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Gladiator Cop (1995)

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful :-
very funny!, 19 agosto 2003
Author: bizz-2 da The underworld of forgotten B-movies

I mean...who can think of this piece of crap as a serious movie? when you start watching a film with a name as absurd as GLADIATOR COP you know why you are doing it...for FUN, so grab your remote and FF to the fighting scenes...because the rest is CRAP.

GLADIATOR COP is in the category of good-bad (horrible) movies, with abysmal scrip, worst acting, useless editing and cheap special effects...but also you have some of the silliest sword fights I've ever seen...in which other movie you can see a fat ninja battling an east L.A. mobster? Or Lorenzo "snake eater" Lamas dressed as a Zorro fighting against a masked russian with a huge sword?

Funny crap.

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful :-
An interesting exercise from the cutting room floor, 21 marzo 2005

Author: GlendaC da Australia

This film has more cheek than any I have seen. It seems to be made almost entirely from left over footage from The Swordsman. It is like watching outtake footage. The plot has been extended to include a new baddie, but the relationship between the two main characters bounces around in context all over the place, continuity is almost non-existent and you keep wondering where in time and space the activity is happening. I guess this is recycling taken to new levels. However watching The Swordsman and then Gladiator Cop is an interesting exercise in picking up what you have seen already, what really belongs in the first film and why you aren't doing something more productive.

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One of the worst fighting movies ever made, 27 novembre 2005

Author: sveknu da Bergen, Norway

If you're looking for an entertaining fighting movie, avoid this one at all costs. Do you want to see a movie that's so bad that it becomes an unintentional comedy? Then you also should avoid this one, because it's so utterly bad that it's not even funny. The movie's plot circles around illegal, underground street-arena fights where the fighters use many kinds of brutal weapons and kill each other. Sound familiar? This has been done many times, but never as bad as this. Most of the fighters are really unfit and shabby people, and there aren't much that reminds me of true Martial Arts skills. The story makes no sense, and is just full of plot holes. I just don't get why Lorenzo Lamas starrs in this. He's not exactly the best action star around, but this was a disaster even by his standards.

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Lorenzo the Great wants his mighty sword, 28 maggio 2003
Author: Dr. Gore (drgore@hotmail.com) da Los Angeles, California

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*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT*

I bought this one from Blockbuster for three bucks. A sword is stolen from a museum. Not just any sword, Alexander the Great's sword. It's all done in the name of money. Anyone who wields the sword can't lose. So the greedy museum director bets it all on his fighter in many secret sword fights. Meanwhile, Lorenzo Lamas is a cop investigating sword deaths. Lamas is plagued by visions from long ago. Apparently he is the reincarnation of Alexander the Great. The sword is calling him. Then there is another character who wants revenge for being killed thousands of years ago. He wants his fighter Mongol to face Lamas so he can get the sword and blah blah blah...

It sounds like there is a lot going on in this movie but there isn't. Basically there are six or seven gladiator fights. Lamas isn't involved in any fighting until the end. The fight scenes are OK. They are interesting in a B-movie kind of way. You've got guys dressed in black executioner outfits, guys with S&M masks wielding gigantic battle axes etc. As a movie, it's scatterbrained and goofy. But the fights are decent. Just don't see it if you have to pay more than three bucks for it.

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Abissmal, diabolical, possibly the worst ever., 26 aprile 2002
Author: celluloidninja da Dundee, Scotland

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This film is one of the worst I have ever had the (mis)fortune of seeing. It has a low budget, a cheesy American lead and a supporting cast of wannabe film stars. This may sound like an over the top attack but these comments are founded.*POSSIBLE SPOILERS* The film itself loosely picks up where the first instalment (The Swordsman) left off. The mythic lost sword of Alexander the Great is recovered by an unsavoury underworld figure who wishes to use it in shady underworld sword fights for financial gain. This is all balanced out with a diabolical performance from Lorenzo Lamass as psychic cop Andrew Garret. Garret has been having 'visions' (delusions of grandeur more like) that he is Alexander the Great and will re-enact a battle with a former general who double crossed him 2000 years ago. Enter the 'bad guy' Parmenion (James Hong in the worst role of his career). Any way, that is the scene set for the rest of the film to unfold. What you get though is a series of badly choreographed, naively directed action sequences which are held unneasely together by weak sections of character development bordering on the soap operatic. You have to see the movie to believe it but Nick Rotundo lacks any sense of visual style and his 'script' is a joke. Its an accepted sense that action flicks have gratuitouse one liners but this is pathetic. Upon finding one dead body Garrets partner looks up and to the left of the camera delivering "Man, it looks like halloween came early this year." The line itself has no relevence to the scene itself, it was just idly thrown in because partially deaf Rotundo must have thought it sounded 'cool'. To finish I will say that in fairness it gave me a laugh to watch it because it was so bad but I wouldnt recommend it. And as I prepare to exit as James Hong does in the film I quote him as Rotundo edits to a cheesy cut away of Hongs face, "Chow baby!" Diabolical.

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0 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-
No less than art - so beautiful., 12 settembre 2004

Author: coco1984 da Denmark

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As so many other reviewers of Gladiator Cop have pointed out: This movie is the victim of a despicable crime. A terrible crime that befalls so many of the greatest movies of this genre - bad reviews and ratings. I'll leave this a spoiler free review as I would never undermine your experience of this movie, should you not have had the pleasure of watching it yet.

After viewing this stunningly and amazing piece of art I find myself mystified as to why so many qualities of this movie have been overlooked and set aside for a measly 2.9 on the IMDb user rating. What part of this movie is there not to like? It has everything needed for being the best movie ever produced by man: A complex story; amazing casting; superb acting; never-seen-before special effects; unbelievable stunts; music that is simply not of this world; deeply philosophical themes and a celebration to all creators of movie-art such as this - for making the movie industry a worthwhile entertainment investment for hundreds of millions of viewers around the globe!

These actors play their parts so well, that you virtually become them. You feel their pain and sorrow, most certainly not unlike a traditional Greek tragedy - and ironically so, this is also one of the many themes of this moving picture art. A celebration of old stories, reanimated in the times of new by, undoubtedly, one of the best actors of our time: Lorenzo Lamas. His performance as Andrew Garrett leaves no question as to weather Lamas was at the peak of his career when he stared in the movie. Simply outstanding.

My vocabulary comes to a loss when describing all the complex interplays of the movie and underlying sub stories. There are simply no words worthy of describing such a geniusly engineered storyline. As the story unfolds one cannot help to see how everything comes together in a supreme unity that forces certain questions to arise. This movie does not only seek to entertain but also transform the fortunate viewer into something better.

I could go on forever describing how much joy this movie has brought into my life but I would rather strongly recommend that you obtain this piece of cinema and watch it as soon as possible. There is no limit as to how much effect it could have on your life!

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Powerful piece of cinematic excellence, 20 agosto 2004

Author: Wain_DK da Denmark

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The movie Gladiator Cop is an awesome cinematic weapon. It's force will undoubtedly hit you if you choose to watch it - you're in for a roller-coaster ride through the mean streets of USA.

Andrew Garrett is a cop. His task: To uncover a secret underground fighting tournament, where only the winner walks away alive. (Not unlike the one showcased in Jean-Claude Van Damme's "Lionheart") He experiences powerful visions of sword combat and death (his own), when he comes in contact with numerous dead bodies that turn up on the streets. *** Spoiler Alert *** We soon discover that there's a mysterious link between the sword used to kill them, and our main character in the shape of powerful actor Lorenzo Lamas. It appears that Andrew is in fact Alexander The Great reincarnated, and the above mentioned sword his own - which explains why he is strangely drawn to it. Movie lovers are in for a treat of martial arts display once Lorenzo Lamas, an expert fighter, gets the sword into his possession.

I am genuinely amazed by the way writer/director Nick Rotundo succeeded in merging a 2000 year old warrior legend with present day America. Linking ancient heroics with modern day fighting skills, set against the backdrop of a modern American society in moral and ethical decay. Of course this powerful artistic dare would not be what it is without the amazing on-screen presence of Lorenzo Lamas, established star of such TV successes as "Renegade" and "Falcon Crest".

All in all, this movie is a true celebration for all cinema-enthusiasts, and can actually be enjoyed by people in all ages, despite the rawness and ferocity of the society being portrayed.

10/10 on my scale.

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Gladiator Cop:The SwordsmanII- more popular then the original., 28 febbraio 2000

Author: yatahaeshadai (yatahaeshadai@aol.com)

He is good with a sword and has weird dreams but is he Alexander The Great? The sword is missing again and Barrett is unofficially on the case. But this time he may be in over his head. A reincarnated general he executed has taken his partner prisoner. Can he get his hands on the sword in time to save them both? The sword fights are excellent. Lamas as always is at his best. Nick Pasco's character is killed in the first movie and yet somehow turns up again here without explanation. My gut feeling is that this was one movie edited into two. But they are both so good. Who cares?

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Typical Lorenzo Lamas flick, 10 giugno 1999
Author: kossity1

Lorenzo at his best! Emotion, passion, drama, one of the biggest action flicks of the year , even with a small budget, but Lorenzo is enough and steals the show. G R E A T

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