Look at the cast we have here! Cynthia Rothrock, Chuck Jeffreys, Robin Shou, John Miller: all of them real-life martial artists. And then there is Donna Jason, who has probably had some martial arts training, and even though she's not at the level of the others, she gets extra points for hotness (great smile!). In theory, "Honor and Glory" should have been a non-stop fighting fest, but it didn't quite work out that way. The film devotes too much time to its plot, which is scattered all over the place and never seems to really get started, and the actual fight scenes are only average in quality - not bad, but definitely not top-grade either. The film does have its moments (including Cynthia's scorpion kick and Donna's workout routine), but with this cast, we should be excused for expecting more. (**)
19 Reviews
Ho no!
BA_Harrison28 November 2012
Kung fu black belt TV reporter Joyce Pride (Donna Jason) and her equally tough FBI agent sister Tracy (Cynthia Rothrock) attempt to bring corrupt businessman Jason Slade (John Miller) to justice with help from his former bodyguard Jake Armstrong (Chuck Jeffreys), Hong Kong cop Dragon Lee (Robin Shou) and martial arts student Mickey (Yip Yim Hing).
Honour and Glory features an awesome line-up of bona fide martial arts stars (Rothrock, Shou, Miller, Jeffreys) but very little in the way of genuine acting talent; normally, this doesn't bother me too much, just so long as the action comes thick and fast, but with less than impressive fight scenes (largely thanks to the typically lousy direction from king of crap ninja flicks Godfrey Ho) and a plot that is all over the place (another Ho trademark), the film proves very disappointing indeed.
Admittedly, a certain degree of fun can be gleaned from the sheer naffness of the whole affair—OTT villain Slade and his henchman Hideo (Richard Yuen) are hard to take seriously, and further giggles can be had from Jake Armstrong's hideous fashion sense—but for the most part this is forgettable nonsense and an unforgivable waste of its stars' formidable fighting skills.
Honour and Glory features an awesome line-up of bona fide martial arts stars (Rothrock, Shou, Miller, Jeffreys) but very little in the way of genuine acting talent; normally, this doesn't bother me too much, just so long as the action comes thick and fast, but with less than impressive fight scenes (largely thanks to the typically lousy direction from king of crap ninja flicks Godfrey Ho) and a plot that is all over the place (another Ho trademark), the film proves very disappointing indeed.
Admittedly, a certain degree of fun can be gleaned from the sheer naffness of the whole affair—OTT villain Slade and his henchman Hideo (Richard Yuen) are hard to take seriously, and further giggles can be had from Jake Armstrong's hideous fashion sense—but for the most part this is forgettable nonsense and an unforgivable waste of its stars' formidable fighting skills.
Everything you ever loved - and hated - about 90's cheesefests.
lemon_magic13 November 2016
Warning: Spoilers
What does it mean to say that the acting in "Honor and Glory" is really, really bad? Well, it's bad not in a "Manos: Hands Of Fate" or "Wild,Wild World of Batwoman" way, and not in an "Ed Wood movie" way...but in a "not even as good as one of the better Chuck Norris movies" way.
No one screws up their lines, there is no real incompetence on display in the camera-work or the costuming, and the cast is attractive and photogenic...but the screenplay seems to be written on the level of a Power Rangers movie. And the acting goes there too, which would be OK if they were playing it for laughs...but the movie plays things straight, so the humor is unintentional.
For instance, in the introductory scene that introduces the "reporter" half of the team, a Senator's daughter - SENATOR'S DAUGHTER, mind you - PULLS A KNIFE on the reporter in the presence of her camera crew, and the reporter kick-boxes her into submission. And then the reporter and her crew waltz off, leaving a woman who has been knocked unconscious lying on the sidewalk with a possible concussion, probably in need of medical treatment, vulnerable to depredations from any passerby. And no one remarks on this incident for the rest of the movie - no filed charges with the police, no scandal, nothing.
That's the kind of movie this is. Lacking any real heft or humanity or consequence, it fills 90 plus minutes with kick-boxing and witless dialog and silly plot devices until things wind up. The end.
On the plus side: It's cheerful, things keep moving, and Rothrock has just a little bit of something that translates well to the camera - which is probably why someone thought they could have her carry a movie. They were wrong, but not disastrously so.
It's also seems to be a Godfrey Ho/Hall vehicle, but without the part where he shoe horns completely related ninja footage into a 3rd rate action movie and them tries to pretend the ninja stuff relates to the rest of the movie via awkward linking dialog scenes. So that's a relief.
You can give this one a miss, but it won't hurt you to watch it the way some of Ho's stuff hurts you.
No one screws up their lines, there is no real incompetence on display in the camera-work or the costuming, and the cast is attractive and photogenic...but the screenplay seems to be written on the level of a Power Rangers movie. And the acting goes there too, which would be OK if they were playing it for laughs...but the movie plays things straight, so the humor is unintentional.
For instance, in the introductory scene that introduces the "reporter" half of the team, a Senator's daughter - SENATOR'S DAUGHTER, mind you - PULLS A KNIFE on the reporter in the presence of her camera crew, and the reporter kick-boxes her into submission. And then the reporter and her crew waltz off, leaving a woman who has been knocked unconscious lying on the sidewalk with a possible concussion, probably in need of medical treatment, vulnerable to depredations from any passerby. And no one remarks on this incident for the rest of the movie - no filed charges with the police, no scandal, nothing.
That's the kind of movie this is. Lacking any real heft or humanity or consequence, it fills 90 plus minutes with kick-boxing and witless dialog and silly plot devices until things wind up. The end.
On the plus side: It's cheerful, things keep moving, and Rothrock has just a little bit of something that translates well to the camera - which is probably why someone thought they could have her carry a movie. They were wrong, but not disastrously so.
It's also seems to be a Godfrey Ho/Hall vehicle, but without the part where he shoe horns completely related ninja footage into a 3rd rate action movie and them tries to pretend the ninja stuff relates to the rest of the movie via awkward linking dialog scenes. So that's a relief.
You can give this one a miss, but it won't hurt you to watch it the way some of Ho's stuff hurts you.
Godfrey Ho and Rothrock
BandSAboutMovies15 July 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Known as Zong heng tian xia, this was directed by Godfrey Ho and written by one and done screenwriter Herb Borkland. It stars Cynthia Rothrock as FBI agent Tracy Pride, who like many a Rothrock character is hunting an evil banker. She's also backed up by her sister Joyce (Donna Jason, who was also the film's assistant director) and their CIA agent father John (Leo Rocca).
It also has a guy named Jake (Chuck Jeffreys) who is supposed to be a Bevery Hills Cop-era Eddie Murphy.
The banker is Jason Slade (John Miller), a banker so evil that he blows off a prayer breakfast with Ronald Reagan.
The sisters get the name of the movie into their dialogue, as Tracy says to Joyce, "I chase honor, you chase glory." How this wasn't called Pride and Glory makes no sense.
More movies need to have their title said in the movie because I celebrate it every single time that it happens.
I'm just amazed that Godfrey Ho made an entire movie without taking footage from another movie.
It also has a guy named Jake (Chuck Jeffreys) who is supposed to be a Bevery Hills Cop-era Eddie Murphy.
The banker is Jason Slade (John Miller), a banker so evil that he blows off a prayer breakfast with Ronald Reagan.
The sisters get the name of the movie into their dialogue, as Tracy says to Joyce, "I chase honor, you chase glory." How this wasn't called Pride and Glory makes no sense.
More movies need to have their title said in the movie because I celebrate it every single time that it happens.
I'm just amazed that Godfrey Ho made an entire movie without taking footage from another movie.
Talk about character and plot overkill!
Aaron137525 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This film is pretty much an incomprehensible mess, where occasionally some martial arts action takes place. Between the sudden outbursts of karate we get people preparing dinner, characters with no backstory who suddenly are intricate to the plot, a moving van moving what is none of our business and a bad guy who is such a super fighter he can put a cigar out on his hand! Yes, we are in for a lot of excess, too bad it makes for such a bad film. Somewhat enjoyable to watch, but they really had too many characters for a film with so little depth.
The story, who knows what it is other than there is a nuclear device that has been stolen! Meanwhile, a news reporter suddenly gets attacked after a story by a knife wielding woman and this is not newsworthy. This reporter hates her father, but loves her sister played by Cynthia Rothrock who gets top billing, but is not in this one that much because there is also bodyguard who regrets his life decisions, goofy karate guy who is referred to as boy despite looking quite old and owning a very large house, an old master whose name sounds like Sea Food, an Asian good guy that dislikes Asian bad guy and Asian bad guy that hates Asian good guy whose story is never revealed and the father who is CIA and is working to stop Slade the bad guy it takes four of the heroes to try and beat down in an incomplete finale!
Yeah, this film has too much going on for what it is. As I said, Cynthia is the top billed person and the only person I recognize other than the bodyguard, but I only recognize him because he looks like great value Eddie Murphy. The bad guy is shown as being tough as nails and the final fight with him just ends on a head scratching moment...makes me wonder if there is a Honor and Glory 2 because it is obvious they were planning to make one.
Part of me wonders if this is a sequel to something as there are things that seem to be suggesting characters know each other from something else and that we the audience should already know what it is. The fighting is not all that good, I've seen Cynthia do a lot better as her cute, "Hi Ya!" is noticeably missing in this one and too much focus is on everybody but her, yet she is supposedly the star. Seems more like she is just kind of there. So, not as good as other films I have seen her in, worth a chuckle or two, but in the end it just kind of goes limp at the finish line.
The story, who knows what it is other than there is a nuclear device that has been stolen! Meanwhile, a news reporter suddenly gets attacked after a story by a knife wielding woman and this is not newsworthy. This reporter hates her father, but loves her sister played by Cynthia Rothrock who gets top billing, but is not in this one that much because there is also bodyguard who regrets his life decisions, goofy karate guy who is referred to as boy despite looking quite old and owning a very large house, an old master whose name sounds like Sea Food, an Asian good guy that dislikes Asian bad guy and Asian bad guy that hates Asian good guy whose story is never revealed and the father who is CIA and is working to stop Slade the bad guy it takes four of the heroes to try and beat down in an incomplete finale!
Yeah, this film has too much going on for what it is. As I said, Cynthia is the top billed person and the only person I recognize other than the bodyguard, but I only recognize him because he looks like great value Eddie Murphy. The bad guy is shown as being tough as nails and the final fight with him just ends on a head scratching moment...makes me wonder if there is a Honor and Glory 2 because it is obvious they were planning to make one.
Part of me wonders if this is a sequel to something as there are things that seem to be suggesting characters know each other from something else and that we the audience should already know what it is. The fighting is not all that good, I've seen Cynthia do a lot better as her cute, "Hi Ya!" is noticeably missing in this one and too much focus is on everybody but her, yet she is supposedly the star. Seems more like she is just kind of there. So, not as good as other films I have seen her in, worth a chuckle or two, but in the end it just kind of goes limp at the finish line.
Totally the kind of movie that would have aired on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon.
TokyoGyaru11 March 2021
(I can't decide if I'd want a universe in which seemingly everyone (even random, angry hecklers) knows martial arts or if that would be awful. I guess it couldn't be any worse than what we have now, so why not?)
It's easy entertainment that you don't have to pay much attention to during chores. And, really, that's the best thing I can say about it, aside from appreciating it having a diverse cast. The actor playing the villain is laughably bad, but props to the attempt, anyway. It's definitely not good, but at least it's inoffensively entertaining in that you don't feel insulted by its badness but can instead have a chuckle and go on about your business and likely never think of this film again.
It's easy entertainment that you don't have to pay much attention to during chores. And, really, that's the best thing I can say about it, aside from appreciating it having a diverse cast. The actor playing the villain is laughably bad, but props to the attempt, anyway. It's definitely not good, but at least it's inoffensively entertaining in that you don't feel insulted by its badness but can instead have a chuckle and go on about your business and likely never think of this film again.
Honor and glory
coltras3519 December 2022
FBI agent Tracy Pride is on a mission to capture businessman Jason Slade, who is involved in extortion and murder. Teaming up with her is her sister Joyce, a news reporter; Dragon, Tracy's partner in Hong Kong, and Jake, a bodyguard who worked for Slade. Can they stop Slade before it's too late? ...
With Honor and Glory you get a simplistic plot, amateur acting, simplistic dialogue that has a hint of self-aware humour especially when it comes to the main villain, who is really over top, sprouts dialogues like "Do you know a nuclear trigger from a Bulgarian dildo? I don't." "I thought you lived by the law of the fist too Armstrong, but you're just a damn cherry!". Unfortunately, mediocrity is ripe in this Rothrock entry, and in addition to some quirky dialogue, some decent spin kicks and punches can keep this watchable.
With Honor and Glory you get a simplistic plot, amateur acting, simplistic dialogue that has a hint of self-aware humour especially when it comes to the main villain, who is really over top, sprouts dialogues like "Do you know a nuclear trigger from a Bulgarian dildo? I don't." "I thought you lived by the law of the fist too Armstrong, but you're just a damn cherry!". Unfortunately, mediocrity is ripe in this Rothrock entry, and in addition to some quirky dialogue, some decent spin kicks and punches can keep this watchable.
Yet more, incomparable Godfrey Ho goodness.
HaemovoreRex1 January 2008
Sharing many of the same cast from Ho's later crap classic, Undefeatable (although sadly, Don Niam is nowhere to be seen here), this carefree kick-about is similarly stupid and entertaining stuff from glorious start to finish.
The plot concerns two sisters, one a feisty FBI agent (played by perennial high kicking sweetheart Cynthia Rothrock) and her intrepid news reporter sister (played by Donna Jason) who by a bit of an unlikely coincidence involving their father, a CIA operative(!), both end up trying to bring down a particularly nasty business tycoon by the name of Jason Slade (played hilariously OTT by John Miller) who is attempting to procure a nuclear trigger of some description.
Also along for the ride are Robin Shou, playing a Hong Kong detective and Chuck Jeffreys who looks and sounds uncannily like Eddie Murphy(!!!) and who similarly ends up embroiled in the sinister affair.
What transpires is typically riotous fun, including a plethora of fights, over acting aplenty by all involved and some thankfully brief, but hilariously cringe inducing attempts at melodrama including the obligatory reconciliation between one sister and her father.
Other highlights on offer include one side splitting scene in which Rothrock's sis, high kicks a coke can into an irate woman's head(!), the main testosterone oozing villain taking time to flex up his muscles after wiping out an opponent(!!) and a cool, multiple fight finale which subsequently ends up with all four of our hero's required to tackle the movies nemesis.
Well worth a watch!
The plot concerns two sisters, one a feisty FBI agent (played by perennial high kicking sweetheart Cynthia Rothrock) and her intrepid news reporter sister (played by Donna Jason) who by a bit of an unlikely coincidence involving their father, a CIA operative(!), both end up trying to bring down a particularly nasty business tycoon by the name of Jason Slade (played hilariously OTT by John Miller) who is attempting to procure a nuclear trigger of some description.
Also along for the ride are Robin Shou, playing a Hong Kong detective and Chuck Jeffreys who looks and sounds uncannily like Eddie Murphy(!!!) and who similarly ends up embroiled in the sinister affair.
What transpires is typically riotous fun, including a plethora of fights, over acting aplenty by all involved and some thankfully brief, but hilariously cringe inducing attempts at melodrama including the obligatory reconciliation between one sister and her father.
Other highlights on offer include one side splitting scene in which Rothrock's sis, high kicks a coke can into an irate woman's head(!), the main testosterone oozing villain taking time to flex up his muscles after wiping out an opponent(!!) and a cool, multiple fight finale which subsequently ends up with all four of our hero's required to tackle the movies nemesis.
Well worth a watch!
good movie despite it was directed by goodfrey ho
tudorcostin1123 October 2009
i can't believe it was a movie on the market with my favorite actress:Cynthia rothrock and yukari oshima in it and i din't knew about it until yesterday.i've saw this movie a few hours ago and what can i tell you is that this movie has a great cast(beside Cynthia and yukari also plays robin shou,waise lee,Pauline Chan,Donna Jason and others),it has week script,average and short fights but many (from start to finish - non stop fights)but what can i say is that you will not be bored watching this movie ,everytime is something happen,is not like 'police assassins' or 'righting wrongs' but it deserve to be watched.this movie enter in that category of 'so bad it's good'
Low budget action cheese classic
Leofwine_draca29 October 2016
HONOUR AND GLORY is a feather in the cap of Hong Kong director Godfrey Ho, the man best known for his cut and paste ninja movies of the 1980s. Before and after those films, however, he had quite a career making low budget action features, and those of the early '90s have aged quite well. These are classic examples of so-bad-it's-good cinema, with elaborately staged fight scenes and plenty of jaw-dropping overacting.
This film's no exception. Ho shot the film in America with an American cast and the plot is simplistic stuff about various characters teaming up to fight back against a crime overlord. Headlining the cast is Cynthia Rothrock, who doesn't get too much screen time but is more than adequate when she does show up. The little-known Donna Jason plays Rothrock's sister, a roving reporter who also knows a thing or two about martial arts.
The best thing about this film is the human he-man John Miller as the villain of the piece. He goes way over the top in the acting stakes and is completely hilarious as a result. You may or may not remember him as Rothrock's cop partner in the even funnier UNDEFEATABLE. Miller is surrounded by bodyguards and spends the whole film beating on people. The fights are slow and quite awkward but like the cinema of Amir Shervan, HONOUR AND GLORY is too much of a treat for bad film lovers to dislike.
This film's no exception. Ho shot the film in America with an American cast and the plot is simplistic stuff about various characters teaming up to fight back against a crime overlord. Headlining the cast is Cynthia Rothrock, who doesn't get too much screen time but is more than adequate when she does show up. The little-known Donna Jason plays Rothrock's sister, a roving reporter who also knows a thing or two about martial arts.
The best thing about this film is the human he-man John Miller as the villain of the piece. He goes way over the top in the acting stakes and is completely hilarious as a result. You may or may not remember him as Rothrock's cop partner in the even funnier UNDEFEATABLE. Miller is surrounded by bodyguards and spends the whole film beating on people. The fights are slow and quite awkward but like the cinema of Amir Shervan, HONOUR AND GLORY is too much of a treat for bad film lovers to dislike.
pretty good movie
leonardconstantin6114 February 2010
I've saw the Asian version of this movie which is called : ANGEL THE KICKBOXER and features actors like : Cynthia rothrock,yukari oshima,robin shou,Pauline Chan,Donna Jason,waise lee and others.this movie has non-stop action and the fights are well done but are very short unfortunately.i wanted to see Cynthia rothrock in a few other scenes that are not included in honor and glory but they aren't.as a Cynthia rothrock's fan i wasn't disappointed by this movie which is very entertainment in my opinion.i hope to see these days a new movie with a cast that include Cynthia rothrock+yukari oshima or Cynthia rothrock+Michelle yeoh(they played very well in police assassins)
So much more fun than it has any right to be!
I_Ailurophile30 March 2022
To appreciate this movie on its own merits requires a certain measure of generosity. Decidedly low-budget and astoundingly ham-handed, 'Honor and glory' is made with easygoing care for fun and martial arts, and active disregard for authenticity in the plot or dialogue. Pretty much every passing scene is ridiculous and over the top in one way or another, whether it's wholly extraneous flourishes added on top, bare-faced plainspokenness in lines, their delivery, or scene writing, or a cheeky excess of martial arts inserted wherever possible. I can understand why this would go on to be lampooned by RiffTrax, as the feature is filled from top to bottom with tomfoolery that just has to be seen to be believed. Yet it's also clear to me that however absurd it may be, this is a picture that was only ever intended for gauche, tongue-in-cheek silliness. And that it is - I can't help myself, this is a really great time!
Witness: Cynthia Rothrock gets top billing, but sometimes it seems like she doesn't have as much time on screen as her co-stars. Characters talk to themselves as if to fill in the audience on the goings-on, and Rothrock's character Tracey at one point refers to herself as "an FBI" (NOT an "FBI agent"). A random henchman bears a surprising resemblance to a taller Fran Kranz. Every character on hand, but especially Tracey's sister Joyce (Donna Jason), revels in using fancy moves for the most preposterously mundane of activities, like... answering a phone. A scene of training is needlessly sped up to make the forms seem more intense; one specific costume, from out of nowhere, is designed with one small portion that fails to match the rest. And among still many other peculiarities, Todd M. Hahn's oddly playful score does fit the bill, varying slightly to fit the mood, but always feels like second-tier compositions below even the level of this conscious buffoonery - and, I must assume, deliberately so.
For all the marvelous nonsense herein, I'll say this much: Herb Borkland's screenplay boasts a coherent, cohesive narrative. Wonderfully exaggerated characters, and scene writing and dialogue that has no illusions of being something it's not. 'Honor and glory' seems to be Borkland's only screen credit, but I dare say it's a good one. Director Godfrey Ho carries a noteworthy volume of work under his belt, and obviously has the experience and intelligence to lean into the pomposity and let these shenanigans be all that they could be - bless his heart. In that same spirit, the cast fully embraces the roles they're given, and the bizarre energy that so brazenly defines the title. Rothrock, Jason, John Miller, Chuck Jeffreys, Gerald Klein, Yip Yim Hing, and everyone else before the camera drops all pretense and grandiosity and lets themselves indulge in every last ounce of wild, heightened ludicrousness. And it's an absolute delight!
The technical craft and rounding details of the picture, and the contributions of those behind the scenes, are quite competent. The stuntwork and fight choreography is genuinely terrific, and whatever else may be true of Godfrey Ho, he knows quite well how to film martial arts action. It's an incredible understatement to say this movie is quirky, but all things considered, I can't imagine watching this and not walking away with at least a bemused smile on your face. I laughed a lot while I sat for it, not out of mockery, but out of earnest enjoyment or perhaps disbelief. I entered with at best mixed expectations, and am ever so pleased to say I had a blast. 'Honor and glory' occupies a very particular niche space, and only those receptive to the most outlandish of B-movies are likely to find favor here as I did. But if anything I've described has piqued your interest, then kick back, relax, and get ready for some superbly entertaining, highfalutin baloney!
Witness: Cynthia Rothrock gets top billing, but sometimes it seems like she doesn't have as much time on screen as her co-stars. Characters talk to themselves as if to fill in the audience on the goings-on, and Rothrock's character Tracey at one point refers to herself as "an FBI" (NOT an "FBI agent"). A random henchman bears a surprising resemblance to a taller Fran Kranz. Every character on hand, but especially Tracey's sister Joyce (Donna Jason), revels in using fancy moves for the most preposterously mundane of activities, like... answering a phone. A scene of training is needlessly sped up to make the forms seem more intense; one specific costume, from out of nowhere, is designed with one small portion that fails to match the rest. And among still many other peculiarities, Todd M. Hahn's oddly playful score does fit the bill, varying slightly to fit the mood, but always feels like second-tier compositions below even the level of this conscious buffoonery - and, I must assume, deliberately so.
For all the marvelous nonsense herein, I'll say this much: Herb Borkland's screenplay boasts a coherent, cohesive narrative. Wonderfully exaggerated characters, and scene writing and dialogue that has no illusions of being something it's not. 'Honor and glory' seems to be Borkland's only screen credit, but I dare say it's a good one. Director Godfrey Ho carries a noteworthy volume of work under his belt, and obviously has the experience and intelligence to lean into the pomposity and let these shenanigans be all that they could be - bless his heart. In that same spirit, the cast fully embraces the roles they're given, and the bizarre energy that so brazenly defines the title. Rothrock, Jason, John Miller, Chuck Jeffreys, Gerald Klein, Yip Yim Hing, and everyone else before the camera drops all pretense and grandiosity and lets themselves indulge in every last ounce of wild, heightened ludicrousness. And it's an absolute delight!
The technical craft and rounding details of the picture, and the contributions of those behind the scenes, are quite competent. The stuntwork and fight choreography is genuinely terrific, and whatever else may be true of Godfrey Ho, he knows quite well how to film martial arts action. It's an incredible understatement to say this movie is quirky, but all things considered, I can't imagine watching this and not walking away with at least a bemused smile on your face. I laughed a lot while I sat for it, not out of mockery, but out of earnest enjoyment or perhaps disbelief. I entered with at best mixed expectations, and am ever so pleased to say I had a blast. 'Honor and glory' occupies a very particular niche space, and only those receptive to the most outlandish of B-movies are likely to find favor here as I did. But if anything I've described has piqued your interest, then kick back, relax, and get ready for some superbly entertaining, highfalutin baloney!
Good Cynthia Rothrock Movie
ebiros23 March 2013
This is the best Cynthia Rothrock movie I've seen since "In the Line of Duty".
I've never been impressed with the quality of Cynthia Rothrock's movies made in the United States. I was impressed with the quality of this movie. Then I realized that it's a co-production between US and Hong Kong movie companies, and everything made sense. The story has more juice to it, and there are lot more characters involved in making the story than your usual 3 person movie that Cynthia Rothrock stars in.
This, and the Tiger Claws represents the best of Cynthia Rothrock's movies made in the United States. This was an entertaining movie to watch, and was a good action movie as well.
I've never been impressed with the quality of Cynthia Rothrock's movies made in the United States. I was impressed with the quality of this movie. Then I realized that it's a co-production between US and Hong Kong movie companies, and everything made sense. The story has more juice to it, and there are lot more characters involved in making the story than your usual 3 person movie that Cynthia Rothrock stars in.
This, and the Tiger Claws represents the best of Cynthia Rothrock's movies made in the United States. This was an entertaining movie to watch, and was a good action movie as well.
John Miller is a national treasure!
tarbosh2200027 August 2012
Warning: Spoilers
When a Bulgarian General steals a nuclear trigger and it goes on the black market, everyone's after it, from the U.S. Government to the lowliest street criminal. But the guy who wants it the most is the unbelievably evil banking financier Jason Slade (Miller, in truly a star turn). Hot on his trail is the Pride family: FBI agent Tracey (Rothrock), her sister, a TV news reporter, Joyce (Jason), and their father, a CIA agent (Rocca). Also helping them out is Dragon Lee (Shou), Tracy's old associate from Hong Kong. But Slade's got more bad news coming his way: his former bodyguard Jake Armstrong (Jeffreys) has defected to the good guys, and they're all coming for him and his evil empire! This movie is pure genius. It really is. Godfrey Ho (here working as Godfrey Hall) manages another winner for his hit-or-miss repertoire. Featuring a lot of the cast and spirit as Undefeatable (1993), if you liked that, you'll love this. It seems his shot-in-America stuff (in this case Maryland) that isn't cobbled together from a myriad of sources is his best material. From the first minute, when we see it is produced by Action Star pictures, and we see a boardroom of politicians who are the weirdest-looking gaggle of dudes maybe ever, you know you're in for something great.
A lot of what makes Honor and Glory shine are the line readings from the actors. It's kind of hard to explain, but the way the actors talk, and their deliveries, are simultaneously hilarious and mesmerizing. Add to all this the winning presence of Cynthia Rothrock, well-supported by Robin Shou, and Chuck Jeffreys, and you have a fun time had by all. As far as the relationship between the two Martial Arts-trained sisters is concerned, Tracey says to Joyce, "I chase honor, you chase glory". But their last name is Pride, so it's surprising this movie wasn't called "Pride and Glory". The thing about Chuck Jeffreys is, not only is he like Eddie Murphy, he's BETTER than Eddie Murphy! Jeffreys deserves all the fame and fortune Murphy has. It's just not fair. But top "honor" s go to John Miller as Jason Slade. The man is truly a national treasure if there ever was one. You thought you'd seen a movie villain before. You were wrong.
Aside from being the best movie baddie we've seen in quite some time, it would be awesome if Jason Blade fought Jason Slade. Alas, only in our dreams. But Honor and Glory is great as it is, so we have no complaints. Even the fast motion, and other things that happen plot-wise that we're normally against, don't seem to matter in this insane world. From the opening boardroom scene to the inevitable abandoned warehouse-set climax, Honor and Glory delivers the goods, with plenty of rewindable moments to boot.
We have the VHS released by Best Film & Video Corp/Imperial, and even though it's in EP speed, the tape is surprisingly high-quality. And to quote the back of the box, "The action is non-stop and the challenge is ultimate". Need we say more?
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A lot of what makes Honor and Glory shine are the line readings from the actors. It's kind of hard to explain, but the way the actors talk, and their deliveries, are simultaneously hilarious and mesmerizing. Add to all this the winning presence of Cynthia Rothrock, well-supported by Robin Shou, and Chuck Jeffreys, and you have a fun time had by all. As far as the relationship between the two Martial Arts-trained sisters is concerned, Tracey says to Joyce, "I chase honor, you chase glory". But their last name is Pride, so it's surprising this movie wasn't called "Pride and Glory". The thing about Chuck Jeffreys is, not only is he like Eddie Murphy, he's BETTER than Eddie Murphy! Jeffreys deserves all the fame and fortune Murphy has. It's just not fair. But top "honor" s go to John Miller as Jason Slade. The man is truly a national treasure if there ever was one. You thought you'd seen a movie villain before. You were wrong.
Aside from being the best movie baddie we've seen in quite some time, it would be awesome if Jason Blade fought Jason Slade. Alas, only in our dreams. But Honor and Glory is great as it is, so we have no complaints. Even the fast motion, and other things that happen plot-wise that we're normally against, don't seem to matter in this insane world. From the opening boardroom scene to the inevitable abandoned warehouse-set climax, Honor and Glory delivers the goods, with plenty of rewindable moments to boot.
We have the VHS released by Best Film & Video Corp/Imperial, and even though it's in EP speed, the tape is surprisingly high-quality. And to quote the back of the box, "The action is non-stop and the challenge is ultimate". Need we say more?
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Godfrey's ensemble piece
Bezenby15 October 2013
This is another Godfrey Ho film that takes place in a world where everyone knows the martial arts, but no one can act. Although lacking in the eyeball pulling mullet madness of Undefeatable, Honour and Glory makes up for it with some of the worst acting I've ever witnessed on screen – and I watch films like this all the time! Wait till you see the meeting of the military types near the beginning – brilliant.
Someone's stolen a nuclear trigger and those military types are stumbling their way through some exposition about it. Meanwhile, head of a bank John Masters (in a truly jaw dropping performance) wants to get a hold of it while staving off a nosey reporter and bumping off members of his board who want rid of him. John's well mental, a buffed up corporate martial arts expert who hates everyone around him, especially his bodyguard, who really truly acts and sounds like Eddie Murphy. Eddie's intrigued by the nosey reporter's mad kung fu skills and they hit off, while she warns him that his boss is up to no good. Cue romantic chopstick stand offs.
Also, the reporters sister in Cynthia Rothrock, and she's after the trigger with her partner Dragon Lee. Also also, her dad is in the CIA and they're all part of a kung fu school run by some guy who's been more like a father to the reporter than the CIA guy. Plus, Micky from the Kung fu school fancies the reporter and can't act to boot. I'm exhausted remembering all these people. There's also Slick the pimp, some Japanese guy with an indestructible leg, and probably some other people I've forgotten about due to not having many brain cells left from watching all these films. It's like Godfrey Ho's ensemble piece as we watch all the family drama, workouts (bother Masters and reporter have their own training segment), and random kung fu fights with people who have little to do with the story.
Let's just say that the Eddie Murphy guy doesn't like what his boss is up to (he keeps flashing back to someone being killed, including stuff that happened after he left), and everyone gets together to give Masters a complete drubbing. I've never seen a film before where there's a surplus of good guys who all take on the bad guy at the end, but that's why I watch these films in the first place. Honour and Glory might not sound as crazy as other Ho films, but you have to see the acting to believe – One guy can't even get killed without messing it up (the guy who gets his neck broken in a car). John Masters is truly over the top here and to be honest the film needs it, but the prize for bad acting must go to Micky. After he gets a kicking from the Japanese guy (after hammering away at his leg with a baseball bat) his speech to the reporter is brilliant.
It's another classic, and I can't help but feel that Godfrey Ho might have been in on the joke all this time .
Someone's stolen a nuclear trigger and those military types are stumbling their way through some exposition about it. Meanwhile, head of a bank John Masters (in a truly jaw dropping performance) wants to get a hold of it while staving off a nosey reporter and bumping off members of his board who want rid of him. John's well mental, a buffed up corporate martial arts expert who hates everyone around him, especially his bodyguard, who really truly acts and sounds like Eddie Murphy. Eddie's intrigued by the nosey reporter's mad kung fu skills and they hit off, while she warns him that his boss is up to no good. Cue romantic chopstick stand offs.
Also, the reporters sister in Cynthia Rothrock, and she's after the trigger with her partner Dragon Lee. Also also, her dad is in the CIA and they're all part of a kung fu school run by some guy who's been more like a father to the reporter than the CIA guy. Plus, Micky from the Kung fu school fancies the reporter and can't act to boot. I'm exhausted remembering all these people. There's also Slick the pimp, some Japanese guy with an indestructible leg, and probably some other people I've forgotten about due to not having many brain cells left from watching all these films. It's like Godfrey Ho's ensemble piece as we watch all the family drama, workouts (bother Masters and reporter have their own training segment), and random kung fu fights with people who have little to do with the story.
Let's just say that the Eddie Murphy guy doesn't like what his boss is up to (he keeps flashing back to someone being killed, including stuff that happened after he left), and everyone gets together to give Masters a complete drubbing. I've never seen a film before where there's a surplus of good guys who all take on the bad guy at the end, but that's why I watch these films in the first place. Honour and Glory might not sound as crazy as other Ho films, but you have to see the acting to believe – One guy can't even get killed without messing it up (the guy who gets his neck broken in a car). John Masters is truly over the top here and to be honest the film needs it, but the prize for bad acting must go to Micky. After he gets a kicking from the Japanese guy (after hammering away at his leg with a baseball bat) his speech to the reporter is brilliant.
It's another classic, and I can't help but feel that Godfrey Ho might have been in on the joke all this time .
Don't believe the rating!!!
xenazues5 April 2022
This is not a 4.1. Its at worst a 5.5. I mean thats if you don't like action flicks and the corny dressing and the dialogue they have. Then i can see at its worst to give it a 5.5. But with that said I'm giving it a 7. I mean its still corny, it still has some really cheesy lines (even for me which i watch and like these movies). If you like Cynthia, and action kicks and cheese 80's/90s movies you will like this a lot.
But the main bad guy slade (john miller) is over the top awesome. For minute i just thought oh no they got another college boy with slick back hair playing a talented fighter. Then he took his shirt off and got to work on some of those people on the set. Plus the lines he was saying were funny and he delivered them well. HIs character is what made this entertaining.
When i first saw this movie I thought Cynthia Rothrock was going to be the main character. Heck Im not if she was even the no 4 on the list. The black dude had some major roles in this film. Which back then was a little surprising. They started out with the typical body guard. Seen it before a thousand times. But my girlfriend and I watched it and realized he was flirting with the main girl. We definitely were shocked. Most of these movies unfortunately would never have a plot with a black man having eyes for the main character. And she reciprocate it. So that to us was truly before its time.
I really don't have much to say about both females in this movie. Their acting was all over the place and not really well written. Im a huge fan of cynthia but very few fight scenes worth mentioning and not many one liners. I will say the main woman reporter kicking that can in that woman face made us laugh.
Overall this movie was funny very underrated. And the people who probably wrote those low ratings were actual movie critics who really have no idea and aren't fans of movies like this. And thank you for this generation developing all these sites so i can watch the movie legally on their site for free. Cause there was so many of these made i am sure i missed a lot of them.
But the main bad guy slade (john miller) is over the top awesome. For minute i just thought oh no they got another college boy with slick back hair playing a talented fighter. Then he took his shirt off and got to work on some of those people on the set. Plus the lines he was saying were funny and he delivered them well. HIs character is what made this entertaining.
When i first saw this movie I thought Cynthia Rothrock was going to be the main character. Heck Im not if she was even the no 4 on the list. The black dude had some major roles in this film. Which back then was a little surprising. They started out with the typical body guard. Seen it before a thousand times. But my girlfriend and I watched it and realized he was flirting with the main girl. We definitely were shocked. Most of these movies unfortunately would never have a plot with a black man having eyes for the main character. And she reciprocate it. So that to us was truly before its time.
I really don't have much to say about both females in this movie. Their acting was all over the place and not really well written. Im a huge fan of cynthia but very few fight scenes worth mentioning and not many one liners. I will say the main woman reporter kicking that can in that woman face made us laugh.
Overall this movie was funny very underrated. And the people who probably wrote those low ratings were actual movie critics who really have no idea and aren't fans of movies like this. And thank you for this generation developing all these sites so i can watch the movie legally on their site for free. Cause there was so many of these made i am sure i missed a lot of them.
"I have arrived at the top of the world."
bensonmum29 April 2020
A female FBI agent, Tracy Pride (Cynthia Rothrock), and her overachieving reporter sister, Joyce Pride (Donna Jason), have their sights set on taking down a corrupt banker who just happens to have a nuclear triggering device he's going to sell to the highest bidder.
If Honor and Glory wasn't so ridiculously funny, it might be one of the worst movies I'd ever seen. Fortunately, it's a deliciously hysterical mess of a movie. Godfrey Ho has managed to craft the most amazingly spastic movie imaginable. The writing, directing, and editing all seem like they were handled by a chipmunk on speed. How else do you explain a slap-fight for keys and a chopstick battle over green beans? Characters do and say the most ludicrous things. The abrupt nature of the laugh-out-loud fight scene with Joyce and a senator's daughter being a prime example. As for the plot - well forget about it. Ho certainly did. But the best (or is that worst?) thing Honor and Glory has going for it is chief baddie, Jason Slade (John Miller). Over-the-top doesn't begin to describe this butt-kicking banker. I suggest you sit back and enjoy - especially his jaw-dropping monologue, "I have arrived at the top of the world. No man has control of more money. No man can fight me and live. No woman can share my bed and not be mine for life. I am like a god! I piss on you, from a great height." Just amazing!
Given this is a Cynthia Rothrock movie, you're probably expecting a heavy dose of fight sequences. If so, you're in luck. Not all are great, but the scenes featuring Chuck Jeffreys are a highlight. As for Rothrock, I've never been much of a fan of her on-screen fighting. There's no doubting she has the technical skills, but for whatever reason, it doesn't always translate well to film.
As I said, this isn't at all a "good" movie. Regardless, I find it entertaining enough to give a 6/10.
6/10
If Honor and Glory wasn't so ridiculously funny, it might be one of the worst movies I'd ever seen. Fortunately, it's a deliciously hysterical mess of a movie. Godfrey Ho has managed to craft the most amazingly spastic movie imaginable. The writing, directing, and editing all seem like they were handled by a chipmunk on speed. How else do you explain a slap-fight for keys and a chopstick battle over green beans? Characters do and say the most ludicrous things. The abrupt nature of the laugh-out-loud fight scene with Joyce and a senator's daughter being a prime example. As for the plot - well forget about it. Ho certainly did. But the best (or is that worst?) thing Honor and Glory has going for it is chief baddie, Jason Slade (John Miller). Over-the-top doesn't begin to describe this butt-kicking banker. I suggest you sit back and enjoy - especially his jaw-dropping monologue, "I have arrived at the top of the world. No man has control of more money. No man can fight me and live. No woman can share my bed and not be mine for life. I am like a god! I piss on you, from a great height." Just amazing!
Given this is a Cynthia Rothrock movie, you're probably expecting a heavy dose of fight sequences. If so, you're in luck. Not all are great, but the scenes featuring Chuck Jeffreys are a highlight. As for Rothrock, I've never been much of a fan of her on-screen fighting. There's no doubting she has the technical skills, but for whatever reason, it doesn't always translate well to film.
As I said, this isn't at all a "good" movie. Regardless, I find it entertaining enough to give a 6/10.
6/10
Not completely bad, but... anyway it's a martial arts movie.
minunimion1 January 2024
Where is the problem here? There is a great cast of really skilled martial artists, (even champions), and among them there is someone who have had just some training about martial arts, and unfortunately even if you're not an expert, you can easily spot them, because there's a huge difference between them and the others.
Another problem is very similar to the first, it's about acting.
Good actors, and let's say just less good actors. In many movies there can be very good actors, and maybe one or two less good ones. Obviously the latter would have just one or two lines, so you'll probably overlook them, and in the end, no complaints, you forgot about them.
In this movie instead, half of the actors act well, and the other half have some difficulties. Immediately you can tell the difference between them. Pity, it could have been a good movie.
If you don't like this genre, don't give it a look, it's a martial art movie, period. You would be disappointed, and pushed to write a bad review, because you'll be bored by seeing so many people using martial arts. Anyway, if you're a martial arts movie fanatic, you'll be pissed off, as the fights are not very realistic, and some moves are quite basic.
It's not a disaster, you have just to think that you want to spend one hour and a half without thinking too much, enjoying your popcorn, and drinking your favorite beverage. That's it.
Another problem is very similar to the first, it's about acting.
Good actors, and let's say just less good actors. In many movies there can be very good actors, and maybe one or two less good ones. Obviously the latter would have just one or two lines, so you'll probably overlook them, and in the end, no complaints, you forgot about them.
In this movie instead, half of the actors act well, and the other half have some difficulties. Immediately you can tell the difference between them. Pity, it could have been a good movie.
If you don't like this genre, don't give it a look, it's a martial art movie, period. You would be disappointed, and pushed to write a bad review, because you'll be bored by seeing so many people using martial arts. Anyway, if you're a martial arts movie fanatic, you'll be pissed off, as the fights are not very realistic, and some moves are quite basic.
It's not a disaster, you have just to think that you want to spend one hour and a half without thinking too much, enjoying your popcorn, and drinking your favorite beverage. That's it.
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