Enemy Territory
1987 Directed by Peter Manoogian
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In ENEMY TERRITORY they take no prisoners. You've got to kill your way out.
An insurance salesman inadvertently gets trapped after dark in an apartment building that is terrorized by a street gang called "The Vampires."
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Before we begin, it must be stated that Peter Manoogian's 1987 urban survival pic ENEMY TERRITORY most resembles an unsophisticated, scrappy late-1970s AIP rip-off of John Carpenter's ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976); even the closing credits cue from old-school rap crew The Boogie Boys contains none-too-subtle allusions to Carpenter's seminal synth scores for both ASSAULT and HALLOWEEN (1978). Now, to some reviewers higher of brow than myself, this would no doubt be considered harsh criticism, but to this old hack it constitutes a frickin' must-see motion picture! After all, if you are that determined to sketch around someone else's template, one of the best b-movies of the 1970s is a damn fine one to pilfer (and was a trick also…
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The last of my vhs blowout, and whit a fitting final film. A stupid insurance salesman gets caught in a Harlem tower block after dark, in the 80′s! Disaster! He will probably get body-popped tae death. He has tae survive the night, wi help fae Ray Parker Jr and Jan Michael Vincent. The local gang ‘The Vampires’ are shifty types. It’s no’ The Raid, but its fun, in a cheesy way.
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Solid little underrated thriller. In JUDGMENT NIGHT and TRESPASS vein, but previous to those.
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The last of my vhs blowout, and whit a fitting final film. A stupid insurance salesman gets caught in a Harlem tower block after dark, in the 80′s! Disaster! He will probably get body-popped tae death. He has tae survive the night, wi help fae Ray Parker Jr and Jan Michael Vincent. The local gang ‘The Vampires’ are shifty types. It’s no’ The Raid, but its fun, in a cheesy way.
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Tony Todd terrorizes another housing project. With Ray Parker Jr AND Jan Michael Vincent...I shit you not.
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An insurance salesman makes a late night call to an apartment complex in gang territory. After patting a kid on the shoulder who happened to be a member of the Vampires, the gang that rules the complex, he's marked and wanted. Now with the help of a telephone repairman (Ray Parker, Jr.) and a few other tenants their going to have to stay alive until sunrise.
Featuring Tony Todd as the leader of the Vampires, Enemy Territory's cast is actually pretty good in this Charles Band-produced thriller. Featuring some witty and surprisingly good dialogue, an entertaining premise, and it's fair share of thrills, Enemy Territory is worth checking out.
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Before we begin, it must be stated that Peter Manoogian's 1987 urban survival pic ENEMY TERRITORY most resembles an unsophisticated, scrappy late-1970s AIP rip-off of John Carpenter's ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976); even the closing credits cue from old-school rap crew The Boogie Boys contains none-too-subtle allusions to Carpenter's seminal synth scores for both ASSAULT and HALLOWEEN (1978). Now, to some reviewers higher of brow than myself, this would no doubt be considered harsh criticism, but to this old hack it constitutes a frickin' must-see motion picture! After all, if you are that determined to sketch around someone else's template, one of the best b-movies of the 1970s is a damn fine one to pilfer (and was a trick also…
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Solid little underrated thriller. In JUDGMENT NIGHT and TRESPASS vein, but previous to those.