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Heated Vengeance

1985 · 90 min

A gritty, fast-paced revenge thriller with a brooding veteran and a cartoonishly named villain, offering straightforward action and mild camp.

Directed by
Edward D. Murphy
Genres
Adventure, Action
Tagline
Lt. Hoffman thought the Vietnam war was over. He was wrong.
Overview
Lt. Joe Hoffman (Hatch) is a Vietnam veteran who, many years after the end of the war, decides to go back to the "Golden Triangle" to find his lost love, Michelle Twassoon (Mitchell-Collins). She was an interpreter during the war, and they fell in love. They even had a precocious, squeaky-voiced son together. But trouble looms for Hoffman in the form of Larry Bingo (Max) - yes, LARRY BINGO is his name. He's a disgraced army dude who was kicked out of the service for raping one of the locals back during the war. Now he's a drug runner along with his compatriots Snake (Pollard) and Bandit (Dye). Coincidentally, they run into Hoffman now, in the present day, and, seeing as how Hoffman was Bingo's commanding officer, and was largely responsible for his dishonorable discharge, Bingo now wants revenge.

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Directed by
Edward D. Murphy
Genres
Adventure, Action
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • war
  • love
  • betrayal
  • survival
Places
  • wilderness
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour3
Realism5
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
adventure, action
Directed by
Edward D. Murphy
Written by
Edward D. Murphy
Starring
Richard Hatch, Jolina Collins, Michael J. Pollard, Dennis Patrick, Mills Watson, Cameron Dye, Ron Max, Robert Walker Jr.
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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