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Do you like gladiator movies? War movies? Gangster movies? Kung fu movies? Swordfight movies? Alien invasion movies?

This is a community for any movie with a punch, a kick, a stab, a shot or an explosion, or preferably all of the above and plenty of 'em.

Everything from Armour of God to Zulu, from Above the Law to Zatoichi.

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An attorney is forced to fight back after his family is brutally murdered by vicious drug dealers, leading to an astounding martial arts showdown.

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DetailsUnless otherwise stated, all full movie links I post are for free, no account required, licensed (AFAIK, IANAL) streaming VOD in English (or original language with English subtitles) and work at time of writing in my location, Mexico. Availability and language options may be different in your location. Asterisk by the one I watched.

I started watching on Youtube, but after some occasional quality deteriorations, I switched to Fawesome about half way through. Still a low-quality 480p but without the frequent deterioration.

The Youtube channel is FilmRise, a licensed AVOD film distributor.

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From 90s straight-to-video action stalwarts PM Entertainment, Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this vigilante justice flick as "The Shellsuited Crusader", oops, I mean "The Karate Man", a lawyer/martial arts expert (yes, that's a thing) with selective amnesia (even characters in the movie don't think that's a thing) about the murder of his wife and child.

We know Don's character has a traumatic background thanks to a serious case of the flashbacks, and lines he delivers flatly like "Can't kill a man who's already dead." :D But, of course, watching Don trying to emote tragedy is the real tragedy here.

Well, except for Shari Shattuck's accent. Is it... really bad South African? Or atrocious English? Who can tell?

All the fights, shootouts and explosions we've come to expect from PM Entertainment. But not one of their or Don's best.

With appearances by B movie / action movie figures like Aki Aleong (Kickboxer), Robert Miano (Fear City), Michael DeLano (Commando, Slumber Party Massacre II), Ken McLeod (Double Dragon, Virtual Combat), Todd Curtis (Chain of Command, American Tigers) and Bob Schott (Russ Meyer's Up!, Gymkata).

And while Don's is quite tame, the movie also features some of the most impressive mullets in the industry!

Movie Info

Screenshots

(The FreeTube video controls are visible in some screenshots but are usually hidden.)

Some casual neck snappery

Your mullet's bigger than mine?! That's a wrist snapping!

Once again, Don proves he can raise an eyebrow.

Getting our money's worth from the stuntmen in the pre-CGI era.

The Shellsuited Crusader in action.

It's hard to suspend disbelief when the stuntman trampolining in front of an explosion has a completely different build and hairline.

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[โ€“] Caveman@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm in love with that poster. Big floating heads coming out of people's backs always works for me.

[โ€“] klu9@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

Big floating head... wonder if it's an unofficial sequel to Zardoz ;)