Mission of Justice

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Mission of Justice

I could not take my eyes off this movie when it showed up on cable. The dialogue and costumes are of a quality most readily associated with soft-core *. In this case the expedient plot serves as a vehicle not for sex but for serial thrashings with nunchuks. (Perhaps for sex as well, but not on Indian TV, anyway.) Not being a fan of the genre I couldn't place Jeff Wincott, and had no leads to search from. Only once Brigitte Nielsen traded in her futuristic-nurse coif (so mayoral!) for the high-top fade we remember from Beverly Hills Cop II did I make the positive ID on her. This movie will no doubt entertain any admirer of early 90's couture or nod-and-wink schlock à la Paul Verhoeven. Can we add a genre tag for "so-bad-it's-good"?

A decent actioner. The story is weak and the acting is pretty lame but the action scenes aren't bad. Wincott's a ex-cop who joins a Guardian Angel-like organization with a more sinister agenda. It's worth a look just for the action. His female cop partner is amazing. She kicks ass like a man. The other female lead is Brigitte Nielson and she's terrible. She wore her welcome out long before the Surreal World and Strange Love. This is like many of Jeff's other movies. Mostly B-movies by independent studios like PM, where many of the productions people where 3 or 4 different hats. There's a scene here similar to the gym scene in WIncott's "Martial Outlaw" where Jeff has to fight through a gauntlet of fighters as an initiation into the Peacekeepers. The best scene in the movie.

Pretty crap plot wise but worth sticking with just to see the "Gauntlet" scene which lets Wincott lose with a pair of sticks. Awesome scene. The fight in the garage is pretty cool two with some bad guy doing a neat somersault which looked rather painful. Nice to see Karen Sheperd kicking some butt too. One of the problems I had with the film was with it's main bad guy - Matthias Hues. The guy may be well built, but fight? get outta here! On a whole the film looks a bit dated thanks to films like "Drive". I'd give it 7/10 (for being at least more entertaining than it's prequels)

Not a bad movie overall...a decent plot & story(B grade stuff). Entertaining enough to keep interest(at least for me) but nothing you will most likely remember for very long after or watch again. Some decent action scenes though, the garage fight scene is memorable & 1 of the longer fights. I saw this movie quite a few years ago, but the part that makes this movie stick with me and stand out...is the gauntlet/stick fighting scene. That scene, I have re-watched a few times. I didn't expect that scene and was quite happy with how it was done! If your unsure of this movie...at least check it out for the gauntlet. A must see scene in my opinion.

This movie starts out rather badly. The fights are slow and not very exciting. The other fights in the movie are a lot better though. Especially the one in the garage and the "test" to get into the peacekeepers. Jeff Wincott makes a decent hero. The female villain is rather bland though. She doesn't really do anything extremely evil. Martial arts fans will want to check this one out. Don't be fooled by the bad start, it gets a lot better.

Jeff Wincott plays a cop who infiltrates the "Mission" to see what is really going on. From the outside it looks like a peace keeping group of martial arts trained civilians, but Brigette Nielson has other agendas. Wincott does a respectable job in this movie, but as it is called Mission of Justice:Martial Law III, I expected more. The previous two movies featured Cynthia Rothrock and it almost seemed like they threw in Neilson as a replacement gratuitous blonde. If Cynthia had been in this one it would get higher marks, but without her I give it 6/10 rating. It's probably worth seeing once, but don't expect it to WOW you twice!

Don't push me, because I'm close to the edge - I'm trying not to lose my head. Not just lyrics, but the Message within the movie. When being a cop does not mean what you though it meant anymore, you might as well quit. Then again, the perception of self justice Wincotts character implies or rather has in mind and seems to have as a philosophy - well let's just say it is quite something. There is a particular initiation scene that is quite well made (Brigitte Nielsen seemed to love it - or was it just acting/her character?). Other than that you get more or less the standard fare you get from most movies from that time. Not much story, but still quite decent overall. Suspend your disbelief and enjoy if you can

MISSION OF JUSTICE is another straight-to-video action flick of the 1990s, one that's a bit more lively and entertaining than most despite the lack of money behind it. The cliff-like Jeff Wincott - always something of an underrated presence during the decade, I feel - plays an ordinary guy who ends up joining a group of vigilantes fighting to keep crime off the streets. Before long he discovers that there's a conspiracy spearheaded by none other than Brigitte Nielsen, chewing the scenery at the top. The action is kick-heavy and plentiful, certainly enlivened by the presence of man-mountain Matthias Hues as a heavy and Karen Sheperd as a kick-butt cop. Sure, the plot is cliched and the staging not particularly imaginative, but in terms of bang-for-your-buck fight action, MISSION OF JUSTICE delivers.