Staven
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So I checked out this flick on Friday.
The movie is merely a showcase of that dudes martial arts and gymnastic skills, and they a unbelieveable. They nicely did "instant replays" of all the cool stunts he does by showing the stunt from all the different angles they shot it, which works well as the moment you see something cool you wish you could see it again and they give it to you. The martial arts and stunts accomplished are 10 out of 10.
Because of the amazing stunts and fighting I didn't care that there wasn't much of a story.
There were couple things that stood out though that made this movie bad in my books.
First and most importantly was bad lighting. Maybe it was just the print at the Famous Players I saw it at, but numerous scenes seem way too underlit.(anyone else experience this?) A lot of the action takes place in a bar where they hold underground fighting. The whole bar was so dark, it hurt to watch it.
Second. They have a car chase scene using little taxi's that are more like motorbike rikshaws(spelling) . It was awful. It didn't cut together at all, and it looked as though they shot most of it using a camcorder. It basically ruined any validity the movie had established with the fighting.
If you want to see some wild stunts and cool fighting, this is a good movie for that. But, if it is as dark in other theatres as it was in mine, you may want to wait until it comes out on video.
On a different lighting note... i watched Predator 2 last night. This movie is beautifully lit and a fun show even with Glover as the star. i also saw the original assault on Precinct 13. Enjoyed it, but found it humorous how basic the movie was, and how they kept showing the exact same shots over and over throughout the movie.
Anyone reading this who's from Vancouver, might be Canada wide for all I know: I was in FUTURESHOP looking for a sappy romantic movie my girlfriend wanted for Valentines when i came across a kick ass deal - Dawn of the Dead 2004 & Shaun of the Dead packaged together selling for only $22.99 . Any zombie lovers out there might want to pick up on this deal. I got mine at Futureshop at Landsdowne in Richmond.
The movie is merely a showcase of that dudes martial arts and gymnastic skills, and they a unbelieveable. They nicely did "instant replays" of all the cool stunts he does by showing the stunt from all the different angles they shot it, which works well as the moment you see something cool you wish you could see it again and they give it to you. The martial arts and stunts accomplished are 10 out of 10.
Because of the amazing stunts and fighting I didn't care that there wasn't much of a story.
There were couple things that stood out though that made this movie bad in my books.
First and most importantly was bad lighting. Maybe it was just the print at the Famous Players I saw it at, but numerous scenes seem way too underlit.(anyone else experience this?) A lot of the action takes place in a bar where they hold underground fighting. The whole bar was so dark, it hurt to watch it.
Second. They have a car chase scene using little taxi's that are more like motorbike rikshaws(spelling) . It was awful. It didn't cut together at all, and it looked as though they shot most of it using a camcorder. It basically ruined any validity the movie had established with the fighting.
If you want to see some wild stunts and cool fighting, this is a good movie for that. But, if it is as dark in other theatres as it was in mine, you may want to wait until it comes out on video.
On a different lighting note... i watched Predator 2 last night. This movie is beautifully lit and a fun show even with Glover as the star. i also saw the original assault on Precinct 13. Enjoyed it, but found it humorous how basic the movie was, and how they kept showing the exact same shots over and over throughout the movie.
Anyone reading this who's from Vancouver, might be Canada wide for all I know: I was in FUTURESHOP looking for a sappy romantic movie my girlfriend wanted for Valentines when i came across a kick ass deal - Dawn of the Dead 2004 & Shaun of the Dead packaged together selling for only $22.99 . Any zombie lovers out there might want to pick up on this deal. I got mine at Futureshop at Landsdowne in Richmond.
