Josh Randall, head of security in a Hong Kong casino where the son of it's original owner works.
Josh puts his martial arts action into overdrive when the father and son are murdered.
"Forced Vengeance" is really high impact, and it's a Chuck Norris classic all the way.
Above comment would have been another Chuck Norris joke, but in this movie, it's the truth.
The unlucky bad guys doesn't realize what they're up against, as Chuck Norris obliterates them one by one.
If they had internet in 1982, they would have fled Hong Kong long before Chuck Norris' plane landed there.Chuck just keeps giving his icy cold glare throughout this movie.
He just coldly executes everyone who opposes him.This is one of the best Chuck Norris movie from the early '80s, and is worth every minute to see it if you're a martial arts or Chuck Norris movie fan..
Forced Vengeance is another example of an one of those movies that would be unwatchable were it not for all the hilarious scenes.
This TBS regular is the story of ex-soldier turned casino security guard, Josh Randall (Norris), who takes on a Hong Kong Syndicate single-handedly after his boss and friend, Sam Paschal (Opatoshu), is murdered by a rival casino owner.
(If that in itself doesn't spell hilarity, I don't know what does.)  Along with his deadpan narration, this film truly showcases Norris' acting prowess.
I understand that most of Norris movies aren't good .
And I mean NOTHING.Here we have a movie where Chuck Norris has to avenge his boss – the owner of casino .
Anyway basically the whole movie is like this : Norris beats a bad guy , then he asks him "Did you order to kill my boss", the answer is no and the bad guy gives our hero a location of other bad guy .
It will take many bad guys and many minutes of boredom before Norris will meet the final boss , kill him and the movie will end.I don't mind a simple revenge movie , if it's done right.
Chuck Norris is great.
Good 80s action flick.....Chuck Norris when he was RAW!.
I saw this movie on TV a LOOONG time ago, and the other day I just kept thinking of this Chuck Norris flick where there was a fight scene where it was nothing but silhouettes in a neon light background on a staircase.
You gotta love the old Chuck Norris flicks; he was what Steven Segal and Van Damme were in the 90s in the 70s and 80s.
We see a 'Godfather-type' theme here, it gives for a decent plot for a bare bones martial arts action movie...and Chuck Norris delivers.
Crappy Chuck-Fu movie has Chuck Norris playing the head of security for a Jewish casino owner who's like a father to him.
I'm not a huge fan of Norris' early face-kicking movies.
The plot has Norris as a bouncer in a Hong Kong casino where his father-and-son bosses are an adopted family for him.
The sole heir to their fortune is the partying daughter that Norris must now protect from the greedy syndicate.The story isn't particularly good, but it's quite adequate in linking lots of fight scenes together without sacrificing too much logic.
The fights aren't great, but they're some of the better ones I've seen from Norris, and there's lots of 'em.
Luckily, there is plenty of action and I have never seen Norris look this cool.
Highly recommended for fans of Chuck Norris.Overall rating: 7 out of 10..
The action in this film is very good and the fight scene against the lighted background on the steps is a classic fight scene.
This is my favorite Chuck Norris film and if you are a martial arts/action movie fan, then you will like this film.
"Forced Vengeance" is lesser Chuck Norris from this period, but even lesser Chuck Norris does assure us a reasonable amount of ass kicking.
Chuck plays Josh Randall, a security chief at a Hong Kong casino that was the baby of a man named Sam Paschal (David Opatoshu).
Trouble brews when Sam's foolish son David (Frank Michael Liu) gets mixed up with a mobster named Raimondi (Michael Cavanaugh), and of course the mobster is the kind of guy who can't stand hearing the word "no".
When Sam and David are rubbed out, Josh swears vengeance, taking it on the lam until the big final confrontation.
We have to give director James Fargo some credit, as he knows well what the standout scene in this movie is, a fight with a sea of neon as the backdrop while Chuck and foe are in silhouette.
Cavanaugh is also good as the villain (he actually has the upper hand for a while in his fight with Chuck), Mary Louise Weller ("Animal House") and Camila Griggs supply some nice eye candy, and Bob Minor is quite likable as Chuck's friend.
Chuck is in fine form as always, and it remains a good time to watch him taking on all comers.
Chuck Norris fans are a forgiving lot.
SPLAT!"Forced Vengeance" follows the old tried-and-true story of Chuck going into action to protect the innocent and punish the guilty.
This time, he's in Hong Kong and single-handedly (of course) eliminating the forces that conspire against his adopted family who also happens to run a prosperous casino that evil types would rather see under their control or (better yet) destroyed.
SPLAT!Anyone who's seen a Chuck Norris film knows what to expect.
It shouldn't matter whether "Forced Vengeance" is good or bad to them.
The film has a very amateurish and slapdash script, as if the dialogue came as the movie went along, some moments of it, become unintentionally funny.
This is like Chuck isn't even acting.
Before you start viewing an early Chuck Norris flick, you certainly don't have particularly high expectations; you just want to kill two hours painlessly.
"Forced Vengeance" is an utterly predictable, formulaic, often boring action film, yet it generally accomplishes its mission.
Norris is as stiff as ever, of course, and there are plenty of hokey fight sequences, often filmed in slow-motion, although I can't quite understand the necessity of that "gimmick"..
Chuck Norris B-movie.
Josh Randall (Chuck Norris) is in L.A. to collect $115k gambling debt for the Pascals who own the Lucky Dragon casino in Hong Kong.
Someone high up gets Josh arrested and there's a price on his head.The acting is pretty bad.
Chuck gets to fight a bit.
Chuck Norris' films aren't things you call masterpieces, but more often they're fun and deliver good rollicking action.
James Frago's "Forced Vengeance" (who directed Eastwood in "The Enforcer") is no exception to the trend, and is a raw, full-blooded Norris' chop-suey extravaganza.
Before he goes on his forced rampage (Chuck style!), he goes about collecting information, so when he gets down to business he takes out the right men.
Chuck Norris geared up in his cowboy hat, and suit with those boyish looks is stoic as usual.
Michael Cavanaugh makes for a fine sinister bad guy, and has a terrific boat-top confrontation with Norris.
Chuck Norris is as excellent as ever, although he is the best in Walker, Texas Ranger.
Anyway, Forced Vengeance is excellent for the action, marital arts, plot, and believable fight sequences.
If you're a Chuck Norris fan or even just an action movie fan, this movie's for you.
the best film of Norris career..
Chuck Norris is not known for his acting chops or his classics.
Honest because he knows and the director knows that in order to make an action movie soar is to make it as violent and as simple as this one.
You identify the bad guys, they misbehave, Chuck finds them and kick their asses.
Chuck is bloody and angry he is not fighting him in a conventional karate way, he's hitting him with everything he has, he even tries to drown the big fella in a toilet.
No one expects high art from a Chuck Norris film, but this one is one of his poorer outings.
James Fargo directed this Martial Arts action picture starring Chuck Norris as Josh Randall, who works for a Hong Kong casino owner who treats him like a son.
Chuck then vows vengeance against them, trying to protect the surviving daughter, while at the same time taking the villains down, who are quite ruthless and lecherous, attacking the woman and Josh's friend who is trying to help out.
Routine picture is both unpleasant and predictable, though Mr. Norris certainly shows why he became an icon, even if he can't save this film..
Attention: Chuck Norris is at it with his really, really unspectacular fighting moves and horrible acting.
It's set in Hong Kong, and that's often a plus when it comes to fighting movies.
Hong Kong is also mentioned by Norris as "The Place" in this movie.
The great locations help a bit, but since Chuck Norris isn't' exactly "The Action Star", then this is definitely not "The Movie" (ha-ha).
To be more specific, I guess people already know that the plot alone can't save a movie like this.
And as mentioned, Norris fails on every level in this movie when it comes to that.
Chuck Norris played this movie to the limit!!!
Forced Vengeance is a prime example of why everyone finds Chuck so endearing..
Josh Randall (Norris) is a soft-spoken tough guy who's used to being an enforcer.
People start dying all around him, so he and his old 'Nam buddy LeRoy Nicely (Minor) try to fight off the baddies while protecting the casino owner's daughter.
Forced Vengeance is classic 80's Chuck.
From the opening slow-motion, silhouetted fight in front of the neon (much like the opening of one of Sho's classic Cannons) to the way the rest of the film is shot, it will certainly put you in that Cannon frame of mind.
The movie uses its Hong Kong locations to very nice effect, and the music by William Goldstein is so sweeping and dramatic, it helps the film rise to heights it might not necessarily have reached otherwise.
Here's a hint: with his blonde bowl haircut and matching mustache, he looks like he just stepped off the set doing stunt work for Chuck.
In other wardrobe news, Chuck's wide array of cowboy hats not only is impressive, but they almost become secondary characters in the movie, as at one point Chuck woefully decries "Why do they always pick on my hat?" Truly the eternal question.When Forced Vengeance was originally released on VHS, it came in one of those awesome MGM silver big-boxes.
So for some classic kicking and punching Chuck style, Forced Vengeance is a prime example of why everyone finds him so endearing..
The head of security for a small Hong Kong casino, Josh Randall (Chuck Norris) will have to protect the daughter of his murdered boss from a ruthless syndicate, Osiris, headed by a mysterious figure.
The difficulty Randall faces is keeping two beautiful women hidden within Hong Kong knowing that Raimondi has "eyes everywhere".I guess you could call "Forced Vengeance" Chuck Norris' "Hong Kong film"; he gets to don a cowboy hat and boots, certain to stand out of a crowd( but who cares?, it's Chuck Norris), move through the busy streets, often encountering all types of hired henchmen of all shapes and sizes.
FV has certain action movie tropes you are familiar with such as stunt extras who show up for their beating, (..leaving the screen after a kick to the face or stomach), the old war buddy the hero needs to protect his women who is killed while Norris is away, the bulky giant who towers over his victims(..using his superior strength to overcome not only the hero's protector friend, but Norris' girl), the sleazy businessman (in this case Raimondi) who will use whatever means is necessary to get what he seeks after (eventually getting his ass handed to him by the hero at the end), and the hero's ascent upon the grounds of the chief nemesis who has caused all the trouble leading to the climax (and, of course, the hero must face the giant who took the lives of his friend and girl).
It shouldn't be a surprise that the acting is a bit flat, with Norris not required to emote as much as use his martial arts skills to send lots of men crashing in a heap to the ground.
Love the opening credits and the score which accompany them, assuring us a lot of Norris kicking ass.
Surprisingly, Cavanaugh puts up a pretty good fight before Norris bests him..
Chuck plays Josh Randall, a Hong Kong casino bouncer.
Plus Chuck isn't afraid to use a gun.Here are some memorable things to watch out for in Forced Vengeance: 1.
Chuck wears many cowboy hats in this movie.
This just goes to show if you don't follow proper mustache growing and grooming steps Chuck Norris will destroy you.5.
Chuck fights a sea boat captain, and eventually is forced to shoot him because he's going to miss his ferry boat ride.6.
Either that or Chuck was using his telepathic powers to better educate me on what was going on at times during the film.
If you've seen Chuck's early films, you'll know what to expect!.
(Credit to rcs0411@yahoo.com)Josh Randall works for the owner of a Hong Kong based casino and is treated like a son.
Josh tries to get to the people who did it.I actually like Chuck Norris.
There is a slow motion fight scene with Norris facing a baddie in the opening credits, only with shadows.
Bigger budgeted than his previous films, Chuck Norris stars in this Far East action film set in Hong Kong.
The plot is OK for a Norris film and the on location shooting in Hong Kong helps a lot.
For some reason, Norris is always watchable, even though the scripts usually fall far short of being good.
Forced Vengeance is a Chuck Norris vehicle like all the other Chuck Norris vehicles....
violent, simple-minded and weakly acted.He plays a troubleshooter who works at a Hong Kong casino.
After a couple of murders and lots of threats, Norris steps in to protect the casino from falling into the hands of the bad guys.People get shot, kicked, stabbed and punched; one woman is raped; another woman is nearly raped; the meanest of the bad guys gets decapitated by a falling window pane.
Although Norris did just a few movies with a moustache, this still remains the best movie he did during that time.
When his friends from Hong Kong turn down an offer to turn their casino to ruthless mobsters, they are executed.
I'd say the best scene is when Norris fights a man in front of lights in a casino where all that's seen are their silhouettes.
Chuck Norris is a Hong Kong security guard, in a casino, which is run by his adopted family, a Jewish American immigrant (David Opatoshu).
One scene that is disgusting is where David Opatoshu's daughter is kidnapped, and Chuck Norris' girlfriend (Mary Louise Weller of Animal House fame) raped and murdered.
A little more intriguing than An Eye for An Eye (1981), but this was the second Norris flick that he portrayed a Vietnam vet.If watching his infomercial for the Total Fitness Gym with Christie Brinkley, this was the first time that he used an exercise product during filming the movie.