646f9e108c After several American and British military personnel are killed in suicide attacks throughout southeast Asia, the U.S. begins to suspect a plot by the Vietnam government. To uncover the truth, the U.S. army calls upon a former commando who is looking for his long-lost son in Vietnam. While his military commanders want to see the commando succeed in his mission, his political overseers have a different set of plans. The ever dependable Miles O&#39;Keeffe stars in this enjoyable action yarna highly decorated soldier who is persuaded to undertake a dangerous reconnaissance mission in Vietnam whilst simultaneously searching for his son there.<br/><br/>There are some commendable action scenes throughout and of course, this being a Bruno Mattei action film, you can count on plenty of BIG and beautiful explosions.<br/><br/>A good assemble of B-movie regulars including Donald Pleasance, Bo Svenson, Ottaviano Dell&#39;Acqua, Luciano Pigozzi, Mike Monty and Massimo Vanni make up the rest of the cast and they all put in fine performances in their respective roles (although Svenson&#39;s Russian accent is, shall we say, severely wanting in a number of scenes) <br/><br/>On the down side however, I must say that the promised spectacular climax proves to be anything but with Svensonthe arch villain meeting a most unimpressive end.<br/><br/>Another notably stupid point concerns O&#39;Keefe&#39;s son who undergoes such a dramatic change of heart and personality overnight at the end of the film that one would be perfectly justified in assuming he was suffering from some form of schizophrenia! Still, in such a film, any such criticisms are trivial and in the end one has to judge the movie on its merits i.e. on entertainment value.<br/><br/>In this respect, whilst not a classic by any means, Double Target comes across well and certainly delivers the goods for its running time, being a fun flick and one that should certainly appease less discriminating action junkies and B-Movie aficionados in general. I am not a big fan of Bruno Mattei, in fact I think his films are terrible, but for some reason I still watch them when I find them. This one, like STRIKE COMMANDO followed the plot of RAMBO FIRST BLOOD PART II to the letter. If only it waswell madethe Stallone film then it might be worth watching but alas it is not. The acting is awful, not even genre vets Pleasence, Pigozzi, Monty or Vanni can lift this film. The script doesn&#39;t help, in that it is littered with pathetic humour that wouldn&#39;t fit in a CARRY ON movie, a good example being when hero O&#39;Keefe races through the Russian / Vietnamese camp on a motorcycle and runs over one of the enemy, one gets stuck on the front of the bike and the heroes throw him off with the cheesy line &quot;no hitchhikers&quot; or something banal like that. Just avoid it at all costs
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