oxblood
This is Gary Daniels' best action flick since "White Tiger". He plays Ken O'Hara, a former police detective/profiler who is called back into action to partner with another detective and investigate a string of murders of world fighting champions. The villain challenges the victims to a seemingly fair fight then kills each one during the battle. There's a subplot involving O'Hara and his ex-wife that slows the movie a little.Daniels is in fine form here, as usual. His acting still sucks but he's still got the moves. His final fight scene in the warehouse is quite a workout. Chuck Jeffreys is an excellent foil as the hotshot detective who reluctantly teams with Daniels at the police chief's request. His martial arts skills are just as impressive and he shows more emotion. Jeffrey's does a lot of film choreography on other movies ("Blade") and stunt work most likely for Eddie Murphy who he resembles a lot. Villain Darren Shavi is no slouch either. He's fighting legitimate ass-kickers, so he'd better know his stuff.The fight scenes are some of the best I've seen in a straight-to-video release with American stars. The choreography in each scene is elaborate and well staged, especially the scene with O'Hara's old martial arts teacher, fighting Kendo style. The punches don't look as fake as in some of Daniels' other movies ("Black Friday" yechhh!!!!). The wire work is better though sometimes a bit annoying. Look for WWE wrestler Rob Van Dam as one of the battle victims.
bodine-1
Australian kick boxing champ Gary Daniels headlines this action pic, which features several protracted fight sequences, the best being the climax between Daniels and the killer (Shahlavi). Skimpy on plot and loaded with wooden acting--not totally unexpected given the large number of kickboxers in the cast. However, Daniels has some charisma and director Leung does a serviceable job with the fight choreography. Gorshin chews the scenery in a small part as the head of detectives. Worthwhile for fans of the genre.
juliastaller
This film Is actually quite good, More explination of why the killer (Darren Shahlavi) wants (gary daniels) is needed. but the fight scenes make up for the lack of story. Shahlavi kicks ass in a major way and looks great too he makes this film worth watching. It's definatly the best that Daniels has done and Chuck Jeffreys is actually very funny. The fights are really well done but the idea deserves more time on the script. for fight fans this is one of the best film you could wish to see,I'd love to see Shahlavi take on Jet Li or Jackie Chan. and yes the Bloodmoon needs more work.
AlbertV79
I heard all this hype of this film and then I got the chance to see it cuz I am a fan of British kickboxer Gary Daniels and I was totally amazed at this film. I have never seen greater fight scenes than just about any Jackie Chan film ever. Darren Shahlavi is one amazing kicker, probably the best I've seen since Hwang Jang Lee or Ken Lo (in Drunken Master II). This movie is a must see. Good plot, good fights, overall...10 out of 10!!!!!