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KARATE COP (1991)
Directed by Alan Roberts. Stars Ron Marchini, Carrie Chambers, D.W. Landingham, David Carradine. Marchini, the kung fu star of the JUNGLE WOLF series (collect them all!), returns in this sequel to OMEGA COP. Don’t worry—you don’t have to know anything about OMEGA COP to enjoy—or, rather, follow—this action movie filmed in half the alleys, rooftops, parking garages and warehouses in Lodi and Stockton, California. After the apocalypse, every law enforcer in America is dead. Except one—“special police” officer John Travis (Marchini). His former status as a cop has little to do with the story, which finds Travis avoiding an army of punks led by psychopath Lincoln (Landingham) in search of a crystal that will power a teleportation device capable of sending Travis’ new gal pal Rachel (Chambers) and her horde of young orphans to a better place. Action is plentiful, logic not so much, as Travis (with the help of a generous editor) kicks and punches his way through the crosstown gauntlet and back again. Carradine picks up a day’s pay as Dad, maker of the best jackrabbit stew in all of Jackass Junction. No, KARATE COP isn’t very good, but few films with “COP” in the title are. Also with Michael Bristow, Michael Foley, Dax Nicholas and Dana Bentley.