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(Redirected from Nicaragua (film)) 1988 Italian film

Striker

Directed by	Enzo G. Castellari
Screenplay by	Tito Carpi Umberto Lenzi
Story by	Vincenzo Mannino Gianfranco Clerici
Produced by	Giorgio Salvioni
Starring	Frank Zagarino Melonee Rodgers John Phillip Law John Steiner Werner Pochath
Cinematography	Sandro Mancori
Edited by	Gianfranco Amicucci
Music by	Detto Mariano
Production company	Filmustang
Release date	17 March 1988 (1988-03-17) (Philippines)
Country	Italy

Striker (also known as Combat Force; released in the Philippines as Nicaragua) is an Italian action film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. The film imitates the style of the Rambo movies.

Cast

John Phillip Law: Frank Morris
Melonee Rodgers: Marta
Frank Zagarino: Slade
John Steiner: Kariasin
Werner Pochath: Houtman
Daniel Greene: Truck Driver

Release

In the Philippines, the film was released as Nicaragua by Golden Films on March 17, 1988.

Reception

From contemporary reviews, "Lor." of Variety reviewed the AIP Home Video release on January 16, 1989, declaring the film to be an "above-average Italian actioner" that was "attractively lensed on location in Santo Domingo" with the battles, captures and escapes being "well-executed by Enzo G. Castellari".

References

^ Lor. 1991.
^ "A New War-Thriller! Grand Opening Today". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. March 17, 1988. p. 10. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
Michele Giordano. Giganti buoni: da Ercole a Piedone (e oltre) il mito dell'uomo forte nel cinema italiano. Gremese Editore, 1998.

Sources

Lor. (1991). Variety's Film Reviews 1989-1990. Vol. 21. R. R. Bowker. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "February 22, 1989". ISBN 0-8352-3089-9.

External links

Striker at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Enzo G. Castellari
A Few Dollars for Django (1966) Renegade Riders (1967) Any Gun Can Play (1967) Johnny Hamlet (1968) One Dollar Too Many (1968) Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968) Eagles Over London (1969) Cold Eyes of Fear (1971) Hector the Mighty (1972) Sting of the West (1973) High Crime (1973) Street Law (1974) Cry, Onion! (1975) The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976) The Big Racket (1976) Keoma (1976) The Heroin Busters (1977) The Inglorious Bastards (1978) The House by the Edge of the Lake (1979) The Shark Hunter (1979) Day of the Cobra (1980) Great White (1980) 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982) The New Barbarians (1983) Escape from the Bronx (1983) Tuareg: The Desert Warrior (1984) Light Blast (1985) Striker (1987) Hammerhead (1987) Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989) Jonathan of the Bears (1995) The Return of Sandokan (1996) Desert of Fire (1997) Gioco a incastro (2000) Caribbean Basterds (2010)

Films directed by Enzo G. Castellari

A Few Dollars for Django (1966)
Renegade Riders (1967)
Any Gun Can Play (1967)
Johnny Hamlet (1968)
One Dollar Too Many (1968)
Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968)
Eagles Over London (1969)
Cold Eyes of Fear (1971)
Hector the Mighty (1972)
Sting of the West (1973)
High Crime (1973)
Street Law (1974)
Cry, Onion! (1975)
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976)
The Big Racket (1976)
Keoma (1976)
The Heroin Busters (1977)
The Inglorious Bastards (1978)
The House by the Edge of the Lake (1979)
The Shark Hunter (1979)
Day of the Cobra (1980)
Great White (1980)
1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)
The New Barbarians (1983)
Escape from the Bronx (1983)
Tuareg: The Desert Warrior (1984)
Light Blast (1985)
Striker (1987)
Hammerhead (1987)
Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
Jonathan of the Bears (1995)
The Return of Sandokan (1996)
Desert of Fire (1997)
Gioco a incastro (2000)
Caribbean Basterds (2010)

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