Blastfighter

Blastfighter
French theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed by	Lamberto Bava
Written by	Luca von Ryt Max von Ryt
Starring	Michael Sopkiw Valerie Blake George Eastman Stefano Mingardo
Music by	Fabio Frizzi (as Andrew Barrymore)
Cinematography	Lawrence Bannon
Edited by	Bob Wheeler
Release date	Italy: July 25, 1984 (1984-07-25)
Running time	93 min.
Country	United States Italy France

Blastfighter is a 1984 Italian action film by Lamberto Bava starring Michael Sopkiw and George Eastman. Its original title in Italy was Force of Vengeance, and in France it was released as Blastfighter: The Executioner.

Jake "Tiger" Sharp (Michael Sopkiw) is a former policeman who seeks revenge after his wife is murdered. After killing the murderer, Sharp is sentenced to seven years in prison. Upon release Jake is given a Spas-12 Shotgun by his old friend Jerry in order to wreak vengeance upon the crooked attorney responsible for sending him away. However, Jake instead at the last minute decides to return to his secluded cabin in the Appalachian wilderness and bury his gun in the floorboards. Matters become complicated when a group of poachers run afoul of him and kill his baby deer. Jake goes to the Chinese herbal medicinist's office that the hunters have been selling to and smashes up the place.

Jake's estranged daughter Connie then joins him with Jerry and her boyfriend, but all of them are killed off when the hunters decide to get revenge for scaring away the herbal medicinist. Jake manages to escape back to his cabin and dig up his gun for one last battle with those who would break the law.

Blastfighter was originally penned as a science fiction film but this idea was scrapped due to filming difficulties and budgetary concerns.

In Italy, a DVD was released as a wide screen double disc edition. In the United Kingdom there were Betamax, VHS and now DVD versions which are dubbed.