Troma's War

Starring:Carolyn Beauchamp, Sean Bowen, Rick Washburn, Patrick Weathers, Jessica Dublin, Steven Crossley, Lorayn Lane Deluca, Charles Kay-Hune, Ara Romanoff, Brenda Brock, Lisbeth Kaufman, Lisa Petruno, Alex Cserhart, Aleida Harris, Mary Yorio, Susan Bachli, Dan Snow, Nora Hummel, James Galvin, David Louden
Director: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Studio: TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Product Type: DVD

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Very good action horror drama mix!
BORING!!! waste of money!
DEPRESSIVE AND DARK
Powerful
Borefest Shock is more like it..

Combat Shock
Starring: Martin Blank , Jim Cooney , Mary Cristadoro , Tom Desantis , and Rick Giovinazzo
Manufacturer: TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC.
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ASIN: 6305281289
Release Date: 1999-05-25

Description

In underground NYC director Buddy Giovinazzo's disturbing, horrifying Combat Shock, a vet trades in the jungles of the Nam for an entirely different concrete jungle- The mean streets of New York! Exposure to torture cages destroyed his will. Agent Orange left him with a deformed child. With debts owed to vicious loan sharks, no job and no money, Frankie (Ricky Giovinazzo) wanders streets and alleyways filled with junkies, hoods, teenage prostitutes and brutality that makes war seem like recess. Combat Shock has been hailed as one of the top thirteen most disturbing movies by horror writer Stanley Waiter and this exclusive digitally mastered uncut DVD release will show you why. Nothing you have seen will prepare you for the terrifying desperation of Combat Shock. Features include an interview and commentary track by director Buddy Giovinazzo and outlaw German director Jorg Buttgereit (Nekromantik, Der Todesking).

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Very good action horror drama mix!.......2007-03-30

A former POW (Ricky Giovinazzo) has troubled memories of his past back in Vietnam, for now he's a family man with a nagging wife and deformed child in New York City. He searches for a job to support his family as he starts to work as a drug dealer with a gang if he can get the money that he owes them and one day he goes insane.

A disturbing, bleak and interesting action horror drama that mixes three genres into one strange yet very good movie and it's also a character study. It's truly one of Troma's most serious movies, the film does center around the tragic character and contains quite a dose of drug use and gore with shocking moments, this cult flick is one of the most underappreciated films of the three genres that i recommend.

The DVD has good picture with slight grain sometimes and good sound quality with fine extras like the theatrical trailer and trailers to other Troma flicks, audio commentary, an interactive tour of the Troma building, Troma intelligence test and Troma comic samples.

Also recommended: "Cannibal Apocalypse", "Saving Private Ryan", "Men Behind The Sun", "Hostel", "The Hills Have Eyes (1977 and 2006)", "Day of the Dead", "The Toxic Avenger", "Rambo Trilogy", "Commando", "Street Trash", "Basket Case", "Surf Nazis must Die", "Battle Royale", "Mother's Day", "Terror Firmer", "Empire of the Sun", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2", "Kill Bill", "Black Hawk Down", "Apocalypse Now", "Full Metal Jacket", "Cabin Fever", "Henry: Portriat of a Serial Killer", "Cannibal Ferox", "Cemetery Man", "Freddy Vs. Jason", "Dawn of the Dead (1978 and 2004)" and "The Exterminator".

BORING!!! waste of money!.......2007-02-11

o.k. first let me say I love crappy movies but COME ON! This movie is a total waste of time and money. It's an hour and a half of some skanky dude that can't act walking around New York. WOW! Then in the last 3 min's of the movie he kills his whole family and then himself. This movie has no point. If you want a cool TROMA movie stick to THE TOXIC AVENGER MOVIES.

DEPRESSIVE AND DARK .......2006-02-08

"Combat Shock" is one of the most depressive movies I've seen. It's so pitch-dark and hopeless you physically begin to feel sick. The main character Frankie is a Vietnam vet who lives in a small flat near a railroad with his always-nagging wife and a mutant baby - because the troops in Vietnam were exposed to some chemical weapons. Frankie has no job, every day he just idly wanders the neighbourhood. His family lives in extreme poverty, they are about to be evicted, they have nothing to eat, and the mutant baby is crying all the way. God... When I was looking at that baby I wanted to turn off the film and watch some comedy instead. My mood was rotten for the next few days. But I was truly amazed by the movie in general. Shot on a very tight budget, it impresses like nothing else I've seen. I didn't have a chance to see other works of Buddy Giovinazzo, but he demonstrated immense talent in this feature. After such films you start to value your simple ordinary life and realise you're utterly happy.
"Combat Shock" is a one day in life of Frankie, and during this day he descends deeper and deeper morally and emotionally right before our eyes. The climax would be just insane, I nearly had a desire to take a bottle and get drunk - to forget the last hour and a half of my life. Now, looking at the movie with a fresh eye I understand it's one of those hidden gems everyone should get acquainted with - it's really different. And don't look it's a Troma team release - this is not a usual Troma presentation. I guess it's their best edition ever.

Powerful.......2005-05-17

See it. Giovinazzo can direct. Absolutely plausible. Do keep in mind this is one of those zero budget 16mm efforts--not that it hurts the film any, in fact, is perfect for the story Buddy Giovinazzo has to tell here.
No Way Home is another gem by the same director. This talented individual should be making more films. Mr. Giovinazzo, where the heck are you? Get another picture going!

Borefest Shock is more like it.........2005-01-02

I'll make this short and to the point.
If you like your B-movies Bloody,Funny,Scary,Sick,Disturbing,Extremely Gross or Full Of Action...There's about 10 million movies for you to put in front of this one (Rough Number) Fortunatley I only rented this I would be very angry if I had bought this boring movie.

It doesn't have ANY of the above mentioned things in it and really has no story either, but if your curiosity has got you...rent it first (it's on Netflix)
You'll be glad to keep your cash instead of owning this.

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Troma's War, Troma's Bore?
WOW
Troma's War
Troma Does a War Flick
Revolutionary propaganda never smelled so good!

Troma's War
Starring: Carolyn Beauchamp , Sean Bowen , Rick Washburn , Patrick Weathers , and Jessica Dublin
Director: Michael Herz , and Lloyd Kaufman
Manufacturer: TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC.
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ASIN: 630505892X
Release Date: 1998-08-25

Customer Reviews:

Troma's War, Troma's Bore?.......2006-07-05

Having become a big fan of Troma over the years, starting off with seeing "Terror Firmer" in 1999, I had always been intrigued by "Tromas War" the lost master piece.

Then I realised it wasn't so lost and I ordered it from Amazon.

I think the main problem I had with this film is that I was too expecting it to be a later Lloyd Kaufman piece, brimming over with the barely contained insanity that I so adored in "Citizen Toxie" and the aforementioned "Terror Firmer". But what I found when I watched "Troma's War" was a far more sedate piece.

Thats not to say "Troma's War" is boring, thats pretty far from the truth. It just has a far more traditional flow than you'd expect and the budget gave it a sheen that made it feel as though it's a missing link between a "normal" film and a Troma movie.

I'm not sure how to conclude this review, I guess if you like alot of other Troma movies you'd do well to watch this. If you're not so big on Troma movies or you don't know what the hell i'm talking about this movie is pretty much a gateway drug.

Well thats me done.

WOW.......2006-05-27

This movie was very different from other Troma movies. This is a full fledged war movie, It has excellent special effects and a good story. No wonder this Lloyd kaufman's favorite Troma movie. Despite the title the movie isn't set in TromaVille, The entire film takes place on a small island. A plane crash lands on this island, The survivers of the crash take action against a rebel base on the island. These rebels also confuse the survivers as comandos come to abort the mission. Action packed! Excellent Movie!

Troma's War.......2004-07-08

After a Tromatic plane crash on an island somewhere off the face of Cuba, a few spirited Tromaville Citizens are about to find out the harsh reality of guerilla warfare. It is only a short period of time before the battle for life and death begins in one of Troma's ultimate masterpieces. If you like Troma, an interesting plot, or just a plain bloodbath, then Troma's war has it all. Though not the best Troma film, it is still worth getting. Unfortunately, it doesn't measure up to the wonderfully black standards of Terror Firmer, but then again, what could? It is still an amazing film, and a good storyline.

Troma Does a War Flick.......2003-09-20

Why I continue to plod my way through Troma's catalog of schlock movies is a question not easily answered. "The Toxic Avenger" holds a special place in my heart because that movie was my first real gore film experience. Since then, I have seen many more films from Lloyd Kaufman's warped studio, and none of them ever really matches that first Toxic Avenger picture. If you are not familiar with Troma, they are a movie production company dedicated to releasing the worst trash films in cinematic history. The people at Troma actually revel in their reputation for bad taste through massive self-promotion in all forms of media. "Troma's War" shares attributes with nearly every other Troma film I have seen: atrocious and hammy acting, cheesy but gruesome effects, lame musical scores, pedestrian pacing, and tasteless humor.

The impetus for "Troma's War" is a plane full of civilians crash landing on a seemingly deserted island. Not many passengers survive, but those who do constitute a broad cross section of American society. You have a Catholic priest (who is a great singer!), a trio of rock and roll wannabes, a slimy businessman, a blind girl, the requisite hunky guy and gal, a Vietnam vet (who really gets into the war: he wears a necklace made out of human ears and has the best death scene in the movie), a British guy with a blowgun and poison darts, a few old folks, and a woman with a baby. The surviving passengers spend the first scenes of the movie just trying to figure out what happened and to map a plan of action. When hunky guy Taylor decides to explore the island, he discovers a roving band of soldiers armed with assault weapons slogging through the forest. All the survivors generally agree that this could be a bad thing, especially when they witness a band of armed thugs gunning down one of the defenseless passengers on the beach. Our heroes rapidly head for the hills, so to speak, in order to avoid the armed gangs looking for them.

As "Troma's War" unfolds, the crash victims discover that these soldiers on the island are actually armed mercenaries and terrorists training for a clandestine offensive against the good old United States of America. After some trite soul searching, the group of survivors decides to arm themselves and fight the terrorists in their own backyard. This decision takes on special meaning when the terrorists capture several members of the group and subject them to painful torture techniques, such as exposure to AIDS and throwing a flight attendant off of a watchtower. When our armed heroes liberate the prisoners and kill all of the terrorists, they move on to the main target: a base full of Cuban soldiers and more terrorists. As the enemy soldiers die in numbers that John Rambo would appreciate, the crash survivors also suffer a few casualties in the course of the war.

That's all there is to "Troma's War": several scenes of survivors bonding followed by lengthy battle sequences where people die en masse. Kaufman states in an extra on the disc that "Troma's War" used more squibs (little packets of blood placed on the body and set off with a small charge to simulate gunshot wounds) than nearly any other movie with the possible exception of Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch." Kaufman may be right, but we don't get to see many of those squibs going off because the battle scenes are so poorly choreographed. It looks as though Kaufman directed his cast and extras to just run around and shoot, and we don't get to see much of the carnage in graphic detail because Kaufman and company didn't effectively use slow motion outside of a few "people on fire" scenes. Moreover, the squibs weren't as big as they could have been. I looked forward to blood packets the size of tennis balls, but alas, this did not happen. Overall, there is still a body count so high that it should satiate even the most rabid war movie fan.

Troma made this film in 1988 as a response to the hyperpatriotic, right wing war films like the Rambo series and "Red Dawn." At one point in the film, lead character Taylor waxes philosophic about how he found documents in the terrorist camp proving that right wing elements in America are working with the terrorists because they want to use the resulting chaos to increase their wealth and power over the common man. It's a class and control issue, laments Taylor, and it's up to them to put a stop to this terrible exploitation. Further evidence in this vein comes from the mouths of one of the terrorists, claiming that a campaign to destabilize America will cause the citizens to turn to mercenaries in order to restore the rule of law. I wish someone would one day write an article about left wing themes in Troma films.

The DVD version of "Troma's War" contains even more extras than a normal Troma release. There are interviews with nearly every person involved in the production, from the actors to the stunt people to the crew. The usual tour of Troma studios and intelligence test are here, as are four trailers for such Z grade numbers like "Sizzle Beach, U.S.A." More importantly, the movie on the disc is the unrated director's cut. "Troma's War" isn't the greatest Troma film ever made ("great" being a highly subjective term regarding Troma), but it isn't the worst one, either. Low budget movie aficionados should probably check this one out if they get a chance, as there is plenty of groan worthy material in the movie. I recommend this as a "rent, not buy" experience.

Revolutionary propaganda never smelled so good!.......2003-06-20

This film turns the tables on the Bush/Reagan-approved "military chic" of the eighties, taking the Ubermerikkkan propaganda that was GI JOE and Rambos II and III and turning it around into a call to arms for the common man against the elites that opress us. As "out-there" as the bad guys (and good guys) seem in this film, you must keep in mind that they are all charicatures to show us how wall street will stab you in the back to protect his neck and pocketbook, how the church has had its tongue ripped out by the powers that be (though it sings on through the blood), and how the true American spirit (not to mention our children's free will) can only be saved when we seperate Military and Monetary powers. Even through the (once-again) EXTREMELY GI JOE-esque visuals, storytelling and soundtrack, this film uses powerful symbolism in the manner of Dali's "Le Sangre D'un Poete" and Orwell's "Animal Farm" to push us over the edge and into seeing what our (barely) free minds are up against. All great art is shocking at the time of release, dated as expired within three weeks, and (seeing how everything in this film is coming true) we will all be studying Troma's War in art school in fifty years tops! If you don't believe that, then you probably think our president was elected legally. Welcome to the Infiltration, I hope you brought a condom!

Steer clear of the R-rated version, as it has had not only its tongue, but also it's heart severed by the MPAA. Not a film for normal Tromites just looking for cheap thrills - THIS IS A THINK PIECE!*

Customer Reviews:

Eric Louzil's Best Film!.......2001-08-04

GREETINGS FROM TROMAVILLE!

Eric Louzil (Class of Nuke 'Em High 2, Lust for Freedom) has been known for doing some of the greatest movies of all time, and this is his best work!

This campy tale of love, terrorists, and violent death is one of the greatest films in the Troma library! From the opening credits, to the judge reading his lines off of a piece of paper, you will LOVE THIS FILM!

Eric Louzil's directing style can best be described as Stanley Kubrick meets Fred Olen Ray. The focus on dark colors, intense violence, and obvious faults (why would an african-american be part of a prejudice white terrorist group?)showcases Eric Louzil's equalled brilliance and stupidity!

If you are in for a fun, campy ride, or, a Troma classic, see "Fortress of Amerikkka!" Look for a guy who should be named "Widescreen" near the end of the film!

Not too interesting...........2000-01-12

This video starts off with a typical american voice trying to make an impression on the viewer and almost gets away with it. But from that point most of the content was boring. John was out for revenge, Jennifer wants his love and the paramilitairy group get what they deserve. A video that is only worth watching between 2 and 4 in the morning when nothing else is on the TV.

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Troma's War
Starring: Caro Beauchamp
Manufacturer: Wea Corp
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
ASIN: B00000ABM0
Release Date: 2000-01-01

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