LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Leofwine_draca This crazy kung fu oddity from Taiwan is a real one-of-a-kind movie, a cheap and cheerful exercise that is so horrendously bad that schlock lovers will find themselves having a great time watching it. The low-budget antics rip off the likes of war films such as THE DIRTY DOZEN, as a team of no-hopers are assembled to drive deep into the heart of enemy territory and rescue some kidnapped generals and reclaim some stolen money. The film chronicles the various adventures that the characters find themselves up in, at the same time ripping off the music from HALLOWEEN and offering a particularly bad dubbing job for English-speaking audiences, where every voice is a screeh and every word sounds ludicrous.Throughout the film we are witness to such diverse sights as a drinking game in which the contestants use guns to shoot the clothes off a tied up woman, Jackie Chan chasing a chicken around, and a gang of bagpipe-playing Scottish Chinamen (dressed in kilts and armour) who run around in sped-up motion, Benny Hill-style, for comedic purposes. The humour is definitely over the edge and ranges from the completely dire and moronic (blowing up cigars, looking under kilts, etc.) to the hilariously amusing in places. But the best thing about FANTASY MISSION FORCE is the totally off-kilter, anything-goes style situations that our heroes find themselves in. You know you're in for a good time when a bunch of flying female Amazons attack our heroes using colourful strips of cloth whilst femme fatale Brigitte Lin goes around dressed like a man and kicks ass all over the shop.Things culminate in our heroes arriving at their set destination, at which point they find themselves besieged by an army of post-apocalypse warriors. Here the comedy stops and the bloody action begins with a downbeat massacre of a finale which is at odds with the light shenanigans we have previously witnessed, extremely violent with spraying arterial blood and the likes of swords being stuck up under kilts, etc. Leading the gang is a puffy and ageing Jimmy Wang Yu who appears far too briefly to earn much respect. Also appearing is Jackie Chan (who apparently did the film as a favour), playing a dishonest wrestler who keeps disappearing and appearing in the story with little rhyme or reason. The (admittedly exciting) finale offers up a kung fu battle between Wang Yu and Chan, which is definitely worth this reviewer's money in terms of entertainment value - it also proves that at this late stage in his career, Wang Yu has still got what it takes in the action stakes.Undoubtedly my favourite segment of the movie is the extremely odd "haunted house" interlude, in which our gang take refuge in an old building overnight. There, they find themselves besieged by bloody arms popping out of the walls, hands in the toilet, and even a hopping vampire for good measure. The comedy highlight is definitely the gambling game between one of the central characters and a group of ghosts, with the human not realising the spectral nature of his companions. Cue lots of floating heads and stretching arm stunts. Whilst FANTASY MISSION FORCE can definitely be classed as a "bad movie", the sheer entertainment value is high due to the insane antics in hand. Seemingly made with little regard for logic or reason, this exercise in the absurd is a must for lovers of the weird.

smccar77 "Fantasy Mission Force," is quite aptly named. The movie is a fantasy about a mission taken on by an eclectic force of military types. The catch is that all coherency stops at the title. FMF is best described as ridiculously bizarre. Only under the broadest definition can the film be said to have plot or characterization. Examining what this film has is not really of much use. Rather, FMF is most effectively evaluated by what it purposefully lacks.To be brutally honest, this film lacks a great deal of what many consider the qualities of a proper film. To be sure, a camera and actors were used. However, the film quickly begins to diverge from generally accepted standards at this point. The assumptions of the filmmakers are not really comprehensible. It would appear that creating a mixed genre farce was the goal. To achieve this, the film strings together several set pieces that peripherally hint at particular genres. For example, horror is incorporated by having the "force" stay at a haunted house. What happens in the haunted house defies explanation. Honestly, the scenes in the haunted house simply make a full break with reality and the genre. The effect is an incoherent mish mash of semi-familiar clichés causing either intensely uncomfortable confusion or riotously funny weirdness. In addition to the set pieces, the transitions make absolutely no sense. In regards to the horror scenes, the protagonists escape an incarnation of the devil by setting off a string of cheap fireworks. How does this work? Never you mind, the next set piece has already begun. While the characters remain generally the same between vignettes, everything else is altered based entirely on whim. Essentially, this film is a mess.Oh, but what a mess! The humor is an acquired taste. Imagine a film that purposefully breaks any and all assumptions an audience might have just for the sake of doing it. You want a story? Sorry. Do you like things to be slightly realistic? Tough luck. How about characters that have character? Nope. Social perspective, observational humor, or even a dram like logic? No, No, and No. What will you give me? How about whatever I feel like and a few explosions. Not only is that all the viewer gets, the end result is absolutely hilarious. FMF is perfectly summed up as the result of deviously jaded filmmakers providing "product" for a public that will consume it. If anything, the film clearly illustrates that the human animal is still amused by flickering lights and shiny things. I have never been so hilariously made aware of my almost non-existent standards.On a personal note, I will absolutely recommend this film to certain friends. Should you be a "film connoisseur" then FMF will probably not be to your liking. On the other hand, if you enjoy what can be and has been done with a motion picture camera, then this is a movie for you. The film lends itself to large amounts of intoxicants and running commentary. 3.5 of 10 stars.

spiney-4 Utterly terrible waste of time and money. Jackie looks embarrassed and Wang-Yu looks like he is finally having second thoughts about making this movie by the finale. Completely pointless; there is no plot whatsoever (unless you count WW2 soldiers, Nazis, Amazons, zombies, vampires as making sense put together). Jackie has about three fights in it: number 1, some kind of stupid wrestling match; number 2, JC beats up girls with paper bags over their heads; and number 3, a sloppy throwdown with Jimmy. If any of these sound enticing, well, I'm sorry to say they are not even as good as Police Woman (and that, my friends, is saying something).

gangstahippie Rated NR(Would Be Rated R for Violence and Brief Nudity). Quebec Rating:13+ Canadian Home Video Rating:14AI got fantasy mission force along with master with cracked fingers on VHS about five years ago.Don't be fooled by the cover saying that Jackie Chan stars in this film.He is only in the film for a couple of scenes however the scenes he is in are great and (spoiler) him and his business partner are the only ones in the film who do not die (End of spoiler).Jackie Chan may not be in this film very much but its still not too bad.This isn't really a kung fu film.Its more of a crazy action film with zombies,amazon women,men in kilts etc.THere are a couple of fight scenes but this isn't really a martial arts film.Its pretty funny how they have amazon women even though this film takes place in the 1940's.The film is about a couple of people in 1940s china during world war 2 looking for gold.However during this they get into plenty of misadventures.Fantasy Mission Force is a wild crazy movie and you just have to see it to believe it.But this is not a Chan film.Runtime:90min 7/10