18 Fingers of Death! (2006) (V)

Regista:

James Lew

Sceneggiatore:

James Lew (writer)

Genere:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

A Martial Arts Movie Star "Mock-umentary" in the loose tradition of Spinal Tap.

Plot Keywords:

Dominatrix

Recensioni degli utenti:

A waste of time

Cast

James Lew	...	Buford Lee
Maurice Patton	...	Ronald Mack
Lisa Arturo	...	Sushi Cue
Pat Morita	...	Mr. Lee
Lorenzo Lamas	...	Antonio Bandana
Robin Shou	...	Jackie Chong
Bokeem Woodbine	...	Billy Buff
Don 'The Dragon' Wilson	...	Himself
Roark Critchlow	...	Lew Jameson
Richard Voigts	...	Mr. Decker
Lori Beth Denberg	...	Shirley House
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Shane Aaron	...	Quincy Tarantula
Koji Abe	...	Dancer
Michael Andersen	...	Plumber
John Arrington	...	Bank executive
Jenna Bailey	...	Starlet #1
Paige Baxter	...	Ms. Turlow
Ross Bernard	...	Extra
Erik Betts	...	Tyrone
Aaron Bolden	...	Maurice Griffin
Donovan Brandt	...	Movie director
Charlie George Brown	...	Chuck Snorris
George Cheung	...	Dr. Yu
Arnold Chon	...	Villain #2
Nancy P. Corbo	...	Student
Geovanny Corvera	...	Villian #4
Esteban Cueto	...	Gang member
Joey Diaz	...	Sammy Delassandro
Johnny Diaz Reyes	...	Movie star
Matthew Emery	...	Asian villian #2
Christina Franco	...	Rosa Rita
Luke Franco	...	Extra
Jaqueline Goldhagen	...	Hot housewife
Kirk Graves	...	Steven Seefood
Brad Greenquist	...	Arthur Armenian
Eddie Griffin Jr.	...	Malik Walker
Jerry Guerin	...	Ted Turner
Vincent Guisetti	...	Michael Easton
David G. Harper	...	Big Biker Brut
Marc Hatchell	...	Roger Eburp
Falk Hentschel	...	Dancer
Squeen Holzen	...	Dominatrix
Debora Hunter	...	Sad Student
Peter Iacangelo	...	Thug #1
David Scott Jones	...	Bartender
Joe Jones	...	Beggar
Steve Kim	...	Asian villian #3
Christina Knizer
Kelly Koskella	...	Redneck #1
Lindsay Kuhn	...	Extra
Luke LaFontaine	...	Redneck #2
Will Leong	...	Thug #3
June Kyoto Lu	...	Mrs. Lee
Michael Mastro	...	Bodyguard #1
Michael Matsuda	...	Gang banger
Kristopher Medina	...	Midget
John Montana	...	Bernie Bergstein
Martin Morales	...	Tim Tarzana
Norman Mora	...	Gang member #1 (as Norman Mora)
Gianni Notaro	...	Mafia bodyguard
Joe Ordaz	...	Gang member #2
Ho Sung Pak	...	Young Buford
James Price	...	Courton Joy
Simon Rhee	...	Asian villain #1
Jonathon Rice	...	Dancer
Murray Rubinstein	...	Joel Gold
Michael Q. Schmidt	...	Buttcrack Guy
Diane Sellers	...	Mamma Mack
Erica Shepard	...	Bling Bling girl
Rico Simonini	...	Mafia Boss
Sonny Sison	...	Gang member #6
Nick Slatkin	...	Movie Goer
Buddy Sosthand	...	Thug #2
Dan Speaker	...	Thug
Boo Boo Stewart	...	Young Buford
Nils Allen Stewart	...	Al
Ronn Surels	...	Cowboy
Shaun Thingvold	...	Thug
Joseph Thomas Jr.	...	Wino
Cary Thompson	...	Wino
Alan Noel Vega	...	Bartender
Edwin Villa	...	Gang member #3
Vincent Ward	...	Huge musclebound guy
Kelly Williams	...	Student
Marty Yacobian	...	Caleb Harris
Stuart W. Yee	...	Thug
Kofi Yiadom	...	Villain #2

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some crude and sex-related humor.

Durata:

USA:87 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Divieti:

Germany:16 | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M

Luoghi delle riprese:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Colonna sonora:

18 Fingers of Death

A waste of time

Going by the previous comment here I thought this movie would be comical exploration into the kung-fu world. What a mistake that was! The only laughs I got were at the expense of the acting and the script (if there even was a script, often it felt as though the entire movie was being ad-libbed by a first-year college movie class). Although there are numerous references to classic kung-fu movies, they don't come across as a tongue-in-cheek homage, but rather a pathetic attempt to legitimise the meaningless content. There are plenty of low brow jokes which only serve reinforce the weak script and poorly written characters, with nothing original or witty as a saving grace. A waste of time & money.