Honor

I don't understand what people expected. This isn't supposed to be a life changing experience like "Forest Gump" or a movie for the ages like "Casablanca". It's a fight movie. It's an action flick. Why do people think that movies need to be all artsy? You want to see blood, bruises, sweat, tears, pain, triumph and everything that comes with a good fight? Watch this movie. If you want to watch a movie where you can hold hands with your lady, this isn't the one for you.

What ever happened to being excited about a good ol' testosterone driven film where you know you're going to see some ass kicking? I expected to see some great fights and this film did ten times that. Every scene brought something different to the table. I wanted to check out K1 champ Remy Bonjansky and see Roddy Piper kick some ass. Mission accomplished.

Exciting picture full of brawls by means of fierce bare-knuckled combats staged in the slums . In a world where street gangs collide with the law, neighborhood friends from infancy , Raymond ( Russell Wong of ¨Romeo must die¨ ) and Gabriel (Jason Barry of ¨Beyond Re-animator¨), must decide which side of the battle to join . This will be the ultimate fight - the one for power, family, and honor. This thrilling movie deals with a tight-lipped young who is introduced to the world of underground street fierce brawling . Two friends are separated of brutal manner after an accident , Raymond leads to prison and Gabriel to exile . Both of whom learn martial arts to survive and take different sides to fight . Raymond goes out from jail and Gabriel returns home where meet his adopted parents , the recently retired Lt Tyrell (Roddy Piper of ¨They live¨ ) and his wife (Joanna Pacula of ¨Escape from Sobibor¨) . Gabriel attempts to come up with a way to get enough money to live , but there emerges a dangerous contender versus Raymond who arranges his bare-knuckled bouts . Gabriel teams up with a police woman (Linda Park od ¨Enterprise¨ series ) to defend his family against the nasty Raymond and his hoodlums . Gabriel is soon fighting various contenders -ranging from Harlem bouncing to Oriental fighters . Gabriel decides that he has something worth brawling for and sets everything on the line to vanquish in these no-holds-barred bare-knuckle fights . Although Gabriel only wants to bash opponents long enough to gain enough honor , he is reluctant to let tricks in combats on the fighting . Every knock-out brings him closer to the existence he's always wished , but also carries him in a deadly cobweb he can't getaway . At the ending , the two old friends are forced to fight in a deadly confrontation .

The picture contains violence , drama ,thrills , and lots of brutal brawls plenty of punch , kicks, and knockouts . Acceptable performance from Jason Barry as impulsive young becoming a professional street-fighter and battling a variety of contenders , plus Roddy Pipper gives a surprisingly good acting as veteran police and special mention to Russel Wong as cruel villain . The picture belongs to sub-genre about street combats as ¨Lionheart¨ with Jean Claude Van Damme and whose maxim representation turns out to be the classic ¨Hard times¨ by Walter Hill with Charles Bronson and James Coburn ; furthermore , recent adaptation titled ¨Fighting ¨ by Dito Montiel with Channing Tatum and Luis Guzman . It's a colorful but violent entertainment that results to be the last film of his director Michael Worth . He's an expert on art martial movies as he realized Jean Claude Van Damme vehicles as ¨Kickboxer¨ and ¨Bloodsport¨ and Cynthia Rothrock as ¨Lady Dragon I and II¨. Worth is also a notorious cinematographer who photographed for Clint Eastwood various films as ¨Any which way you can¨ and ¨Bronco Billy¨ . Rating : 4,5 passable , only for those who like films in which fist-play are staged ¨ad nauseam¨.

Absolute garbage, worse fight scenes than a 20 year old van damme movie or American ninja etc.

Truly dire acting, not a skill in sight in the entire movie its like a cast of wooden sculptures.

Watch it just for how truly bad this film is, it may have been acceptable in the 80s but this is a 2006 movie, i don't have much love for this movie as it wasn't born in the 80s.

If you like real fight movies then check out tony jaa in ong bak and the protector, those are proper martial arts films.

have a laugh and watch this today you may see the unintenional humour at how grim it is.

1. A movie with action, a story line and a moral.

2. Good casting and character blend.

3. Photography was great.

4. Story style clean, simple and not tangled or hard to follow.

5. Characters were believable.

6. Liked the scene switches.

7. Had more of a story than a lot of these genre movies.

8. Action scenes good.

9. Just enjoyable along with action...wasn't nerve racking 10. the music didn't over play the voices like so many movies... often times background music isn't background at all.

I was saddened to see that in the credits and on your posters you fail to mention the 4 Time World Champions name. Malaipet is not mentioned anywhere. Believe me you have so many of his fans disappointed.

There would have been so many more sales if we the public in Orange County,Los Angeles County and everywhere else knew he was going to be in a movie.

Check the website "Malaipet" "The Diamond" Muaythai boxer. He has over 20 pages of credits and you could not list him once? Sorry to say I am disappointed with about a few other thousand fans of his.

You were lucky to even have him in your film.