| An un-credited Paulo Torcha headlines this typically daft but fun Filmark International cut & paste job as Silver Dragon; Interpol agent, ninja and judging by his headband, a man with Mitsubishi sponsorship too! To cut a long story short, Dragon and his ninja buddy (who only appears in two scenes in the entire movie) are out to bring down the evil black ninja organization which is run by Roger Kimsky, a man who has a curious propensity for giving rousing speeches to his decidedly gormless ninja cronies when he's not dipping his toes in the gun running trade. Meanwhile, in a completely separate story, i.e. a completely different movie into which the ninja scenes are edited, Alex Ho, a tough cop who doesn't play by the rules, is trying to bring down crime lord Mark. Scenes of special mention in this insane entry include, Alex going berserk with a baseball bat and taking out about twenty bad guys single-handedly and the bizarre ending in which Mark is tried for his crimes in a makeshift court of law in a multi-storey car park! Even better is the finale of the ninja segments in which Dragon's pal has a seemingly psychic warning that his friend is in trouble and subsequently goes to his aid... and is killed within about ten seconds! Luckily Silver Dragon himself fares somewhat better and eventually manages to defeat Roger by throwing his sword into him. Alas, in one last act of defiance, Roger rises from death to issue one last rousing speech proclaiming indignantly that this is just a 'physical death' and that one day he will return. Yes indeed, we look forward to that day! |
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