Hammer (Greene) is a Cop on the Edge. Back in 'Nam, he and a group of buddies had a small clique known as the Storm Riders. When one of said old buddies, Greg (Moldovan) reaches out to him, seemingly in trouble, Hammer responds, but then Greg is murdered by a mysterious assassin (Zagarino). Now Hammer is a cop over the edge. He chases the man, but he escapes. It's then that Hammer goes on vacation to Jamaica, and proceeds to go on a rampage and cause all sorts of havoc while there. Hammer must fight through corruption, drug dealers, liars, cheaters, and just about every sort of baddie there is. Will he ever make it back to U.S. alive? Find out today! "Wow, there's actually a movie with Daniel Greene, Frank Zagarino and Jeff Moldovan and it's directed by Enzo G. Castellari? That's amazing!" That quote was taken from...us, when we realized the movie Hammer existed. And you thought Fred Williamson was the only Hammer. Well, it turns out Daniel Greene can Hammer it up with the best of them. With his hair lookin' better than ever, Greene puts in a winning lead performance. The greatness of Enzo just proves itself even more with this highly entertaining and enjoyable romp.
The opening chase between Greene and Zagarino is an impressive movie highlight, and they even get a jet ski chase again later. Zagarino is perfectly cast, because he doesn't say anything and he's the slippery bad guy who the audience can readily hate. Plus he has some awesome sunglasses. Weirdly enough, during the first chase scene, on the soundtrack we get the "Sweet Child O' Mine" guitar solo, but it's never credited anywhere. Could it be a possible under-the-radar steal? It does firmly place the movie in 1990, however. Right where movies should be. It was also nice to see Masterblaster (1987) co-stars Moldovan and Donna Rosea reunited in a different movie.
In all fairness, the movie does start to run out of steam just a tad somewhere towards the middle/end, but that's a common thing and very slight in this case. Enzo hits all the right action notes, including the time-honored final warehouse shootout. There really is plenty here for fans to sink their teeth into, and this movie should be more well known.
Featuring the catchy tune "Island Man" by Charlie Cannon, Hammer should satisfy anyone's craving for classic early-90's action.
The opening chase between Greene and Zagarino is an impressive movie highlight, and they even get a jet ski chase again later. Zagarino is perfectly cast, because he doesn't say anything and he's the slippery bad guy who the audience can readily hate. Plus he has some awesome sunglasses. Weirdly enough, during the first chase scene, on the soundtrack we get the "Sweet Child O' Mine" guitar solo, but it's never credited anywhere. Could it be a possible under-the-radar steal? It does firmly place the movie in 1990, however. Right where movies should be. It was also nice to see Masterblaster (1987) co-stars Moldovan and Donna Rosea reunited in a different movie.
In all fairness, the movie does start to run out of steam just a tad somewhere towards the middle/end, but that's a common thing and very slight in this case. Enzo hits all the right action notes, including the time-honored final warehouse shootout. There really is plenty here for fans to sink their teeth into, and this movie should be more well known.
Featuring the catchy tune "Island Man" by Charlie Cannon, Hammer should satisfy anyone's craving for classic early-90's action.