Street Law (1995)

Director:

Damian Lee

Writer:

Damian Lee (writer)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

A martial arts-trained lawyer (Jeff Wincott) is forced to fight in illicit matches after he is framed for a crime...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Martial Arts | Independent Film

Cast

Jeff Wincott	...	John Ryan
Paco Christian Prieto	...	Luis Calderone
Christina Cox	...	Kelly
Richard Yearwood	...	Michelangelo
Michael Copeman	...	Joe Baker
Douglas O'Keeffe	...	Larry the Lender
Kevin Rushton	...	Blade
Raymond Marlowe	...	Sam Armstrong
Dennis O'Connor	...	Carruthers
David Campbell	...	Grime
Nicu Branzea	...	Tony
Stephen Micalchunk	...	Gustavo
Alex Bandiera	...	Tommy Vega
Géza Kovács	...	Andy Giancola
Jonathan Fisher	...	Grey Feather

Also Known As:

Law of the Jungle

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, some strong sexuality and language.

Runtime:

USA:98 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Actra)

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA | Germany:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Jungle Law Productions Ltd.

Goofs:

Continuity: Some thugs knock down the door during a nude love scene, and in the next shot the couple are already in their underwear.

If you recognize its pedigree, you will be wise enough to avoid this

As the credits for "Law Of The Jungle" started to display, my expectations sank greatly. First, the credits identified the producer of the movie as Ashok Amritraj, a producer who has produced an unbelievable amount of shoddy schlock. Then the director credit came up, identifying the director as Damian Lee, who has directed a lot of really bad movies. But the credits also revealed that star Jeff Wincott was one of the producers. Maybe, I thought, he would bring to this movie what he had learned in his American movies. (This movie is Canadian)

It didn't take very long to realize that this was turning up to be a very bad movie. In fairness to Wincott and Lee, they were working with a really terrible script. (Oh, wait - no fairness to Lee, since I just remembered that he wrote the script for this movie.) It takes about half an hour for the movie to develop something of a plot, and it's very slow-going afterwards. The movie is stuffed with talk talk talk - and not interesting talk.

What about the fight sequences? Well, I'm pretty sure martial arts fans will be greatly disappointed. Lee screws up these scenes like he does with the other parts of the movies. He does make Wincott get hit with a lot more blows than you usually expect the protagonist to get in a movie like this, but other than that interesting aspect, the fights are horribly done. Lee incompetently uses techniques like slow motion, bad camera angles, and very one-sided fights for the most part.

A message for Wincott: Make regular trips to your barber. The long hair look you have in this movie makes you look ridiculous.