Tiger Claws III (1999)

Regista:

J. Stephen Maunder

Sceneggiatore:

J. Stephen Maunder (written by)

Genere:

Action

Plot:

When a psychotic martial artist called Stryker resurrects the long-dead spirits of three ancient Chinese...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Martial Art | Part Of Trilogy | Sequel | Third Part

Recensioni degli utenti:

Very BAD. Not Even Worth Renting

Cast

Jalal Merhi	...	Tarek Richards
Cynthia Rothrock	...	Linda Masterson
Loren Avedon	...	Stryker
Carter Wong	...	Master Jin
Michael Chow	...	Sui
Nicholas Celozzi	...	Malcolm
Victor Altomare	...	Det. Real
Russell Peters	...	Det. Elliot
Christine Li	...	Karen
Rebecca Chu	...	Wei
Sam Tsui	...	Buen
Mo Chow	...	Tiger Claws Master
Gary 'Si-Jo' Foo	...	Mr. Li (as Gary Foo)
André Alcasid	...	Sonny
Marko Shark	...	Bar thug

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Durata:

USA:95 min

Nazionalità:

Canada

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Divieti:

Germany:18 | USA:R | Philippines:PG-13

Luoghi delle riprese:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Film One Productions

Citazioni:

Linda Masterson: "From now on, when I go out with you, I'm wearing pants."

Movie Connections:

Segue Tiger Claws (1991)

Very BAD. Not Even Worth Renting

Where do I start. I think this is probably the worse Tiger Claw movie of them all. Why? For several reasons.

1) Cynthia Rothrock is suppose to be the star, but Jalal Merhi ends up being the lead. Now go back to the cover of the box art. Who do you see? Cynthia Rothrock and the 3 freaky Superman 2 rejects, right? I don't see Jalal on the cover, so why is he the lead star? Cynthia appears at the being, in the middle (dream sequence) and at the end of the film. She only fights in the beginning and it's very lacklusted. Not to take anything away from Jalal, but he's no Jet Li or Jackie Chan.

2) It good to see Carter Wong & Loren Avedon, but they are just totally wasted in this movie. Both are extremely talented martial artists. See No Retreat, No Surrender 2 (Loren Avedon) and Carter Wong's earlier work like, Hapkido, Kids of Shaolin or even Big Trouble In Little China. All these movies are better then Tiger Claw 3.

3) Stupid plot. A student of a great master decides to resurrect 3 evil Masters from the undead to help him take over the underworld of New York. Extremely hokey!! Watch these Superman 2 type rejects deflect hundred of bullets from a bunch of underworld thugs was a big laugh. Special effects we even worse.

4) Even with the story this bad, you would hope the fighting would be at least up to par. Nope!! Just awful. The choreograph was terrible. Richard learns Black Tiger technique from Master Jin (Stryker's Sensai) to stop the 3 evil Master. O.k., so why doesn't he claw them and leave bloody scratch marks on anyone? It's just stupid.

I'm not sure how much Cynthia Rothrock got paid for this movie. It was quite obvious that she didn't want to do a 3rd movie, which is why she's barely on the screen. The producers knew it wouldn't sell well at retail unless she was on the cover or involved some way, so that's why she's there. Bad move if you ask me. Many Rothrock fans will be totally disappointed and see her as a sellout for making this crap.

Stay away from this film. Glad I watch it on cable and didn't pay a cent to view it.