Final Sanction - Zum Töten gedrillt

David A. Prior bietet uns einen sehr realistischen Blick darauf, wie ein Krieg zwischen den USA und der UdSSR ablaufen könnte, wenn beide Mächte über das gleiche Budget wie die Schöpfer dieses Films verfügen würden - ein undisziplinierter amerikanischer Cowboy kämpft im Wäldchen gegen einen sowjetischen Schläger (absolut genial gespielt von Robert Z'Dar) und der gesamte Konflikt gipfelt in einem unerwarteten Finale! Im Grunde genommen macht das immer noch mehr Sinn als beispielsweise die Hunger Games. (16.03.2019)

David A. Prior snapped out of his boyish fantasies about fighting in the jungles of Vietnam to find that the Cold War was over. So he quickly came up with his own fantasy about what the denouement of the conflict between the superpowers was supposed to look like. Though some bloodless revolutions and peaceful tearing down of walls are nice, they have a whiff of pacifism and don’t leave much room for good old-fashioned macho heroism. Thus was born a vision in the mind of the military Peter Pan in which the Cold War powers find themselves at an impasse for the resolution of which each side calls on its best tough guy. Through these men, fist-fights finally transform embarrassing anti-war political threats into a good old fair fight mano-a-mano in a classic boyish battle in the woods. The master’s muscly brother Ted Prior kicks ass for America and the phenomenal Robert Z’Dar goes to bat for the dehumanised Soviet system. Though The Final Sanction is obviously derivative of Rocky IV, it develops that film’s concept into a nonconformist anti-authority climax, so at the same time it can be said that Prior surpassed Battle Royale here. (07.03.2021)