Double Target

1987 Italian film

Double Target

Directed by| Bruno Mattei
Screenplay by|

* Claudio Fragasso
* Bruno Mattei[1]

Story by|

* Claudio Fragasso
* Bruno Mattei[1]

Produced by| Franco Gaudenzi[2]
Starring|

* Miles O'Keeffe
* Donald Pleasence
* Bo Svenson
* Edison Navarro

Cinematography| Riccardo Grassetti[1]
Edited by| Bruno Mattei[1]
Music by| Stefano Mainetti[1]

Production
company

Flora Film[1]

Distributed by| Variety Distribution

Release date

* 11 June 1987 (1987-06-11) (West Germany)

Country| Italy
Languages| Italian
English

Double Target is a 1987 film directed by Bruno Mattei. The film was released theatrically in West Germany as Der Kampfgigant in 1987.[3]

## Plot

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The film starts with terrorists who attack American military bases in several Southeast Asian states. Ex-GI Bob Ross is smuggled into Vietnam by the CIA, where he is supposed to put the masterminds of the attacks out of action. In return, the secret service frees Bob's son who was born there from a re-education camp and brings him home to America. After heavy fighting with Viet Cong soldiers and Russian special forces, Ross also returns victorious to the United States.

## Release

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Double Target was released theatrically in West Germany on June 11, 1987.[3] It was later released in the United Kingdom on the home video label Avatar in August 1987 as Double Target.[4]

## Reception

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From contemporary reviews, the German film almanac Fischer Film Almanach stated that the film was another hybrid of the other bad Vietnam-themed films made after Rambo.[3] In a retrospective review, Daniel R. Budnik wrote in his book on 1980s action films that Double Target is "entertaining but a little too long" and that the film "alternates between Sense and No Sense, the way many Mattei films do."[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "Double Target (1987)" (in Italian). Archivio del cinema italiano. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
2. ^ Budnik 2017, p. 142.
3. ^ a b c Mues 1988, p. 171.
4. ^ Hayward 1988, p. 155.
5. ^ Budnik 2017, p. 143.

### Sources

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* Budnik, Daniel R. (2017). '80s Action Movies on the Cheap: 284 Low Budget, High Impact Pictures. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786497416.
* Hayward, Anthony (1988). "Video Releases". Film Review 1988-9. Columbus Books. ISBN 0-86287-939-6.
* Mues, Ingeborg, ed. (1988). Fischer Film Almanach . 1988 (in German). Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. ISBN 359624479X.

## External links

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* Double Target at IMDb
* Double Target at Variety Distribution

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* Women's Prison Massacre
* Rats: Night of Terror
* The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
* White Apache
* Double Target
* Strike Commando
* Robowar
* Zombi 3
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* Shocking Dark
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Claudio Fragasso

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* Monster Dog
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* Beyond Darkness
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* Meet Him and Die
* Gangbuster
* Don't Trust the Mafia
* Il medium
* Hell of the Living Dead
* The Other Hell
* The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
* Women's Prison Massacre
* Rats: Night of Terror
* The Pleasure
* Double Target
* Strike Commando
* Zombi 3
* Robowar

Other|

* Mania
* White Apache
* Scalps
* Best Worst Movie

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