Missionary Man

"Whatever He Hits, He Destroys!"
I caught this on TV and had nothing better to do. I've seen some of Dolph's movies, and had always liked him since Rocky IV. I was even excited to see him in Masters of the Universe, and had entered a contest to be in the movie. I didn't win (and it would have been just a walk-on, non-speaking part anyway), but was pretty disappointed with the movie. Maybe I'll give it another shot. Dolph was great in Universal Soldier, but has made many flops since.

This movie, though nothing spectacular about the plot, has just the basic action theme that is all too familiar: mysterious man comes into town for a funeral, hangs around for a while and gets into trouble with the local mob who control the town, mysterious man falls for a local (though it IS a family and not the...

Dolph Directs!
Dolph's on both sides of the camera this time(not to mention he cowrote the script too) in this nifty little revenge flick. Dolph's a bible reading biker who comes rolling into town one day and immediately starts trouble with the redneck drug dealer who runs the town. He has numerous run ins with the same band of goons and slaps them silly each and every time. In fact it becomes unintentionally comical how often this happens, and the fact that they still try to start up fights with him. It makes the villains look pretty silly. Dolph teams up with the Native American population of the town, who the drug dealer(named Reno) is trying to force into building a casino that he can take advantage of. After one too many knuckel sandwiches from Dolph, Reno sends for help in the form of a badazz biker gang who Dolph also makes look like putzes. Naturally it all leads to an explosive showdown. The film seemed like a modernized western, and I believe that was the intention. Maybe it tried...

Guaranteed hit everytime Dolph directs!!
"Missionary Man" reminds me of a mix between Seagal's "On Dangerous Ground" and Stallone's "Cobra". Dolph did an excellent job once again. I have all of the Dolph directed films ("The Defender", "The Russian Specialist", "Missionary Man", "Command Performance", and "Icarus").

The action in Missionary Man is strategically placed. The best part is at the end when Ryder (Dolph) fights the motor cycle gang. The part when he hangs the bad guy from the noose was a flash back to the 1989 Punisher film starring Dolph! I'm going to watch Lundgren's Punisher film again because it is the BEST one! The rest of the action in M.M. is decent.

The main villain John Reno controls the local town and he is trying to force the Native Americans to open up a casino (that he will control). Reno is currupt and his henchmen routinely threaten and kill people. Dolph rides through the town and notices a funeral procession. He speaks at the funeral and later Reno's goons visit the Native...

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