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Code Name: Vengeance
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“Sure I like kids - but I’m not here to start an orphanage.”
On this special episode of Exploding Forklift we take a look at a film often hailed by forklift fireball film fans as one of genre’s best: CODE NAME: VENGEANCE (1987).
We review this vintage video store action movie and make an in-depth examination of the exploding industrial loader action.
Guesting on this episode is Nick Rehak from Forklift Toast Sunday.
Show notes
Director: David Winters
Cast: Roberty Ginty, Shannon Tweed, Cameron Mitchell
Plot: The geopolitical interests of America are threatened when an evil terrorist called Tabrak kidnaps the wife and son of the leader of an African country. After Uncle Sam decides to step in and help their ally, they quickly realise that there is only one man who can help, a disgraced former CIA agent called Monroe Bieler.
Episode 105
159 episodes
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“Sure I like kids - but I’m not here to start an orphanage.”
On this special episode of Exploding Forklift we take a look at a film often hailed by forklift fireball film fans as one of genre’s best: CODE NAME: VENGEANCE (1987).
We review this vintage video store action movie and make an in-depth examination of the exploding industrial loader action.
Guesting on this episode is Nick Rehak from Forklift Toast Sunday.
Show notes
Director: David Winters
Cast: Roberty Ginty, Shannon Tweed, Cameron Mitchell
Plot: The geopolitical interests of America are threatened when an evil terrorist called Tabrak kidnaps the wife and son of the leader of an African country. After Uncle Sam decides to step in and help their ally, they quickly realise that there is only one man who can help, a disgraced former CIA agent called Monroe Bieler.
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