Superfights

What an extraordinary film. It has it all: a simple story that highlights the most important thing: foreshadowing a series of fights that end in an extraordinary final sequence. The director, who has had to deal with unin collaborator Western actors for Hong Kong standars such as Loren Avedon or Brendan Gaiines offers us a fantastic job here. A film is good to the extent that it fulfills its goal of surprising and entertaining. And based on this, the movie is wonderful. The director's talent allows the best for Brendan Gaines and one of my all-time favorites, Keith Vitali. I highly recommend it to every action movie lover.

Seasonal Films have a reputation of brining newcomers to films and the film makes the star look good. Take SUPERFIGHTS. Karate expert Brandon Gaines makes his film debut and in the beginning alone, he is impressive with his leg hopping a la Tan Tao-Liang. The plot is somewhat what you would hear about the pro wrestling circuit, but it is up to Gaines to solve it his way. Forget the plot and concentrate on the action sequences as they were magnificent. I give SUPERFIGHTS a 8 out of 10.

I first watched this movie in the late 90's because one of the stars, Cliff Lenderman as "No Mercy Budokai", was my martial arts instructor. After watching it I immediately bought a copy. It is downright hilarious! I don't think the movie is supposed to be a comedy but it is seriously funny. The movie has some good fight scenes and the star is quite skilled at martial arts. Overall it's a decent movie despite the bad acting. The acting isn't so bad that it makes it painful to watch though. It has some good action, some hilarious and highly quotable lines, and it makes me laugh till I'm in tears. All my friends and family enjoyed this movie and we've watched it more than once. It does have a B-movie style and seems 1980's but it's definitely worth watching. One of the funniest martial arts movies I've seen, at least out of the ones that aren't supposed to be funny!

I studied under Master Cliff Lenderman who played one of the major roles in the movie. As a student of his at the time of the release, I was able to attend the local premier showing.

If you like all out, non-stop, fight action, with some incredibly talented fighters, you need to see this movie. If you like a good, solid story line, with plenty of human interest and a good old fashioned, boy-meets-girl story, you also need to see this movie.

I gave it three thumbs up!

SUPERFIGHTS (***** out of *****)

In the history of martial arts cinema, there have been repeating symbols and themes. This is THE movie that employs these symbols and themes to perfection. The fights are stunningly choreographed, and the story compelling.

Many a person has said that this movie resembles The Karate Kid on steroids, but that is a most unfair comment. Superfights is about Jack Cody's growth as a human being.

Do yourself a favor, and SEE IT. RIGHT NOW.

Also Recommended: Bloodmoon

Not Recommended: The Karate Kid, Tigerheart