Plot: Deacon Porter (Richard Hill) is headed to King’s Ransom, a rural small town where he plans to pay his respects to a deceased friend. But he also wants to do some looking around, as he is certain his friend wouldn’t have been driving drunk, which is what the police claim happened. Once he arrives, he quickly learns outsiders aren’t appreciated in town and that the area is home to a massive marijuana operation. As he pokes around, he sees that people are afraid to even talk with him and even the local law enforcement is in the pockets of the drug dealers. His presence draws the attention of the growers, who ambush him on the road, burn down his friend’s old bar, and kill his friend’s widow, all to drive Porter out of town. But Porter is used to violence and refuses to back down, though he does call in some reinforcements. Can Porter and his band of colorful veterans free the town or are the growers too powerful to topple?

Entertainment Value: Who doesn’t want to see a ragtag band of veterans battle some redneck marijuana farmers in an 80s action showdown? The Devastator delivers just that, as a Vietnam vet investigates his friend’s mysterious death and finds himself toe to toe with a hick cartel. The narrative does what it needs to do, setting up the action and giving us ample reasons to root against the hayseeds. The cast is colorful and littered with action/genre veterans like Katt Shea, Kaz Garas, Richard Hill, and Bill McLaughlin, among others. This one also has a smorgasbord of assorted rednecks, yokels, and good old boys, so fans of hicksploitation will get a kick of those fellows. Its hard to believe this movie has such a low profile, as it punches in all the 80s action conventions and is a lot of fun to watch. The Devastator has action to burn and rarely slows down, especially once Porter realizes the town is under grower control. A colorful band of heroes, tons of rednecks, plenty of action, fun one liners, and a bad ass chick who works at a gas station, what else could people want? Not to mention the movie comes to us from genre legends Cirio Santiago and Roger Corman, right? If you have even a minor interest in 80s action, this one deserves a spot in your collection.

Just one set of breasts, but as the shirt says, they’re made in heaven. On the blood side, not a lot of the red stuff, outside of some splashy gun shot wounds. The movie has a shit ton of shooting, but most of the kills are quick shots and bloodless. While the blood isn’t flowing like wine at a women’s book club, the action sure is. This movie has fist fights, stealth infiltrations, tons of shoot outs, gas station carnage, car chases, explosions, miniatures being demolished, all kinds of jungle traps unleashed, and shit, just a lot of fucking action. All with the kind of special veneer and style that only the 80s could shine up on a flick. Plus the premise means all this happens in a clash between colorful war heroes and a town of backwoods rednecks, which is just awesome. Some fun dialogue in this picture too, with tough guy talk, one liners, and oddball lines. A character named Ox has some strange, but hilarious moments that tend to stand out, but there’s a consistent flow of fun lines here. As to the insanity scale, rednecks always punch up the mayhem and all, but this one is pure 80s action heaven. A little more score for the colorful cast and wacky dialogue, however.

Nudity: 1/10

Blood: 1/10

Dialogue: 5/10

Overall Insanity: 2/10