GamerTab That was an excellent one.

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

hwg1957-102-265704 There seems to be a lot of confusion between this film from 1976 and another made later in 1987 as both films get called 'The Zebra Force' or 'Code Name-Zebra'. On IMDb itself the wrong poster is given to this film. Both films were directed by Joe Tornatore. The 1987 film is the sequel to the 1976 film with the character Carmine Longo appearing in both. The version I saw called itself 'Code Name-Zebra'.This film is about war veterans donning disguises and taking on the Mafia and breaking up their operations, mainly by killing people. The mob boss with an impressive mustache brings in an enforcer from Detroit, Carmine Longo with an even more impressive mustache, to deal with the situation. So there is talk followed by action followed by talk etc. You could probably write the script yourself though the final scene did surprise me. The film stock is grainy and the action uses slow motion too much and the acting itself is stilted and amateur but for some reason I found it rather charming. A good print in the original format would be worth seeing even if only to enjoy/cringe at those 1970's fashions.

bkoganbing Makeup has a great deal to do with this story, so much so that it could have been given Oscar consideration. You won't even know how much until the very end of the filmHaving said that The Zebra Force is one incredibly dumb action adventure film where a group of Vietnam veterans who were an elite unit have taken to ripping off the Mafia, known here as 'The Outfit'. They've done this in such a way that the blame is being placed on a local group of black gangsters whom The Outfit considers are getting too uppity. A nice little gang war erupts before the truth is known and most of the cast is killed.The Zebra Force seems very much to be influenced by Sam Peckinpah and his work. A few slow motion violence ballets are in this film, but believe this ain't Peckinpah.Makeup great, the rest of it you can have.

classicsoncall You know, I'd like to see some film maker tackle this story today because it might really turn out to be pretty good. There were some really cool elements here that resulted in a neat twist ending that I saw coming in only the last five minutes, but even then, I didn't think the Lieutenant would turn out to be the black guy.But oh man, is this totally mired in the Seventies with the cars, clothes and hair styles. I have to admit, I'm guilty of wearing some of those dated fashions back in the day and can see how ridiculous I must have looked back then. But only from today's perspective seeing how everyone else dressed the same way.Well this flick had an interesting premise, as a group of ex-Viet Nam vets battles the local drug kingpins by posing as black gang bangers and ripping them off, thereby creating animosity with a rival black gang. Making things more interesting is a police detective with connections to the Mafia who's forced to broker a drug deal with the boys in the hood. Thinking he's pulled one off for the police force, Sergeant Stangman (Stafford Morgan) is taken out by a Mafia sniper, at which point all hell breaks loose.It's all pretty typical Seventies TV movie hokum, with the cheesiness in just the right amounts. You've got your car chases and shoot 'em ups, and the obligatory guy who gets shot and falls through an upper story window into a swimming pool. Still, there's the germ of a good idea here, and done right, I think it could be made to look original even today.

John Seal Here's a trash classic in need of the deluxe DVD treatment. Chuck Morrell plays scarred Viet Nam War vet Lieutenant Dietrich, whose loyal soldiers have followed him into civilian life and have joined him in a vigilante effort to get all the dope off the LA streets. Their unique technique: disguise themselves as African-Americans and start a war between the Mafia dons who import the smack, and the ghetto blacks who peddle it for them! From the initial scene of the Zebra Force (geddit--they're white AND black!) pulling off their 'black' masks, to the jaw-dropping finale, this is one of the most enjoyable '70s action flicks you've never heard of. Featuring a very groovy score, IMDb indicates Zebra Force was shot in a 2.35:1 OAR, and judging from the amount of panning, scanning, and 'chop shots' in evidence, that's correct. Let's hope we get a correctly letterboxed DVD at some point--but even in academy ratio, it's a fun way to waste 90 minutes.