La vengeance impitoyable

This was absolutely the worst movie I ever saw. Believe it or not, I paid to see this bomb at the movie theater and it is only one of two movies that I ever walked out of! No plot, poor effects, horrible script.

I saw "Comin' At Ya!" when it was released in 1981. Remembering that it was highly entertaining, if cheesy, I happily threw down my 14 bucks for the DVD re-release. If you're thinking about buying it, three words: Don't do it.

Rhino has converted the film to the red/blue 3D process (as opposed to the polarization process--if you've seen the 3D movies at Disneyland or Universal Studios, you know what I mean), and the results are horrible. Not only does the 3D not work, the red and blue lenses ruin the color (red/blue 3D is better suited to black and white movies or monochromatic comic books). I gave up the glasses after ten minutes, muted the colors on my TV, and fast-forwarded to the fight scenes. It wasn't even worth the 14 dollars I paid for the DVD, and I'm taking it back.

I'm very disappointed with Rhino for even releasing the DVD with the shoddy 3D. It's as if someone said, "Yeah, the 3D doesn't work, but who cares? They'll buy it for the gimmick." If you absolutely must see it again, rent it or con a friend into buying it. Because it is absolutely not worth the money.

As for the movie itself--c'mon, rubber bats on wires; flaming arrows; spears bouncing along on half-taut wires as they come "right at you"? That's what 3D was made for. The director uses every excuse to throw things at the camera, and then some. Most of them defy logic. But it might make a good party game to predict what object on screen is going to come at you next.

"Comin' At Ya!" is pure 3D cheese, and I loved it. Just don't expect good 3D.

I was born in 1977, and this movie was my first experience with 3d. I went with my brother (3 years older) and my dad. My dad was reading the paper and saw 3d, and he just had to take his two young sons. I was only 11 or 12, but I remember the theater guy trying to talk my dad out of it, because I think it was R, or maybe just the violence. I remember thinking it was cool, but really now only remember a scene where a topless old time prostitute shakes her boobs at the screen. And no, my dad didn't take away our glasses when that scene appeared, although I thought for sure that he would. I was reading the other comments, and know I vaguely remember arrows being shot at us and one scene where multiple knives where thrown. Man, am I glad for the internet, I have been trying to find this title for years. Maybe one day Ill take my kids.

Even if I had seen the movie in the original 3-D process it was filmed in, I seriously doubt it could have masked the utterly boring and unoriginal story. The constant jabbing of things into the camera lens is initially amusing, but soon becomes tiring.

In fact, the whole movie is seriously tired, a mix of elements from previous Tony Anthony movies (some of which were ripped off from Sergio Leone movies - talk about copies of copies!), and once again Anthony gives a performance that alternates between indifference and about-to-burst-into-tears. Much of the budget must have been spent on buying an extra camera, because the movie has a real cheap and quickly-shot appearance.

If you decide to watch the movie anyway, be sure you have fresh batteries in your remote - I guarantee you'll be using the fast-forward button a lot.

Coming to view this, you can't help but think this was Tarantino's inspiration for KILL BILL, or more like, KILL BILL 2. We can only wish, we were watching that movie instead of this. From the cool, great action filled cover, it's 3D version, which would be more wort, it's watch, Comin' At Ya, comes up short. If I had seen, it, in the 80's, I would of had a different opinion of it, and I wish I had. What was frightening and disappointing, was this, was typically what I expected from this, and I got it.A 6 out of 10 movie. Poster cover 10/10 though. There are some cool moments, the highlight being the smart credit opening scene, and the implied 3D moments, but I terribly got what I expected from this. If you brush that aside, and accept it for the originality and photography color/black and white, repeat, it is a nice little Saturday arvo watch. Gene Quintano, makes a great likeable hero, and our fat busty villain, makes a great memorable villain, while Victoria April, is just great as always, throwing some nice sexiness into her role. There are some Sin City moments, as in it's photography, and those bullets ripping through flesh, blood spouting moments, are memorably impactful, but this film just come up short, on a many stops. I can't believe how real those bats looked, especially when you can faintly see the strings. Still a definite watch with great respectful performances. I would like to see more stuff with Quintano in it. We even have some familiar music to Kill Bill in this one.