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Manhattan Chase

  • 2000
  • R
  • 1h 37min
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Cynthia Rothrock and Loren Avedon in Manhattan Chase (2000)
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Agrega una trama en tu idiomaAfter six years as a guest of the state, mob hit man Jason Reed wants nothing more than to get an honest job and spend time with his young son, Tommy. He is not ten steps outside of the pris... Leer todoAfter six years as a guest of the state, mob hit man Jason Reed wants nothing more than to get an honest job and spend time with his young son, Tommy. He is not ten steps outside of the prison before being greeted by Keither, an old crony anxious to pick up where they left off. W... Leer todoAfter six years as a guest of the state, mob hit man Jason Reed wants nothing more than to get an honest job and spend time with his young son, Tommy. He is not ten steps outside of the prison before being greeted by Keither, an old crony anxious to pick up where they left off. While out for a drive with his son, Jason saves a young woman from a gun wielding thug, not... Leer todo

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    • Godfrey Ho
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    • Lisa Cory
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    • Cynthia Rothrock
    • Loren Avedon
    • Brendan Kelly
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    4.2/10
    200
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    • Dirección
      • Godfrey Ho
    • Guionista
      • Lisa Cory
    • Elenco
      • Cynthia Rothrock
      • Loren Avedon
      • Brendan Kelly
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    • 4Opiniones de los críticos
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    Cynthia Rothrock
    Cynthia Rothrock
    • Nancy
    Loren Avedon
    Loren Avedon
    • Jason Reed
    Brendan Kelly
    Brendan Kelly
    • Patrick
    Steve Tartalia
    • Keith
    Nicol Zanzarella
    • Jennifer
    Roberto Gutierrez
    • Victor
    Robin Berry
    • Tommy
    Chris Grall
    • David
    Roberto Lopez
    Roberto Lopez
    • Demetrio
    Robinlynn Sweeney
    • Brenda
    Jaime Sanchez
    • Luis
    Cherly Lilko
    • Susanna
    Jose Figueroa
    • Roberto
    Ron Succarotte
    • Frank
    • (as Ron Suzzarotte)
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    Laura Lockwood
    • Elsa
    Dennis Norwood
    • Winston
    Lisa Mlandinich
    • Maggie
    Serena Rosario
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      • Godfrey Ho
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    4HaemovoreRex

    Sadly, not one of our Godfrey's best

    Following his two previous forays filming action films in the big ol'USA, bad movie god, Godfrey Ho made this, which as it happens, was very sadly his final venture before retiring to teach film-making to students (try not to laugh please).

    Loren Avedon appears here as Jason, a hit man for the mob who is apprehended (and administered an ass whooping!) at the beginning of the film by a feisty female cop played by perennial high kicking babe, Cynthia Rothrock. Six years later and having served his time in the old slammer our man has subsequently seen the error of his ways (upstanding and sure proof of the efficaciousness of the penal reform system there.....) not least of all due to him missing out on his precious time with his young son; a kid who delivers all of his lines as though he is struggling to practise ventriloquism in fact......but I digress.....

    Reunited at last, Jason is determined to make a go of it as a dad and vows never to return to his old criminal ways - a refusal which displeases his old boss somewhat. This is where matters take a more convoluted turn; Said crime lord is presently searching for some stolen drugs and has a whole family taken out in his quest - except for the daughter who escapes.....and literally runs into Jason's car. Yes, as you can probably guess, our hero as a result becomes embroiled in the affair, now working against his old employers in the protection of the girl who yes, you've guessed it, he becomes romantically involved with. Ostensibly our Godfrey loves coincidences as much as he loves to elicit bad acting displays from his cast for in another bizarre twist of events, Jason's ex wife turns up out of the blue, also eager to reacquaint herself with her son (said child was previously being raised by an auntie). And wouldn't you know it, but said ex is only none other than Cynthia Rothrock's sis!!!! Wow, what a small world eh?

    Anyway, to cut a long story short, matters come to a head in central park with a violent shoot out......and a surprisingly downbeat outcome which I won't spoil here.

    Well, what can I say about all this? The good news is that with our man Godfrey at the helm, the film is predictably, delightfully dreadful on the acting, editing and general logic front - great news for bad movie aficionados. For instance, as is in keeping with the world according to Ho, everyone and their uncle in this appears to be expert at martial arts(!) Yes, even bag snatchers are shown to be highly trained and disciplined fighters, ready to unleash their deadly skills at a moments notice. Unfortunately, and shockingly however, there isn't nearly as much fighting in this as you would expect, indeed, bizarrely, the film actually plays out more like a dreadfully forced sentimental melodrama with some fight scenes sporadically thrown in just to keep you awake.

    Still, for fellow Ho completists, it's probably worthy of at least a peek although be warned, those hoping for something as glorious as his cut & paste ninja output or else the classic, Undefeatable will likely be left sorely disappointed.
    10bad_habitt

    Hahahahahaha superb!

    This movie was incredibly funny and great.

    Quintessentially in the tradition of films like "Deadly Prey", it encapsulated every thing great about a bent story line.

    Loren Avedon at the beginning is arrested for trying to assassinate someone with a sniper rifle. Where from you may ask? - The lawn of a public park wearing a black bandanna mask in broad daylight. Hahahahaha. So terrific. He even stuffs up some of his lines but the directors don't even bother to re-shoot the scenes.

    You have to see this just for the effort of trying to continue on the tradition of excellent movies that are just so far out - you don't know if they're miss-intended satire or just a work of genius.

    Get this for sure if you want to see a unique and funny film, and at times, very odd like the ending. Hahahaha goodness, you're just going to think "Did that really need to happen?" Enjoy.
    3redleader2008

    Sadly even with the double clout of the (usually) hilarious Godfrey Ho, or the ever charismatic Loren Avedon both cannot save this

    Oh boy I've just watched this and to say I was sorely disappointed would be an understatement.

    Initially I was drawn to this film via Godfrey Ho, especially his films set in the USA. His double whammy of "Honor and Glory" (which featured the entire cast that would return in "Undefeatable" but playing different roles) and of course Undefeatable itself.

    The latter film to me is "The Godfather" of unintentional laughing fits that induced me to put Undefeatable up there as a genuine classic film, 5 star (or 10 star IMDb) for inventing a new genre of movie.

    Even you took all the unintentional funny bits from all the obscure, guilty pleasures, dusty Video Rental VHS you'd watched; put them into one film, it still wouldn't be a patch on Undefeatable.

    Honor and Glory was no picnic either coming a close second.I was asked by my room-mates to take my headphones out of my laptop whilst watching it at night- as the volume of my laughter was LOUDER than the film itself!

    So naturally I was looking forward to "Manhatten Chase".

    The first sign of this being a traditional Godfrey Ho film is the picture quality. Despite the film being made in 1999 it appears to have been shot in the early 1980s with the usual grainy, dark transfer. If it weren't for a scene featuring a guy walking past a cinema advertising Deep Impact or Doctor Dolittle you'd choose the latter decade.

    I'm not sure what cameras or film Godfrey Ho's Production Team use but they should have tried Home Video Camcorders! However the similarity ends there.

    As soon as the film started this is when I dosed off. It was just plain boring and if I'm not mistaken I think after a career spanning 30 years of ridicule Godfrey hired a different scriptwriter to make a "proper" movie (or at least one that wouldn't make you laugh unintentionally). Something to do with a girl whose entire family are brutally massacred in front of her because of stolen, pushed drugs, I dunno; I was too busy checking e-mails, forum posts, Facebook to notice.

    Loren "I'm still waiting for THAT phonecall" Avedon who hadn't made, his much touted, big break after 1991's King of the Kickboxers and the previous No Retreat No Surrender sequels (all produced by the other perennial grainy film makers Seasonal Films) stars in this.

    His role is a (miscast) Mafia Hit-man and all round family man who after being busted by Cynthia Rothrock (who as usual is not the main star, nor a major character despite the DVD cover) decides to play a bigger part in his sons development after being released from prison.

    If anything Loren Avedon's ability as a Martial Artist, his much noted charisma, likability and knowing how to look cool whilst firing a gun adds an additional question mark over why Avedon never got better roles. The fact this was made 8 years after King of the Kickboxers doesn't hamper Avedon's enthusiasm for Manhatten Chases' shoe string production and inevitable limited release.

    So do you want to know if Manhatten Chase is a laugh-a-minute, bona fide "classic" like previous works Undefeatable and Honor and Glory? After all that is Godfrey Ho's specialty, whether he is aware of it or not. The answer sadly is no. I didn't "laugh out loud" once during this film.

    There are some "daft" moments such as Loren Avedon wearing a Baraclava and holding a high powered sniper rifle during broad daylight in a park. However knowing that this film has no budget its obvious a night-time shoot permit with security would've been too expensive.

    Yes I too thought Cynthia Rothrock on a Power Scooter that goes slower than jogging pace to chase bad guys on roller blades was a daft option considering her character trips over a peddle bike she could've used instead.

    But thats it. The only other scene is where Loren Avedon's character hands his son a reconciliation present; a 1990 Black and White Nintendo Gameboy! Even in 1999 it was considered a defunct portable console, succeeded by Playstations, N64s etc.

    Godfrey Ho retired from film after making this his last. It doesn't bare any trademarks to any of his previous films and I guess if Undefeatable was "The Godfather", Honor and Glory was "The Godfather part 2" then Manhattan Chase is "Robocop 3".

    PS: I couldn't find this movie anywhere neither on VHS, DVD on Ebay, Amazon or anywhere they didn't even have a listing for it. My guess was it was withdrawn from mainstream video release. I wouldn't bother hunting it down.
    5The_Phantom_Projectionist

    "The only consolation is all the suffering I've caused"

    MANHATTAN CHASE is technically a Hong Kong movie, though only as much as director Godfrey Ho's previous US-set features HONOR AND GLORY and UNDEFEATABLE are Hong Kong movies. While stylistically similar, MANHATTAN CHASE does not share any of the joyful goofiness that made those films cult classics, and is actually pretty dark. This is Ho's "serious" action-drama, and while substantially better than his worst work, this one scrambles for an average rating. It gets it, mostly due to the scrappy strength of its action content, but I have a hard time recommending this one.

    The story: After being released from prison, an ex-gangster (Loren Avedon) finds himself on the opposite side of crime when he becomes involved in a matter of stolen heroin.

    A king of unintentional surrealism like Godfrey Ho probably had to restrain himself considerably to film a story as "normal" as this. The closest we get to a taste of his trademark buffoonery is a scene wherein a boy on rollerblades is kidnapped by two thugs, also on rollerblades, and costar Cynthia Rothrock chases after them on a motorized scooter. A ton of poor acting will give cheese-lovers reason to chuckle, but overall, this is clearly supposed to be a serious crime story…and I have to admit, I hate it. The depressing portrayal of female characters crosses a boundary of taste. Though Rothrock co-leads and remains as cool as one would expect, the film's world is excessively antagonistic towards women otherwise: if female characters are not being terrorized, assaulted, or murdered with abandon, they're scapegoated for the story's dumb turns. Additionally, minority characters face a fierce rate of mortality. These trends come across as dramatic shorthand for "this is gritty and realistic," but their gratuitousness pushes the film into exploitation territory and tarnishes the viewing experience.

    The action content is this feature's saving grace, and a few more additions to the seven full-length fights would probably have pushed this one to a higher score. The filmmakers are clearly working with little more than the skill of the stunt ensemble, and luckily, this is conducive to the Hong Kong-style of action. Coordinator and costar Steve Tartalia does very well in maximizing his resources, and though Avedon and Rothrock have had better fights against flashier opponents, they personally look close to their best, here. A scene wherein Cynthia chases down a couple of purse-snatchers probably could not have been done much better even in Hong Kong in 1986, and a mid-movie brawl between Loren and Tartalia is particularly satisfying. The feature also introduces Roberto Gutierrez to the screen, who has not done any film work since but whose wushu moves are especially eye-catching.

    I'm pleased that Loren Avedon is given a chance to flex his acting muscles a bit, even if his Brooklyn accent is as evasive as anything Kevin Costner has ever attempted, but the movie he's in just isn't that great. Fluctuating production values add to the list of detriments chipping away at the film's quality, and even though nothing bearing the name of Godfrey Ho should be regarded with more than modest expectations, this one still falls short. For die-hards, only!
    4Leofwine_draca

    A watershed moment in action cinema...

    I suppose you could define MANHATTAN CHASE as a watershed moment in action cinema given that it's the last movie directed by the infamous and inimitable Godfrey Ho before he retired from the movies. Ho had previously shot Cynthia Rothrock in a couple of well-remembered action vehicles from the early 1990s entitled HONOUR AND GLORY and UNDEFEATABLE; both were classic so-bad-it's-good cinema with some surprisingly good fight scenes.

    MANHATTAN CHASE aims to offer more of the same although with diminishing results. Ho couldn't sell the film to a distributor in America and Hong Kong wasn't interested either, so this is one of Rothrock's more obscure movies. The actress is on autopilot here although her fight scenes are typically exciting, and she's partnered with fellow B-movie star Loren Avedon for the plot.

    The story sees the pair going up against the usual criminal gang types and there's plentiful action, most of it very cheesy in terms of stunts and staging. An early alleyway fight in which Rothrock tackles a couple of purse snatchers is very well staged and looks like it belongs in one of Corey Yuen's fight flicks of the 1980s. Outside of the action the film is really bad and the acting entirely wooden. You'll be chuckling at the scene in which Avedon gives his kid an old Gameboy for a gift; this film was made in 2000 so the technology is at least a decade out of date and I'm not sure the kid would be best pleased!

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      The movie's relative obscurity is due to the fact that director Godfrey Ho couldn't sell it to either the American or Hong Kong film market. In an online interview, Ho claimed the collapse of the American video market made US distribution impossible, and claimed that Hong Kong distributors are uninterested in American B-movies.
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      • 22 de noviembre de 2000 (Kuwait)
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