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Out on some remote road in Georgia, a muscular young hitch hiker bad mouths a cop. As we all know, this is something you should never do in the south. But in the case of "Kick Ass Cops," the consequences are worse than you would normally expect. Malloy, the cop, has lots of interests outside of general police work. "We're going for a little ride," he informs the hitching stud, tossing him handcuffed in the trunk before driving him back to a really well decked out dungeon.

Malloy - like so many men in the Academy Video Series - is a beefy, furry, muscular he-man of a crazy-cop. One of the hottest scenes in the earlier DVD occurs as the hogtied and hooded prisoner struggles, grunting while a naked Malloy looks down on him from inside a shower. Eventually the kid gets roughly stripped and strapped down to a bondage table for a brutal flogging and paddling. But Malloy does have a shift/patrol duty to keep, and that is when his prisoner escapes from an inflatable medi-stretcher to run for home.

Once he makes it to safety, little brother lies about his ordeal with the cop and adds an accusation of rape. Little brother has a pair of men ready to take action, even if they think little brother is a dip-shit. Gunner, an ex-Marine, talks musclestud Cross, a Navy Seal, into tracking down the cop and getting payback for the kidnapping and rape. They sneak into Malloy's house in the dead of night to subdue him in his bed before dragging him down to the basement for a taste of his own medicines.

"There's some weird shit in here, man," Cross snarls as Malloy gets tied down in the dungeon. Cross and Hunter punch, kick, strip and then torture Malloy in much the same way little brother was abused earlier. Then Cross and Gunner bring the kid in to confront his rapist, but even if he hadn't enough brains to know not to mouth off to a Southern Police Officer, he should have known not to lie to his Marine Brother. When it comes out that the man tied to the table didn't actually rape the young man (only kidnap and torture him), little brother finds himself in a whole new world of hurt.

"Kick Ass Cops" runs roughly and hour and twenty minutes. There is brief frontal and rear nudity, but no sex. The dungeon is exquisite, and the three leads are the kind muscular tops the late Chip Weichelt preferred for his movies.

If you are into good rope work and hot military studs, you will want to get “Force Recon,” a film by Gary “Chip” Weichelt starring a bunch of handsome young men with nice bodies who find themselves in bondage peril. The cast includes Staff Sergeant Knight, Private Davis, Corporal Saddler and “Cutter.” There is an overly complicated plot involving military intelligence, a computer chip, double-crossing and men who may or may not be telling the truth. The whole matter gets a bit confusing. But what can be so wrong with a plot that causes lots of guys to get tied up and left to struggle?

There are plenty of hunky military men in camouflage fatigues and boots — “a platoon of raw recruits,” as they are described early in the DVD — carrying big guns through the woods. But there are bad guys stalking them, and one by one the members of the platoon all find themselves in strict bondage.

The first guy to be overpowered gets handcuffed, then put in a white mesh net sealed with plastic zip ties. Next, another guy gets roped standing spread eagle against a tree. Another finds himself knocked out, gagged with cloth, and then tied securely in a challenging hogtie. Soon four others get overpowered with guns, bound with zip ties and later tied up in various ways. One of them gets tied on his back with his legs up against a tree. Another is tied shirtless in a very severe stakeout on his back. Yet another shirtless guy is tied to a tree. They are all tortured for information about that missing chip. (Get it? They are looking for a chip, and Chip is also the name of the director.)

Later in the DVD, another shirtless guy gets strung up against a tree, then beaten and tortured. It’s the most realistic part of the movie. He’s got a bloody nose, and the look on the guy’s face shows real fear. Another intense part of the action centers around the staked out guy, the leader of the recruits, who is menaced with a knife and later cut with the blade. Yes, these guys play rough.

Included on this DVD are outtakes and bloopers, which were apparently not included in the original release on videotape. Some viewers, however, might find that this additional footage ruins part of the fantasy. (Who needs to see them actually make the sausage?) One thing is clear from watching the outtakes: directing a movie like this with so many characters and scenarios is a lot harder than it looks. It was quite an ambitious project.

There are a few apparent technical glitches in the movie. At the moment that many of the victims are taken, the sound cuts out and the action is shown in slow motion. Another minor complaint is that some of the punches have a “pro wrestling” quality to them, and you can tell pretty clearly that they are fake.

This DVD contains no sex or nudity, so if that is what you are after look elsewhere. But if you want to see a bunch of hot guys taken by force and tied up, you absolutely must get “Force Recon.” There is lots of gagging, great verbal abuse and simulated torture that gets intense in parts. Best of all, the prisoners are expertly and creatively tied. The captor who does the tying really knows his stuff. He ties a great rope hogtie, quickly and efficiently. And the ropes look great going over such muscular arms and bodies.