The Stabilizer (1986)

Sick Product of a Sick System

Expected more

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Professor Provost has invented a "Narcotics Detector",so he is kidnapped and tortured by Indonesian crime boss Greg Rainmaker.It's up to American super cop Peter Goldson aka The Stabilizer to stop his violent reign.Actually The Stabilizer's past is quite traumatic,because his fiancée was raped and stomped to death by Greg Rainmaker.Teaming up with a local officer and two female assistants The Stabilizer begins bloody revenge towards Greg Rainmaker and his ruthless cohorts of petty criminals...Extremely over-the-top and cheap action flick from Arizal.The amount of violence is simply insane.The performances are flat,the one-liners are endlessly quotable and there are even two scenes of lizard munching.If you are a fan of "Deadly Prey" or Cirio Santiago's mindless action flicks give "The Stabilizer" a shot.8 shoot outs out of 10.

It's always a joy when we come across movies like this. A true gem, finds like this are what make this site worth doing.The Stabilizer is one Peter Goldson (O'Brian), a man who "stabilizes" the line between good and evil. He travels to Indonesia to bring to justice a truly sinister baddie: Greg Rainmaker (Gavin) is a gangster, rapist, murderer and drug dealer, and he and his second-in-command Victor (Sungkar) operate in the Golden Triangle. They kidnap a scientist, Professor Provost (Syah), because one of his inventions is a narcotics detector that would seriously impede the bad guys' plans for world domination. After Rainmaker assaults Goldson's wife, now things are personal. Goldson teams up with Johnny (Capri), Sylvia (Beanz), and Provost's daughter Christina (Christina), among other helpers, to take down Rainmaker's evil empire. Will this team of heroes be successful? Man is this movie great. The opening theme song, sung by "AJ", the Indonesian scenery and culture, the clothes, the dubbing, the wildly entertaining stunts, action and blow-ups, the music, the plot, the abandoned warehouse fights, EVERYTHING about The Stabilizer is just so fun, funny and enjoyable, you'll be smiling the whole time. This is truly what purely entertaining cinema is all about.Both Peter O'Brian (now a personal hero) and the Indonesian Mr. T guy can be seen in the Cynthia Rothrock vehicle Angel of Fury (1991). Now they, along with their great outfits, are back. Speaking of Rothrock, Gillie Beanz could have been the next one. Whatever happened to her? Gavin as Rainmaker has an evil beard, evil white suits, and evil spiked cleats that he uses to torture and kill people, when he's not pouring little bits of beer on soapy women that just got out of the bath. His minions even have golden triangle earrings to show they're with him. Never before has such an evil man met his match with such an utterly ridiculous hero. It truly is a great showdown.For all the talk of "DIY Filmmaking", the film-school snobs never mention the true, resourceful masters that that term implies, such as the great director Arizal. He deserves much more acclaim and recognition. His movies deliver the goods on many levels. Not afraid of seeming silly, he goes for broke with the action, stunts and exploitation elements. God bless him.While we don't normally support Troma, we have to give them props for releasing this, to date the only Arizal film on DVD in the U.S. We hope they release more of his work. This DVD will provide hours of enjoyment for you and your friends. We couldn't possibly list all the standout moments. You just have to see it for yourself.If you don't already own this, just go on Amazon and buy it right now. You'll be glad you did.for more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com

This is one of those gems that I am always waiting to find- I found a diamond here! I am pretty certain that this film was released to be taken as serious as any other action movie from the early 80s. But some of the dubbed in dialogue ishilarious, I am smiling right now as I think about some of the lines. Whatever the case may be, it is an all around entertaining movie that I am glad I added to my collection.For those who like to watch Italian action cinema from the 70s and 80s, youprobably will get a kick out of this too. The same goes to blaxploitation fans as well. I found myself rewinding and re-watching scenes over again. There arelots of scenes that will make you want to take a second look. There really is too many things in this film that had me rolling. Troma offers this on DVD now at a really low price. Definately worth it. Enjoy!

From the opening theme (which by the way happens to include women singing Sta-bil-izer), you know this is cinematic gem. This film regards the exploits of one, the Stabilizer in his quest to thwart the villan (Greg Rainmaker) whose nefariousness is capped of by raping the Stabilizers girlfriend and then stomping her to death with his cleets (this is all done off screen while the camera focuses in on a picture of the Stabilizer that his girlfriend happened to have in her room). Not to mention that Greg Rainmaker has also captured a important scientist, with the assistance of the Indonesian Mr. T, and an endless supply of look-a-like henchmen. How will our hero ever prevail, or in this case Stabilize? Well, if Stabilization has anything to do with exploding and or killing everything in site, then the forces of good are bound to prevail. The Stabilizer in this film, rides dirt bikes onto peoples faces, fist fights at least a hundred guys with machine guns, sets fire to warehouses, puts a criminal underling in a barrel which he then roles around in the back of a truck and jumps off a helicopter while shooting it cause it to explode. Not to mention sleeping with the girl who he had just met. Hot. Not five minutes goes by in this film without some form of overt action and or destruction. And as it is conducted by guys with greasy 70's haircuts, well, it just doesnt get any better than that.