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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the record label, see <a href="Megaforce_Records" title="Megaforce Records">Megaforce Records</a>. For the Power Rangers television season/series, see <a href="Power_Rangers_Megaforce" title="Power Rangers Megaforce">Power Rangers Megaforce</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">MegaForce</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Hal_Needham" title="Hal Needham">Hal Needham</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">

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<ul><li>James Whittaker</li>

<li><a href="Albert_S._Ruddy" title="Albert S. Ruddy">Albert S. Ruddy</a></li>

<li>Hal Needham</li>

<li><a href="Andre_Morgan" title="Andre Morgan">Andre Morgan</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Story by</th><td class="infobox-data">Robert S. Kachler<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist">

<ul><li>Andre Morgan</li>

<li>Albert S. Ruddy</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Barry_Bostwick" title="Barry Bostwick">Barry Bostwick</a></li>

<li><a href="Michael_Beck" title="Michael Beck">Michael Beck</a></li>

<li><a href="Persis_Khambatta" title="Persis Khambatta">Persis Khambatta</a></li>

<li><a href="Edward_Mulhare" title="Edward Mulhare">Edward Mulhare</a></li>

<li><a href="George_Furth" title="George Furth">George Furth</a></li>

<li><a href="Henry_Silva" title="Henry Silva">Henry Silva</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data">Michael C. Butler</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist">

<ul><li>Patrick Roark</li>

<li><a href="Skip_Schoolnik" title="Skip Schoolnik">Skip Schoolnik</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Jerrold_Immel" title="Jerrold Immel">Jerrold Immel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br>companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><div class="plainlist">

<ul><li><a href="Orange_Sky_Golden_Harvest" title="Orange Sky Golden Harvest">Golden Harvest</a></li>

<li>Northshore Investments Ltd.</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="20th_Century-Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century-Fox">20th Century-Fox</a><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">(USA/UK)</span></li>

<li><a href="Toho" title="Toho">Toho-Towa</a><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">(Japan)</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">99 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist">

<ul><li>United States</li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$20 million<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$5.7 million<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><i><b>Megaforce</b></i> (or <i><b>MegaForce</b></i>) is a 1982 <a href="Action_film" title="Action film">action film</a> directed by former stuntman <a href="Hal_Needham" title="Hal Needham">Hal Needham</a> and written by James Whittaker, <a href="Albert_S._Ruddy" title="Albert S. Ruddy">Albert S. Ruddy</a>, Hal Needham and <a href="Andre_Morgan" title="Andre Morgan">André Morgan</a> based on a story by Robert S. Kachler. The film starred <a href="Barry_Bostwick" title="Barry Bostwick">Barry Bostwick</a>, <a href="Persis_Khambatta" title="Persis Khambatta">Persis Khambatta</a>, <a href="Michael_Beck" title="Michael Beck">Michael Beck</a>, <a href="Edward_Mulhare" title="Edward Mulhare">Edward Mulhare</a>, <a href="George_Furth" title="George Furth">George Furth</a>, <a href="Evan_C._Kim" title="Evan C. Kim">Evan C. Kim</a>, <a href="Ralph_Wilcox_(actor)" title="Ralph Wilcox (actor)">Ralph Wilcox</a>, <a href="Robert_Fuller_(actor)" title="Robert Fuller (actor)">Robert Fuller</a> and <a href="Henry_Silva" title="Henry Silva">Henry Silva</a>. The film was poorly received by critics, <a href="Box-office_bomb" title="Box-office bomb">bombed at the box office</a> and was nominated for three <a href="3rd_Golden_Raspberry_Awards" title="3rd Golden Raspberry Awards">Golden Raspberry Awards</a>, including <a href="Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Picture" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture">Worst Picture</a>.

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<p>The story involves two fictional countries, the peaceful Republic of Sardun and their aggressive neighbor Gamibia. Unable to defend themselves from a Gamibian incursion, Sardun sends Major Zara and General Byrne-White to ask the help of MegaForce – a secret army composed of international soldiers from throughout the western world, equipped with advanced weapons and vehicles. The MegaForce leader, Commander Ace Hunter, will lead a mission to destroy the Gamibian forces, which are led by his rival, and former military academy friend, Duke Guerera.

</p><p>While Hunter composes an elaborate battle plan to destroy Guerera's forces, Zara tries out to become a member of MegaForce. As she executes the various tests, Hunter's feelings of affection toward her grow. And while she passes the tests, he is unable to allow her to participate in their raid, because her presence, as an outsider, would disrupt the trust and familiarity of his force.

</p><p>Eventually, MegaForce successfully para-drops its attack vehicles into Gamibia and Hunter mounts his sneak attack against Guerera's forces. Although they manage to destroy his base, they are told by General Byrne-White that Sardun has decided they will not be allowed to cross the border into their country because they consider MegaForce too dangerous a global organization.

</p><p>At the same time, Guerera has set a trap for them at the team's only means of escape – a dry lake bed where the cargo planes will pick them up. Guerera sends his tanks to secure the lake bed while Hunter comes up with a plan to attack Guerera from behind by crossing over a mountain range the enemy tanks had turned their backs toward.

</p><p>The plan succeeds, and MegaForce manages to break through Guerera's tanks, but one of MegaForce's cargo planes is damaged in the process. Having to abandon their high-tech vehicles (which they program to self-destruct), the team successfully makes it on foot to the last plane, except for Hunter. The commander, instead, makes his own dramatic escape on his motorcycle after it deploys airfoils and a rocket motor and catches up with the cargo plane in midair. Although he has lost the battle, Guerera shows admiration for Hunter's cunning, and he gives his old friend a <a href="Thumbs_signal" class="mw-redirect" title="Thumbs signal">thumbs up</a>.

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<ul><li><a href="Barry_Bostwick" title="Barry Bostwick">Barry Bostwick</a> as "Ace" Hunter</li>

<li><a href="Michael_Beck" title="Michael Beck">Michael Beck</a> as Dallas</li>

<li><a href="Persis_Khambatta" title="Persis Khambatta">Persis Khambatta</a> as Zara</li>

<li><a href="Edward_Mulhare" title="Edward Mulhare">Edward Mulhare</a> as Byrne-White</li>

<li><a href="George_Furth" title="George Furth">George Furth</a> as Professor Eggstrum</li>

<li><a href="Henry_Silva" title="Henry Silva">Henry Silva</a> as Guerera</li>

<li>Mike Kulcsar as Ivan (credited as Michael Kulcsar)</li>

<li><a href="Ralph_Wilcox_(actor)" title="Ralph Wilcox (actor)">Ralph Wilcox</a> as Zac</li>

<li><a href="Evan_C._Kim" title="Evan C. Kim">Evan C. Kim</a> as Suki (credited as Evan Kim)</li>

<li><a href="Anthony_Pena" title="Anthony Pena">Anthony Pena</a> as Sixkiller (credited as Anthony Penya)</li>

<li>J. Víctor López as Lopez</li>

<li>Michael Carven as Anton</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2></div>

<p>The film was part of a $50 million slate of film production from Golden Harvest studios aimed at breaking into the Western market. Other movies included <i><a href="High_Road_to_China_(film)" title="High Road to China (film)">High Road to China</a></i> and <i><a href="The_Protector_(1985_film)" title="The Protector (1985 film)">The Protector</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The director Hal Needham said:

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<blockquote><p>It's like no other movie ever made before. And the machines we've built are extraordinary. There's one other thing. Although there's a lot of action, you don't see anyone get killed. I think people are beginning to get sick of that kind of thing. What we've tried to do here is make an entertaining film with some believable heroes the public can cheer for.<sup id="cite_ref-mega_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mega-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote>

<p>Barry Bostwick was cast in the lead after the producers saw him on stage in <i><a href="The_Pirates_of_Penzance" title="The Pirates of Penzance">The Pirates of Penzance</a></i> in Los Angeles. Producer Al Ruddy said he and the director had talked to one other actor earlier in the development stage, when the script was more serious. However, then Ruddy "decided I didn't want to do another <i><a href="The_Dogs_of_War_(film)" title="The Dogs of War (film)">Dogs of War</a></i> type movie. I wanted this to be more camp, more of a spoof, but still believable. Once we'd seen Barry we knew right away he was just right for the part."<sup id="cite_ref-mega_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mega-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>It was the first time Bostwick had received top billing in a film. He signed a three-picture deal covering possible sequels. He kept the beard he wore for <i>Penzance</i> to "develop a particular look for this guy. That way if I want to do other pictures I can just shave it off to look different. Anyway it's dead right for this character."<sup id="cite_ref-mega_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mega-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>"We use high technology weapons of the most advanced design", said Bostwick. "They're still on the drawing board but they will be in use by the time the movie is out a year later."<sup id="cite_ref-barry_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barry-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Bostwick claimed the Pentagon "tried to stop the movie" by withholding 40 army tanks needed for the bigger battle sequences because the movie's strike force "was very close to covert CIA strike forces still in existence."<sup id="cite_ref-barry_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barry-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>"You know what's good about this film?" Bostwick later reflected. "It's plausible. We need an international force like this to keep the peace. I wouldn't mind betting that one day there's a real Megaforce operating somewhere in the world."<sup id="cite_ref-mega_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mega-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The film was shot on location in Nevada. It pioneered the use of <a href="Introvision" title="Introvision">Introvision</a>, a system that allows actors to walk in and out of photographs instead of sets. It was used to create the headquarters for the private army. "It's an absolutely phenomenal system", said the film's producer, Al Ruddy of Introvision. "There's no way you can get the quality and the speed of delivery at this cost."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The cars and motorbikes were designed by William Fredrick, who worked on <i><a href="Hooper_(film)" title="Hooper (film)">Hooper</a></i>. He delivered them after eight months work and a cost of $1 million but they all actually worked.<sup id="cite_ref-mega_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mega-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Hal Needham was injured during filming after falling off a motorbike, breaking several ribs and bruising himself.<sup id="cite_ref-mega_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mega-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The film had no credited costume designer; all the clothes were designed by the toy company <a href="Mattel" title="Mattel">Mattel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2></div>

<p>The film was released during the summer of 1982 amid much competition. Early box office tracking was poor and it was felt the film would be overshadowed by <i><a href="Mad_Max_2" title="Mad Max 2">Mad Max 2</a></i> (aka <i>The Road Warrior</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film holds a 6% rating on <a href="Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> from 16 reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Audiences polled by <a href="CinemaScore" title="CinemaScore">CinemaScore</a> gave the film an average grade of "D+" on an A+ to F scale.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Hal Needham later described it as:

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<blockquote><p>Kind of a version of James Bond done with a helluva lot of less budget and no <a href="Roger_Moore" title="Roger Moore">Roger Moore</a>, but it was a high tech, good "right wing" film and I thought it was kinda interesting. Those buggies that we built, they were dune buggies and we revamped 'em a little bit, and put the weapons on 'em and all that, and the military sent people out there to look at my weapons and my vehicles and how they run, and how they handle...they were out there in the desert with me for a week watching. And, if you go back and take a look at <a href="Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Desert Storm">Desert Storm</a>, there's a pretty good resemblance to my vehicles. They were pretty slick, pretty tricked out, and they had a helluva job putting those together.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote>

<p>Years later, <a href="Robert_Fuller_(actor)" title="Robert Fuller (actor)">Robert Fuller</a> (who had a minor role as a pilot) admitted to being less than fond of the picture. Co-star Michael "Dallas" Beck seemed to agree, admitting that "To say the least, it's not the kind of movie you look for at the <a href="Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Oscars</a>. On the other hand, it paid me and my new family enough to buy our first house. So I'm not about to knock it, either."

</p><p>Needham later admitted that commercially the film "went right in the toilet. I thought I had the pulse of the country better than I did. I was going off Reagan's election and different things. Then the other thing is, I didn't make it high tech enough compared to the other things that were out."<sup id="cite_ref-hal_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hal-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Had the movie been more successful a sequel entitled <i>Deeds Not Words</i> was planned. Hal Needham said in an interview with <i><a href="Starlog" title="Starlog">Starlog</a></i> that filming of the sequel was to have begun in September 1982, just months after the first movie's premiere. The sequel would have shifted to a tropical setting and was to have been filmed in the <a href="Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2></div>

<th>Award

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<th>Category

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<th>Nominee(s)

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<th>Result

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<th>Ref.

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<td rowspan="3"><a href="3rd_Golden_Raspberry_Awards" title="3rd Golden Raspberry Awards">Golden Raspberry Awards</a>

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<td><a href="Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Picture" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture">Worst Picture</a>

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<td><a href="Albert_S._Ruddy" title="Albert S. Ruddy">Albert S. Ruddy</a>

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<td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated

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<td><a href="Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Director" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director">Worst Director</a>

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<td><a href="Hal_Needham" title="Hal Needham">Hal Needham</a>

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<td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated

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<td><a href="Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Supporting_Actor" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor">Worst Supporting Actor</a>

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<td><a href="Michael_Beck" title="Michael Beck">Michael Beck</a>

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<td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated

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<td><a href="1982_Stinkers_Bad_Movie_Awards" title="1982 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards">Stinkers Bad Movie Awards</a>

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<td>Worst Picture

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<td>Albert S. Ruddy

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<td style="background:#CDE; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-draw">Dishonorable Mention

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Soundtrack">Soundtrack</h2></div>

<p>An album was released on <a href="Boardwalk_Records" title="Boardwalk Records">Boardwalk Records</a>, with the theme song done by the group <a href="707_(band)" title="707 (band)">707</a>, which was released as a single reaching the mid level of the charts in the United States and Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The soundtrack was released on Compact Disc in 2011 by BSX Records.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Merchandising">Merchandising</h2></div>

<p><a href="Mattel" title="Mattel">Mattel</a> produced <a href="Vertibird" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertibird">Vertibird</a> and <a href="Hot_Wheels" title="Hot Wheels">Hot Wheels</a> playsets based on the <i>Megaforce</i> theme. A video game based on the film was released in 1982 on the <a href="Atari_2600" title="Atari 2600">Atari 2600</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2></div>

<p>In the <a href="DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> introduction to the season two <i><a href="South_Park" title="South Park">South Park</a></i> episode, "<a href="The_Mexican_Staring_Frog_of_Southern_Sri_Lanka" title="The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka">The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka</a>", <a href="Trey_Parker" title="Trey Parker">Trey Parker</a> graphically describes <i>Megaforce</i> as if it were the plot for what the viewer is about to see. <a href="Matt_Stone" title="Matt Stone">Matt Stone</a> stops Parker mid-sentence and reminds him that he is describing the movie <i>Megaforce</i> and not their episode. A disappointed Parker remembers and says, "We should have done <i>Megaforce</i>, that was a sweet movie, we should have done that."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their film <i><a href="Team_America%3A_World_Police" title="Team America: World Police">Team America: World Police</a></i> includes a number of apparent references to the film, including similar scenes of a flying motorcycle and an underground base where the hero meets various specialists.

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</style><cite class="citation audio-visual cs1">Needham, Hal (Director) (1982). <i>Megaforce</i> (DVD). 2:39 minutes in.</cite></span>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084316/"><i>Megaforce</i></a> at <a href="IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/20341/megaforce"><i>Megaforce</i></a> at the <a href="Turner_Classic_Movies" title="Turner Classic Movies">TCM Movie Database</a></li>

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</style><div id="Films_directed_by_Hal_Needham33" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Films directed by <a href="Hal_Needham" title="Hal Needham">Hal Needham</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Smokey_and_the_Bandit" title="Smokey and the Bandit">Smokey and the Bandit</a></i> (1977)</li>

<li><i><a href="Hooper_(film)" title="Hooper (film)">Hooper</a></i> (1978)</li>

<li><i><a href="The_Villain_(1979_film)" title="The Villain (1979 film)">The Villain</a></i> (1979)</li>

<li><i><a href="Death_Car_on_the_Freeway" title="Death Car on the Freeway">Death Car on the Freeway</a></i> (1979)</li>

<li><i><a href="Stunts_Unlimited" title="Stunts Unlimited">Stunts Unlimited</a></i> (1980)</li>

<li><i><a href="Smokey_and_the_Bandit_II" title="Smokey and the Bandit II">Smokey and the Bandit II</a></i> (1980)</li>

<li><i><a href="The_Cannonball_Run" title="The Cannonball Run">The Cannonball Run</a></i> (1981)</li>

<li><i><a href="Stroker_Ace" title="Stroker Ace">Stroker Ace</a></i> (1983)</li>

<li><i><a href="Cannonball_Run_II" title="Cannonball Run II">Cannonball Run II</a></i> (1984)</li>

<li><i><a href="Bandit_(film_series)" title="Bandit (film series)">Bandit</a></i> (1994)</li>

<li><i><a href="Hard_Time_(film)#Hard_Time:_Hostage_Hotel" title="Hard Time (film)">Hostage Hotel</a></i> (1999)</li></ul>

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