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Pure Immortal!
Arnold Schwarzenegger scores again with this under-rated action movie. Although, there are no other famous names in this film, Arnold carries it from start to finish. Intellect! Arnold is an F.B.I. agent that goes undercover as a mafia individual. This picture shows Arnold's true acting ability and he goes into the hideout at the end and obliterates his enemies. Annihilation! From the opening credits where Arnold Schwarzenegger is driving in the jeep chasing some clown. Splendid! Then Arnold combs his hair back and doesn't take any garbage from the mafia. How valiant! Arnold Schwarzenegger is truly my hero after I watched this bold action picture. The director was really thinking hard on this one and later on, made the epic "City of Industry".

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Worst Schwarzenegger Movie I Know Of
The plot is a typical for a Schwarzenegger flick,though not original at all, yet Schwarzenegger was not the actor this movie needed. Arnold's character is attempting to infiltrate a mafia syndicate. A friend's son was killed by these people and he wants revenge so he asks Arnold's character to help him seek revenge(he's to old to do it otherwise he would do it himself). Arnold's acting in this one is terrible. None of the other actors stood out so well either although I did recognize the guy from the show Profiler. Arnold has a couple one liners that gave me a laugh but seriously much of his acting just doesn't cut it at all. Him attempting to be a suave mafia dude is hard to watch.

The movie goes along way to slow and is very predictable. The action scenes are TERRIBLE. Commando looks realistic compared to Raw Deal's action scenes. At one point Arnold's character is driving around a construction yard in a car shooting people twenty to thirty feet above him while his car is going going up and down constantly--he's also steering with his other hand. He never misses, they never hit,a nd he's hold the guy like a toy. There isn't even some any good looking girls in the movie. I'm a big Schwarzenegger fan, unlike some of the other reviewers here, and have see all his movies. This one doesn't cut it at all. I would recommend you check out Red Heat or Commando for some non-Terminator Schwarzenegger action. Or maybe my favorite, Predator.

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"Resign or be prosecuted...".
In a time when the man with the biggest machine gun ruled the box office, Arnold Schwarzenegger was an unquestionable heavyweight amongst action stars. Following his success with the Conan films and "The Terminator", Ah-nuld signed on to do this crime thriller with director John Irvin. This one isn't one of his more well-known titles but is still "too cool for school". Not exactly one of the smartest action films ever released, what "Deal" lacks in brains, it makes up for in bullets.

Schwarzenegger is Mark Kaminsky, a former FBI big shot who is exiled to the role of local sheriff in a quiet Southern town. When an old friend's son is murdered by Mafia goons, Mark is called in to take down the bad guys in typical Schwarzenegger fashion. Faking his own death and re-emerging in Chicago under the assumed identity of an ex-con, Kaminsky infiltrates the mob organization and takes them down with an arsenal of awesome firepower. From taking down a mob foe in a car chase to driving a confiscated cement truck through an underground casino, Arnold gets to have plenty of fun while kicking his usual butt.

"Raw Deal" is a little bit longer than it should be and is overly talky at times but there are some solid moments to be had here. Any movie that has Arnold blasting his way through a gravel pit to the sounds of The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" can't be all bad. The musical score was one of my favorites at the time that I saw it and the supporting cast including Darren McGavin, Paul Shenar, Robert Davi, and Ed Lauter are all exceptionally talented and equally underrated. While far from a box office hit or even one of his most noteworthy flicks, "Raw Deal" is a bad-ass little movie that is actually very underrated in my opinion. It's never gonna get the kind of love as Arnie blockbusters like "The Terminator" and "Predator" but it's still worth the price of admission for any true action fan looking for some bullet-riddled fun on a Saturday night. Anyone looking to buy on VHS, may want to avoid the full-screen Video Treasures release as some copies contain the TV edit.