Kick! Punch! Kick! Punch! Kick! Punch! Punch! Punch! Kick! You get the point but then again so did I after about 5 minutes of this small budgeted British action feature. There's no shortage of action.
Looking at other reviews here this seems like the kind of film that will and has split opinions in two. You either love it or loathe it. I love it but then again I grew up watching ripped VHS imports of Chinese and Hong Kong movies, in the days where subtitles were written by someone with no idea about either language they were translating.
On occasion the modest budget does show up and by the end you are wishing that a few explosions or the like could have been thrown in for good measure. But in this age of cynical studio produced McMovies, it nice to see a film with a raw passion.
Looked at as just a movie it still has a lot to offer (there's more action in this that most of the Hollywood films of last year put together), but looked at as what this is, a calling card that says 'Look at me', this film is one hell of an achievement rather than being just another low budget action movie. And that makes it rather special .
I looked and enjoyed and I hope that there is more to come.
Looking at other reviews here this seems like the kind of film that will and has split opinions in two. You either love it or loathe it. I love it but then again I grew up watching ripped VHS imports of Chinese and Hong Kong movies, in the days where subtitles were written by someone with no idea about either language they were translating.
On occasion the modest budget does show up and by the end you are wishing that a few explosions or the like could have been thrown in for good measure. But in this age of cynical studio produced McMovies, it nice to see a film with a raw passion.
Looked at as just a movie it still has a lot to offer (there's more action in this that most of the Hollywood films of last year put together), but looked at as what this is, a calling card that says 'Look at me', this film is one hell of an achievement rather than being just another low budget action movie. And that makes it rather special .
I looked and enjoyed and I hope that there is more to come.