JOSHUA TREE / ARMY OF ONE (Vic Armstrong, 1993)

[Jox]

Lebanese poster with the "Forced Vengeance" subtitle like in Egypt

[Jox]

10 Awesome Movie Gunfights You’ve Probably Never Seen

4. The Chop Shop Massacre (The Joshua Tree)
Dolph Lundgren again, this time starring as a trucker framed for murder who goes on the run to clear his name. Now, The Joshua Tree (or Army of One as it’s known in some places) is by all known standards of measurement a bad movie. Bad acting, dialogue and long stretches of boring exposition result in a film that will have you checking your watch frequently. But the ace up its sleeve is that it’s directed by legendary stuntman Vic Armstrong, who knows how to stage an action scene. And when Dolph arrives at a chop shop to retrieve some money he’s owed by the guy running it, the insanity gets dialled all the way up to 11. In this scene Dolph has to go up against what must be the most well staffed – and well armed – chop shop operation in history, and he does so with great gusto. Clearly influenced by John Woo, Armstrong stages a wide variety of carnage as our hero plows through wave after wave of bloodthirsty mechanics (is there any other kind?). During the course of the scene Dolph slides around the floor on a cart, blazing away with a gun in each hand in slow motion. One guy he sets on fire, who he then kicks into a box full of flammable material to cause an explosion. He even finds time to have a fistfight in the middle of all this, which is handily resolved with a piece of jagged metal. The Joshua Tree is by no means a classic, but this giddy festival of mindless violence goes some way to helping justify its existence.

http://whatculture.com/film/10-awesome- ... 78rsyPJ.99

[Krom]

Rare Australian vhs cover
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... ink:top:en

[Jox]

After LEGT BEHIND (now in post-prod) Vic Armstrong should direct THE SUNDAY HORSE (back in the day he was suppose to helm a remake of THE BLACK STALLION right after JOSHUA TREE). He and his family have an equestrian history before becoming stuntmen...
http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/vic-arm ... day-horse/

[TEMIRLAN]

Is there any communication between him and Dolph nowdays? I mean ...

[punisher55]

"Joshua Tree" 1993

[Jox]

One can dream...

(fan made)

[Jox]

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Brazilian theatrical one-sheet


VHS

[Jox]

Ticket stub from the Japanese theatrical release in late March 1993 (which was the worldwide premiere)

[Jox]

U.S. home video trailer

(Notice how they call him 'John' Santee (because they probably thought 'Wellman' not common enough for Americans and every action hero has to be called John...)

[Jox]

Inteerstingly, JOSHUA TREE is by far the most watched DL movie on Youtube: the portuguese version has been seen 5 million times, followed by the Spanish one with 2 million, then the US unrated cut 1,9 million, and another Portuguese at 900K views. That's about 10 million cumulated views!

The next runner up are THE PACKAGE (Portuguese): 898,000 with views, THE MECHANIK 750,000, then THE PUNISHER and RED SCORPION both 607-608K views...

[dolphage]

I think that screen shot explains why. A young Kristian Alfonzo taking her top off for Dolph Lundgren. Click bait!

As I recall her body double had a decent pair of funbags, Kristian herself, less well endowed but she had a beautiful face. In my opinion.

[Jox]

That's right!

I remember the torrid scene was posted on YT from one of our members (who did the JT FB page) as well and did very well!

Alfonso's body double was porn star Crystal Breeze...

[dolphage]

"Crystal Breeze" I love you for knowing this stuff!

Now, I am clearing my schedule for an evening of googling Crystal Breeze...

[Jox]

Hahaha! I never heard about her elsewhere but for some reason they weren't shy about it in the presskit or some magazine article at the time...