An action-packed slog

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Instant Death is a fine homage to the the brutal revenge flicks of yesteryear such as Death Wish. Director Ara Paiaya tries something a little different and the payoff. Lou Ferrigno is still a hulking hero and while he is more of an anti-hero here, he can definitely give The Punisher a run for his money in the revenge department. Be warned, the move is a violent one but if you are a fan of brutal action flicks (as I am) then Instant Death is right up your alley. I suggest you watch this film with Paiaya's high-octane Skin Traffik with Gary Daniels and an cast of Hollywood legends and treat yourself to a double feature night with two very different action films from a man who knows how to deliver hard hitting action!

Thoroughly enjoyed this film, Lou plays the part of the upset father/grandfather perfectly, locations and rest of the cast perform as they should, yes it's a lower budget film and sometimes it shows , but highly enjoyable if you like this type of film (which I do) also helps that was filmed in my home town and many of the locations I see everyday, It's on the par with the original death wish movie,

Directed by Ara Paiaya, who also co-wrote and produced, Instant Death rides on solid, well-worn tracks, keeping true to a number of tropes the genre laid down in dozens of films that came before, from inept cronies that fall like harvested wheat, to women in jeopardy, to phone calls between heroes and (slow-clapping) villains, to higher-ups who help on one side and those who pull strings on the other. It's classic Revenge 101, and yet, that doesn't mean it's not done well. Paiaya keeps things zipping along fast, and builds plenty of decent tension, while Bradley is reduced to a one-man army with no equal.

I love a good action movie cliché. It only takes 23 minutes for us to get to a strip club! Lou does a run-in on the strip club from earlier and bitch slaps a bunch of the guys before beating the utter pulp out of everyone and taking out the boss man. Ferrigno's fighting style is very tree-like. I mean, the man is 65 years old so he can't be expected to move like he's still 25. His bulking size keeps it from looking too ridiculous at any point and I bought in pretty quickly. Cult classic!