Raw Deal (1986)

Posted : 5 days, 1 hour ago at Nov 17 5:27

"Because of you a lot of people are dead. And now it's your turn. " Released immediately after The Terminator and Commando, 1986's Raw Deal is a straightforward Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle which was designed to exploit the star's new image as an unstoppable one-man army. Films like these aren't generally well received (as exemplified by the generally poor reviews it endured), but this reviewer had no problem enjoying the hell out of it - especially since it features "Ah-nuld" at the pinnacle of his career. However, while enjoyable, Raw Deal is admittedly nothing more than a run-of-the-mill action flick; a lightweight spar through the rule-breaking cop conventions without a skerrick of narrative originality. In the film, the Austrian Oak stars as Mark Kaminsky. He's a former FBI age...Read more