Philippines Synopsis
“…Invaders of the Jade Tombs!”
A group of martial arts students are en route to an island that supposedly is home to the ghosts of martial artists who have lost their honor. A Hitler lookalike and his gang are running a female slavery operation on the island as well. Soon, the two groups meet and all sorts of crazy things happen which include cannibal monks, piranhas, zombies, and more!
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Raw Force. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1981–1983 Philippines Window
Raw Force holds position #5 of 10 Philippines films in the 1981–1983 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Philippines Landscape
1982 was the decade’s peak output year for Philippines — 5 titles released, including Raw Force. Bars below show how the 1980s stacked up year by year (21 total).
Action + Adventure in Philippines
7 Philippines titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Raw Force itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 4 other Philippines films in 1982.
The 17th Philippines title from Philippines we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1964).
Our Philippines catalog contains 146 titles in total (134 films).
Audience Engagement
39 audience reviews — more than 82% of Philippines films in our index.
Review volume (82th percentile) outruns trending popularity (64th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Raw Force, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- cruise ship · 1
- sea cruise · 1
- monk · 10
- slavery · 7
- martial arts · 369
- zombie · 42
- island · 41
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #109 of 146 Philippines films indexed here (25th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the Philippines average of 6.2/10.
Among Philippines Action productions specifically: #20 of 39 (top 51%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Philippines |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Philippines, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Ansor International |
| Runtime | 1h 26m |
| Release Date | July 1, 1982 |
| IMDb | tt0084573 |