LouHomey
From my favorite movies..
Bob
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Leofwine_draca
KILL AND KILL AGAIN is one of those American martial arts films made during the 1970s and 1980s which pale into insignificance when compared to their rival productions being made in Hong Kong. This one's another tournament flick in which a bunch of old and evil white men create a secret tournament for the world's top karate fighters; an ENTER THE DRAGON rip-off, in other words. Our improbably-named heroine, Kandy Kane, enlists the help of a top fighter to go undercover and break the criminal gang; the story goes from there. This is very much a nothing special sort of film, with criminally bad fight choreography which makes the fighters look unskilled and out of shape; none of the hits come remotely close to hitting, and there's a distinct lack of excitement and involvement on the viewer's part throughout.
Woodyanders
Ace martial artist Steve Chase (a solid and charismatic performance by James Ryan) rounds up a crack team of rough'n'ready karate experts in order to rescue scientist Dr. Horatio Kane (John Ramsbottom) from the clutches of evil billionaire Marduk (broadly played by Michael Mayer, who sports an uproariously obvious fake beard).Director Ivan Hall, working from a blithely silly script by John Crowther, keeps the entertaining story moving along at a snappy pace, maintains an engaging lighthearted tone throughout, stages the lively chopsocky fights with rip-roaring flair (a rowdy barroom brawl rates as a definite rousing highlight), and tops everything off with amusing touches of campy humor. The neat array of colorful characters adds considerably to this picture's infectiously kitschy appeal: Anneline Kriel provides delicious eye candy as foxy blonde babe Kandy Kane, Ken Gampu cuts an imposing figure as amiable behemoth Gorilla, Marloe Scott Wilson almost steals the whole show with her gut-busting portrayal of Marduk's sassy pink-haired main hench wench Minerva, Bill Flynn supplies affable comic relief as lovable slob Hotdog, Stan Schmidt spouts a lot of mystical mumbo jumbo hogwash as the enigmatic The Fly (he levitates and scales high-rise building with no difficulty whatsoever), Norman Robinson contributes a likable turn as hillbilly bruiser Gypsy Billy, and Eddie Dorie makes for a suitably menacing flunky as hulking brute Optimus. The funky-pulsating score hits the get-down groovy spot. A really fun flick.
PeterMitchell-506-564364
For all you martial arts fans out there, if you haven't vide'd this one, put it on your list. James Ryan, a martial arts star in the eighties, came and went, his real only other main stream film being Kill Or Be Killed, which had much lesser action. Actually, at the end of the preview of the latter, underneath it's title, reads: The greatest martial film ever made. Absolute bologne. The action in this, comes thick and fast, we're literally thrown into it, at the beginning. This one will surprise you. It has a good story too. The likable Ryan plays a guy called Steve Chase, who rounds up a band of his old and deadly acquaintances, some real wild characters. Sounds like Kill Squad right, or may'be Sidaris's smart '79' hit, Seven. Not quite. A beautiful young girl (Kriel-Reason To Die) implores Chase and his selected few to snatch her father from a camp, where he has been brainwashed into performing experiments on a legion of other prisoners, who become programmed to kill. So Ryan and his boys have got their work, cut out for them. Love it. Meanwhile as the viewer, just indulge in huge chunks of action, but wait, we've got one hell of femme fatale with white spiked hair who's a hoot, thanks to some good punchy, dialogue, in a script you don't expect to be this good. You'll love the nickname she'll gives her master, to his utter loathing. Our hunky Ryan was something of a fascination to me, in a film here that stands alone. He was soon forgotten, but one wonders whatever happened to him.
sangityman
This film is on the borderline of being so bad that it is almost worth watching, if only just to laugh at it. It attempts to be a comedy with many one-liners that fall completely flat. The martial arts choreography is stiff and extremely staged looking. The story is just plain ridiculous. The star shows some potential given the right material, but there is very little of that for him to work with. A handful of skillfully executed karate techniques are about the only thing this film has going for it.
