| Strike Commando 2 | |
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| Directed by | Bruno Mattei |
| Produced by | Franco Gaudenzi |
| Written by | Claudio Fragasso Rossella Drudi |
| Starring | Brent Huff Richard Harris |
| Music by | Stefano Mainetti |
| Cinematography | Richard Grassetti |
| Editing by | Bruno Mattei |
| Distributed by | Flora Film |
| Release date(s) | August 17, 1988 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | English |
Strike Commando 2 (aka Trappola diabolica) is a 1988 action film, starring Brent Huff, Richard Harris and Mary Stavin. It follows Bruno Mattei's (who also directed this film) Strike Commando (1987), where Reb Brown play the lead character (Huff replaced him in this one).
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Seargant Michael Ransom (Huff) is a tormented war veteran. When his commander, Vic Jenkins (Harris), is kidnapped by Vietnamese drug smugglers, the CIA dispatches him to their camp and all hell breaks loose. Ransom try to saved Jenkins, who also save his life during the Vietnam war, unfortunately, Jenkins is find out to cooperate with the villains. Ransom is captured and is subjected to various of painful tortures.
Interrogation sequences including branding sessions with hot rocks, and water torture. Ransom is also brutally electrocuted for a long hours by sadistic Kramet (Davidson). His agony is finally ended, when he manages to escape from the torture chamber. Ransom's earlier ally, local girl Rosanna Boom, who has a strong attraction to masculine hero, helps him in escape and get revenge.
The film was written by Claudio Fragasso and his wife Rossella Drudi, and was directed by Bruno Mattei, the film was shot in the Philippines for low budget reasons. Many of filmmakers and cast members who worked on Strike Commando in 1986, appeared on the films set but not Reb Brown, the original performer of the role of Sergeant Michael Ransom, who was replaced by another American actor, Brent Huff.
The film was shot deep in the Filipino jungle, in a little village called Los Baños. Brent Huff has stated that during the filming he was in the best shape of his life because of all the physical action on the set (Huff did his own stunts) and the food − during filming, he was eating nothing but fruit and fish.[1]
Fragasso and Drudi were highly inspired by Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) when they created their screenplay. There are several references to George Pan Cosmatos' film, including the betrayal subject and the notorious interrogation torture scenes.
The film was released on August 17, 1988 in Italy as Trappola diabolica (The Diabolical Trap),[2] then under commonly known title Strike Commando 2 in the rest parts of the world, including the United States. On October 1988 Video Statt distributed film on VHS tapes in Germany. German version of Strike Commando 2, entitled Heroin Force, met with heavy censorship; torture scenes of main protagonist as well as some of the scenes of his battle with opponents were censored.
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