| Unless you have conditioned yourself by watching a whole lot of straight-to-video Van Damme movies, you will practically die laughing when you witness the unbelievable cheesiness that is "Black Cat". There is so much that is unintentionally hilarious in this movie it is hard to know where to begin when describing it.
You will start laughing within the first two minutes of this movie. The supposedly American truck driver that assaults the heroine of the film has an Eastern European accent thicker than Yakov Smirnoff's. And evidently half of the NYPD is from Australia. Why the decision was made to set the beginning of the movie in the United States and have the actors speak English is beyond me. But it sure does make for some hilarious viewing.
Another key element in this comedy is Jade Leung's "acting". Evidently the only direction she was given was to open her eyes as wide as possible when yelling. Her facial expressions, especially in the beginning, are an absolute riot. She may be the only actor in the world with less range than Keanu Reeves.
Mixed in with the comedy, this movie does have some good action sequences and thus it is fairly entertaining, as long as you aren't expecting production values better than those found in a high school A/V club production. |