Sonny Chiba movies seem to often get overlooked for the more glitzy martial arts actors such as Jet Lee and Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat. Many of Sonny Chiba's movies are often mature, and totally action packed, with very good storylines. Many of Sonny Chibas films are traditional period types, ... Read review
(aka G.I. Samurai) (1979): A Japanese Army unit is mysteriously transported 400 years back in time to the warring states period of Japanese history and ends up f...
who is assigned to kill a drugs kingpin in Hong Kong. When another assassin beats him to the job, Golgo finds his life is in danger with a legion of killers and a determined cop hot on his heels.The Bullet TrainIn the film that inspired the Hollywood blockbuster Speed, terrorists plant a bomb on a bullet train which will detonate if the train slows below the hundreds of passengers on board.G.I. SamuraiChiba plays Lt. Iba, the commander of an army squadron pulled back in time to the days of the Bushido samurai warriors. Thinking that he can become Japan's future ruler if he can conquer the warriors, Iba pits modern against traditional military weaponry in an outrageous display of carnage and special effects.
Production Year: 1973 - Martial Arts - Director: Robert Clouse - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Ahna Capri, Jim Kelly
Production Year: 2002 - Martial Arts - Director: Yimou Zhang - Original Language: Mandarin - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang
Production Year: 1985 - Martial Arts - Director: Cory Yuen - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Kurt McKinney, J.W. Fails, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kathie Sileno, Peter 'Sugarfoot' Cunningham
A review by tayloa22 on Sonny Chiba Collection - Vol. 2 (DVD) November 21st, 2007
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Liked it
Story
Satisfactory
Characters / Performances
Good
Special Effects
Standard
How does it compare to similar films?
Good
Advantages:
Actually very good
Disadvantages:
overlooked for more well known martial arts actors
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
Sonny Chiba movies seem to often get overlooked for the more glitzy martial arts actors such as Jet Lee and Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat. Many of Sonny Chiba's movies are often mature, and totally action packed, with very good storylines. Many of Sonny Chibas films are traditional period types, such as samurai's or ninjas. The fight scenes are often very good indeed, especially the sword fights. More often that not the films are in the native Japanese language with subtitles which is better, becuase that way you are getting the original script, rather than sometihng made up. For me these are the movies that opened the door for movies such as Azumi, Azumi 2, and Versus. These movies are most definitely worth a look.
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