Plot:
A lot of Retrogerssive Namefication occurs.
In 1976, a flag is being raised but is stuck halfway up. We are then subjected to some stock footage of planes and troops. A large amount of missiles and bombs
were left behind in a secret base in Vietnam. One attempt to destroy the base has failed. The mission must be covert. The General has picked 12 Chinese American
soldiers.
On his way out, Colonel Lam notices the flag raiser is still having problems. He scales the pole and fixes the pulley.
Why did the Colonel climb the flagpole?
Lam and his aid go on their way.
Lam studies the files on the troops. The racist warden doesn’t mind arresting more to make up for the 12 being taken away.
The recruits are told of the benefits if they join the covert unit: a pardon and $200,000. The recruits begin asking what each will do with the money. Foreshadowing
shows most won’t make it.
Lam is receiving his final briefing. His superior wants his brother to be rescued that was left behind 2 years earlier.
The recruits board the plane.
In Vietnam, a trio of guerilla girls plans to attack a group of drunken soldiers. They go Michelle Yeoh on them. In 70s vernacular, they would go Pam Grier on
their asses. The guerillas kill the soldiers and head back into the jungle.
On the plane, the recruits start thinking the mission is some type of suicide mission. The brainy recruit realizes they’re heading to Vietnam. Colonel Lam informs
them they’re ready to jump. After all the troops jump, Lam is told the mission has been cancelled due to the other squad’s plane crashed. Lam being the honorable
guy he is, jumps after his men.
Guerilla girls join up with the squad. The guerillas are part of the Cambodian Underground and are to aid them in the mission. The troops find the first casualty
reminiscent of Donald Sutherland’s death in the Dirty Dozen.
Lam tells Sammo about the mission being aborted. They will keep it from the rest of the men.
The men are relaxing for the most part when the Vietnamese pass by. Vietnamese swamp boat racing ensues until one boat stalls in front of the commando
hideout. The Vietnamese opens fire. One of them is hit. The commandos are trapped until Guerilla Girl, Deng, and Sammo leap or swim into action.
Khannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!
The other boat returns. Deng and Sammo promptly take care of them.
The troops trod on when the wounded guy dies. One of them wants to quit. Colonel Lam will let any man who wants to leave to go. A couple of men start to
leave and realize they are behind enemy lines and rejoin the rest of the group.
Lam and Sammo plan the next phase of the mission.
A Vietnamese convoy drives down the road.
Weasel drives his balloon festooned three-wheeler into the nearby village.
I blare WHAM! on my kickin' sound system..
He sells Western contraband. A fight breaks out. Weasel leaps into action to rescue crazy guy who knows about a treasure.
An satisfied customer wants Weasel to finish a bottle claiming it is bad. Weasel gets the drop on those guys. He goes after crazy guy.
Lam, Sammo, and Deng find Yang, the crazy guy. Vietnamese soldiers stop by. Our heroes hide. Yang tries telling the soldiers about the Americans in his
cabin. None of them believe him. Lam and Sammo have to contend with an angry Weasel. This scene has to be before John Woo patented the multiple guns to
various guys in the uber-cool Mexican standoff scene.
They head off in an ox-cart. A gunfight breaks out when Yang pops up. Everyone is thrown from the cart and barely make it to a nearby house.
The rest of the American squad comes to the rescue. In the melee to escape, Yang is shot. Weasel is hired to help the Americans.
Sammo and Weasel head off to distract the searching Vietnamese soldiers. Sammo Hung knife sniping commences. Weasel begins his bungee sniping. Sammo
uses his jungle knowledge to shoot leaf stems with such force to go through a man’s throat. No soldier has gotten off a shot, yet. A few more Sammo and Weasel
kills are alternated.
It has been raining for the past 2 days. The squad is getting awfully testy. Shots ring out. The squad is surrounded by the Vietnamese.
Most of the squad is in partially submerged cages. Deer Hunter-Russian Roulette is about to begin with 2 kids. 2 bullets are loaded into the revolver. The
kids use the prisoners to see if the chamber is empty or not.
Lam and second guerilla girl, Ming, are being questioned. Lam is taken to rejoin the others in the cage. Ming is ordering the Warden around.
The squad is tied up in the cage, too. Sammo is able to get Deng free who promptly unties everyone.
The Russian Roulette continues with Yang as the next head. He is taken away just in time. In the warden’s cabin, he sees one of the guerilla girls on a radio.
The squad escapes from the cage when the guards are distracted. A fight breaks out. Ming rejoins the squad without anyone suspecting a thing. One of the
commandos lets one of the psycho Russian roulette playing kids free and is promptly stabbed to death for his compassion. The guy’s brother breaks down.
In the jungle, the squad demands to know about the mission. Lam is about to reveal the objective when Yang stops him. Yang claims to have been acting crazy to
find the spy. He knows one of the guerillas is the spy. Weasel begins interrogating them. Ming runs off.
Deng and May-Lin chase after Ming. Lets say they do not brook traitors in their midst by giving them a lead pink slip.
Later, the Vietnamese find Ming’s body. The General wants the Americans killed no matter their mission.
The squad has reached a bridge they need to cross. It is highly fortified and guarded. Sammo volunteers to take out the 70 mm guns on the other side of the bridge.
Sammo, Deng, and Weasel capture a Vietnamese transport truck. Sammo keeps the soldiers in line with the 2 grenades he’s holding. Weasel and Deng slip off the
truck and take out the light machine guns on the near side of the bridge. The truck crosses the bridge. However, Sammo’s plan to destroy the 70 mm guns results in
the truck exploding. Sammo gets away from the soldiers.
Deng and Weasel gun down the soldiers. The squad rushes the bridge too soon. A couple of the team is shot halfway across the bridge.
The squad is trapped on the bridge. Sammo wields his mighty machete and captures a 70 mm BFG. He is screaming like Rambo and mowing down the soldiers,
too.
The wounded guys, Mouse, and Filter, want to stay behind and complete the mission for them.
Filter and Mouse have a 70 mm gun placed at the end of the bridge. As the Vietnamese come closer, they are trapped by in the bottleneck. The General orders
tanks to take out the 70 mm gun. Goodbye, Mouse and Filter.
The squad slogs on into a cave. Yang leads the way. They get the weapons depot lit up. Serious firepower has been cached here. Lam wants the silos
destroyed. Deng wants the weapons in the fight against Vietnam. She shoots Lam. Deng needs the weapons to protect her country.
A fight breaks out until Sammo lops off Deng’s hand with his machete. Lam reorders the silos destroyed. The Vietnamese storm the compound.
A gunfight ensues. Several of the squad has Jon Bon Jovi “Blaze of Glory” moments.
Deng realizes the weapons must be destroyed to keep the Vietnamese from getting them. May-Lin is killed.
Planting the charges ensues.
Sammo is taking care of business.
The giggling General is strolling around the chaos almost oblivious to it.
Am I in the right movie?
Weasel is going Shaolin on some guy. Deng joins ion the fray.
Weasel starts fighting the giggling General.
Deng is handling the soldier if handling is having a one handed woman being beaten. He stabs her and walks off. Deng uses her magic zombie revenge from the
grave card to kill him before dieing.
The General is wiping the floor with Weasel. The Giggly one is going to town.
Sammo has to finish off a soldier. In the middle of the fight, did Sammo just do a backbreaker? Yes, wrestling moves actually work in martial arts fights.
Weasel is still being beaten. General is trying to pull Weasel’s shoulder blades apart. Sammo comes to the rescue, finally. The General is making noises that
would impress Bruce Lee and Sonny Chiba. Sammo is holding his own against the General before finishing him off.
Benny warns Sammo and Weasel the charges are about to detonate. General pops up again like the unstoppable killer from a slasher movie. Sammo takes care
of him by cramming a grenade in the guy’s mouth. Hasta la lasagna, don’t get any on you.
Benny, Sammo, and Weasel hobble off to the door which is locked. They are trapped. However, they manage to escape down a drainage pipe that leads into an
underground stream. The charges explode and blow up the weapons cache.
Our trio falls down a waterfall. After getting out, they wait for the chopper to pick them up. As the credits roll, an upbeat Asian song plays as some of the insane
actions scenes are shown again.
