Bullet Points: Navy SEALS v Demons
After decades of watching action movies, I’ve come to learn that the occupations for action heroes seem to be extremely limited with maverick cops and elite soldiers being the most likely. Sure you’ll get the occasional kickboxing champion, mechanic or construction worker but for the most part action heroes have jobs that require them to carry a gun.
Further proof of this unofficial job survey can be found in 2017’s Navy SEALS v Demons…
- Drunk and Disorderly: We meet the hero of the film, Warren Carr (Mikal Vega) in a rather inauspicious way… he is sleeping one off in a jail cell when Commander Brian Jacobs (Tony Nevada) pays him a visit and offers him a deal. Jacobs has an off the books mission he’d like the former Navy SEAL Carr to go on. Jacobs tells Carr about the strange happenings going on in a little town in Texas known as Jack County. Men are being slaughtered and women are being kidnapped and if the townspeople are to be believed, paranormal activity is to blame. Carr is reluctant at first, but agrees to take on the mission but only if he can choose his team. Carr finds two of his old Navy SEALS buddies, Whiskey (who is now working as a janitor) and Red (who is a self-employed motorcycle mechanic). After showing them both the top secret mission file, they agree to join their old buddy Carr and soon they are riding their hogs on the open road heading towards Jack County, Texas as the opening credits roll.
- Too Legit To Quit: There are some action movies where the protagonist is completely unbelievable and they seem in over their head (i.e. Judge Reinhold in Project: Human Weapon). That was not the case with Mikal Vega’s portrayal of Warren Carr. You get the feeling this guy has seen some things and is a legit badass. After a little research I found out why Vega was so damn believable as a former soldier… he served in the military for 22 years. If that doesn’t make you legit I’m not sure what would… Once Carr, Red and Whiskey make their way to town they encounter some of the locals including a guy named Pancho, who is the ring leader of the town, a bosomy bartender named Juana Cortez (Liana Mendoza) and Juana’s teenage daughter. The locals are suspicious of the out of town trio and really don’t accept them until Carr, Red and Whiskey save Juana’s daughter from a demon attack their first night in town.
- Demonic Plans: You may be wondering why the demons are menacing this poor little Texas town. First off, I’d like to point out that they are demons from hell so they don’t really need an excuse to do evil things. BECAUSE THEY ARE DEMONS! But the actual reason is that the church in town has a precious religious artifact the Demons want to destroy and they are kidnapping the women in hopes of finding a virgin… you see virgin blood will allow them to enter the sacred ground of the church and get their hands on the religious artifact they seek… without it they can’t even enter the church. But while the Demons may not be able to enter the town’s sanctuary, nothing is going to stop our three former Navy SEALS from going right into the Demons lair in an abandoned factory and take the fight to the devilish Demons.
A good action horror brings together the best of two worlds. Unfortunately Navy SEALS v Demons felt like it didn’t have enough horror for the horror fans and not enough action for the action fans. The movie is not unwatchable by any means, but I wouldn’t go out of your way to see it either. But if I were you, I would go out of my way to check out these Bonus Bullet Points…
- Familiar Face: Tim Abell brings his years of action movie experience to the table in Navy SEALS v Demons. You may remember Abell from movies like The Base with Marc Dacascos, Mercenaries with Kristanna Loken or Sniper: Special Ops with Steven Segal. Abell plays the awesomely named Max Martini in Navy SEALS v Demons. Max is the man overseeing the black ops operation from afar thanks to drone technology, he also has some personal history with Lt. Carr and wants to make sure he gets out in one piece. Abell’s role was silmilar to that of Michael Dudikoff’s role in Navy SEALS vs. Zombies and speaking of that movie…
- Production Notes: A.K. Waters, one of the executive producers of Navy SEALS vs. Zombies, was also the executive producer of Navy SEALS v Demons. Waters also received the Story By credit in both movies.
- AKA: The movie had the working titles of Jack County Demons and Demons of Jack County.
- No Sex in the Champagne Room: When Carr first roles into town he checks out the local bar (the man does like his booze) and gets a table dance while he’s there. Now for those of you who are expecting nudity after you read that, let me tell you right now, there is no nudity involved in this table dance… there is a table, but you don’t want a table, you want tits. And there are no tits shown during this table dance. None.
- What’s Next?: I predict within the next few years we will get a Navy SEALS vs. Martians movie from A.K. Waters.
