Raw Force

{{Short description|1982 film directed by Edward D. Murphy}} {{Use Philippine English|date=February 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Raw Force | image = Raw-force-movie-poster-1982.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Edward D. Murphy | writer = Edward D. Murphy | screenplay = | story = | producer = Frank E. Johnson | starring = {{Plainlist| * Cameron Mitchell * Geoff Binney * Jillian Kesner * John Dresden * Jennifer Holmes * Hope Holiday }} | cinematography = Frank E. Johnson | editing = Eric Lindemann | music = Walter Murphy | studio = Ansor International | distributor = American Panorama | released = {{Film date|1982}} | runtime = 86 minutes | country = {{Plainlist| * Philippines * United States }} | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Raw Force''''' (also known as '''''Kung Fu Cannibals''''') is a 1982 martial arts action horror film written and directed by Edward D. Murphy. An international co-production of the Philippines and the United States, it stars Cameron Mitchell, Geoff Binney, Jillian Kesner, John Dresden, Jennifer Holmes and Hope Holiday.<ref>{{cite book|last1=VV.AA.|date=1990|title=Variety Film Reviews|volume=18|publisher=Garland Publishing|isbn=9780824052171}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Maltin|first1=Leonard|author-link=Leonard Maltin|date=1997|title=Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjPFMasD2sAC|publisher=Penguin Books|page=1,096|isbn=0452279143}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Bill|last2=Palmer|first2=Karen|last3=Meyers|first3=Richard|date=1995|title=The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qW8rAUX6yvIC&pg=PA280|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=280|isbn=978-0810830271}}</ref>

== Plot == {{more plot|date=November 2018}} The Burbank Karate club travel to a forbidden island of disgraced martial artists to do battle with zombies, mercenaries, cannibals and kung fu masters so deadly and sinister they had to be banished to the Island of Raw Force.

== Cast == {{Cast list| * Cameron Mitchell as Captain Harry Dodds * Geoffrey Binney as Mike O'Malley * Hope Holiday as Hazel Buck * Jillian Kesner as "Cookie" Winchell * John Dresden as John Taylor * Jennifer Holmes as Ann Davis * Rey King as Go Chin * Carla Reynolds as Eilleen Fox * Carl Anthony as Lloyd Davis * Jewel Shepard as Drunk Sexpot * Vic Díaz as Monk * Camille Keaton as Girl In Toilet }}

== Home media == In October 2014, ''Raw Force'' was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Vinegar Syndrome.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/raw-force|title=Raw Force|publisher=Vinegar Syndrome|access-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002052834/https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/raw-force|archive-date=October 2, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Raw-Force-Blu-ray/104453/#Review|title=Raw Force Blu-ray Review|last=Orndorf|first=Brian|date=October 12, 2014|website=Blu-ray.com|access-date=October 2, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/65905|title=Raw Force (aka Kung Fu Cannibals)|last=Galbraith IV|first=Stuart|author-link=Stuart Galbraith IV|date=September 22, 2015|website=DVD Talk|access-date=October 2, 2023}}</ref>

== See also == * List of martial arts films

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0084573}}

Category:1980s action horror films Category:1982 martial arts films Category:1982 films Category:1982 horror films Category:Philippine martial arts films Category:Philippine action horror films Category:American zombie films Category:American martial arts films Category:American action films Category:Films about cannibalism Category:Films scored by Walter Murphy Category:1982 English-language films Category:1982 American films Category:English-language action horror films