Three FBI agents are guarding a key witness whose testimony will end the Chicago crime organisation. Led by Luigi Patrovita (Sam Wanamaker). When the witness and the bodyguards are brutally murdered in an early morning raid. FBI agent harry Shannon (Darren McGavin) seeks out the service of former agent Mark Kaminsky (Arnold Schwarzenegger). Kaminsky forced to leave the Bureau due to his excessive violence and brutality is asked to assume a second identity with the intention of infiltrating the Patrovita organisation and destroying it from the inside. Informed that... the reward for a successful mission is reinstatement with the FBI Kaminsky agrees to undertake the task. [show more]
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays former FBI agent Mark Kaminsky who goes undercover to infiltrate and destroy a mob organisation. Success could bring with it the chance of reinstatement after he was forced to leave the FBI due to his rough treatment of a suspect. However, and as you might expect, Arnie continues to dish out the rough treatment as he works his way through an assortment of bad guys.
Whilst most commonly associated with his role in the Terminator films, Schwarzenegger's best run of films is perhaps the five he made consecutively in the period 1985-88 - Commando (1985), Raw Deal (1986), Predator (1987), The Running Man (1987) and Red Heat (1988). Whilst Raw Deal may not be the strongest of the five, it certainly does not disappoint. The important thing to remember in all of this though is a fact that should be obvious - if you don't like Arnold Schwarzenegger or old-school action films in general, you will almost certainly not like this film. If you do however, then you should definitely watch it. You will be glad that you did.
Without going over the top, Raw Deal makes you yearn for the days when they knew how, or could be bothered, to make decent action films. Yes, it is formulaic. But why should formulaic be a bad thing? If you are looking for interesting and developed characterization woven into a sophisticated and multi-layered plot, you really should be asking yourself why you are looking for these things in an Arnie film.
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Former FBI agent Mark Kaminsky (Arnold Schwarzenegger) was forced to leave the Bureau due to his excessive brutality. When someone is required to infiltrate Luigi Patrovita's (Sam Wanamaker) crime organisation in Chicago, Kaminsky is offered a second chance by FBI man Harry Shannon (Darren McGavin). He agrees to take on a job as Patrovita's bodyguard, and destroy the mob from within.
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