Ultimax Force
In retrospect, I cant believe it didn’t happen more frequently. I mean, combining the obsession with ‘Nam movies with the obsession with ninja movies — that just seems like common sense |
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Deathstalker
Deathstalker is never boring. It’s occasionally amusing, the fights are slightly better than one might expect, there’s loads of nudity and a couple of neat gore moments. |
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The Tell-Tale Heart
A chilling tale of lust, sex, murder, betrayal, and an annoying drum that goes ‘boingggg!’ |
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36th Chamber of Shaolin
The thing about pop-culture icons is, once they arrive it’s as if they were always there. Case in point: it seems that Gordon Liu/Lau Kar-fai has been around forever as a bald Shaolin monk |
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Blood of the Vampire
Callistratus is trying to find a combination of groups that can be transfused into a diseased subject to cure the condition. Pretty sure that’s not really how blood groups work, but never mind. |
#1 by The Rev. on September 19, 2011 - 8:13 pm
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I’ve seen the second Deathstalker, which was pretty bad. I also saw the third one. I think. (My memory of it is so vague, I either bailed out before the end or it just had nothing good for me to remember.) Yet, I’ve never seen the original, which is ridiculous as it seems to be right up my alley. I did try to watch it once many moons ago on TNT, but quickly realized stuff was being cut and made a note to rent it someday in the future. It promptly fell through the cracks. I really need to rectify that (he said for the 4,428th time.)
#2 by rjschwarz on September 20, 2011 - 6:53 am
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The second Deathstalker rocked in my humble opinion. Humor was exactly what the first one desperately needed.
#3 by The Rev. on September 20, 2011 - 12:24 pm
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Admittedly, it’s been years. However, I recall finding the second one too jokey, too “yeah this movie is bad and we know it *wink wink nudge nudge*.” I didn’t hate it, but it didn’t do much for me.
Of cousre, the 3rd one made it seem like a masterpiece in comparison…
#4 by KeithA on September 20, 2011 - 12:42 pm
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I like the second one a lot but have no illusions as to its quality. It’s a Jim Wynorski film, through and through. That said, if you happen across the old DVD of it, Jim does a commentary track that is pretty hilarious and lays out exactly why the movie turned out the way it did (and he also points out the assorted cars you can see parked or driving by in the background).
I can barely remember the third one. There were some zombies, aaannnd…
I didn’t like the first one the first time I saw it, but it’s grown on me, and not just because Lana Clarkson and Barbi Benton seem deathly allergic to clothing. And if you like the first one, you have to like the fourth one, which is like 80% recycled footage from the first one.
#5 by El Santo on September 20, 2011 - 2:14 pm
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Lowbrow comedy sequels to movies that weren’t comedies make me angry like few other things in pop culture can, and the strength of that response is roughly proportionate to how much I enjoyed the original film. So Deathstalker II is predictably among the movies I hate most in all the world.
#6 by The Rev. on September 20, 2011 - 5:02 pm
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Yeah, I understand Wynorski’s commentaries are usually pretty entertaining. I haven’t caught one yet.