ej's kung-fu capsule review for films of the chop-socky old-school -
1. basic plot type - fantasy comedy, supernatural-'fu
2. plot construction - confusing
3. dramatic - no
4. funny - tries to be, but fails
5. dialog - ridiculous
6. cast performance - poor
7. crew performance - poor
8. amount of fighting - appears to be lots
9. quality of fighting - bad; loses interest
10. special any cast or crew notes - billy chong's worst movie ever, and he plays an unlikeable character; in fact, there are no likable characters in this film; the only thing of historical interest here is the introduction of Japanese anime references into an old-school chop-socky
11. big positive - none
12. big negative - it was ever made
bottom-line - who should see this movie - kung-fu completists only
1. basic plot type - fantasy comedy, supernatural-'fu
2. plot construction - confusing
3. dramatic - no
4. funny - tries to be, but fails
5. dialog - ridiculous
6. cast performance - poor
7. crew performance - poor
8. amount of fighting - appears to be lots
9. quality of fighting - bad; loses interest
10. special any cast or crew notes - billy chong's worst movie ever, and he plays an unlikeable character; in fact, there are no likable characters in this film; the only thing of historical interest here is the introduction of Japanese anime references into an old-school chop-socky
11. big positive - none
12. big negative - it was ever made
bottom-line - who should see this movie - kung-fu completists only