Old, OLD Movie Review

After spending the morning talking about last night's speeches and things, I decided it was time for some Shits & Giggles, so I cranked up the rusty, trusty old DVD player and threw in Invasion USA - the Chuck Norris / Richard Lynch offering from 1985.

It's been many years since I last saw this, but it's one of those movies that never disappoints - just turn off the brain, kick back and watch the war. Chuck Norris takes on an invading army and pretty much kills them all, while protecting children and other innocents. When this first came out it was panned unmercifully by the critics. The funny thing was that at the time I was living in Australia and everyone there took it for what it was and loved it!

This viewing, as far-fetched as it is, didn't seem quite as over-the-top as it once did. With the thousands and thousands of miles of unguarded coastline around this country, and our intelligence services in the condition they're in, something like this is starting to look more and more feasible every day. No, you can't get 6 shots out of a LAAW; you can't fire 2 40mm grenades from an M203 in one tenth of a second; and even if you could, standing 5 feet from a wall and firing thru it would not set the grenades off.

But the general concept of a core group of 200-300 dedicated terrorists wreaking havoc across the country? I don't think I'd bet against it right now. Maybe of President Bush gets another term and can rebuild out security services, but until then this country has a lot of gaps that can be exploited.

Still a fun no-brainer, but not quite as much as it used to be!