FIST OF HONOR-1992-I've noticed that for some reason I watch a shit load of bad movies. I don't understand it! Once when I had nothing to do I watched this thing called FIST OF HONOR starring everyone's favorite nobody Sam Jones, a former Playgirl centerfold who also had the great pleasure of playing Bo Derek's husband in the colossally bad hit 10. He plays Fist Sullivan, an ex-boxer strongman who works for crime boss Harry Guardino who's about to renege on his truce with a rival Don (portrayed by Abe Vigoda, TV's own lovable Fish) who is the nicer of the two thugs. Although he fights for the mob Fist says he doesn't like to hurt people. What about the audience? They're people too you know??? He has a fight with a big muscular black guy but mostly he beats up skinny white ones.
Anyway to make matters worse ex-football star Bubba Smith is a crooked cop! And there are dumb scenes like a football coach being gunned down right in front of his whole team! When Abe's character is killed Fist is framed for the murder (and 5 others). The unique acting talents of Nicolas Worth (from DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE) are put to good use as Don Guardino's right hand man who accidently kills Fist's wife (Joey House) who is also Guardino's mistress. The unappealing Jones gets revenge of course proving it pays to work for the right mob!
FOH was directed by former cinematographer Richard Pepin who with his PM Entertainment partner Joseph Merhi churned out nearly 100 martial arts action movies (many starring Don "The Dragon" Wilson). I think they've stopped though! Screenwriter Charles Kanganis later directed DENNIS THE MENACE STRIKES BACK.......
BEYOND SUSPICION-1994-BS (ha!) is a boring Canadian based action drama that has Jack Scalia (who was on the TV show POINTMAN at the time) as an obnoxious corrupt cop trying to find the murderer of his partner. Police Internal Affairs think he's responsible. Stephanie Kramer (who ten years before was a regular on TV's HUNTER) is a photojournalist who gets in the way but has a photo of the killer. Scalia roughs up muggers, sleeps with Kramer (who uses a body double) and contemplates suicide (but not enough). This stupid movie somehow ties everything together when Scalia kidnaps Kramer's daughter to get the photo because he's being blackmailed by his boss (William Davis from TV's THE X-FILES), who let him kill some gangsters (?) .
The director, Paul Ziller had worked on the HIGHLANDER TV series and also made PLEDGE NIGHT, BLOOD FIST lV: DIE TRYING and BACK IN ACTION (with Billy Blanks and Roddy Piper).
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