''Raw Force'' (also known as ''Kung Fu Cannibals'') is a 1982

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written and directed by Edward D. Murphy. An international co-production of the Philippines and the United States, it stars Cameron Mitchell, Geoff Binney,

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, John Dresden, Jennifer Holmes and

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The Burbank Karate club travel to a forbidden island of disgraced martial artists to do battle with zombies, mercenaries, cannibals and kung fu masters so deadly and sinister they had to be banished to the Island of Raw Force.

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In October 2014, ''Raw Force'' was released on

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and

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* 1980s action horror films 1982 martial arts films 1982 films 1982 horror films Philippine martial arts films Philippine action horror films American zombie films American martial arts films American action films Films about cannibalism Films scored by Walter Murphy 1980s English-language films 1980s American films English-language action horror films {{1980s-US-film-stub

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