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Tromaville residents resort to guerrilla tactics after crash-landing on a tropical island inhabited by terrorists.
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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Always feels like a half hearted indictment on Regan era jingoism. Apr 22, 2017 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Sep 26, 2005 Full Review Luke Y. Thompson New Times Starts off cleverly enough, then proceeds to badly staged low-budget war scene after badly staged low-budget war scene. Rated: 1/5 Feb 26, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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xpig332 B I can’t believe this is rated so high, typical Troma Team tripe! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/18/24 Full Review Audience Member Overblown, superfluous, and ridiculously wonderful. The absurdity of the film is as entertaining as its embarrassingly juvenile comedic qualities. One of my favorite from Troma Productions. If you know how many bullets were fired during this movie, you deserve an award presented by Lloyd Kaufman. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member A classic troma film..a must have for all true Troma FANATICS Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I watch Troma movies to laugh at bad taste. Outside of a few times, this movie mostly takes itself a bit too seriously. Plus, there are endless explosions and gun shooting. I wouldn't normally mind this, but it doesn't really make this movie standout from any other fodder from Lundgren or Stallone when the action starts. I expected something a bit more unique with a lot more blood and gore. It's okay, but I wouldn't put it at the level of Toxic Avenger, Tromeo and Juliet, or Terror Firmer. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I think it's fabulous. I love Troma films. If you didn't like it, you don't understand the beauty of Troma Films. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Oh and the brightest moment comes when one of the characters yells hysterically "I have AIDS! I have AIDS!" Yet, Troma's War is one of the more impressive films from the company's catalog with a clever plot and comment to foreign policy under the Reagan Administration. After a plane crash, survivors rally up to survive in an island inhabited by unfriendly terrorist and communist with a sinister plot to take down the US. They are terrorist since they are dress for it thanks to the pathos of Hollywood and world events of the 80's. They are unfriendly because the gun down one screaming woman while taking a handful of passengers prisoners. The groups leader accuse the survivors of being commandos, now that certainly is preposterous. Just ask the guy who happens to carry a blow dart with deadly venom and used care salesman who was in airborne and screams airborne every chance he gets. Director Samuel Weil and Michael Herz have really outdone themselves with this clever film and satire, but don't worry there is plenty of low brow humor to go around. "I have AIDS! I have AIDS!" Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Tromaville residents resort to guerrilla tactics after crash-landing on a tropical island inhabited by terrorists.
Director
Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Producer
Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Production Co
Troma Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 15, 1988, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 28, 2016
Runtime
1h 39m
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