American Commando 5: Fury in Red

American Commando 5: Fury in Red (also known as Crackdown Mission) is a late-1980's action thriller film, starring Pierre Kirby, Edowan Bersma, and Paul John Stanners. It concerned a woman being manipulated by a Satanic cult to commit murder, while a city detective races against time to stop the cult before they kill any more people.
== Plot ==
* TBW
== Cast ==
* Pierre Kirby as Inspector Neal BrownChris Hewson's September 23rd, 2011 review of the film on his "Not This Time, Nayland Smith! blog.: A no-nonsense and lethal police detective eager to put an end to the Satanic cult.
* Edowan Bersma
* Paul John Stanners
== Production ==
Paul John Stanners, who played a cultist doctor in the film, recalled in his Cinema Nocturna interview that, during his time with IFD Films, he only spent about twelve months in Hong Kong, during which he shot 25 films for them. Good 'Guise' Wear a Black Eye Patch
Stanners remembered filming "Crackdown Mission", among other films, and said, "When I watched the movies like the [sic]...'Crackdown Mission'... it was interesting to see that there were parallel or related stories we never even knew of at the time of filming." He also stated, "...the scenes in 'Crackdown Mission' as part of the snake cult are a bit weird and wonderful to behold. I die in true samurai fashion in the 'Crackdown Mission' throwing myself in front of my boss to try and protect him. It was the first movie I was in, and since I gave it another job." 
In an interview about his career in Asian cinema, Edowan Bersma touched briefly on his relationship with friend and fellow actor Pierre Kirby. Of the two behind the scenes photos he provided of Kirby, one was of the filming of the climax to "Crackdown Mission".Interview to EDOWAN BERSMA a multimedia henchman ninja master 
== Music ==
As would be typical of IFD Films' productions of the time period, it is unlikely the music was licensed.
* "Fu Manchu", by Azul Y Negro. "Crackdown Mission" is one of two Pierre Kirby films to open with an Azul Y Negro track, the other being "Thunder of Gigantic Serpent".
== Trivia ==
* The title track, "Fu Manchu", had also been used for Brazilian dubs of the cartoon "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe".Portuguese article about use of various songs in the Brazilian He-Man dub
* At the time of his interview with Cinema Nocturna, Paul John Stanners had only managed to collect three DVDs related to his time with IFD. Of these, one was "Crackdown Mission", while the other two were "American Force 4: Ninja Terminators", and "Ninja Knight".
== References ==
Category:Films
Category:Action Films
Category:Thriller Films
Category:Films reviewed by The Cinema Snob