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Sable was beginning to grow into a great show. In one episode his blind assistant is attacked and uses a masterful trick to live. It was one of the most memorable fight scenes I've ever seen. They took out a lot of the comic book aspects out of the show...I missed the cool outfits from the comic, but it was starting to get up on it's own two feet when the show was quickly cancelled. I was lucky enough to tape all the episodes, but I'd love to see a DVD of this show. Maybe a few last unaired episodes somewhere? They might have been even better than 5 & 6 which are wonderful.

In recent years some of the best films have come out of Korea so I had middle-high hopes for this Korean American film. (It's a small budget so of course my hopes weren't Oscar high). But the writing, pacing, and acting is all sub-par. Some of the dialogue doesn't make any sense at all so I watched it twice. I guess the script was written too fast to make sense? It's obviously a DV feature. Very dark and lots of gray areas. Muted colors abound. I've seen worse though so I'll give a few points for the fact that I can see anything.

Overall this film is a failure. The action is pretty tame. The writing is pretty lame. And the acting is just okay....but how can I fault them for not understanding what they are saying? Don't watch unless you've got a lot of patience and just love student films that fall short.

There are only a few films that I can think of of this calibur. Many are Akira Kurosawa films. The acting is wonderful, the story is one of the best (Magnificent Seven & Bug's Life are just two that copied it), and the photography is as good as anything I've ever seen. It's amazing to think that this film was created so long ago, and there have only been a few films since that could be even considered it's equal. Seven Samurai is so good that subtitle haters love it.