Day 245: "If you come back in, I'll hit you with so many rights you'll be begging for a left."

Apologies for the late blog, but my internet "provider" failed in their single purpose last night.  Anyway, after 243 days, I finally have gotten to a Chuck Norris movie!  1985's Invasion U.S.A. is, to be completely honest, an awful movie, but DAMN was it fun to watch.  This was like a spoof movie that didn't know it was supposed to be a spoof movie.  This was set in the twilight of the Cold War, so the Soviets and Cubans were still the bad guys du jour.  Financed by cocaine deals, a Russian militant decides to stage the first actual physical attack on U.S. soil in over a century.  He attacks, not only America, but its institutions as well.  This guy has the utter nerve to attack a mall in deep in the throes of the Christmas shopping season.  THE HORROR!!!!!  Watching this, I couldn't help but laugh at the way everyone in it took it so seriously.  This was so awesomely bad, I couldn't help but like it. 

The filmmakers really didn't need chuck Norris in this, as his beard was probably the toughest thing in it.  Chuck does his usual ass-kicking job here as Matt Hunter.  As his evil alter ego, Richard Lynch (forever cast as the villain) plays Mikhail Rostov.  The two glare hard at each other and try to out-tough their underlings by doing more and more horrible acts. 

Invasion U.S.A is as ultra-right wing as action films get.  If only the filmmakers had injected a bit of humor....oh well, I'll take what I can get.  A lot of bloody violence, a lot of revenge for attacked American pastimes and institutions and a whole bunch of Chuck Norris machismo make or a really fun movie, assuming you don't take it seriously at all.  7.5/10.

See you tomorrow, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!