Ara Paiaya lets rip with a proper budget for once in INSTANT DEATH, a familiar revenge-themed action flick starring the one and only Lou Ferrigno as a grieving grandfather out for justice against the drug dealing thugs who bumped off his granddaughter and seriously assaulted his daughter. I've enjoyed Paiaya's work, having seen all of it by now, although he was hampered by too-low budgets for the first decade of his career; this film's a lot better and his previous one, SKIN TRAFFIK, the best yet. INSTANT DEATH is more heavy on plot than most and there's not a huge amount of action until the second half; there's also less martial arts than you might expect from a Paiaya film. What we do get are a Colonel Trautman character, a horrific rape scene rivalling Winner's DEATH WISH, and lots and lots of shooting. It's not an amazing film, but given the budget it's not bad at all.
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