Catman in Boxer's Blow (1993)
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(Foreign Titles)
Nomination Year: 2010
SYNOPSIS: The Catman series is one of those "find an Asian martial arts flick and splice in your own Caucasian over-plot and package it as a whole new movie" deals. The original Asian flick had something to do with...ummm...still thinking.... Nothing to do with boxing, though. There was a sort of mafia thing in the Caucasian half in which the leadership of the new Cheever Church was determined by the winner of a boxing match. And there may have been nuclear stuff and a train but the one thing that there was plenty of, was kung fu fightin' action. Good golly these peeps were a touchy lot.
"Is John In?"
"Who wants to know?"
"Me!"
*pow* *smack* *karate-chop*
... ... ...
"Pass the ketchup."
"There ya go."
*pow* *smack* *karate-chop*
... ... ...
"Do you know the way to San Jose?"
*pow* *smack* *karate-chop*
I lost track of who was fighting whom and for what reason. Did they even need a reason? There must have been 20 some of these random skirmishes peppered throughout the Asian plot. Oddly, you would think that so much fighting would lend itself to an Overkill extravaganza but not so much. Huh.
Spliced into this rolling free-for-all one-fight-every-five-minutes Asian martial arts flick is the overarching Catman plot. Catman and his buddy Gus (yay Gus! Who I guess didn't die in Catman one) are assigned to keep an eye on this chick who has a nuclear weapon activation whatsit. She has a buyer who is the new bigwig of the Holy Cheever Church (yup, under new management!) and both Catman and Gus want to take down said church. Or maybe they want her to lead them to Hot Clam Chowder. Either or. And this is the saddest part of the Catman movie -- the whole Caucasian over-plot is only about 15 to 20 minutes, tops. It definitely suffers greatly from a profound lack of Catman, as hard as that might be to wrap your mind around. How can you not want more of a superhero with the quick costume change ability (just like a cat!)?
"Is John In?"
"Who wants to know?"
"Me!"
*pow* *smack* *karate-chop*
... ... ...
"Pass the ketchup."
"There ya go."
*pow* *smack* *karate-chop*
... ... ...
"Do you know the way to San Jose?"
*pow* *smack* *karate-chop*
I lost track of who was fighting whom and for what reason. Did they even need a reason? There must have been 20 some of these random skirmishes peppered throughout the Asian plot. Oddly, you would think that so much fighting would lend itself to an Overkill extravaganza but not so much. Huh.
Spliced into this rolling free-for-all one-fight-every-five-minutes Asian martial arts flick is the overarching Catman plot. Catman and his buddy Gus (yay Gus! Who I guess didn't die in Catman one) are assigned to keep an eye on this chick who has a nuclear weapon activation whatsit. She has a buyer who is the new bigwig of the Holy Cheever Church (yup, under new management!) and both Catman and Gus want to take down said church. Or maybe they want her to lead them to Hot Clam Chowder. Either or. And this is the saddest part of the Catman movie -- the whole Caucasian over-plot is only about 15 to 20 minutes, tops. It definitely suffers greatly from a profound lack of Catman, as hard as that might be to wrap your mind around. How can you not want more of a superhero with the quick costume change ability (just like a cat!)?
Jeannette Quirk
Oblivious
Godfrey Ho
Jonathan Isgar
