Blastfighter

Blastfighter (1984)

The Force Of Vengeance

An ex-cop, fresh out of prison, returns home to find it ruled by violent rednecks and must fight to protect himself and his daughter, using his combat skills and a powerful grenade launcher.

Date of release
1984-07-14
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (48)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Action, Drama, Crime
Director
Lamberto Bava

Casting

Interesting facts

Blastfighter is a 1984 action film directed by Lamberto Bava starring Michael Sopkiw and George Eastman.

Production

Blastfighter was initially going to be a post-apocalyptic film directed by Lucio Fulci with screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti as a follow-up to Warriors of the Year 2072. Sacchetti later explained that Fulci argued with the producers, which led to it being settled in court.

Blastfighter was shot in the state of Georgia.

As part of the plot for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the film's character Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) starred in a fictionalized version of Blastfighter that loosely followed the plot of the real Michael Sopkiw-version, with some differences. In the alternate version, Dalton portrayed a former New York City cop released from a ten-year prison sentence.

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