| I may have just eaten my words, and they taste God-awful. Before I begin this review, let me revise one of my previous statements. When I said that I value all of your comments, I was referring to the writers, reviewers, Asian movie aficionados, and the newcomers who are recently initiated that occupy this site--not casual viewers who consider themselves experts. Sorry, I just don't write for you folks. I am more likely to take value in comments from other individuals who have already written their own reviews (mostly, there are exceptions--such as Bottle Kids--they make intelligent and humorous comments and that's their thing). When you disagree with another reviewer and don't present good reasoning to back your opinion, it comes off as an attack. Like an attack that is on some fifth grade shit. "I don't like you because you don't like what I like" is not a respectable mentality among writers. So if your whole thing is that you don't like what I write, then fine, I can respect that but please stop reading my crap if it bothers you that much. Alright, that is out of my system and that might be the last official rant that I choose to pelt in your general direction, gentle readers. I have been trippin' too hard lately and I promise in my next review I will be returning to the basics. But first this review.
Well, I think I may have stumbled onto something that is one of the more enjoyable recent offerings that is not made in Asia or by the Stunt People, though it does star stunt people. See what I did there? Now I'm just fuckin' with ya'. "Underground" wound up being quite a treat. It is basically a bunch of fight scenes that are strung together and divided by a passable yet standard tournament theme and some pretty decent narration. I was surprised that some of the dramatic scenes were done as well as they were considering that most of the cast mainly had experience doing stunts and not really any big starring roles. The fights were sharp and engaging though at some times inconsistant. Man, that is the biggest dude that I have ever seen perform a butterfly twist!
You will get everthing the box promises: no camera tricks, no wires, just REAL BRUTAL ACTION. And it feels great. They actually manage to hit you with a few curve balls and of course the stuff that you were expecting. I think the end fight could have had a few more goodies, but all in all it was a very fun and violent piece of entertainment and I would recommend it to anyone who's into that sort of thing. Very nutritious. Goes well with strawberries or beer. |
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