The fading prints of these low budget action films from Z grade studios of the 60's and 70's, into the 80's, are neglected to cheap DVD copies and rotting masters, complete with fading colors and tinny sound. This one is your typical exploitation film, featuring a few familiar faces, but overall unpleasant. While it is set somewhere in the Mexican countryside, it deals with trashy visitors from the U. S., including Alex Rocco who offers a Mexican bar owner money for the use of his daughter. He's a part of some hideous team of macho marines who encounters the pretty Jennifer Billingsley and her traveling companion, Joseph Kaufmann, who picked her up hitchhiking.

Of the marines, only Paul Carr seems to have any morals and decency, with the commanding officer (Charles Macaulay) considering the Mexican countryside a training ground for their next assignment in North Africa. "I should have been a hooker, but I was born too late." That's the type of classy dialogues you get in this ridiculously trashy and violence film, one of dozens made around this time. I can't imagine this playing in anything but the smarmiest of drive-in theaters, certainly one without a playground outsidee of someone's car. The opening scene appears to be targeting biker films because it has Rocco coming out of a porta potty and shooting the biker who had just tried to tip it over with him inside. It's more of the same, except less pleasant.

First, not for one moment will you believe that you are looking at the best mercenaries money could buy. The action appears more like some boy scouts horsing around at camp. While there are a few creative moments at the beginning and at the end, what is in between consists of a rape scene followed by endless climbing around a rock quarry. The outdoor photography is fine, however that is not why exploitation films succeed. I thought Alex Rocco's character, "Wick", was by far the most interesting, followed by everyone else. Make no mistake, this is a low budget, drive in second feature, that would be very easy to sleep through. - MERK

After a long search, I finally got a nice copy of the virtually unknown Brute Corps, and it was well worth the wait! The story consists of this band of mercenaries for hire who travel in army vehicles, and cause all sorts of havoc along their way. They particularly like to abuse and humiliate women, and take no guff from anyone (especially a band of bikers). If any of the group aren't actually causing trouble at any particular time, then they are sitting there and smiling and laughing while others in the group do it.

Eventually they come across two hippies hiking cross country; one a young man and the other his gorgeous girlfriend. What happens after that must be seen to be believed! Many familiar faces abound, and despite the no-budget look, this is actually a very well-made film. "Brute Corps" is definitely worth a look for all fans of rare cinema.