For what it was,this film wasnt too bad at all.If you keep in mind the budget and such,and dont have a problem with B-Movies,and dont laugh at every flaw,like most majority does,then your gonna enjoy this.If you enjoy straight to video low budget action flicks,this is recommended.Piper does very good in this,and the fight scenes are definetly par above the horrible "Marked Man",the film piper did prior to this one.Not quite as good as "Tough And Deadly" or "Back In Action",but definetly one of pipers better performances in the action genre.
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XxCoRyxX22 March 2003
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zetes2 August 2015This DTV flick is an amusing if generic crime/action movie. It reminds me of the kind of crap I used to watch on late night HBO or Cinemax. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper stars as an undercover cop who works in "Jungleground," an area of the city that is so crime-ridden no cop or normal human being would dare enter it after dark. At night, it's run by a gang known as the Ragnorockers, who, of course, are led by a guy named Odin (JR Bourne). There are also gangsters named Thor and Loki, and also a teenage boy on rollerblades called Gameshow, who spouts game show catch phrases before he opens fire. Being a 90s action movie, expect a lot of uzis and explosions. Piper is captured by the Rockers but escapes. They also have his girlfriend (Torri Higginson), so he has to search for her with the help of a young prostitute (the absolutely adorable Rachel Wilson). The production and costume design are quite good. I loved the look of the Rockers.
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JUNGLEGROUND is a really cool 90s urban set Action Thriller starring the AWESOME "RODDY PIPER" R.I.P, here he's fantastic as the Action Hero of this film, "Roddy" really was a great actor & should have made it bigger into an Action star but he didn't? He ended up, as the lead role at least in straight to video films, but that DEFINITELY doesn't mean his films are bad!!! "JUNGLEGROUND" is a fun & gritty pure 90s Thriller, about a certain area that's so bad & violent & gang infested that even cops won't go there & that place is called "jungleground" & our hero "Roddy" has a little mission down there, some kinda undercover drugs bust as he's a Cop & let's just say things go wrong & "Roddy" is from then on being Hunted in the urban hell hole by gangs & it's so much fun, like a low-budget version of "The Warriors" mixed with "Escape from New York" & that's exactly what "Jungleground" is, it's a genre movie, it's a fun straight to video action flick with a great B-movie action star!!! The gangs are ridiculously un-scary but fun & like i said "Roddy" makes a great Hero & very likable & he does some cool action, runs alot through the dark & dangerous night time streets of JUNGLEGROUND. DEFINITELY check out this little low-budget Action GEM, this film makes good late night entertainment, Also if like me you love "Roddy piper" films check out "THEY LIVE" "TOUGH & DEADLY" "SCI-FIGHTERS" & "THE BAD PACK" all really good, straight to video action Thriller's especially "The Bad Pack" from 1997 also starring another great "Robert Davi"
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Eraser8115 September 2000Roddy Piper does good action scenes and bone crunching maneuvers, but not all his films turn out that great. But this one is fun and exciting. It isnt however up there with They Live, but Jungleground is a good way to kill time watching an action flick.
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Leofwine_draca30 September 2017JUNGLEGROUND is an action vehicle for wrestling star Roddy Piper, the man who shot to cult fame with his role in John Carpenter's superlative THEY LIVE. This one was shot in Canada on a low budget which doesn't stop it from depicting a convincing run-down city full of post-apocalyptic stylings and the like. The plot is another variant on the old 'hunting humans' theme as done in the likes of THE RUNNING MAN and HARD TARGET, and there's absolutely nothing here that hasn't been done better elsewhere.
Nonetheless, this is a fun film, and B-movie lovers will find it a treat. The villains are over the top goons while Piper pulls out the stops by using his wrestling moves on various one-on-one bouts with henchmen; there are throws and clotheslines galore. The first half of the story is all set up, but once we get to the action-dominated second half this doesn't disappoint, and it certainly delivers the goods for action fans. -
Lt. Jake Cornell (Roddy) is a Canadian cop who is somewhat on the edge, but he gets pushed to his limits when he must survive in a ruthless, lawless urban center of the Great White North called Jungleground. The gang that controls Jungleground are a bunch of Norse mythology-inspired baddies called the "Ragnarockers" or just "Rockers" for short. Members include Thor (Wood) and Loki (Johnston), but the leader is of course Odin (Bourne). When Odin kidnaps Jake's girlfriend Sammy (Higginson of Airborne (1998) fame) - just as he was about to propose to her, no less - he proposes to Cornell that if he can survive the night in Jungleground, he will free Sammy. So Jake must use all his survival instincts to fight through a night fraught with all sorts of obstacles. Will he make it? Jungleground, not to be confused with Thunderground (1989), is a decent Roddy outing. Some of the most entertaining aspects of the movie are just how 90's it is, and just how Canadian it is. Sure, Roddy is charming as usual, but how can he compete with Boy Meets World-style hair, rollerblades and high-waisted jeans? Marry that to the Canadian DTV vibe we've all seen many times before, and you get the general sense about the proceedings. This was back in the day when all Roddy had to do was flash his million-dollar smile and wear a pre-Trenchcoat Mafia trenchcoat, and you had half the movie right there. One of the flaws of the movie is that Roddy didn't get a cool intro to his character. You're just kind of thrown in - there should have been an action scene or at least a scene where his Chief was screaming at him because of his rogue ways. But ultimately Roddy carries the movie, so it all smooths out later.
It has all the clichés we know and love, some of which include yelling while shooting a machine gun, and the prerequisite torture. There are plenty of chases, shootouts and blow-ups, not to mention Roddy executing some classic wrestling-style moves on the baddies, so all the right ingredients are there. But as is often the case, the movie starts to lose steam before the climax. More than likely that's because this is a DTV version of The Ultimate Warrior (1975), The Warriors (1979), Escape From New York (1981), or any other movie where someone has to survive/escape through a treacherous urban environment. There's not much more to the movie than that, but do we really need any more? But to the movie's credit, characters do say the word "Jungleground" a lot...it's not just a movie title, it's the name of the place - and a way of life.
While Back In Action (1993) and Tough and Deadly (1995) remain our favorite Roddy's that we've seen to date, Jungleground is not bad and is probably a one-time watch. -
omerus917 February 2022All the noticable henchmen have lore behind them. The story is decent enough, but what makes this a good B-Movie is the fact that you get to see all and villains with traits and personalities, including their weapons of choice.
With a good budget, and talented actors, this would make for a great movie. -
filmbuff-3627 March 2000Roddy Piper tries too hard in this one note action piece. Basically a rip off of every other run for your life through a futuristic wasteland. Watch Escape from New York, The Ultimate Warrior, or the Road Warrior instead.
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amadeuseisenberg4 January 2022Visually, the movie is great and pretty likeable, with good atmosphere and the baddies all look like metalheads, which always makes for fun characters. The pretty boy villain, however, is a really weak villain sadly and one of the bad guys teams up with Roddy Piper in the end just because his stupid little brother got himself killed and it was nobody's fault really. The movie itself is all slightly above average stuff mostly, but the pure action with zero CGI is really worth appreciating too. It will keep you entertained.