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Invasion U.S.A. (1985 movie)

Invasion U.S.A.
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Theatrical poster
Directed by Joseph Zito
Produced by Menahem Golan
Yoram Globus
Screenplay by James Bruner
Chuck Norris
Story by Aaron Norris
James Bruner
Starring
Music by Jay Chattaway
Cinematography João Fernandes
Edited by Daniel Loewenthal
Scott Vickrey
Distributed by Cannon Films
Release date
September 27, 1985 (1985-09-27)
Running time
107 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $12 million
Box office $17,500,000 (US)
Invasion U.S.A.
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Cover of the novelization.
Author Jason Frost
Country United States
Language English
Genre Action, Novelization
Publisher Pinnacle Books
Publication date
October 1985
Media type Paperback
Pages 214 pp
ISBN
OCLC 12863653

Invasion U.S.A. is a 1985 American action film made by Cannon Films starring Chuck Norris. It was directed by Joseph Zito. It involves the star fighting off a force of Cuban-led guerillas.

Both Chuck Norris and his brother, Aaron, were involved in the writing. It was made in the Greater Atlanta area of Georgia, and Fort Pierce, Florida. Miami landmarks, such as Dadeland Mall and Miracle Mile, can also be seen in the film. The 1986 film Avenging Force was originally intended as a sequel until Chuck Norris turned it down. It was instead made as a standalone film starring Michael Dudikoff, sharing only the protagonist's name.

This film is unrelated to the 1952 film of the same name.

A group of Cuban refugees are on a boat sailing for the United States. They are at first met by what appears to be a U.S. Coast Guard boat, with armed personnel. The captain of the vessel declares that the refugees are welcomed to the United States, only to have the Guardsmen open fire on them and take several bags of cocaine hidden in the boat. It is revealed that the armed personnel were communist Latin American guerrillas disguised as U.S. Coast Guardsmen.

The real Coast Guard eventually finds the boat full of the murdered Cubans off the coast of Florida. The FBI and the Miami Police Department arrive at the docks to investigate the murders. The communist guerrillas eventually land in Florida and exchange the drugs for weaponry from a drug dealer. They are led by Soviet operative Mikhail Rostov (Richard Lynch), the fake Coast Guard captain who opened fire on the Cuban refugees. Former CIA agent Matt Hunter (Norris) is asked to come out of retirement, but he declines. When Rostov and a team of guerillas destroy Hunter's residence in the Everglades in a failed assassination attempt, Hunter is convinced to reconsider.


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