Ninja outfits are clingy.Damn you, Shock-O-Rama! Despite the fact that the scene depicted on the packaging for David Haycox and Mardy South's cheesy martial arts revenge saga Psycho Kickboxer never actually appears in the film, I just can't stay mad at you. After all, I probably never would have stumbled across this trashy, gore-soaked train wreck of a motion picture were it not for the dedicated guys and gals who quietly slave away in your acquisitions department. Five time World Kickboxing Champion Curtis Bush stars as Alex Hunter, a desperate wannabe superhero seeking vengeance for the cold-blooded murder of his father and his fiance. All of the standard action cliches apply: random fights, crippled mentors, shady double-crosses, pointless nudity, and impossibly wooden acting are all accounted for. The film's numerous fight scenes are surprisingly well-executed, though the accompanying sound effects strangely resemble something you might find in a cheap, off-brand 8-bit Nintendo game. In other words, this is typical genre diarrhea, the sort of rank material that never would have seen the light of day before the advent of the DVD. That said, Psycho Kickboxer is as ridiculously entertaining as horrid no-budget cinema gets. By far the most fun I've had all week.
Recipe For Success: Quality Special Effects + Several Engaging Fight Sequences + The Magical Ability To Locate Crime
The Eternal Question: Can an action movie have too many bushy mustaches and oily mullets?
Of course not.
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Psychopaths?
Kickboxers?
Bushy mustaches?
Oily mullets?
What else do I need in life?
Nothing.
I can't think of anything else, either.
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