'Showdown in Manila' (2016) – Mark Dacascos.
All the members of a Violent Crime Unit, excluding main man Nick (Nevsky) are gorily decimated by an evil cabal of dope peddlers headed by The Wraith (Tagawa), and the broken, but far from unbowed Nick vows his revenge! Now working as a private detective with serially sleazy partner Charlie (Van Dien) a tough case ultimately leads them to a bloody showdown with The Wraith and his gun happy goons. While the formulaic premise is somewhat battle fatigued, Showdown in Manila is a must-see, gung ho B-actioner just for the illuminated action hero cast alone! Mathias Hues, Casper Van Dien, Mark Dacascos, Don 'The Dragon' Wilson, Tia Carrera, Alexander Nevsky, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa, Cynthia Rothrock, and Olivier Gruner!!! Come on!!!! only the most churlish of churls would refuse such a glittering array of (almost) immortal DTV royalty! There's plenty of ballistic bang for your buck, and if y'all didn't pay for the privilege, then you have even less to complain about! Unleavened machismo oozes from Dacascos's punch-packed, ordinance overloaded actioner, like the feral stink off a Tijuana titty bar, it ain't exactly subtle, but it sure hits the spot! 'Showdown in Manila' admittedly takes a wee while to reach maximum revs, but the noisome climactic battle is one righteously old school Commando-style bullet bonanza!!!
“Enough of this!!! Let's kick some ass!!!”
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