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They've got a real ripped-from-the-headlines thing going on here, or maybe more like ripped-from-the-headlines-then-severely-beaten-and-killed. Still, wouldn't it have been kick-ass if Ollie North (here represented by Col. Stuart, "the guy that got canned by Congress") had started up a rogue mercenary group after he was kicked out of the military, or if Noriega (represented by Gen. Ramon Esperanza, dictator of the extremely non-existant Republic of Valverde) did single-handedly hijack the plane that brought him to America for extradition? Wouldn't the news fucking rock if shit like that happened in the real world? —Cracked.com on Die Hard 2

"[...] [I]t is sad to see that history has not been forgiving with Junko Furuta's legacy, as it has with other children who have lost their lives in similar fashion. The horrific lynching of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till led him to be recognized as the sacrificial lamb of the civil rights movement, resulting in him becoming a household name throughout the world. The horrific torture and murder of eight-year-old Gabriel Fernandez led to significant restructuring and reform within child protective services within the US. Yet, Junko Furuta went through 40 days of absolute hell, enduring daily cruelty unimaginable to most, and she gets four shitty exploitation films as her legacy." —Johnathan Doe, host of Cinemas Underbelly, "Junko Furuta Exploitation Collection Review"

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