# Force: Five

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For the anime, see [Force Five](/source/Force_Five).

***Force: Five*** is a 1981 film directed by [Robert Clouse](/source/Robert_Clouse). Its stars are [Joe Lewis](/source/Joe_Lewis_(martial_artist)) and [Bong Soo Han](/source/Bong_Soo_Han),[3] and it is a loose remake of the 1976 [Jim Kelly](/source/Jim_Kelly_(martial_artist)) action film, *[Hot Potato](/source/Hot_Potato_(1976_film))*.[4]

## Plot

A top government agent assembles a force of five martial arts experts to carry out a near-impossible assignment. They must topple the corrupt organization behind one of the world's wealthiest and most powerful religious leaders.

## Cast

- [Joe Lewis](/source/Joe_Lewis_(martial_artist)) as Jim Martin
- [Bong Soo Han](/source/Bong_Soo_Han) as Rev. Rhee
- [Sonny Barnes](/source/Sonny_Barnes) as Lockjaw
- [Richard Norton](/source/Richard_Norton_(actor)) as Ezekiel
- [Benny Urquidez](/source/Benny_Urquidez) as Billy Ortega
- Ron Hayden as Willard
- Pam Huntington as Laurie
- [Amanda Wyss](/source/Amanda_Wyss) as Cindy Lester (as Mandy Wyss)
- [Joe Corley](/source/Joe_Corley) (uncredited)[5]

## Home media

On February 11, 2014, Scorpion Releasing released *Force: Five* on DVD.

## References

1. ["Force: Five (1981)"](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/56612-FORCE-FIVE?sid=c2e9c1b9-fda1-48a1-8e71-8354e1aab119&sr=10.829911&cp=1&pos=0). *[AFI](/source/American_Film_Institute)*. Retrieved July 12, 2023.

1. Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). [*American film distribution : the changing marketplace*](https://archive.org/details/americanfilmdist0000dona/page/302/mode/1up). UMI Research Press. p. 302. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada

1. ["Bong Soo Han, 73; grand master of hapkido won film fans for martial arts"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-14-me-han14-story.html). *[The Los Angeles Times](/source/The_Los_Angeles_Times)*. Retrieved 2011-01-22.

1. [*Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Book*](https://books.google.com/books?id=9l_hvsyCX7gC&dq=hot+potato+jim+kelly&pg=PA245). Eirini Press. 2011. ISBN 9780979998942.

1. ["Not Just A Lot Of Kicks"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121103170344/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1120455/index.htm). [Sports Illustrated](/source/Sports_Illustrated). Archived from [the original](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1120455/index.htm) on November 3, 2012. Retrieved 2011-01-22.

## External links

- [Force: Five](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082399/) at IMDb

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