Invasion U.S.A. (1985) - Chuck Norris - Comedic Movie Review 

You gotta give it to Chuck for doing his own stunts. Move over, Seagal. Also, the bazooka duel at the end is one of the most epic moments in cinema history.

Chuck stands up on speeding vehicles in his action scenes, Seagal has stand-ins for his sitting down scenes

RICHARD LYNCH is not the cheap version of anything. The man was a great actor and always turned in a awesome villain performance. I met him about 2 weeks before he died and he was super nice. I just asked for his autograph and told him how much I enjoyed him in the 1979 tv movie Vampire then I turned to leave...he grabbed my arm and wanted to know more about ME. Its rare you get that from a celebrity. Angus Scrimm did that to me too. RIP Richard And Angus

Even better, the rocket launcher at 5 minutes or so is an M72 LAW [Light Anti-Tank Weapon], which is a single use launcher that cannot be reloaded.

I think "Silent Rage" is a hidden Chuck Norris gem. The initial premise of the movie is a bit far-fetched, but once you get beyond that I think you get a very good, very unique Chuck Norris movie. I don't recall him being in anything quite like this before or after.

Richard Lynch played the main bad guy in Invasion USA. He was seen in various movies like Puppetmaster 4: Toulon's Revenge, The Barbarians opposite the Paul twins with an appearance by Michael Berryman and The Sword And The Sorcerer. He had burn scars on his face due to lighting himself on fire during a drug induced freakout which lent him the ability to play sinister cinematic villains.

This channel is a goldmine, I can't stop binging it!

I saw this in the theatre when I was 8. My jaw became chiseled, I instantly grew chest hair, my voice deepend; and that was only from the opening credits. By the end, my third testicle had dropped.

1/10th of the bullets in Texas? As a Texan, I am very offended by this. That's clearly only 1/20th, not 1/10th. :D Also, I love how the Guardsmen are all blocking each other's line of fire during the ambush but are still just unloading.

Please do more 80s action movies from Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan! Recommendations: the “Missing in Action” and “Delta Force” series, from Jackie Chan: “The Protector” and “Police Story” films.

You can't go wrong with an '80s movie where Richard Lynch plays the villain. I liked how Norris got arrested and put in custody and the next time we see him he has the rocket launcher and is stalking the hallways. How did he escape? I wonder if they shot a scene where that happened and it got cut, or they didn't care. I'm betting on the latter.

Imagine being a guy on a mission to save a busload of school children from being blown to bits and police stopping you to hand you a defect notice for operating a vehicle without headlights

you forgot about chuck's mini uzis. He just casuallly mag dumps these two tiny uzis into so many people. no reloads.

The dude at the desk in the armored car scene was an actual actor who got actually hurt during the filming of that scene and spent several months in the hospital because of his injuries while filming that scene. OUCH.

I remember as little kid when we first got our VCR this is one of the first movies I remember watching. The dick shooting scene with Billy Drago has stuck with me For 35 years 🤣. Lone Wolf McQuade is my favorite Chuck film . It would be a good one .

There is no geography in this movie. Everyone just sprays hundreds of rounds wildly and hit nothing or every shot is perfectly on target. It's the action movie equivalent of when you were a kid amd would play with toy guns making mouth noises everytime you'd shoot.

I think it’s fair to say Chuck never made a truly decent movie, but Invasion USA is right up there with his best. Absolute carnage from start to finish! Disappointed he didn’t use his chainsaw on anyone. Delta Force probably has the movie beat though. RIP Billy Drago and Richard Lynch, the ultimate 80’s bad guy combo. The latter pretty much did check under the bed for Chuck Norris before he went to sleep. Probably wise.

Best entertaining movie review channel on the net Go Chuck...Go Red Eye

Oh excellent you're doing him too :) Let's see if his beard length / mullet exuberance is related to the quality of his films ! :)

Max Maxwell, a 32-year-old stunt man from Memphis, Tenn., filed suit in Superior Court against Cannon Films, Golam Globus Productions, director Joe Zito and the stunt coordinator and special-effects coordinator for the film, 'Invasion USA.'

And, gosh, at the risk of sounding more pedantic, Miami in 1981 saw an increase in murder of 500%. I lived in Miami for three terrible years. Hate the place. BUT stuff like this movie and Miami Vice were based on two otherwise unrelated events. The first was the arrival of the cocaine cowboys - the Columbian cartel assholes that shot up a shopping mall and totally bought the Miami police department. Seriously, it was bad. At one point, 1/3rd of the Miami PD was suspended or under investigation for corruption. The city was put into federal recievership. It was nuts. F'n' nuts. The other thing was that Jimmy Carter said that the US would take all Cuban refugees. If you were Cuban and could get to US soil, we'd give you a green card. That created a crisis as thousands of Cubans (the "boat people") arrived. BUT... Fidel Castro also decided to *empty the prisons and insane aslyums* and send 'em all to the US! True story! An insane but also true story. In 1985, I'm guessing this was all still very raw.

One of my all-time favorite movie scenes is in this movie where the reporter has a gun to her head, Chuck sneaks up from behind and shoots the guy, she's pissed at him and tries throw punches(blocked) and Chuck just walks away with the most "I don't give a shit" attitude I've seen anyone perform. Excellent scene.

Completely awesome movie, gotta love the Cannon Group. You should dive down the Death Wish rabbit hole at some point.

ROSTOV was always my favorite movie villain. His favorite trick of jamming the pistol into his pants and firing repeatedly was the funniest !!! 🤣 👍

Another good review! I actually, as i hinted in my comment on The Octagon review, always preferred Chuck Norris earlier movies when the focus is on martial arts. There was, in my opinion, a shift as Chock Norris started to work with Cannon, more emphasis on gunplay and less martial arts. But I do like Code of Silence directed by Andrew Davis (who also directed Nico and Under Siege..)

I’m straight binging your videos man. Awesome stuff lol. I thought I was satisfied with Seagal, but Norris…you’re killing it. Question: why would a CIA agent go to Chuck Norris’ crib by row boat? What sense does that make? lol Also: evil guy does look like the Batman villain, and Christopher Walken. But also, discount Rutger Hauer (RIP).

Dude…the baby-weight guy joke…gold! 🤣

I'm disappointed at the comment section not finding Chuck Norris legendary quotes and jokes.😏

The most American movie ever made

OMFG! I remember this movie as a kid and, don't tell anyone, kinda loving the ridiculous carnage! Hey, give me a break, I was in 9th grade! Your comments SLAY me! Keep up the great work!

It's that kind of movie -it begins, goes on for a while, and then it ends.

Great review! I think that is an alligator Chuck is wrestling, it being Florida. Air boats are very common in southern Florida since it's the only way to go through the marshland of the Everglades. It's been a long time, but I remember that the arming distance for a grenade launcher is 25 meters.

Fun fact: the dude who gets his balls blown off would later go on to be the main antagonist in Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection. If you want to see a mountain climbing scene that stops a movie dead in tracks, but it’s Chuck Norse so you don’t mind, then it’s the movie for you! And I’d give you 2 thumbs up for the Captain Ron clip if I could!

Chuck Norris movies are pure torture. I would snitch on anyone about anything if the alternative was to be locked in a room with his catalog on replay

Chuck firing that LAW so close to the wall. From experience, back blast concussion nasty. Ps. "Quick honey, grab all the toilet paper! sorry that was a gut reaction." I see what you did there😁

I've noticed that the stuntmen in Cannon films definitely earn their pay.

Regarding 11:31 - 'Max Maxwell, a 32-year-old stunt man from Memphis, Tenn., filed suit in Superior Court against Cannon Films, Golam Globus Productions, director Joe Zito and the stunt coordinator and special-effects coordinator for the film, 'Invasion USA. Maxwell was playing a security guard during filming on June 7 in Atlanta. He said the script called for the terrorists to use explosives to collapse a steel door leading into a garage for armoured cars. Maxwell was told the door was merely to collapse and he was supposed to take a couple of bullets,' Kroll (his attorney) said. 'Instead the explosion was so awesome it blew the steel door to smithereens and sent debris flying all over the place.' Maxwell was hit by debris and suffered a fractured right forearm, a lacerated forehead, bruised knee and numerous cuts. He will be unable to work for at least three months, Kroll said.'

12:42 omfg I spat out my tea! RIP

Found this channel last week and am loving it. If you've never seen it, you really need to check out Sidekicks with Chuck from 1992.

My cousin was one of the many extras that was in the American Army at the final battle scene, he happened to be serving in the Georgia Army National Guard at the time.

This was so well done I am surprised you haven't done one of these for Falling Down.

Rostov...it's time...FYI this director previously did a Friday the 13th sequel. He only had a lil further up to go from there to get over that top...

The scene's with the guerilla dude's just randomly firing is a riot.

We gotta get this to beat Gone With the Wind. Everyone I know is getting a copy for Christmas. Come on guys, we can do this.

You forgot one of the best parts of the movie where Chuck interrogates the guy by stabbing him in the hand and leaning on the knife then before he leaves he puts her grenade in his hand and pulls the pin and the guys throws the grenade out the window and blows up this muscle bound guys sports car

1:09 Richard Lynch and Billy Drago on the screen together! Great bad guys.

15:00 anybody else notice the guy being to big to tuck himself under the car?

Chuck Norris was my hero and this was THE movie, I love it!

This movies had a really nice soundtrack

11:33 - I love that you react to the same stuff that I react to while watching this. or rather I love that when you're watching this to pick and choose which clips to react to, they're the same ones that would have gotten a reaction out of me. when that dude gets hit, I said "holy crap I hope that's a dummy or that stuntman is toast!"

One of my favorite Chuck Norris films..

One of my favs from Chuck. This was a good period for him with Missing in Action 2, Invasion U.S.A. and my personal favotite of his Code of Silence coming out right next to each other. I think I prefer them than his martial arts films, which while decent (I like The Octagon like every sane person, haven't seen your take on it though yet) weren't imo on par with Hong Kong kung fu (and wuxia) films (especially in terms of choreography) and it's no wonder that his best fight - at least for me - was in "The Way of the Dragon" (which was the biggest hit with Bruce Lee in Hong Kong btw; Enter the Dragon earned approx. 2 milion HK dollars less and was #3 in the annual box office, while The Way was #1 year earlier with Fist of Fury #2, also grossing more than Enter).

I forgot how fantastic this movie truly was. Holy crap was there even 5 mins without someone getting killed. Also how many explosions where in this movie, good lord .

Always good to see a shout out to Captain Ron!!!

Cannon fans should check out the documentary Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films.

At 11:36 it was not a dummy, it was stunt man Max Maxwell, he broke an arm and lacerated the head and several other cuts and bruises, he later sued...

This movie was all the way off the chain. One of my all time favorites as a kid.. How about "Sidekicks"1992) starring Chuck Norris? I think that you will really like that one.

Jesus dude! hows your Channel not in the half mill + Sub bracket? I am confused. keep it up

Cannon Group was no joke.

Another fun fact is wookie Goldberg was supposed to play the reporter.

Should have had the tagline “Don’t Fck with the Chuck” before Child’s Play 3 used it a few years later.

11:32 I found a news article on the explosion and the guy was left with a fractured right forearm LOL ''Maxwell was playing a security guard during filming on June 7 in Atlanta. He said the script called for the terrorists to use explosives to collapse a steel door leading into a garage for armored cars. Maxwell 'was told the door was merely to collapse and he was supposed to take a couple of bullets,' Kroll said. 'Instead the explosion was so awesome it blew the steel door to smithereens and sent debris flying all over the place.''

13:15 I'd be more worried about the backblast. That would kill the shooter, when there's wall right behind you. Even unarmed rocket would still mess you up.

I just found your channel I haven’t laughed this hard in a while you just made a new fan.

I liked this video just for the Captain Ron clip that I always think of when the word Guerilla comes up.

I know Chuck Norris is batshit crazy but... man, Redeye, you are provoking all my best stories! Anyway, when I got a brown belt in jujitsu, it was at a tournament in SoCal and Chuck Norris was there. So, I've met the guy. He came up to me, shook my hand, bowed, congratulated me, and that was it. It was, y'know, fifteen seconds. It was still pretty cool. While I know Chuck is crazy, his love of martial arts is intense and real. And he does the work, so, respect to a life-long, committed, serious martial artist despite his batshit insanity. I think that Chuck Norris is the guy that Steven Seagal wants to be. And he isn't. Not even close. And it burns up Seagal. :D

you have very quickly become the kind of channel i thumb up as soon as it starts!! more Seagal!! lolgreat work keep it up

Fun fact, redeye. Not only did he not reload that rocket launcher, but, you can't. LAW are single use disposable rocket launchers.

Fun Fact: The reason, why the face of Richard Lynch, the actor playing the bad guy, looks so weird like a halloween mask, is that in 1967 he set himself on fire while being high on acid... so basically his face is one big burn scar...

Yes your right there is an arming distance in order for a rocket to activate. And I could be wrong but most of the launchers they used are not reusable once fired.

i forgot about the armadillo, adorable. 5:19

@12:53 10th of the bullets in Texas. Lol! So true

at 4:12 I always think of that scene when im playing outlast 2 and trying to slowly open a door lmao

Fun fact, the scene where the big garage blows and the security guard gets caught by it blowing. He sued Cannon and lost. They definitely had some greaseball lawyers for sure.

Gee This brings me back to mid 90 again.We really imported too many American 80s action movies back in the day.

Jesus, I forgot all about how many died in the movie. I havent thought about this movie in over 30 years

Wow they really blew that guy up. this is from the lawsuit after the movie: Maxwell 'was told the door was merely to collapse and he was supposed to take a couple of bullets,' Kroll said. 'Instead the explosion was so awesome it blew the steel door to smithereens and sent debris flying all over the place. Maxwell was hit by debris and suffered a fractured right forearm, a lacerated forehead, bruised knee and numerous cuts. He will be unable to work for at least three months, Kroll said.

I remember watching Delta Force when I was younger but my fav Norris film is Firewalker. It is an unintentional comedy adventure movie with Lou Gosset Jr. with great one liners. Chessy, silly, and high kicking Norris. Also, a dated movie that is pretty hilarious from watching it from today's lens is the Iron Eagle series...it gets bananas. Also, a good sci-fi hilarious one is My Science Project with Dennis Hopper, Fisher Stevens, and John Stockwell...it is one in a million movie.

The octagon!!!!!!!!!! Loved that movie chuck did. The were building a bridge down here n named it after chuck Norris but later changed it because NO1 WOULD CROSS CHUCK NORRIS!!!!

Bro that dude got obliterated lol 11:46

When I was a very little kid I thought people were really died or hurt in movies, looks like it was real for Cannon features.

ONLY STUNTMAN CHUCK NORRIS USES IS WHEN HE HAS TO CRY!!!!!

Yep. Arming distance is totes a thing, and it's tens of meters not across the room. Though getting hit by just the mass of the rocket at close range wouldn't do you any favors. Every once in a while in warzones people survive with a undetonated 40mm grenade or RPG projectile literally embedded in their flesh. A little more velocity and it might well just blow through like a massive bullet.

The villains name was Richard Lynch he played lots of bad guys in film and tv he died in 2012.

So that line about the pug got me because one of my ex's had 2 pet pugs as well as one of my friends. So I'm all too familiar with pugs and their breathing issues lol

My favorite Chuck Norris movie.

Stock footage from this movie was use din the movie RANGERS starring Matt Mccoy From Seinfeld and Hand that rocks the cradle, and Glenn Plummer. You will have a field day wit that one!

Bulletproof vest wears Chuck Norris for protection

Well, actually you can't reload a LAW rocket launcher, they are one shot/one-use , except the training round version, which can be reloaded.

Awesome Channel, new subscriber here, keep up the great work. I would say It’s worth checking out chuck norris’s missing in action 1 and 2, also if you haven’t yet, Charles Bronson’s Death Wish movies are great too, especially Death Wish 3.

Oh shit yeah you're right, Richard Lynch does resemble Christopher Walken except that facial expression of his never changes

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About that first guy with cheat code for a rocket launcher: This thing is a single use launcher. How do I know that? I watched "The Enforcer", the 3rd Dirty Harry movie.

Oh yeah and do "Silent Rage" for the next Chuck Norris movie.

Was NOT execting shots fired at Philly. A year later it still looks the same.

The alternate title of this movie is "Florida Man 2: Florida Harder"

You're right about arming distance and the reasoning behind it but here's a few other fun rocket fackts: With rockets like the M72A2 LAW, the rocket motor is almost completely burnt out by the time it leaves the tube so the person firing it gets to have eyebrows after shooting his load. But the back end of the tube is open so all that backblast goes behind them. So not only is there an arming distance there is also a minimum safe distance you should be from walls when firing a LAW, cuz if you're too close you run the risk of having your ass burned or filled with bits of debris. This is also mostly the case with Russian RPGs, but there is a second rocket motor that ignites after it reaches its safe arming distance. WW2 Bazookas also have that backblast too. So firing just about ANY AT rocket in a hallway, much less in a building, is a super dumb thing to do unless it's absolutely necessary, such as in the case of murdering a badguy in a Chuck Norris movie. Also, weapons like the M72A2 were menat to be light and disposable so reloading one in the field is near impossible to do in seconds. An enterprising guerrilla might be able to reload it once in a shop with some sort of IED, but not on the back of a fanboat in the Everglades.

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Showdown I little Tokyo... That's a movie to review 😂😂😂

You don't understand Chuck didn't use a rocket launcher the power of his glare made him explode