Fighting Caravans DVD

Advantages: An excellent martial arts film often over looked by western audiences
Disadvantages: Can be slow at times

...A medievil sword and martial arts film set in china. Very much like an old style western the story follows a group of warriors trying to protect a camel caravan from various villians and raiders as it journeys to safety. Some great charcaters, such as the rogue general facing a death sentence because he refused to obey immoral orders (played by Jiang Wen), the Japanese exile non chinese imperial agent hunting him (Nakai Kiichi) and a motley assortment of the rogue generals old comrades such as old one eye who complains hes not as young as used to be. some humour with strong leads such as the stylish main villian Great fight sequences including a cavalry battle in a canyon and a motiving battle over a waterskin where the villains surround the caravan daring the heroes to step out and face death by archers or die of thirst. Also includes... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Great art, great use of colour or no colour.
Disadvantages: Odd story complex too short.

...is really odd and maybe too weird, since it is really short, its value for money isn't really worth it, but I still enjoyed it nevertheless, since near the end the action wasn't all that bad, and the art wasn't all the bad, but the lengthen and complexity of this story was probably want spoilt it for me. The dvd features of two audio, english and japanese, along with a list of european subitiles plus english, along with dvd trailers and other trailers, and a explaination of the story in writting and character art. But even with all this overall as the story got more complicated the more I lost my enjoyment for it. But overall it was satisfactory, since I found myself rewatching the fight scenes over and over again.... Read review

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Advantages: lots of gore if you like that sort of thing
Disadvantages: none

....The gas attendent leads them on the wrong route on a road were the killers are. They get a puncture in the middle of nowhere and they all start fighting .So the father and son in law who do not get on go and look for some help were the father goes back to the gas station were he comes face to face with one of the killers the father is brutally beating and is dragged down to the cave by his feet and then they set him on fire. Two of the freaks get into the caravan when they are sleeping and beat up the blonde daughter and abuse her The mother and two daughters fight back and then the mother is shot and dies and the daughter is shot in the head while she is protecting her baby girl who they snatch and take back to the town.The family have to try and fight for there survival. There is a lot of gorey bits well almost all the way through the film... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful