Capital Punishment

1991 "Judge, jury, and executioner."
Capital Punishment
3.4| 1h29m| en| More Info
Released: 26 November 1996 Released
Producted By: Cine Excel Entertainment
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Project K.I.C.K was a drug given to cattle to make them grow quicker, if the meat is eaten from these cattle it has horrible side effects. James is a martial artist hired by the DEA to find to a dealer his former Master who is trying to start selling the drug in an American. But little does James know not is what it seems.

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Frank Markland Gary Daniels stars as a kickboxer who is framed by mobsters and his former teacher who tested the drug on him, see this drug does something magnificent and I had to take their word for it, since it's never explained. Still lots of (badly staged) action takes place making this accessible only for Daniels' legion of fans. Capital Punishment, I found sitting in the bargain bin at my local K-Mart, and it was 3.99, of course for such a cheap DVD and cast that offered David Carradine and Gary Daniels together, it looked to be at least cheesy fun. I also expected a prison movie, since it was called, you know "Capital Punishment" unfortunately it was a badly made "martial artist kickboxes the hell out of everyone movie". The problem is we don't know who is who and therefore it becomes a challenge to even make it through the running time. Carradine by the way has maybe 5 minutes of screen time, while the fight sequences are filmed with such disinterest and lack of intensity that this adds up for nothing but the most forgiving fans of Gary Daniels. Although this terrible movie will most likely try their patience.* out of 4-(Bad)
sveknu I just can't believe that it's possible to make martial arts movies as bad as this one. This is a great example for all future filmmakers how things should not be done. First, let talk about the fight scenes. Before watching this movie, I knew that it would be fighting almost non-stop from beginning to end. Great, I thought. The only problem is that the fight scenes just stink way beyond imagination. They were both slow and totally unspectacular, and I almost fell asleep watching.And now for the story (or lack of story). During this movie, I had huge problems in figuring out what was going on. Things just didn't make any sense at all, and I guess it's a new world record when it comes to plot holes (Calling them plot holes is way to good of a description though, since this movie really doesn't have a plot at all). And then, you could add David Carradine's worst part in a movie ever (maybe), and the same for Gary Daniels. I sure hope they have forgotten about this maximum piece of junk a long time ago.
counterrevolutionary As near as I can figure out, it has something to do with drugs, deformed babies, kewpie dolls, bad haircuts, bad accents, bad acting, bad editing, David Carradine occasionally mumbling into a phone, stock-footage explosions, and a female DEA agent in really tight jeans.Beyond that, it could be anything.Lots of tremendously boring fight scenes, many of which are so badly choreographed that they look as if the actors were just filmed blocking them out and they never bothered to do a real take.This moronic and boring little flick does have one scene which is worth the price of the DVD:Our Hero (an Adrian Paul manqué, and how pathetic is *that*?) throws a couple of fragmentation grenades onto an LA freeway bridge, causing an enormous (I mean, *far* too big) explosion which knocks down a footbridge in the middle of the jungle somewhere. It may be the most hilariously egregious stock-footage mismatch I've ever seen.
Phroggy THIS is the pits. From beginning to end, you keep wondering : what the heck is going on ? Who's this guy ? Why are they fighting ? Where is the plot ? IS there a plot ? (Obviously, the answer is : no). The movie is so low-budgeted that they had to use stock-shots inserts from other movies, and the continuity goofs are unbelievable (Come to think of it, the whole movie is a goof). David Carradine is visible three minutes, behind a desk and behind the wheel of a truck. Gary Daniels, who was great in "Twin Dragons", deserves better.