It's my first - time
American martial arts movie to deal with ninjas I watched.
Not exact matches
The tale is pure pulp, a catalogue of seventies
martial arts revenge dramas and
American B -
movie action thrillers, and the style is pure Tarantino: snappy titles, a timeline that leaps back and forth through the story, a mad mix of styles and musical references, and an attitude of loving affection for his inspirations.
Released in 1977 when yakuza
movies were at peak popularity both at home in Japan and abroad, Doberman Cop saw director Kinji Fukasaku reunite with star Shinichi «Sonny» Chiba for an
American - style crime thriller that brilliantly combines
martial arts, lowbrow comedy and blistering gunplay.
By
American action
movie standards it's downright restrained, and it lets us see the grace and integrity of the
martial arts spectacle.
Michael Angarano is the
American kid dropped into the middle of the Chinese legend, a South Boston teenager and
martial arts movie buff swept out of his neighborhood and into ancient China.
The film plays like a tribute to classic Hong Kong
martial arts movies and adventure odysseys by an appreciative
American fan and Disney veteran Rob Minkoff has the right attitude, if not the chops for action spectacle.