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Com 50-3: Raid on Central Island is the final Com 50 film in the saga. It finishes the Com 50 trilogy and features Com 50 and 007 fighting Cal Pada and Godzilla.


Plot Summary[]

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-Theodore Taylor, Mustache Maniacs Film Co. is Coming to LEGO Dimensions!
Spoiler warning! This section contains details that reveal crucial plot points. If you do not want to find out what happens, skip to the next section.

The film opens in the Bikini Atoll in 1946, where an iguana sleeps on the beach. However, when the iguana gets caught in the Baker Nuclear Test, it begins to slowly mutate. To soothe its scars, the iguana begins to live in the ocean.

As time passes, the iguana, now a rumored monster nick-named Godzilla, trashes several cargo vessels, forcing the CIA to conduct a covert mission to take out Godzilla. Using freezer missiles, Godzilla is encased in ice in Northern Japan and sinks to the ocean floor, going to sleep.

In 2007, Com 50 and another agent, Ranger 22, infiltrate a smuggling ring in Cuba to extract a secret formula. They split up, and after taking down a henchman, Com 50 secures the formula. Heading back, he rescues Ranger 22 from the lead smuggler and, on the way out, gets an alert from the commander to return to base.

Back at headquarters, Com 50 is promoted to Omega Agent and gets his new mission from the commander: Cal Pada has been reportedly running some nuclear testing just west of Central Island, a little-known island in the Atlantic Ocean. Com 50 is to go to the island, meet up with 007, and stop Cal Pada. Com 50 accepts and heads over, but while over Central Island, is shot down by a Cal Pada fighter jet.

Meeting up with 007 at the Reeftown Cafe, they discuss their mission, but are cut off by X, an old accomplice of 007's during the "Austrian Incident." They continue their discussion on where to meet up and where the base is and agree on their plan of attack. However, several Cal Pada troopers led by Hayman Talon attack the cafe. The crowd is scared off, but the three agents fend off the attacking men.

The next day at the Reeftown Library, the three agents meet up and head out. They take a truck to the Cal Pada base and sneak inside. In the base, they hear Boz French discuss Cal Pada's latest scheme to his men: by using the nuclear technology that they have been testing since Com 50 and 007, they will go to their Japan base and wake up Godzilla, which they will then use to destroy the world. Com 50, astounded, tells the rest about the plan. Before any of them can comprehend it, X reveals that he is actually a Cal Pada agent and captures Com 50 and 007. The rest of the Cal Pada leaders tackle down the two agents.

The next day, at Cal Pada's Japan base, Boz French, X, and the rest of Cal Pada lock the two agents in a cell as the villains run off and wake up Godzilla. Godzilla, confused, is confronted by Boz French in a helicopter, who electrocutes the creature to follow his orders. Com 50 and 007 are able to escape by using a gadget that X had dropped in the cell, but they both notice that Godzilla is now destroying Tokyo. Looking for a way out, they discover Mechagodzilla. They go inside and Com 50 finds a control unit. He puts it upon his head and fights Godzilla, which Boz French electrocutes to keep fighting. Eventually, Godzilla turns on Cal Pada and, with Mechagodzilla following behind, destroys the Cal Pada base. However, Boz French, X, and Hayman Talon all run off.

Back on the ground, Com 50 and 007 scout for a way out when they are ambushed by X and Boz French. A gunfight quickly ensues, where both Boz French and X die. To escape, Com 50 and 007 use Com 50's teleport remote. Unbeknownst to them, Hayman Talon watches the action, then runs off.

Back at headquarters, the commander congratulates the two agents on a job well done. 007 once again says that it was a pleasure to work with Com 50, then leaves CIA headquarters. Two months later, Hayman Talon returns to Central Island and begins to lay low.

Production History[]

Development for the third Com 50 started as early as Summer 2004, when Com 50 and 007 had just finished production and was moving to the editing stage. At this time, the old Com 50 story, which was the near future during a hypothetical World War 3, was still canonical, so the old story was going to focus more on that.

However, at this time, work was gearing up for Indiana Jones and the Heart of the Dragon, so Com 50-3 was moved back until that production had wrapped up. Also in development was the DVD Com 50 Collection, which was to be released first. On top of that, once all of that was said and done, two more projects were in development: Kilroy Was Here! and the company name change that would lead to Mustache Maniacs Film Co.'s current name.

By the time film production restarted in July of 2006, Com 50-3 had been revised drastically. Gone was the World War 3 setting, the near future time period, and the rookie agent O-T 3. Central Island remained the central location and Boz French remained as the main villain, but instead of using a boat to get to the island, the fighter jet scene from Com 50 and 007 was revisited with enhanced green screen effects. At this time, Godzilla was also introduced into the film.

During the development for the film, one scene that was cut out was a motorcycle chase. In preliminary documents, it was stated that the motorcycle footage from Old Home Movies was going to become stock footage for this film. However, as it was deemed unnecessary filler, it was cut from the movie.

All of the film was shot from November 2006 through January 2007, with this being the most extensive non-play live action shoot undertaken by Mustache Maniacs Film Co. After just two months of editing, the film was released on DVD on March 10, 2007.

For "Ten Years of Going Crazy!," this film was considered for re-release, but due to the lack of interest in the re-releases of Com 50 and Com 50 and 007, this re-release was initially cancelled. However, as a part of the upcoming Twenty Years Young celebration, this film is finally being re-released as an entirely new cut. While this version of the film is not yet public, it has been confirmed that this film is going to have some of its deleted scenes edited back in, new sound mixing enhancing the film, all-new custom-made footage to bring Godzilla to life, and a brand-new original soundtrack underscoring the entire film. This version is expected to be released on March 10, 2024.

Audience Reception[]

Upon its release, the film was very well received and created interest in another installment in the Com 50 saga. Despite these wishes, this film was upheld as the last film in the saga.

Mistakes[]

  • Plot Hole: Like in Com 50 and 007, why does Com 50 need to fly to Central Island when he can just use his teleport remote to get there instantly and without raising any alarms? He uses it to get both himself and 007 from Japan to the U.S., so it would only make sense that Com 50 could use it to instantly hop to Central Island.
  • Visual Error: During the airplane dogfight, Com 50's plane does a loop...even though Com 50 is not commanding the plane to do so.
  • Continuity Error: Even though the aforementioned motorcycle scene was cut out, Com 50 still talks about using motorcycles to get up Pinnacle Mountain during the Reeftown Cafe scene. The re-release removes this reference, thus fixing this error.
  • Continuity Error: When X is driving the truck, he is only wearing a white t-shirt. When he is infiltrating the base along with Com 50 and 007, however, he is wearing green camo. When they enter the base, he is wearing a t-shirt again.
  • Audio Error: When Com 50 and 007 are inside Mechagodzilla, people can be heard talking in the background. This is less noticeable in the re-edit, which adds new sound effects to cover this up.
  • Audio Error: When the base is being destroyed, the cameraman can be heard moaning. This is less noticeable in the re-edit, which adds new sound effects to cover this up.

Characters[]

  • Com 50 (Andrew Bermudez)
  • 007 (Luke Stabe)
  • Ranger 22 (Lauren Adkins)
  • O-T 3 (Cut From Film)
  • News Reporter (Cannon Jack)
  • Male Debater (Ross K. Foad)
  • Female Debater (Michelle)
  • U.S. Fighter Pilot (Ross K. Foad)
  • Cuban Smuggler (David Hoxie)
  • Cuban Henchman (Alex Hoxie)
  • Commander (Daniel Bermudez)
  • W (Al Bermudez)
  • Cal Pada Pilot (Daniel Bermudez)
  • X (Tyler Shefton)
  • Boz French (Daniel Bermudez)
  • Omar (Isaac Shefton)
  • Lieutenant Hugo Finnegan (Adam Shefton)
  • Professor Boris II (John Stabe)
  • Hayman Talon (Jeremy Babcock)
  • Cal Pada Guard (Nathan Stabe)
  • Godzilla (n/a)
  • Citizen 1 (Teresa Bermudez)
  • Citizen 2 (Amy Stabe)
  • Citizen 3 (Cherie Shefton)
  • Boris Jr. (Cut From Film)
  • Boat Driver (Cut From Film)
  • Bodyguard (Cut From Film)
  • Gunner (Cut From Film)

Locations[]

  • Central Island
  • Com 50's Headquarters
  • Cuban Smuggler Hideout
  • Reeftown
  • Pinnacle Mountain
  • Japanese Cal Pada Base

Credits[]

  • Andrew Bermudez - Director; Cameraman; Story; Actor; Editor; Producer
  • Daniel Bermudez - Assistant Director; Actor; Editor
  • Teresa Bermudez - Actor; Catering
  • Al Bermudez - Actor
  • Luke Stabe - Actor
  • John Stabe - Actor
  • Nathan Stabe - Actor
  • Amy Stabe - Actor
  • Jeremy Babcock - Actor
  • Lauren Adkins - Actor
  • David Hoxie - Actor
  • Alex Hoxie - Actor
  • Issac Shefton - Actor
  • Adam Shefton - Actor
  • Tyler Shefton - Actor
  • Cherie Shefton - Actor
  • Dylan Johnson - Composer
  • Ross K. Foad - Voice Actor
  • Cannon Jack - Voice Actor
  • Michelle - Voice Actor

Tropes[]

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Spoiler warning! This section contains details that reveal crucial plot points. If you do not want to find out what happens, skip to the next section.

Com 50-3: Raid on Central Island contains examples of the following tropes.

  • Action Prologue: The film begins with a mission in Cuba to retrieve some stolen information.
  • The Artifact: When Com 50 is describing his plans to infiltrate the Cal Pada base, he describes the practice of using motorcycles to reach the summit, which is never shown. Originally, this film was going to use motorcycle footage from Old Home Movies as stock footage, but these plans were eventually scrapped. Subverted in that the re-release removes this reference.
  • Bad People Abuse Animals: In a strange variation of this trope, the animal that is being abused (at least in the special edition) is Godzilla himself. Boz French takes no issue with electrocuting a gigantic mutant iguana that is just confused rather than evil just to get it to flatten Tokyo. It's obvious that Godzilla is in pain from the shocks, but Boz French does not care in the slightest.
  • Beleaguered Boss: Boz French can only just barely hold Cal Pada together, as his underlings constantly fight with each other, misinterpret orders, don't listen, and make a ruckus of his plans. At the very least, when it comes time to set their plans into motion, they are able to carry them out. On top of this, Hayman Talon stands out as being the only competent member of Cal Pada's lower ranks, with Professor Boris II also seemingly frustrated with his cohorts.
  • Canon Immigrant: While 007 was this to the previous film and this one, this film introduces a few more. They are:
    • Godzilla himself, who naturally originated in the series of films named after him.
    • Also, Mechagodzilla appears in this film, though as a good guy.
    • Boz French, who originated in a spy kit from the early 2000's.
    • Central Island and its entire geography also came from that same spy kit.
  • Canon Welding: When the official cinematic universe was formed in 2013, this film's background information was fleshed out to connect it to other films, as listed below.
    • The information at the beginning of the film is the same information that Dr. Wallace Bishop received in the film Rift.
    • The Austrian Incident that 007 frequently refers to is the same incident that is depicted in the film Shootout!.
    • The Cal Pada Spy that is always masked in this film is Hayman Talon, the main villain from B.I.O. Corps.
  • Cardboard Prison: Not only are Com 50 and 007 merely locked up in a bathroom, but they are easily able to undo their handcuffs with their gadgets (which Cal Pada never thought to confiscate from them) and just walk out the door by subduing the one guard on patrol.
  • Cry Laughing: When Boris II makes a stupid comment while trying to wake up Godzilla, this causes Boz French to do this. In-story, this shows that Boz French has lost all faith in his underlings and is the reason that he orders around Godzilla alone. Out-of-story, this is because Daniel Bermudez started unintentionally laughing and was covering it up.
  • Distant Prologue: The very beginning of the special edition recounts how a normal iguana was mutated into Godzilla and how the said creature was put to sleep. The sequence takes place from 1946 through 1991.
  • The Dog Bites Back: When it looks like Com 50 and 007 are about to finish off Godzilla, Boz French electrocutes the monster one last time to get it to fight. Instead, Godzilla gets fed up with the abuse and pursues Boz French's helicopter all the way back to the Cal Pada base, which Godzilla proceeds to destroy.
  • Evil All Along: X, who has a history with 007, turns out to be working for Cal Pada all along.
  • Faceless Goons: There are a few in this film, which are played by Nathan Stabe.
  • Gadget Watches: Com 50's wristwatch, in addition to being able to tell the time, is also capable of sending and receiving messages, firing laser beams, and hacking into devices.
  • Gadgeteer Genius: W, who builds and repairs Com 50's gadgets, is this.
  • George Lucas Altered Version: More so than any other Mustache Maniacs Film Co. production, this film went through a massive reconstructive reimagining for its Twenty Years Young release that basically scrapped the original cut and started over. These changes included the following:
    • The front-end logo was updated to reflect the Twenty Years Young celebration. On top of this, the Stabe, Inc. logo was overhauled using the one from Indiana Jones and the Stolen Treasure of the Arabian Knights and the Cherry Pie Productions and Hoxie Enterprises brands were retired.
    • The opening titles were reimagined with stock footage and generative AI video to tell the story of what Godzilla is and where he is at the beginning of the mission.
    • The entire film received an original musical score composed by Dylan Johnson.
    • Four additional characters were added to the film, which only exist as voice-overs.
    • The title treatment was overhauled.
    • All of the sound editing was revisited from scratch. Because of this, the film's sound mixing adds additional background audio to bring each location to life.
    • The video editing was also overhauled. Several minutes of deleted footage was added back into the film, while awkward moments, overly long gags, and dead space from the original cut was removed.
    • Muzzle flashes were added when Com 50 shoots the Cuban Smugglers and rescues Ranger 22.
    • Com 50's message on his gadget watch during the Cuban mission is now visually displayed on-screen. This is also the first time in the film's history that this film's connection to the film Rift is made obvious.
    • W's scene was shortened to be more concise and to focus on the plot-relevant gadgets.
    • The death of a Cal Pada Fighter Pilot had a visual upgrade in order to make the explosion bigger.
    • The chroma keying was overhauled to have a cleaner presentation.
    • The slow-motion shot of 007 charging the Cal Pada attack squad is not only smoother, but now also includes slowed-down audio.
    • A previously removed gag in the truck has been restored along with a shot of the team exiting the truck.
    • The characters of Mondo Hugo and Tai Manchi (meant to be Venezuelan and North Korean, respectively) were re-named to Lieutenant Hugo Finnegan and Professor Boris II. This is mainly because Adam Shefton and John Stabe are neither Venezuelan nor North Korean and having them play those ethnicities came off as both random and insensitive. The new characters have races to match their actors (Black and Caucasian, also respectively).
    • The Cal Pada meeting includes more banter between the underlings, though only enough that was needed to communicate how dysfunctional Cal Pada really is without getting overly-long.
    • In the original film, the window at the Japan Cal Pada Base showed nothing until Godzilla emerged. Now it displays a view of the ocean, with Godzilla emerging from the said water.
    • Com 50's dubbing gag was re-recorded with much better audio quality (the original audio infamously crackled in this scene).
    • All of Godzilla's rampaging and battling footage is replaced with original generative AI video and stock footage that continues on the plot thread that was established during the opening titles.
    • The context of Godzilla's defeat and Cal Pada's destruction has been changed. Originally, Com 50 and 007 kill Godzilla and destroy the base. Now, a tortured Godzilla that is being forced to fight turns on Cal Pada and destroys the base, the destruction if which kills Godzilla.
    • A new plot thread of Boz French losing his patience and staking out on his own to command Godzilla was added to help explain the change to Godzilla's character.
    • New gunshot and blood effects were added to the final confrontation with Boz French and X.
    • The teleport remote effects were updated to reflect newer software advances (even if the core execution of the effect is the same).
    • The end credits were scrapped and rebuilt.
    • A shot from the Central Island Library was moved from the film proper to after the end credits to insinuate that Hayman Talon survived, setting up the plot for B.I.O. Corps.
  • Helicopter Flyswatter: Subverted in that it doesn't get swatted out of the sky, but Godzilla does pursue Boz French in his helicopter with the intention of doing this. It does get destroyed when the rest of the Cal Pada base gets destroyed, though.
  • Historical In-Joke: Inverted. The film opens on the famous Baker Atomic Bomb test on Bikini Island, which douses an iguana with radiation that slowly mutates it into Godzilla. In other words, the factual events cause the fictional ones, not the other way around.
  • Hong Kong Dub: Played for laughs when Com 50 and 007 first spot Godzilla, where Com 50's dialogue falls out of sync.
  • Humongous Mecha: Mechagodzilla, which is piloted by Com 50 in the battle against Godzilla.
  • The Infiltration: What Com 50, 007, and X do to enter the Pinnacle Mountain Headquarters.
  • Kaiju: Godzilla appears in this film as a monstrous force that Cal Pada wants to wake up to destroy the world.
  • Lightning Gun: While Godzilla attacks Tokyo and during the battle with Mechagodzilla, Boz French uses a lightning gun attached to a helicopter to electrocute Godzilla so that he continues to fight and destroy.
  • Mech vs. Beast: The climax of the film is a battle between Com 50 and 007 piloting a mech affectionately named "Mechagodzilla" and Godzilla, who is being forced to fight by Boz French.
  • Noodle Incident: Throughout the film, 007 and X constantly refer to "The Austrian Incident." This event is never elaborated upon in the film proper, though the short film Shootout! does cover the incident in detail.
  • Notzilla: In the film's rerelease, the creature called "Godzilla" is a kaiju-sized mutant iguana heavily based upon Godzilla, instead of literally being Godzilla himself.
  • Nuclear Mutant: Godzilla is this, of course! The re-release even begins the film with how Godzilla came to be.
  • Old-School Dogfight: While flying over Central Island, Com 50 engages in one with a few Cal Pada Pilots before being shot down.
  • Overt Operative: While it is downplayed compared to the first two films in this trilogy, the outfits that Com 50, 007, and X wear are very much conspicuous.
  • Overt Rendezvous: Com 50 and 007 first meet up in the very public Reeftown Café, where X also joins the team. The following day, the three meet up again at the local library before heading out.
  • Phlebotinum du Jour: Nuclear power, bar none. Not only does Cal Pada use nuclear weapons to reawaken Godzilla, but they also use nuclear power to power their bases. And that's not even starting on the fact that Godzilla is an iguana mutated by nuclear radiation.
  • Redemption Equals Death: Godzilla, while not evil, ultimately turns on Cal Pada and destroys their base. However, Godzilla's wounds from the battle and the destroyed base are too much for him to handle, and so he slowly dies as the dust settles from the base's destruction.
  • Slurpasaur: Subverted with Godzilla post-mutation. In many ways, Godzilla looks like a giant iguana that is standing upright. However, not only is Godzilla actually a giant mutant iguana, but Godzilla's footage was created using artificial intelligence. Pre-mutation, Godzilla when he was a normal iguana is brought to life using stock footage...of a normal iguana.
  • The Spymaster: The character of Com 50's Commander.
  • Sorting Algorithm of Evil: The first enemies that Com 50 and 007 encounter are nameless Cal Pada Guards and Pilots whose whole existence is to die. From there, they contend with Cal Pada's leadership and the traitor X, but only end up defeating the lesser leaders. Only at the end do Com 50 and 007 square off against Boz French and X. While Godzilla could in theory throw this all off, he still becomes agitated enough to turn on Boz French and Cal Pada, making him somewhat of an anti-villain in the end.
  • Stealth Expert: While they are eventually detected, the trio is able to enter the Pinnacle Mountain Base undetected.
  • The Stinger: The special edition introduces one consisting of a re-contextualized clip. In this clip, it's revealed that Hayman Talon survived the destruction of Cal Pada's Japan base and is hiding out on Central Island, setting up the plot for the film B.I.O. Corps.
  • Supervillain Lair: What Com 50 and 007 ultimately blow up.
  • The War Room: This is where Boz French informs the underlings about the plan to reawaken Godzilla.
  • The Tokyo Fireball: When Godzilla is reawakened, Boz French naturally orders the Kaiju to attack Tokyo.
  • Tortured Monster: Godzilla is treated more like a frightened animal than a mindless source of carnage in the rerelease of this film. He only attacks Tokyo because Cal Pada electrocutes him if he doesn't and is generally depicted as acting more confused than evil. However, his sheer size still makes him a formidable threat that Com 50 and 007 must stop.
  • Unseen No More: In the first two Com 50 films, the guards are always calling for someone by the name of Omar, who never appeared. In this film, Omar finally makes his on-screen appearance (he's played by Isaac Shefton).

Trivia[]

  • Central Island originated from an unknown spy kit that is currently being stored in the Mustache Maniacs Film Co. archives. Boz French also originated from this spy kit.
  • In the film's earliest documents from 2005, Nathan Stabe was originally cast as the role of O-T 3 before the character was given to Alex Hoxie, then ultimately cut.
  • This film was intended to pay homage to the first two films. It heavily borrowed elements, such as the dart gun, the character of Omar (who was constantly called for, but never actually seen, in the first two films), the teleport remote, and nuclear testing.
  • This film's style was so influential, it dictated not only the editing of the original Com 50, but also the re-edits of Com 50: Peril in Iran and Com 50 and 007. Those films in turn helped direct this film's own re-editing for Twenty Years Young.
  • This was the first Mustache Maniacs Film Co. production to feature chroma keying. It was used both in the fighter jet sequence and inside Mechagodzilla.
  • The fighter jet sequence used the exact same software used for the fighter jet sequence in Com 50 and 007.
  • The character of Hayman Talon is simply credited as "Cal Pada Spy" in the end credits of the original version of this film. He received his legal name when it was confirmed that this character was the same person as the villain in B.I.O. Corps.
  • According to the official canon, the data that Com 50 secures at the beginning of this film is the same information that Wallace Bishop received on the CD at the end of Rift. The re-release makes this clear.

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