Invasion U.S.A. (1985) - Chuck Norris - Comedic Movie Review
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Invasion U.S.A. 1985,
Starring: Chuck Norris, Richard Lynch, Melissa Prophet, Alexander Zale, Alex Colon, Eddie Jones, Billy Drago,
Director: Joseph Zito,
Writer: James Bruner, Aaron Norris, Chuck Norris
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You gotta give it to Chuck for doing his own stunts. Move over, Seagal. Also, the bazooka duel at the end is one of the most epic moments in cinema history.
Agreed! Lol the balls on those guys to duel with bazookas. It is pretty epic
Seagal xould beat em both ez.
I mean his belly could just bounce back them rockets
@@johnynoway9127 haha
thanks neil, lol
I don’t think Seagal could ever move over. He had stunt doubles for standing up
Chuck stands up on speeding vehicles in his action scenes, Seagal has stand-ins for his sitting down scenes
And the funniest comment of the week goes to you...thanks!!
@@missdebbie8131 Steven seagel had a stunt double for stair climbing for real.
@@troychristensen4646 stunt doubles for everything, but the one thing he should have had a stunt double for. His running scenes!
RICHARD LYNCH is not the cheap version of anything. The man was a great actor and always turned in a awesome villain performance. I met him about 2 weeks before he died and he was super nice. I just asked for his autograph and told him how much I enjoyed him in the 1979 tv movie Vampire then I turned to leave...he grabbed my arm and wanted to know more about ME. Its rare you get that from a celebrity. Angus Scrimm did that to me too. RIP Richard And Angus
Even better, the rocket launcher at 5 minutes or so is an M72 LAW [Light Anti-Tank Weapon], which is a single use launcher that cannot be reloaded.
Thank you
I think "Silent Rage" is a hidden Chuck Norris gem. The initial premise of the movie is a bit far-fetched, but once you get beyond that I think you get a very good, very unique Chuck Norris movie. I don't recall him being in anything quite like this before or after.
Oooo OK. Consider it added :)
Silent Rage has one of the best taglines in movie history: "Science created him, now Chuck Norris must destroy him"
@@RedEyeReviews also from Chuck the amazing Firewalker...
It certainly has it's own unique mood, had to be appreciated after like third watch throught...
This channel is a goldmine, I can't stop binging it!
Yay! Thank you so much
Please don't do Red Dawn... Because if you do, I will feel the need to share it and will proba ly lose all my friends! 😁
Richard Lynch played the main bad guy in Invasion USA. He was seen in various movies like Puppetmaster 4: Toulon's Revenge, The Barbarians opposite the Paul twins with an appearance by Michael Berryman and The Sword And The Sorcerer. He had burn scars on his face due to lighting himself on fire during a drug induced freakout which lent him the ability to play sinister cinematic villains.
His burn scars are hardly noticeable here. He was in the TV movie about Alcatraz and the scars were quite pronounced. Didn't know how he got them, thanks for that info.
He will always be Doctor Wardo from Trancers 2
I saw this in the theatre when I was 8.
My jaw became chiseled, I instantly grew chest hair, my voice deepend; and that was only from the opening credits.
By the end, my third testicle had dropped.
1/10th of the bullets in Texas? As a Texan, I am very offended by this.
That's clearly only 1/20th, not 1/10th. :D
Also, I love how the Guardsmen are all blocking each other's line of fire during the ambush but are still just unloading.
Lol I'm sorry, you're right you're right.
Please do more 80s action movies from Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan! Recommendations: the “Missing in Action” and “Delta Force” series, from Jackie Chan: “The Protector” and “Police Story” films.
Done and done! I'm powerless against someone named after my two favorite foods lol
@@RedEyeReviews been watching these past few days. Awesome. I look forward to Dolph making his debut on this channel (Universal Soldier?)
@@pigeonpoo1823 Possibly we start there. not sure yet :)
Best entertaining movie review channel on the net
Go Chuck...Go Red Eye
Thank you so much my friend! The encouragement means alot to me :)
You can't go wrong with an '80s movie where Richard Lynch plays the villain.
I liked how Norris got arrested and put in custody and the next time we see him he has the rocket launcher and is stalking the hallways. How did he escape? I wonder if they shot a scene where that happened and it got cut, or they didn't care. I'm betting on the latter.
I'm SURE they didn't care, they just said "FUCK IT! No one would care." They were right, no one did. They were too busy sitting in movie theater AC or heat while sipping on a soda to ever care. Even back then people watched these movies to laugh at them while the preteens who thought they snuck in felt they were the COOLEST MOVIES EVER! 🤪 As long as they're shooting guns and shit is blowing up the intended target audience is enthralled.
Watch dragon fury and see if you believe that statement
Why would he need to escape? The whole trap and media manipulation, to bring all the terrorists to one place, was Hunter's (Norris') idea. Pretend that the Governors of all 50 States are in that building in Atlanta, and pretend that Hunter has been arrested and will be brought to that same building to be questioned. It was all a setup.
FBI agent: "Thanks for taking out Nicco."
Hunter: "It didn't help these kids, did it?" (Gesturing to a blown-up carnival ride.)
Agent: "You can't stop it all."
Hunter: "Rostov can."
Agent: "If you can find him."
Hunter: "I'll find him. Here's what I want you to do." (Hands the agent a paper.)
Agent (reading paper): "Hunter, this is suicide. They'll never go for it. Think of the risks."
Hunter: "Think of the stakes."
They DO go for it. Right after that, Hunter is fake-arrested without incident, and the TV stations play it up.
The "arrest" was the Chuckster's idea and was a trap to draw all the bad guys from out in the field to one location.
I remember as little kid when we first got our VCR this is one of the first movies I remember watching. The dick shooting scene with Billy Drago has stuck with me For 35 years 🤣.
Lone Wolf McQuade is my favorite Chuck film .
It would be a good one .
Love Lone Wolf McQuade! Pounding Lone Star beer and bitches while fighting smugglers, that is the life!
The dude at the desk in the armored car scene was an actual actor who got actually hurt during the filming of that scene and spent several months in the hospital because of his injuries while filming that scene. OUCH.
you forgot about chuck's mini uzis. He just casuallly mag dumps these two tiny uzis into so many people. no reloads.
Oh he sure does lol
Imagine being a guy on a mission to save a busload of school children from being blown to bits and police stopping you to hand you a defect notice for operating a vehicle without headlights
That’s what pigs actually do
Oh excellent you're doing him too :) Let's see if his beard length / mullet exuberance is related to the quality of his films ! :)
Haha If we have a theory for every karate hero I would be super happy. We have to find something for Norris
There is no geography in this movie. Everyone just sprays hundreds of rounds wildly and hit nothing or every shot is perfectly on target. It's the action movie equivalent of when you were a kid amd would play with toy guns making mouth noises everytime you'd shoot.
Exactly! Lol the gun is always firing. Just sometimes they point it at something
Pew pew pew! Bangbangbangbang! Pow! BOOOOOM!
😆
Lol nothing more, nothing less
Completely awesome movie, gotta love the Cannon Group. You should dive down the Death Wish rabbit hole at some point.
I DO have Death Wish on the list. So I must do those soon
I’m straight binging your videos man. Awesome stuff lol. I thought I was satisfied with Seagal, but Norris…you’re killing it.
Question: why would a CIA agent go to Chuck Norris’ crib by row boat? What sense does that make? lol
Also: evil guy does look like the Batman villain, and Christopher Walken. But also, discount Rutger Hauer (RIP).
Yay! So glad you are enjoying the videos!
I love Norris. We will definitely be doing a lot more of his movies to come.
Lol you are so right. He is very similar to Hauer.
Thanks for the support!
Dude…the baby-weight guy joke…gold! 🤣
One of my all-time favorite movie scenes is in this movie where the reporter has a gun to her head, Chuck sneaks up from behind and shoots the guy, she's pissed at him and tries throw punches(blocked) and Chuck just walks away with the most "I don't give a shit" attitude I've seen anyone perform. Excellent scene.
ROSTOV was always my favorite movie villain. His favorite trick of jamming the pistol into his pants and firing repeatedly was the funniest !!! 🤣 👍
I think it’s fair to say Chuck never made a truly decent movie, but Invasion USA is right up there with his best. Absolute carnage from start to finish! Disappointed he didn’t use his chainsaw on anyone. Delta Force probably has the movie beat though. RIP Billy Drago and Richard Lynch, the ultimate 80’s bad guy combo. The latter pretty much did check under the bed for Chuck Norris before he went to sleep. Probably wise.
He made entertaining movies 😁
Chuck Norris made a bunch of good movies my favorite was walker Texas ranger
I haven't seen that many of his movies but I do like Lone Wolf McQuade. Filmed in my hometown of El paso Texas. He's not some invincible Rambo like character there. He actually struggles to defeat the bad guys and has help.
lol
Delta Force 2 was better than the first one.
Another good review! I actually, as i hinted in my comment on The Octagon review, always preferred Chuck Norris earlier movies when the focus is on martial arts. There was, in my opinion, a shift as Chock Norris started to work with Cannon, more emphasis on gunplay and less martial arts.
But I do like Code of Silence directed by Andrew Davis (who also directed Nico and Under Siege..)
Thank you so much! That is an interesting thing to note. I haven't seen a ton of Norris, but on the next review of his I will for sure do any earlier one.
There is also the fact that he was aging so probably couldn't do some of the more physical acts he did in the past, that they were probably trying to market him more of an "action star" like a Arnold or Stallone more than just a "Martial Arts Guy." If you look at the success of action star movies of the 80's, you can't blame them.
Possibly because Andrew Davis was a good director. He also directed The Fugitive and The Package. Under Siege and Above the Law are Steven Segall's best movies.
Max Maxwell, a 32-year-old stunt man from Memphis, Tenn., filed suit in Superior Court against Cannon Films, Golam Globus Productions, director Joe Zito and the stunt coordinator and special-effects coordinator for the film, 'Invasion USA.'
I'm disappointed at the comment section not finding Chuck Norris legendary quotes and jokes.😏
12:42 omfg I spat out my tea! RIP
The most American movie ever made
The amount of bullets and fire....it is genuinely impressive.
And, gosh, at the risk of sounding more pedantic, Miami in 1981 saw an increase in murder of 500%. I lived in Miami for three terrible years. Hate the place. BUT stuff like this movie and Miami Vice were based on two otherwise unrelated events. The first was the arrival of the cocaine cowboys - the Columbian cartel assholes that shot up a shopping mall and totally bought the Miami police department. Seriously, it was bad. At one point, 1/3rd of the Miami PD was suspended or under investigation for corruption. The city was put into federal recievership. It was nuts. F'n' nuts.
The other thing was that Jimmy Carter said that the US would take all Cuban refugees. If you were Cuban and could get to US soil, we'd give you a green card. That created a crisis as thousands of Cubans (the "boat people") arrived. BUT... Fidel Castro also decided to *empty the prisons and insane aslyums* and send 'em all to the US! True story! An insane but also true story.
In 1985, I'm guessing this was all still very raw.
OMFG! I remember this movie as a kid and, don't tell anyone, kinda loving the ridiculous carnage! Hey, give me a break, I was in 9th grade! Your comments SLAY me! Keep up the great work!
So glad you liked the video:) this movie is just good mindless fun.
@@RedEyeReviews Yeah, I forgot how violent it was!!!!! I mean shooting someone in the dick?!?!! I think I musta suppressed those memories! :)
Keep up the great work! Your really taking me back!!!! Have you done Stallone yet?!?!?! :)
It's that kind of movie -it begins, goes on for a while, and then it ends.
Chuck firing that LAW so close to the wall. From experience, back blast concussion nasty.
Ps. "Quick honey, grab all the toilet paper! sorry that was a gut reaction." I see what you did there😁
The scene's with the guerilla dude's just randomly firing is a riot.
Great review! I think that is an alligator Chuck is wrestling, it being Florida. Air boats are very common in southern Florida since it's the only way to go through the marshland of the Everglades. It's been a long time, but I remember that the arming distance for a grenade launcher is 25 meters.
Chuck Norris was my hero and this was THE movie, I love it!
Found this channel last week and am loving it. If you've never seen it, you really need to check out Sidekicks with Chuck from 1992.
So glad you like it! I will for sure add it to the list
This was so well done I am surprised you haven't done one of these for Falling Down.
I do love that movie. Maybe I should
I've noticed that the stuntmen in Cannon films definitely earn their pay.
Chuck Norris movies are pure torture. I would snitch on anyone about anything if the alternative was to be locked in a room with his catalog on replay
Fun fact: the dude who gets his balls blown off would later go on to be the main antagonist in Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection. If you want to see a mountain climbing scene that stops a movie dead in tracks, but it’s Chuck Norse so you don’t mind, then it’s the movie for you!
And I’d give you 2 thumbs up for the Captain Ron clip if I could!
I guess having your manhood removed gives you good incentive to turn evil lol. I'll admit I haven't seen Delta Force 2. But I imagine I'll need to make a video on the first one before I get to it.
I LOVE Captain Ron. One of my all time favorite Kurt Russell movies. My dad and I have been quoting that movie for over 20 years haha.
@@RedEyeReviews Nice. As the son of a salty dog,it really is one of the few movies me and my dad enjoy together.
And yes, if you’re one of THOSE movie review channels, then by all means; go chronological. BUT! We’re talking Canon films here and as you learned from the Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja and Ninja 3…chronological doesn’t mean shit! 😆😆
@@losttribe3001 Very true. we do know that Cannon Films does not care about sequels or continuity. SO maybe we do start with the second one...curve ball!
Billy Drago. Sick actor. He was also Nitti in The Untouchables. Often plays a great villain type. I also highly recommend the Masters of Horror episode "Imprint" with him as the main character, and directed by Takashi Miike. The X-Files episode he was in, "Theef", is also pretty good.
One of my favorite Chuck Norris films..
Regarding 11:31 - 'Max Maxwell, a 32-year-old stunt man from Memphis, Tenn., filed suit in Superior Court against Cannon Films, Golam Globus Productions, director Joe Zito and the stunt coordinator and special-effects coordinator for the film, 'Invasion USA.
Maxwell was playing a security guard during filming on June 7 in Atlanta. He said the script called for the terrorists to use explosives to collapse a steel door leading into a garage for armoured cars.
Maxwell was told the door was merely to collapse and he was supposed to take a couple of bullets,' Kroll (his attorney) said. 'Instead the explosion was so awesome it blew the steel door to smithereens and sent debris flying all over the place.'
Maxwell was hit by debris and suffered a fractured right forearm, a lacerated forehead, bruised knee and numerous cuts. He will be unable to work for at least three months, Kroll said.'
My cousin was one of the many extras that was in the American Army at the final battle scene, he happened to be serving in the Georgia Army National Guard at the time.
1:09 Richard Lynch and Billy Drago on the screen together! Great bad guys.
We gotta get this to beat Gone With the Wind. Everyone I know is getting a copy for Christmas. Come on guys, we can do this.
Rostov...it's time...FYI this director previously did a Friday the 13th sequel. He only had a lil further up to go from there to get over that top...
You forgot one of the best parts of the movie where Chuck interrogates the guy by stabbing him in the hand and leaning on the knife then before he leaves he puts her grenade in his hand and pulls the pin and the guys throws the grenade out the window and blows up this muscle bound guys sports car
Oh yeah hahaha. That is a great scene
11:33 - I love that you react to the same stuff that I react to while watching this. or rather I love that when you're watching this to pick and choose which clips to react to, they're the same ones that would have gotten a reaction out of me. when that dude gets hit, I said "holy crap I hope that's a dummy or that stuntman is toast!"
you have very quickly become the kind of channel i thumb up as soon as it starts!! more Seagal!! lolgreat work keep it up
Thank you so much! I'm so happy you enjoy the channel and as always I really appreciate your support. :)
@@RedEyeReviews thanks for the reply! So this may be a good time... my requests are: kickboxer (JCVD), Masters of the Universe (Lundgren), Delta Force 2 (Norris) or No Holds Barred (Hulk Hogan)! Thanks for your time and good luck👍
@@josefbecher4790 of course! Done and done. I will make sure these are on my list for the near future!
Jesus dude! hows your Channel not in the half mill + Sub bracket? I am confused. keep it up
We will get there some day :) I'm glad you like it
Always good to see a shout out to Captain Ron!!!
This movies had a really nice soundtrack
I just found your channel I haven’t laughed this hard in a while you just made a new fan.
I liked this video just for the Captain Ron clip that I always think of when the word Guerilla comes up.
I forgot how fantastic this movie truly was. Holy crap was there even 5 mins without someone getting killed. Also how many explosions where in this movie, good lord .
One of my favs from Chuck. This was a good period for him with Missing in Action 2, Invasion U.S.A. and my personal favotite of his Code of Silence coming out right next to each other. I think I prefer them than his martial arts films, which while decent (I like The Octagon like every sane person, haven't seen your take on it though yet) weren't imo on par with Hong Kong kung fu (and wuxia) films (especially in terms of choreography) and it's no wonder that his best fight - at least for me - was in "The Way of the Dragon" (which was the biggest hit with Bruce Lee in Hong Kong btw; Enter the Dragon earned approx. 2 milion HK dollars less and was #3 in the annual box office, while The Way was #1 year earlier with Fist of Fury #2, also grossing more than Enter).
@12:53 10th of the bullets in Texas. Lol! So true
at 4:12 I always think of that scene when im playing outlast 2 and trying to slowly open a door lmao
Cannon Group was no joke.
This movie was all the way off the chain. One of my all time favorites as a kid.. How about "Sidekicks"1992) starring Chuck Norris? I think that you will really like that one.
15:00 anybody else notice the guy being to big to tuck himself under the car?
I know Chuck Norris is batshit crazy but... man, Redeye, you are provoking all my best stories! Anyway, when I got a brown belt in jujitsu, it was at a tournament in SoCal and Chuck Norris was there. So, I've met the guy. He came up to me, shook my hand, bowed, congratulated me, and that was it. It was, y'know, fifteen seconds. It was still pretty cool. While I know Chuck is crazy, his love of martial arts is intense and real. And he does the work, so, respect to a life-long, committed, serious martial artist despite his batshit insanity.
I think that Chuck Norris is the guy that Steven Seagal wants to be. And he isn't. Not even close. And it burns up Seagal. :D
That is amazing! I would love to meet the guy. But now he's like 100 years old lol
Another fun fact is wookie Goldberg was supposed to play the reporter.
Cannon fans should check out the documentary Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films.
I second this!
Yes your right there is an arming distance in order for a rocket to activate. And I could be wrong but most of the launchers they used are not reusable once fired.
i forgot about the armadillo, adorable. 5:19
Bro that dude got obliterated lol 11:46
Lol for real
Gee This brings me back to mid 90 again.We really imported too many American 80s action movies back in the day.
Should have had the tagline “Don’t Fck with the Chuck” before Child’s Play 3 used it a few years later.
OH That would have been great
My favorite Chuck Norris movie.
At 11:36 it was not a dummy, it was stunt man Max Maxwell, he broke an arm and lacerated the head and several other cuts and bruises, he later sued...
Fun fact, redeye. Not only did he not reload that rocket launcher, but, you can't. LAW are single use disposable rocket launchers.
Fun Fact: The reason, why the face of Richard Lynch, the actor playing the bad guy, looks so weird like a halloween mask, is that in 1967 he set himself on fire while being high on acid... so basically his face is one big burn scar...
Awesome Channel, new subscriber here, keep up the great work. I would say It’s worth checking out chuck norris’s missing in action 1 and 2, also if you haven’t yet, Charles Bronson’s Death Wish movies are great too, especially Death Wish 3.
Jesus, I forgot all about how many died in the movie. I havent thought about this movie in over 30 years
Bulletproof vest wears Chuck Norris for protection
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as always educational ...and entertaining!!!!
ONLY STUNTMAN CHUCK NORRIS USES IS WHEN HE HAS TO CRY!!!!!
Fun fact, the scene where the big garage blows and the security guard gets caught by it blowing. He sued Cannon and lost. They definitely had some greaseball lawyers for sure.
11:32 I found a news article on the explosion and the guy was left with a fractured right forearm LOL
''Maxwell was playing a security guard during filming on June 7 in Atlanta. He said the script called for the terrorists to use explosives to collapse a steel door leading into a garage for armored cars.
Maxwell 'was told the door was merely to collapse and he was supposed to take a couple of bullets,' Kroll said. 'Instead the explosion was so awesome it blew the steel door to smithereens and sent debris flying all over the place.''
Oh God damn. That's insane
@@RedEyeReviews Indeed, he also sued the director and the movie company for this. Hats of to the stuntman for unintentionally giving us an epic realistic scene.
watch this channel while I wait for someone to welcome me back toooooo the show
Showdown I little Tokyo... That's a movie to review 😂😂😂
13:15 I'd be more worried about the backblast. That would kill the shooter, when there's wall right behind you. Even unarmed rocket would still mess you up.
The alternate title of this movie is "Florida Man 2: Florida Harder"
You don't understand Chuck didn't use a rocket launcher the power of his glare made him explode
When I was a very little kid I thought people were really died or hurt in movies, looks like it was real for Cannon features.
I remember watching Delta Force when I was younger but my fav Norris film is Firewalker. It is an unintentional comedy adventure movie with Lou Gosset Jr. with great one liners. Chessy, silly, and high kicking Norris. Also, a dated movie that is pretty hilarious from watching it from today's lens is the Iron Eagle series...it gets bananas. Also, a good sci-fi hilarious one is My Science Project with Dennis Hopper, Fisher Stevens, and John Stockwell...it is one in a million movie.
The villains name was Richard Lynch he played lots of bad guys in film and tv he died in 2012.
Oh yeah and do "Silent Rage" for the next Chuck Norris movie.
Ooo I've never seen that
@@RedEyeReviews yeah, it's a good one. Imagine Wolverine as Michael Myers but he happens to be in the same town where Chuck Norris is the sheriff.
The octagon!!!!!!!!!! Loved that movie chuck did. The were building a bridge down here n named it after chuck Norris but later changed it because NO1 WOULD CROSS CHUCK NORRIS!!!!
This was a great review. First one I watched. :D. Perhaps you could review AmeriGeddon if you have not done so already?
Oh my God that sounds amazing. Added
This movie is bad ass
So that line about the pug got me because one of my ex's had 2 pet pugs as well as one of my friends. So I'm all too familiar with pugs and their breathing issues lol
Haha. My friends pug was named Frank. And he also had a lazy eye. Not a looker lol
Got Dammit, of course a movie called "Invasion USA" would start with a bunch of refugeees
This is my favorite movie I love how funny this movie is chuck Norris love
Well, actually you can't reload a LAW rocket launcher, they are one shot/one-use , except the training round version, which can be reloaded.
Yep. Arming distance is totes a thing, and it's tens of meters not across the room. Though getting hit by just the mass of the rocket at close range wouldn't do you any favors. Every once in a while in warzones people survive with a undetonated 40mm grenade or RPG projectile literally embedded in their flesh. A little more velocity and it might well just blow through like a massive bullet.
Lol. I stay around the corner from the convention center in college park and never known that! Now I have another useless fact I can tell when I’m drunk.