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Snow White and the Seven Samurai is a 2024 movie from the Asylum studio. Movies from the Asymum studios often have something to hope for. Let’s say that they don’t always deliver on their mark. But I’ve heard good about this from Voices From the Balcony, so I thought I’d give it a go. I’m rather anxious when I see Eric Roberts in the early scenes of the movie. I usually don’t connect his name...
Lady Dragon 2 has absolutely nothing to do with the first film. There’s no connection between them whatsoever. Apart from that Cynthia Rothrock stars in both of course. But she doesn’t even play the same person. She looks different and she has a different name. So there! Oh, wait. There is something else they have in common – revenge! In this one, Cynthia Rothrock plays a fighter known as the “The Golden Angel”. The film...
Lady Dragon is an action movie from 1992 starring Martial Artist Cynthia Rothrock. She might not be the best actor ever even during her 80-90 films when she was kind of a C action star. She was doing the same character over and over again. There was either a woman caught in the underground fighting scene or a cop infiltrating one. I’m exaggerating of course, but if you boil it down to the essentials, that’s...
The Punisher was a film I saw when it came in 1989. I didn’t really like it back then. I think I had a grudge towards Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren at that time. And, he’s not a brilliant actor but has gotten better over the years. This part doesn’t demand too much of him you might argue. He speaks with a slow voice and he seems to struggle not to have a Swedish accent. I...
Famine is kind of a slasher flick, but it’s not. It’s also kind of a splatter movie, but it’s not. You might compare it to a rape/revenge film but there’s no rape. I guess you could say it’s something right in between. The actors are quite bad, but that’s to be expected. The story is ok I guess, and the script does what it’s supposed to do – except… There are sexual tensions throughout the...
First of all, there’s another movie called Chaos from 2005 starring Jason Statham. If you’re looking for that one, please stop reading now. You won’t be prepared for what this movie is going to make to you. As it says on the cover this might very well be the most brutal movie ever made. It’s not about the gore, of course, there are plenty of other movies with more gore in them. But I’d say...
I’ve seen a few movies with Hulk Hogan from the heydays, the Ultimate Weapon isn’t one of them. Neither is it from the true heydays nor have I seen it before. One of the reasons I missed it is of course that I didn’t actively look for it. Plus that his looks on the cover don’t really resemble that iconic look when he was in his prime. Of course, he’s still a muscular guy in...
The Card Counter is one of those movies that doesn’t reveal its true nature by the title alone. I had not done my research and figured this was about some dude playing cards at casinos and getting caught counting cards. I know that counting cards aren’t exactly against the rules but if you’re too good at it you still will get escorted out and put on the casino’s black list. Or at least that’s what...
At the first glance, The protégé doesn’t seem to be anything special. If you read about it, it seems to be your run-of-the-mill revenge story. You know, the kind where the person acting out the revenge seeks out and kills the responsible person for a close friend’s death. This is also what happens. Someone close to the revenger gets killed and she goes on a spree to seek her revenge. I really can’t put my...
Ok, let’s not kid ourselves. This is a horrible movie. The acting is so bad you could use this as a discouragement for how to not make a movie. The story itself is very shallow and I had no time figuring out what was supposed to be the end twist of it all. Maybe that’s not so far-fetched since many of these low-budget flicks from the eighties are less than good and more than nostalgic...
Dr. Bruno Hamel and his wife see their 8-year old daughter walking off on her own. That’s the last they see of her, at least while she’s still alive. She’s found a couple of days later raped and murdered! Her parents lose themselves with grief and start to blame each other for the terrible crime. They should have looked after her and they should have done this or that. A few days go by and...
The first thing that got me interested in Sargad was the poster artwork. There’s something special about a woman standing in her underwear, with blood running down her legs and with a hedge cutter in her hand. It’s the kind of artwork that is pure genius really! Sargad obviously didn’t have much of a budget. It shows from time to time. There are problems with quality in some scenes and not in other so there’s not...
