Dian zi ge men zhan shi (1998)iMDB Rating: 6.4Date Released : 9 December 1998
Genre : Action, Sci-Fi
Stars : Darren Shahlavi, Kwang-su Lee, Monsour Del Rosario, Tamara Guo." />
Movie Quality : HDrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB
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Review :
Like a Really Bad Episode of Power Rangers...
Being a fan of British martial artist Darren Shahlavi, who stole the show as the villain in the Gary Daniels film Bloodmoon, i was quite excited at the prospect of watching Techno Warriors. Having just read an interview where Shahlavi talked about the film and its sequel, Lethal Combat, i was expecting something pretty special...
What i wasn't expecting was an ultra-cheap Phillipines actioner about video game characters coming to life; bad, visible wire-work and terrible dubbing that was - and this is the true killer - off-synch by a good 3 seconds.
The storyline, for want of a better word, concerns characters in a virtual computer game (with names such as Dinosaur and Black Ninja) and they all fight each other. Thats it, really. There is something about them all wanting to come to the real world to destroy their ruler - a nerdy guy who's really good at the game they're trapped in - but its not really worth going into. This film is clearly all about the fighting. Which would be okay if the fighting was any good...
Don't get me wrong, there's some awesome talent on display here. Darren Shahlavi, who plays a virtual cop character named Twister, and his partner, played by Chinese Tae Kwon Do expert Kwang Su Lee, are amazingly flexible and look awesome kicking ass. Unfortunately they, and the many other skilled martial artists on display, are completely let down by the bad direction, obvious wire-work and general shoddiness of the fight scenes. However, that said, the choreography is good as are the special effects for such a low budget film. But really, what good is any fight when you couldn't care less who wins and who loses? Really though, it was the off-synch dubbing that ruined the film for me. I'm happy to veg out and sit through many a bad fight scene, but when the 'whack!' comes 3 seconds after the blow is struck, and people are opening their mouths and nothings coming out... Well, thats no fun at all.
P.S. The sequel, Lethal Combat, is even worse as it recycles many of the same sets and fight scenes from this film. How do they get away with it? Still, at least that one was in synch...
