Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

lemon_magic What does it mean to say that the acting in "Honor and Glory" is really, really bad? Well, it's bad not in a "Manos: Hands Of Fate" or "Wild,Wild World of Batwoman" way, and not in an "Ed Wood movie" way...but in a "not even as good as one of the better Chuck Norris movies" way. No one screws up their lines, there is no real incompetence on display in the camera-work or the costuming, and the cast is attractive and photogenic...but the screenplay seems to be written on the level of a Power Rangers movie. And the acting goes there too, which would be OK if they were playing it for laughs...but the movie plays things straight, so the humor is unintentional. For instance, in the introductory scene that introduces the "reporter" half of the team, a Senator's daughter - SENATORS DAUGHTER, mind you - PULLS A KNIFE on the reporter in the presence of her camera crew, and the reporter kick-boxes her into submission. And then the reporter and her crew waltz off, and NO ONE remarks on it for the rest of the movie - no filed charges with the police, no scandal, nothing. That's the kind of movie this is. Lacking any real heft or humanity or consequence, it fills 90 plus minutes with kick-boxing and witless dialog and silly plot devices until things wind up. The end.On the plus side: It's cheerful, things keep moving, and Rothrock has just a little bit of something that translates well to the camera - which is probably why someone thought they could have her carry a movie.They were wrong, but not disastrously so. It's also a Godfrey Ho/Hall vehicle, but without the part where he shoe horns completely related ninja footage into a 3rd rate action movie and them tries to pretend the ninja stuff relates to the rest of the movie via awkward linking dialog scenes. So that's a relief.You can give this one a miss, but it won't hurt you to watch it the way some of Ho's stuff hurts you.

ebiros2 This is the best Cynthia Rothrock movie I've seen since "In the Line of Duty".I've never been impressed with the quality of Cynthia Rothrock's movies made in the United States. I was impressed with the quality of this movie. Then I realized that it's a co-production between US and Hong Kong movie companies, and everything made sense. The story has more juice to it, and there are lot more characters involved in making the story than your usual 3 person movie that Cynthia Rothrock stars in.This, and the Tiger Claws represents the best of Cynthia Rothrock's movies made in the United States. This was an entertaining movie to watch, and was a good action movie as well.

tudorcostin11 i can't believe it was a movie on the market with my favorite actress:Cynthia rothrock and yukari oshima in it and i din't knew about it until yesterday.i've saw this movie a few hours ago and what can i tell you is that this movie has a great cast(beside Cynthia and yukari also plays robin shou,waise lee,Pauline Chan,Donna Jason and others),it has week script,average and short fights but many (from start to finish - non stop fights)but what can i say is that you will not be bored watching this movie ,everytime is something happen,is not like 'police assassins' or 'righting wrongs' but it deserve to be watched.this movie enter in that category of 'so bad it's good'

gridoon Look at the cast we have here! Cynthia Rothrock, Chuck Jeffreys, Robin Shou, John Miller: all of them real-life martial artists. And then there is Donna Jason, who has probably had some martial arts training, and even though she's not at the level of the others, she gets extra points for hotness (great smile!). In theory, "Honor and Glory" should have been a non-stop fighting fest, but it didn't quite work out that way. The film devotes too much time to its plot, which is scattered all over the place and never seems to really get started, and the actual fight scenes are only average in quality - not bad, but definitely not top-grade either. The film does have its moments (including Cynthia's scorpion kick and Donna's workout routine), but with this cast, we should be excused for expecting more. (**)