A
young prince and his mother are kidnapped by a terrorist (James Ryan). America wants to protect her interests in the
prince’s nation, so Don Gordon sends mercenary prisoner Robert Ginty on a
rescue mission. Along the way, he picks
up his old mentor (Cameron Mitchell) to join the team as his explosives expert
and together, they set out to rescue the prince.
Code Name Vengeance was directed by David Winters without any real sense of
style. The action scenes are plentiful
and lots of stuff goes boom. However,
the staging of these sequences leaves a lot to be desired. The pacing is also slow and sluggish,
especially in the middle section of the film.
The script is painfully predictable too and you can spot every single
plot twist coming from a mile away. (Seriously,
would YOU trust a mission masterminded by Don Gordon?)
The cast has all seen better days, but they’re the only real reason to watch
it. Ginty isn’t bad, and he escapes the
flick with his dignity more or less intact.
It’s just unfortunate that the quality of the movie is closer to Warrior
of the Lost World than The Exterminator. He does get a good love scene with Shannon Tweed,
who plays a sexy helicopter pilot. Tweed
looks great topless, but honestly, the film really needed one or two more of
these scenes to make it worthwhile. Mitchell
provides some spark as the crusty old mentor, although his mildly amusing
antics aren’t nearly enough to salvage the picture.
Winters
and Mitchell teamed up the next year for the hilarious Space Mutiny.
AKA: Code Name Hellfire.
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