Toxic_Sausage

Being a martial artist I was very impressed with the fighting in this movie. But what I really enjoyed was the cinematography of the movie, especially in the fight scenes. The grit and brutality is almost unmatched. It's nice to see the good guy get punched and kicked too! I won't go into into detail about the actual fighting except for the fact that they were better and more enjoyable than the heavy-editing and CG that Hollywood thinks is the way fight scenes should be. There was some real contact in this movie...

What I liked about Tony Jaa over Jacke Chan was the lack of the slap-stick fighting which to me as about is as played out as the "matrix" style garbage that we see all time. Jaa is the real deal.

Is this movie perfect? No, but it's better than most martial arts movies as of late. The story is good enough to support this soon-to-be cult classic and it's a nice take away from the color-dramas like "House Of Flying Daggers" and "Hero." It's too bad that once "hollywood" got their hands on it they changed the music and sound effects to totally butcher it from the original... See the original if you can...

This is a nice example of the garbage that comes out of Hollywood. I remember the the TV show from the 70's and to see it become an MTV video for the big screen is a shame. This almost as bad as the hacking of "Starsky & Hutch," another great series.

To still insist they fight as if the girls were in "The Matrix" is old and boring. That whole scene in the beginning when they drove off the dam into a helicopter was pathetic. There is no integrity in this film because it is not believable at any point...

Don't waste your time...

2 out of 10

There have been many TV shows based on martial arts action. Most, if not all, do not last. As a kung fu enthusiast I loved Vanishing Son 1,2 & 3. Good story with some killer kung fu with no CG or obvious camera tricks. Too bad it is inrcedibly hard to find. I have it on tape, thank the Lord for that! It was a nice platform for the Noxema Girl,Rebecca Gayhart, to make a nice leap into acting.

Russel Wong has been around for a while and took another stab at martial arts TV with the short lived "Black Sash." Needless to say it was terrible. Also, Marcus Chong AKA Tank from the first Matrix was a big part of Vanishing son also...