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Shi mian mai fu (2004)
Not a chance...
I geared myself up for martial arts filled afternoon at the movies when I heard a group of friends were off to see House of Flying Daggers. Oh, how wrong I was. "If it's half as good as Crouching Tiger, I'm all set," I said. Turns out it wasn't even that close.
Instead of kung-fu kicks galore, I got a cheap Japanese porn (albeit gentle) with a storyline - East Side Story, we called it.
I admit it looked fantastic, the few fight scenes were amazing, the dancing at the beginning beautiful and the setting gorgeous - but that didn't seem to make me forget that the storyline was simply a Romeo & Juliet-esquire tale, with people dying three times over and numerous attempts at rape.
Not my scene. But see it, if for the fighting alone.
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (2004)
Hyperforce Go!
So I'm a cartoon freak. Officially. So sitting down for an early Sunday morning in front of Jetix was nothing new - Sonic X, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles... this is every other kids channel with severe kick-ass abilities added. So when S.R.M.T.H.G came on, I had to watch. After watching, I came to the conclusion that... robotic monkey things rule, Corey Feldman kicks as a monkey and the show kicks ass. No question.
Where else but Shuggazoom City would you find a huge robot abandoned in the middle of nowhere? And inside that robot is five way cool monkeys? Not in my local area at least (please report anything of that nature to your local neighbourhood watch). It's such an unbelievable show that it's almost believable and there's lots of funky kungfu fighting to keep me feeling violent. Yeah... it kicks.