I was in the mood to watch some low budget action movies on YouTube, so I got into watching this 1992 movie from PM Entertainment called Maximum Force. Three badass lone cops are put together to nail a drug lord that they all have a personal history with. It’s two men and a woman, and the film already acknowledged the obvious sexual tension right after their initial meeting, with both guys hitting on her and her refusing to date cops. It’s very obvious that she will end up with the hotter guy rather than the scruffy comic relief.
The villain looks like a budget Rutger Hauer and is white but has the Japanese-sounding name of Tanabe. Some scenes with him as the evil businessman at his board meetings made me think of the McBain movie scenes on The Simpsons with the corrupt Mendoza leading his sinister business meetings.
The film has a lot of great mood and atmosphere, and this Youtube comment sums it up perfectly: “This film has fantastic use of lighting and cinematography. PM Entertainment really brought an expressionistic noir feeling to some of their martial arts and action cinema. A superb watch, purely for the visuals.”
The film has some pretty great action sequences and stunt work, especially a scene where goons are taken out by exploding toy cars and each go flying airborne in slow motion after every explosion.
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