I’ve always been of the principle that to truly appreciate good cinema, one must also experience the bad in order to be objective. As much as I love the good old fashioned exploitation, finding the good can be like looking for the proverbial needle in the haystack. Entertainment however is not necessarily dependant on quality. Which if you have ever experienced an International Film Distribution Release (Ifd), then will know quality is a rare commodity.
Is this film any good?
In summary……no!
But that would be a ridiculously short review and so let’s put it into a bit more context. Richard Harrison the nominal “lead” was contracted to appear in several productions by Joseph Lai. What eventually happened was these scenes were spliced Frankenstein-like into other features to create fresh product. The fact that the joins were crudely constructed were of little interest to the producers,...
Is this film any good?
In summary……no!
But that would be a ridiculously short review and so let’s put it into a bit more context. Richard Harrison the nominal “lead” was contracted to appear in several productions by Joseph Lai. What eventually happened was these scenes were spliced Frankenstein-like into other features to create fresh product. The fact that the joins were crudely constructed were of little interest to the producers,...
- 1/5/2021
- by Ben Stykuc
- AsianMoviePulse
Craig Lines Nov 1, 2017
Every now and then, martial arts movies go, er, a 'little leftfield', Here are some examples...
There are few feelings I enjoy as much as watching a movie that shakes me out of my complacency, wakes me up from my jaded quasi-slumber and makes me go “I’ve not seen that before!” I watch way too many films and it can take a lot to genuinely shock or surprise me, but there are few genres that manage it as often as martial arts.
Now, I appreciate there’s a lot of base level ‘weirdness’ to the genre if you’re not used to it. There’s curious dubbing, an emphasis on physicality over plotting, some eastern cultural touchpoints that baffle unfamiliar western audiences… but fans get used to all that. I’m talking about something slightly different.
To clarify, it might seem strange to new viewers when...
Every now and then, martial arts movies go, er, a 'little leftfield', Here are some examples...
There are few feelings I enjoy as much as watching a movie that shakes me out of my complacency, wakes me up from my jaded quasi-slumber and makes me go “I’ve not seen that before!” I watch way too many films and it can take a lot to genuinely shock or surprise me, but there are few genres that manage it as often as martial arts.
Now, I appreciate there’s a lot of base level ‘weirdness’ to the genre if you’re not used to it. There’s curious dubbing, an emphasis on physicality over plotting, some eastern cultural touchpoints that baffle unfamiliar western audiences… but fans get used to all that. I’m talking about something slightly different.
To clarify, it might seem strange to new viewers when...
- 10/31/2017
- Den of Geek
Stars: Christian Oliver, Les Brandt, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ernie Reyes Jr., Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Kaiwi Lyman, West Liang, Tara Macken, Antoinette Kalaj, Alvin Hsing, Bryan Cartago, Mark Heidelberger | Written by Ashley Scott Meyers | Directed by Lloyd Lee Barnett
Not to be confused with the Don Wong starring, badly dubbed, poorly edited film of the same name – which I distinctly remember hiring from my local video shop – Ninja Apocalypse is set years after the great war, and the titular apocalypse, where humanity has become divided into separate clans of ninjas. Clans, which besides having your usual ninja-like martial arts skills, are also blessed with strange supernatural powers: some of which look like they stepped straight out of a video game – you know the type, the typical fireballs, lightning strikes and telekinesis.
Discovering a plot to attack their land, Grandmaster Fumitaka calls on the clans under his control to a meeting deep...
Not to be confused with the Don Wong starring, badly dubbed, poorly edited film of the same name – which I distinctly remember hiring from my local video shop – Ninja Apocalypse is set years after the great war, and the titular apocalypse, where humanity has become divided into separate clans of ninjas. Clans, which besides having your usual ninja-like martial arts skills, are also blessed with strange supernatural powers: some of which look like they stepped straight out of a video game – you know the type, the typical fireballs, lightning strikes and telekinesis.
Discovering a plot to attack their land, Grandmaster Fumitaka calls on the clans under his control to a meeting deep...
- 9/14/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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