6/10
Derek Flint meets Bruce Lee
11 November 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This has all the markings of a James Bond movie but feels more like a Derek Flint vehicle. U.S. Government Agent Sargeant is teamed with Hong Kong's Dragon Force when Princess Rawleen is kidnapped by Russian Baddie Gen. Marushka. The General wants the rights to Rawleen's Country's mines in order to process steel in Russia. Her father and brother refused and were of course eliminated. Being kidnapped by Gen. Marushka doesn't seem to charm the Princess into changing her mind about the mines either. While there are thugs aplenty in Hong Kong, Gen. Marushka prefers using Ninjas. they're usually dressed in red or reddish-orange. He seems to have an endless supply because Sargeant and Dragon Force easily defeat them at every turn. His main ninjas are dressed in brown and green. These two remind me of TMNT. There is humor in this movie, mostly at the expense of Gen. Marushka's weight. he gets stuck in a doorway and has to be shoved from behind to free him. Then, he has an issue getting into a helicopter. If you're going to be a portly bad guy, you really should own a house in which you can easily traverse the doorways and have a helicopter built to accept your girth. It's just common bad guy knowledge. Gen. Marushka uses Acupuncture to hypnotize the Princess into seeing things his way. He tells her that she is only to listen to HIS directions, yet one of the main ninjas gives her directions later in the movie. The finale fight is pretty good. A lot of the red/reddish-orange ninjas are annihilated using the bombs the Main two Ninjas throw at Sargeant and Dragon Force. Gen. Marushka meets his end in a boat. They resolve he issue with whatever the Main Ninja told the Princess to do by explaining Dragon Fore used acupuncture to reverse her hypnosis. It's no James Bond, but it is definitely as worthy as a Derek Flint film.
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