Where to watch The Bad Pack
4 Stars
Everyone once in a great while, a B-movie comes along that redefines and distinguished the often dismissed sub-genre. The case in point is The Bad Pack, an action movie starring a number of familiar faces for aficionados of this kind of entertainment.
After repeated violations to their people and property, two villagers travel from Mexico to Los Angeles in an effort to hire a former commando and his band of mercenaries to fight back against a local militia. The immigrants in the Texas border town are down to their last hope, when McCue (Robert Davi) and his men (Roddy Piper, Ralph Moeller, Larry B. Scott) bring their technical expertise and strength to combat the volatile situation.
Director Brent Huff stages the film with energy and has the sense to cast under-rated talents in key roles. The cast is headlined by Robert Davi, who normally portrays villains, but makes for an appealing hero. B-Movie mainstay Marshall R. Teague is the dastardly head of the formidable Militia.
The Bad Pack is The Expendables a decade before the latter reinvigorated the sagging careers of its participants. Unlike that film, The Bad Pack has been made on a limited budget, but every cent has been squeezed to present the best possible product on-screen. This could have been the lead in for a series of films based on these very likable characters, or at least the pilot of a TV show. Even as a stand alone one-off, The Bad Pack is the alpha among its peers on the straight-to-video shelf.
Director: Brent Huff
Stars: Robert Davi, Roddy Piper, Larry B. Scott