Armed Response (1986 film)

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Armed Response
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Fred Olen Ray
Screenplay byT.L. Lankford
Story byFred Olen Ray
T.L. Lankford
Paul Hertzberg
Produced byPaul Hertzberg
Starring David Carradine
Lee Van Cleef
Mako
Cinematography Paul Elliott
Edited by Miriam L. Preissel
Music byThomas Chase
Steve Rucker
Distributed by CineTel Films
Release date
  • October 3, 1986 (1986-10-03)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Armed Response is a 1986 American action thriller film co-written and directed by Fred Olen Ray and starring David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Brent Huff, Michael Berryman and Mako. [1] It was the first action film made by CineTel Films and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

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Synopsis

In an unnamed American city, one of the men working for a dangerous Yakuza boss known as Akira Tanaka steals a statuette that Tanaka had planned to use as a peace offering between the local Yakuza and a rival Chinese tong. After Tanaka recovers the statuette and kills the bandit with the help of his underling F.C., two private investigators are hired for the exchange of bailout money to restore the statuette to its rightful place. However, their business plan to recover it statue gets worse and both investiagors are killed. Clay Roth is one of them, and the news of his murder infuriates his brothers Jim and Tommy Roth and their father, Burt Roth. What the Yakuza gang does not know is that all three of them happen to be war veterans, so they arm themselves and go off to find the person responsible for their family member's death, and to get their revenge as well.

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References

  1. Cohn, Lawrence L. "Review: Armed Response". Variety (324). October 8, 1986. p. 21.