Joseph Zito's Invasion U.S.A. starring Chuck Norris is instructive on many levels. It isn't a stupid or dumb film by any means. On the contrary, from the first, incredible, scene, Chuck is hunting big game. The dilemma is that he simply lacks the intelligence - not to mention a good enough script - to pull off what he is attempting. Norris is Matt Hunter, a retired CIA agent who lives in the Florida Everglades. When a communist invasion (yes COMMUNIST), led by Russian terrorist, Rostov (I think he's meant to be Russian), it's up to Chuck ... well, you get the picture.
But Chuck is trying to do some serious ideological deconstruction he has not just Rostov but a Libyan-looking goon, an Arab second-in-command, and apparently Vietnamese communist aiding his evil schemes. A moment's thought renders this right-wing fantasy beyond the comprehensible. Allegedly Rostov is POSING as a terrorist - not a Russian-backed one - ergo this is apparently why the US government can't retaliate agains the mounting terrorist attacks Chuck is stopping. But since it doesn't take too much to discover Rostov is on the side of the USSR wouldn't the US just threaten nuclear retaliation ... well, whatever. A fun film but so politically reactionary and paranoid only a dedicated right-winger can truly stomach this glorious stupidity.
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