Tough to Kill
Tough to Kill
| 15 March 1979 (USA)
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A group of mercenaries escort a man with a million dollar bounty on his head across the African terrain. Double crosses, back stabbing, and gunfire follows.

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Exoticalot

People are voting emotionally.

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Bluebell Alcock

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

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Gary

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

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Francene Odetta

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

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BA_Harrison

Tough soldier of fortune Martin (Luc Merenda) joins a group of fellow mercenaries on a dangerous mission to destroy a dam. Secretly, Martin is after the $1million reward on the head of one of his comrades, but finds himself teaming up with several other members of the squad who are also after the bounty. Of course, these being mercs, no-one can be trusted…Directed by Joe D'amato, a man best known for his extreme exploitation output (gory horror, hardcore porn, or a mixture of both), Tough To Kill is a surprisingly tame war adventure, light on the action, with zero splatter (even the decapitation of a corpse occurs out of sight) and absolutely no nudity. In fact, much of the film consists of mundane conversation between the bickering mercenaries when they really should be blowing stuff up and riddling the enemy with gunfire (I'm guessing that D'amato's limited funds couldn't stretch to the use of much ammo or pyrotechnics). About the most distasteful thing on offer in the whole film is a scene in which a black civilian is forced to submerge himself in a barrel of human sewage (he gets the last laugh, though).4/10. D'amato fans will want more sleaze, and war fans will want more battle action.

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Leofwine_draca

TOUGH TO KILL is a nihilistic Italian war film, following a bunch of soldiers as they trek through the South American wilderness in a hunt for bounty money. It's one of those films with a small cast and plenty of action, featuring characters double-crossing each other throughout. The whole thing has a gritty and downbeat atmosphere that somehow combines with the visuals to offer better than usual entertainment.The film feels a little bit like the Italian WW2 movies of the late 1960s, updated with a downbeat '70s vibe. There are some touches of the Italian cannibal genre, such as the character with a wounded leg, which is no surprise given that the director is none other than Joe D'Amato, the notorious exploitation stalwart. The action is low rent but effective, and the fast pacing means at least that it's never boring. The movie was shot in the Dominican Republic and features Luc Merenda as the amoral hero and Donald O'Brien as the tough major. It reminded me of THE DIRTY SEVEN, a later D'Amato movie with Laura Gemser, which is even better.

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dbborroughs

Story of a mercenary who infiltrates a mercenary army in order to kidnap one of the other soldiers and bring him back for a reward. the problem is that several other men find out whats going on and insist on being cut in. Once on the march the group begins to turn on each other. Slow to start action film is actually pretty good. If you have the patience to get through the first 25 minutes or so you'll find that the characters are all set up so that once things get into motion people are more than just cardboard cut outs. The print I saw is one of the ones supplied to the now defunct BCI by Crown International and its slightly choppy and seems to have been put together from a number of video sources. I mention this because I've read some reviews of this film that have mentioned poor video quality, which would be understandable since this is the type of film that probably wad a heavy renter in the VHS days and since many budget DVD companies sometimes use VHS copies as their sources you're going to get a warn picture. I like the movie and think that if you like B movie action films you'll want to give it a shot

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bob wolf

Duri a morire (a.k.a. Tough To Kill) is a movie with a set of balls so large that they drag on the ground. Sam Peckinpah probably would have left the theater with a tear in his eye if he had ever had the chance to see this D'Amato outing.The story, a simple one, concerns Martin, a small-time mafia hitman, who receives word on where he can locate a high-profile political assassin. The bounty on the man is up to one million dollars. The assassin has been doing mercenary work in the jungles of Africa to earn some extra cash. With very little effort, Martin manages to infiltrate the merc squad and gains access to the assassin.Martin, and four others, use a routine attack on a bridge to take the assassin hostage. They set off into the jungle for their rendezvous in Georgeville. They won't all make it. Along for the journey is a congenial villager who seems to act as the group's guardian angel.. or is he?Excellent cinematography helps to pump this film up a little but the bad dialogue manages to deflate it again. What I really enjoyed about Duri a morire was the way D'Amato introduced each of the mercenaries, gave them each a distinct personality, then played with them. He never allows the audience to form a solid opinion of them. I also enjoyed the ending which took me completely by surprise, even despite DAmato's various hints throughout the movie.In closing, Duri a morire is a gritty, low-budget film about brooding men with enough machismo, chest-beating and testosterone for any two Nick Gomez movies. If you you can get around all the violence and silly, tough-guy, one-liners you might actually get a kick out of this film. I sure did!

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