As the final Tubi Thursday Review for Black History Month, I skipped obvious stuff like Black Mama, White Mama to do this Film with Carl Weathers instead.
He is...
He made some records. Thanks, Google.
This is OUR Hurricane Smith (Weathers).
He leaves Texas (guessing he was never there) and goes to Australia to find his missing Sister.
Crikey!
He finds out that she was friends/possible Co-Workers with a Prostitute with a Heart of Gold.
Can he find out the truth with the criminals (led by Jurgen Prochnow) coming after him?
He's on edge (obviously) as he works with the woman's Grandpa and her Pimp to find out what happened.
I mean, she's dead...so there's that.
Was that really a surprise?
It all comes to a big battle in the bad guy's House (think a toned down, less interesting version of Commando) and then in a Helicopter.
Can this Film deliver a good climax?
Will it at least be better than Mitchell?
Mostly-yes and yes. The End.
It's...alright. It's not bad. It's not great.
There was an odd little trend at the end of the '80s into the early '90s (the Film was made in 1990 FYI) where people were either going to or coming from Australia. Sometimes both happened.
In this case, you have Weathers is an under-written role in a generally-underwritten Film that is just alright. He's good. Most of the Actors are good too.
There's just not much substance. It's like when you get to the bottom of the Vegemite Jar to get the remainder. I wonder how the 1952 version was....
I (mostly) unironically love Weathers in Action Jackson. Hurricane Smith is...not a great replacement.
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