tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73226903329055012692024-02-07T19:59:02.146-08:00The Pyuniverse-The Weird Worlds of Albert PyunKICKBOXERS! CYBORGS! GANGSTAS! ALIENS! Familiar tropes, strange takes... always unique!
All articles are copyright to the author and may not be reprinted without permissionDavid A. Zuzelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07911956250850478246noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-42920313679674110932014-07-06T00:43:00.000-07:002014-07-06T00:43:17.235-07:00Nemesis (Albert Pyun, 1992)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />I can’t even say how many times I’ve watched <a href="http://click.typepad.com/api/click?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_14046325093307&key=7626aa89b5cdca8c8b5ad715622cd669&libId=f182b0b5-1c37-4f4d-97bd-46ac4d6eec10&loc=http%3A%2F%2Ffredanderson.typepad.com%2Fmy-blog%2F2014%2F07%2Fnemesis-albert-pyun-1992.html&v=1&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0107668%2Fcombined&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.typepad.com%2Fsite%2Fblogs%2F6a017d4117b2c6970c017d4117b2f8970c%2Fpost%2F6a017d4117b2c6970c01a73de71412970d%2Fedit%3Fsaved_added%3Dnu&title=Nemesis%20(Albert%20Pyun%2C%201992)%20-%20Fred%20Anderson%2C%20ex-ninja&txt=Nemesis">Nemesis</a> since I first discovered it on tape, and like with many other movies it’s been an interesting road from that crappy fullscreen, low resolution version to the glorious HD version in correct ratio that premiere just a few weeks ago. I’ve been a fan of director Albert Pyun as long as I can remember, and I tried so many times in the dawn of the Internet to find him, to mail him, to talk to him. I guess I was a little stalker at the time! I didn’t succeed, until he showed up and became a fan favorite on Facebook and since then - and some years before that - people have slowly started to recognize his talents. But I was the first one to appreciate him for real, in a non-ironic way. Don’t forget that.<br />
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Nemesis is an oddity, it’s actually quite far away from the typical DTV adventures, mostly by being superior in every way possible to them all. Pyun is brave enough to continue his interesting mix of arty farty with mainstream action and creates something as unique as a Cyborg Noir with a big dash of John Woo. But before it was cool. It tells the story of Alex Rain (Olivier Gruner - sporting no less than 4 % body fat at the time!), a former LA cop who was shot to pieces and now is a half-machine surviving by smuggling data. The government finds him again and forces him, with the help of a bomb in his body, to make one last mission into hostile territory - but Alex finds out there’s more sinister plans going on behind his back…<br />
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Yeah, add a little bit of RoboCop, Terminator, Escape from New York and… Johnny Mnemonic (before it was made!) and you have Nemesis. But it’s not just a copycat film, a rip-off, even if a couple of scenes might be a little similar to its more famous counterparts. Pyun creates a very mysterious atmosphere, almost a poetic stance on the cyborg genre with some interesting gender bender qualities. Even Alex, being the macho hero he is, manages to come out as a good man, a soft-spoken, sensitive person - even if he’s half-cyborg. Many of the character names are switched, which means men have female names and the opposite - or just using very vague or unisex-themed names. The women are strong, sometimes crazy, and in the middle of it is a lengthy scene of soon-to-be-star Thomas Jane doing a completely nude scene. What’s not to love with this film?<br />
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But the action is what makes this film stand out. The action scenes are so vivid, so creative, so fucking crazy it’s amazing to watch. Using a lof steadicam and twisted angles, slow-mo and gorgeous wide shots of the mayhem, this is still stands out as one of the best in the genre. It’s so unique and cool that some of the sequences and ideas has been “stolen” by big Hollywood films, and even if Nemesis itself takes some inspiration from Hong Kong’s heroic bloodshed genre, it manages to take on the genre by itself and never ever becomes boring to watch.<br />
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Nemesis is a movie that has to be seen to be believed. And that’s by the new blu-ray from Platinum Cult Edition, a distribution company based in Germany, is so welcome! For the first time we get to see Nemesis in it’s original ratio and in a very fine HD transfer. Also included is the Japanese edit, probably ripped from a laserdisc and low resolution version of the very obscure new cut, with added digital effects - I haven’t seen any of them yet, but the box also includes HD versions of Nemesis 2, 3 and 4! I’ve only had time to watch part 2 yet, and it looks very good!<br />
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It’s wonderful to live in a time where movies like this gets the royal treatment from it’s distributor and Platinum Cult Edition have done a marvelous job together with Albert Pyun himself to give these films a new life. They REALLY deserve it! <a href="http://click.typepad.com/api/click?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_14046324879286&key=7626aa89b5cdca8c8b5ad715622cd669&libId=f182b0b5-1c37-4f4d-97bd-46ac4d6eec10&loc=http%3A%2F%2Ffredanderson.typepad.com%2Fmy-blog%2F2014%2F07%2Fnemesis-albert-pyun-1992.html&v=1&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.de%2FNemesis-komplette-Saga-Platinum-Blu-ray%2Fdp%2FB00IJZZ8FA&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.typepad.com%2Fsite%2Fblogs%2F6a017d4117b2c6970c017d4117b2f8970c%2Fpost%2F6a017d4117b2c6970c01a73de71412970d%2Fedit%3Fsaved_added%3Dnu&title=Nemesis%20(Albert%20Pyun%2C%201992)%20-%20Fred%20Anderson%2C%20ex-ninja&txt=You%20can%20buy%20the%20box%20here">You can buy the box here</a>, it’s worth every dime!Ninja Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13211571098475743546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-61227103026580822682014-02-20T15:49:00.002-08:002014-02-20T15:49:46.103-08:00Captain America: The THAI DVD! Ah, how Albert Pyun's CAPTAIN AMERICA continues to go around the world. Check out the Avengerized artwork!<br />
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<br />David A. Zuzelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07911956250850478246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-74546242192504446702013-01-29T21:31:00.000-08:002013-01-29T21:34:08.279-08:00Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB">Albert Pyun
is back in the director's chair in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110255/combined">Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor</a>, which also
introduces Tong Po (this time played by Van Damme regular Kamel Krifa) back
into the Kickboxer-saga. This means several things - It was probably shot very,
very fast, it features at least one of Pyun's "own" actors, this time
Nicolas Guest and, as usual, an interesting musical score by Tony Riparetti.
For us "pyunboys" this is good stuff, we want it to be this way. It's
like meeting old friends once again, it's safe and we know what we're getting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It has a
good start, a typical Pyunginning. A voice-over, someone recollecting the past,
it's dark and edgy compared to part 3 and in a nice montage from the first two
movies we learn how David Sloan (good ol' Sasha!) now is in prison after being
wrongfully accused of killing a drug lord (well, he DID killed a drug lord and
tried to take the body from Mexico to the US, so maybe he's guilty anyway...).
Now he gets a chance to get out with helping the cops to go undercover and once
and for all take down Tong Po - who also happens to have kidnapped his wife!
David must now enter an illegal tournament and kick some ass once again!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Pyun really
tries hard with his meager budget to go back to the seriousness of the old
movies and he almost succeeds! The first part is damn fine, with a good
performance from Sasha Mitchell and some short but effective burst of violence.
Tong <st1:place w:st="on">Po</st1:place> is this time even more over-the-top
(and with a less effective make-up), a comic book villain played with a sense
of humour. Here another of Pyun's trademarks shows up: the quirky, off-beat
comedy - which is an odd thing in a movie like this, but when the budget is so
low and the shooting schedule probably was shorter than a normal working week,
it just adds some odd charm to the story. The scene where Tong Po tries to play
sitar is both fun and unexpected. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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problem with Kickboxer 4 is the last half hour. I'm pretty sure it just wasn't time to choreograph and shoot a better fight, but even with Pyun's standard it's pretty weak - and
sloppily made. After some slow-moving pre-fights in the main arena, the end fight is basically David
and Tong Po stumbling around in the garden (and on a dinner-set long table) in
a very not-so-impressive "fight". It just doesn't seemed to had been time for much rehearsals... I'm a big fan of Pyun and very
forgiving because I know under which circumstances he worked, but I know he can
do better than this! The rest of the film is packed with stylish
cinematography, some imaginative directing and a decent cast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">But what
makes it interesting for us pyunboys is the atmosphere. The editing, the music,
the noir-ish voice-over in the beginning. That special, almost surrealistic and poetic
form of filmmaking that Pyun is unique for. I doubt others will see it, but we
who have lived with the guy for our whole lives can smell it, sense it. That's what makes even a very generic kickboxing-film like this interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Ninja Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13211571098475743546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-80081760432814772392013-01-27T08:39:00.000-08:002013-01-27T08:39:08.019-08:00Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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it didn't take long until there was a sequel out to the highly successful
Jean-Claude Van Damme classic Kickboxer, but this time without JCVD and with a
new director doing his job, the one and only Albert Pyun. Like all good
exploitation sequels a new character is introduced, the unknown brother (well,
he's never mentioned in the first movie) David Sloan, played with charming
charisma by Sasha Mitchell. He's not Van Damme, but isn't bad at all. I entered
this viewing experience with some hesitation. I love and respect Albert Pyun,
I've been a fan of his work since my teens, but I never really heard any good
stuff about <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102202/">Kickboxer 2: The Road Back</a>. That's of course a fact about most
movies from the "Pyuniverse", but as usual that's just a sign of the
stupidity of mankind. Pyun is awesome and will always be awesome, no matter the
budget. I might one of the few that absolutely adore Heatseeker for example.
Where's the special edition, restored blu-ray release of that one? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kickboxer 2 the last of the Sloan brothers continues his family's legacy by
working at kickboxing club/gym he owns. One day the greedy Justin Maciah enters
the gym and offers David to be a kickboxing superstar. He, of course, says no
and instead his friend and student Brian (Vince Murdocco) signs up for fame and
money - but it's all very sinister, because behind Maciah is the EVIL Thai
(most Thai's in kickboxing-movie is very evil it seems) businessman Sangha,
played by the awesome and cool Japanese actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (remember,
in the US all Asians look the same!) and he wants to set up David against...
Tong <st1:place w:st="on">Po</st1:place>! Yeah, the ultra-mean bastard from the
first movie (who also - we learn - killed the two other Sloan brothers since
last time we saw him). Lucky for David, Xian (Dennis Chan) shows up very
unexpected and learns him to be THE BEST KICKBOXER IN THE WORLD!!! Something
like that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Kickboxer 2
probably had a smaller budget than the first one and everything is shot in and
around the gym and the arena, so don't expect jungles and explosions here. But
this is also a good time to point out that Albert Pyun is THE best director to
handle a sudden loss of budget, few locations and short of time to shoot the
friggin' thing. He just knows that what the audience need is a lot of stylish
camera work and better and bloodier fights. And he delivers. Everything is very
similar to the first movie, but without the exotic locations, and even if it
starts of quite slow it soon builds up to be a damn fine sequel - with the same
amount of cheesy soft rock hits that populated the first film. The fights is
brutal. Lots of slow-mo, feet crashing into faces, blood spurting all over the
floor and the heaviest use of swollen make-up since Raging Bull. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Most people
would never consider a movie like this a good movie, but hey... it delivers
what you expect it to deliver. It's quick and dirty entertainment, made with
talent and style and less money than what you probably earn during a year. I
like it that way. Little money often boosts the creativity of the filmmakers
and Pyun is one of those who always finds a solution. His movies has been
fucked with his whole career, from the studios to the critics and audiences -
but they sell and he's continuing to quirky stuff that no one else would do. This
film belongs to the less quirky stuff, far from oddities like Hong Kong '97 and
Radioactive Dreams, but is fine piece of silly action. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2: The Road Back has so much cheese you can build a moon of it. Quote me if you
want. I'll stand by my words.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Ninja Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13211571098475743546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-69417625576663178262011-03-19T07:10:00.001-07:002011-03-19T07:10:27.957-07:00THE SLINGERS SHALL RISE!!!I was THRILLED to get my Cyborg Director's Edition, which I will no think of as SLINGER, in the mail. Director Albert Pyun was signing each copy sold and I was thrilled to see a "how would you like it signed" box on the order form.<br />
Now, anyone that knows me can attest to my rather wordy nature. Hell, you are reading this, so you know. If you ever need a thousand plus words on an Italian Adam and Eve exploitation film, I'm your guy... So here is what I requested--and received!!<br />
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"From the edges of THE PYUNIVERSE...straight to a PYUNIVERSAL SOLDIER...THE SLINGERS SHALL RISE!!" - Signed by Albert Pyun.<br />
Yes, there is a happy nerd typing this right now.<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" height="219" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/18024752?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="398"></iframe>David A. Zuzelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07911956250850478246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-17369544044607975422010-11-14T08:59:00.001-08:002010-11-14T08:59:07.098-08:00An Interview with Albert PyunI got an email from an Albert Pyun fan today, and I'm pleased to put his interview with the man up online for all to read! Thanks very much to Marco Freitas, B.A. in Film-Columbia College, Hollywood, film buff and genre supporter! Take it away Marco and Albert!<br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1-Were you a film buff while being raised in Hawaii?</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Oh yes. I would try to see everything especially foreign films and a lot of Asian cinema which was popular in Hawaii.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Let us know some of your earliest cinematic childhood memories </span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I remember a Japanese studio called <span class="il">Toho</span> built a spectacular cinema that was designed to look and feel like a temple. It was always magical to see films there. And I remember seeing Dr. No and From Russia With Love as a double bill really had an impact on me as a child. When I was older, 2001:A Space Odyssey and A Fistful of Dollars had strong impressions on me for their visuals an original creative sensibilities. I think my film making style is greatly influenced by seeing Godard, Bunuel, Leone and Bergman growing up. I loved their films. Each time it was so exciting to see how they would push the edges of cinema.</b></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">2-Can you tell what were the most important lessons you´ve got from Akira Kurosawa?</span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Preparation and total focus. The artistry I learned from his cinematographer Takao Saito (RAN, DODESKADEN, DREAMS). He taught about using composition and color to tell story, and reveal characters.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">How did you become a protegé of legendary star Toshiro Mifune?</span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>He saw a short film I had done and knew it was difficult for an Asian in Hollywood at that time. So he really supported my dream to become a feature filmmaker.</b></span></div><div></div></span><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I guess there is, yes. I've always felt out of step and time with the film world but never more than now! The film world has changed so much since I started making films. So I do feel a bit out of place now. A bit of a relic.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The reason I select different ages or civilizations is I'm drawn to creating an entire world from my imagination. Always have been. Not the world as it is but as it might be.</b></span></div><div></div></span><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The collaboration with George was certainly very productive and exciting. George and I see the world with the same eyes. We both share the same belief that storytelling in film is visual. George is an absolutely fearless and aggressive cinematographer. He actually came in and shot a few days on Tales of an Ancient Empire. He and I are dangerous together!</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>When creating a look, I look in the script for underlying meaning and themes that I can bring out visually. </b></span></div><div></div></span><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Yes those were all influenced by Leone's operatic and theatrical stylization. My recent film, Left for Dead, is particularly that style of grand theater.</b></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">6-MEAN GUNS has a very ´Chinese Action Movie´ feel, with all the kinetic camerawork and intense shootout scenes. BLOODMATCH, KICKBOXER 2 and 4 are martial arts features. What Hong Kong filmmakers you ´emulate´ the most?</span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I think King Hu was a big influence as was Tsui Hark. I love their films. And Raymond's Chow ideas.</b></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">7-There are many tales of tampering from producers/distributors;money men in your movies and TICKER is supposed to have been heavily cut. What is the real scoop there?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>At the last minute our budget was cut by 50%. Not the budget for stars but the budget for the movie shoot. So we had to cut the schedule and lost most of the larger action scenes. I heard our budget was cut with the idea that I would falter and Nu Image could come in take over and throw in a bunch of shots from their other movies. It was a very bitter experience.</b></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">8-Since you came close to directing a movie of SPIDER-MAN (in the 80s, to be financed by israeli cousins, Golan-Globus), did you like the films made by Sam Raimi?</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Yes, I do. particularly The Quick and the Dead.</b></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">9-Film Director John Stockwell first got his first chance working behind-the-scenes writing DANGEROUSLY CLOSE, helmed by you. How was your experience working with him back in 1985?</span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Well, John's a very smart and talented artist. I enjoyed working with him because he's very aggressive with creative ideas and really courageous in what he'll try. He's also dedicated and an extremely hard worker, w</b><b>hich I admire.</b></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">10-Norbert Weisser, Thom Mathews, Nicholas Guest, Scott Paulin and Vince Klyn are some of the actors that have worked with you in various occasions. Tell us about working with your ´Stock Company´</span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>First what I love is the talent and presence they bring to any role their undertake. I like Norbert </b>(<b>15 movies with Pyun)</b> <b>for his honesty and fearlessness, Scott (6 movies) for his intellect and creative point of view, Thom (11 movies with the helmer) for his humor and flexibility, Nicholas (9 movies) for his professionalism and wry humor, Vince (11) for his raw physicality. My films have to be shot so fast I rely on their own ability to prepare themselves.</b></span></div><div></div></span><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I hope so! There was a magic to those films in the 80's that today's audience isn't that aware of. So the experiences will be fresh and fun.</b></span></div></span>David A. Zuzelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07911956250850478246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-48892777221913434922010-11-11T09:22:00.000-08:002010-11-11T09:23:11.389-08:00Captain America (1990)<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8X1DGJv4bBiEo8nm0bicPbLbogBQJhCDuN92XF3VRRYQljrZ1pZHqGaPETtE0Leu5lsn-xPDV2Y8bAeNaS5WjG9PeV2m8t1wR-ZyPqZdRzghhx15AC6YAcC0AX15r0tuBKGvSGvOn72C/s1600/captain+america.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 176px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8X1DGJv4bBiEo8nm0bicPbLbogBQJhCDuN92XF3VRRYQljrZ1pZHqGaPETtE0Leu5lsn-xPDV2Y8bAeNaS5WjG9PeV2m8t1wR-ZyPqZdRzghhx15AC6YAcC0AX15r0tuBKGvSGvOn72C/s320/captain+america.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538343129597129762" /></a>First of all I want to state that I’ve always been very uninterested in superhero comics. Not my cup of tea. But some superhero-movies has become quite close to me, for example Superman 2, Ang Lee’s The Hulk, all the three incarnations of The Punisher (though I wouldn’t call him a superhero), the original Batman-series from the sixties and so on. I even like the ill-fated Roger Corman-production of The Fantastic Four, but loath the new movies. So it was with a lot of expectations I finally got the brand new DVD of Albert Pyun’s <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103923/">Captain America</a> from Thailand. Most of the stuff I read about it is crap, but some people have a tendency not to like Pyun’s style. Well, I do…</div><div><br /></div><div>I won’t go into the story, except both Red Skull (the bad guy of course) and Captain America is the creation of WW2-experiments. Our dear captain crash-lands with a rocket in Alaska and is frozen for fifty years, and wakes up to a world where the US president just is kidnapped by Red Skull!</div><div><br /></div><div>Yeah, that was the story in five seconds. Of course he’s related to the president, it’s either his son or something else (the president that is), he wants to find his old girlfriend, find some new love, meet friends and so on. The usual business after coming back too life after fifty years frozen in snow.</div><div><br /></div><div>Seriously, this isn’t a bad movie. What it lacks is that big fat budget that would have helped to include some even bigger and fatter action scenes, but if you can ignore that, this is a damn fine entertaining piece of cheese. The first twenty or so minutes is fantastic, and the WW2-setting is just plain awesome. The underground lair of Red Skull is mega-cool, Captain America is blowing stuff apart and everyone’s happy. Even Carla Cassola from such eurocult-movies as The Sect and Demonia shows up and shows us how to play a mad, but loving, scientist who loves to experiment on humans in the quest for peace. The middle of the movie turns it down a notch, but Matt Salinger is good as Captain America and keeps up the charm and energy with some goofy dialogue and good charisma. The last half hour is more in the vein of the first, but is a bit of an anti-climax because of the obvious lack of budget.</div><div><br /></div><div>But as we all know, no one can frame a scene like Albert Pyun. This is still an ugly fullscreen-version (with second-hand VHS-quality), but it’s hard to deny the stylish camera compositions, the rapid and tight editing in the fight scenes, the ultra-slick sets… just pure talent on a very low budget. It also has a fun cast in smaller parts, like Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Darren McGavin and a great Scott Paulin as Red Skull.</div><div><br /></div><div>I would have loved more action, more stunts and explosions. It would have made this movie the best forgotten superhero-movie ever made. Now it’s still a fun and cool movie (and colourful! Everything resembles scenes directly taken from a comic album). Matt Salinger is way better than some people claims, and it just deserves a much better (widescreen) restored DVD or Blu-Ray release. One day I hope…</div>Ninja Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13211571098475743546noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-45411640312902430142010-10-18T10:37:00.001-07:002010-11-11T09:23:52.469-08:00Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010)<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ILdKjUsKHqI_C0Rd7VWVa7lrAWT09LJQ_wFoMgnQzzgIM0zt61huGYXor-y6rMCKNRjOg7goZ_Pn9cwWJMtquv0EVpll03AGTcXURi5-SJgvH9WJDZQW9FTdLrIJKYjwryO2vUkRCuJc/s1600/tales-of-an-ancient-empire-4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ILdKjUsKHqI_C0Rd7VWVa7lrAWT09LJQ_wFoMgnQzzgIM0zt61huGYXor-y6rMCKNRjOg7goZ_Pn9cwWJMtquv0EVpll03AGTcXURi5-SJgvH9WJDZQW9FTdLrIJKYjwryO2vUkRCuJc/s320/tales-of-an-ancient-empire-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529440704885303090" /></a>In 1982 Albert Pyun released The Sword and the Sorcerer, which could be one of the funniest and most violent fantasy movies of the eighties. Lee Horsley was Talon and was fighting against the evil Cromwell (Richard Lynch). Now, 28 years later the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1136688/">sequel</a> comes, another adventure… and it both teases you and disappoints you at the say time.</div><div><br /></div><div>A demon sorceress awakens from her deep sleep and creates havoc on a small kingdom. She kills the queen, but the princess escapes and tries to find a couple of warriors that can help her to avenge her mother’s death and take back their country. After some minor adventures she finds her half-brother (Kevin Sorbo), who though he knows they are sibling still has the hots for her. Luckily for him there are more chicks willing to help the princess and together they continue their long and dangerous trip…</div><div><br /></div><div>In my hand I have the recently released Thai edition of Tales of an Ancient Empire. According to Mr Pyun this is an earlier version of the movie that lacks some footage – and even actors what I’ve heard. This could be the case, because it’s a bit confusing here and there. First, let me be honest. In this version, the first five minutes are terrible. The graphics are awful, I’m not impressed by the processing of the footage, the editing is weird… and it just does not feel completely right.</div><div><br /></div><div>BUT after those five minutes (it’s almost exactly five minutes), some idiots are entering the tomb of the demon sorceress, treasure-hunting of course, removes the lids and unleashes the demon – and from that scene and forth, the movie looks very good. Now, Pyun has a little bit different approach to this movie. It’s more nude women (some very talented actually) and more focus on dialogue than action. It’s not bad, it’s well made, looks good and has a good rhythm. But of course I would like more action and gore to the sequel. It has blood and some minor gore of course, but not like the first movie.</div><div><br /></div><div>The budget is low, but it has a comic-style vision that works good in the bigger scenes where they couldn’t afford travelling to exotic places or build big sets. If you accept that, you will find that the movie works very good and gets your attention all the way to the cliffhanger-ending. Even my Gregory, who can be a bit suspicious to movies in this genre, got stuck watching the movie from the beginning to the end. That’s impressive.</div><div><br /></div><div>It’s not a perfect movie, but has that visual and poetic atmosphere that Pyun can create from nothing. I will buy the finished version too, when it’s released in the US or Europe next year – mostly to compare, but also to see how the movie transformed from the fan-activity that Pyun kept going from the start, to this version until the final version and the sequel Red Moon.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now Mr Pyun, please make give us that cool director’s cut of Nemesis that you teased us with some years ago…</div>Ninja Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13211571098475743546noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-40625278475130820252010-08-12T08:31:00.000-07:002010-08-12T08:31:58.297-07:00Mean Guns with an audience?? AWESOME!Check it out...Tough Guy Cinema will be presented at Delilah's! One of my favorite Pyuniversal Pugilistic Pictures! MEAN GUNS!!<br />
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David A. Zuzelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07911956250850478246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-22761757883400284682010-06-22T10:39:00.000-07:002010-06-22T10:40:13.450-07:00Pyundependant Film Chatter!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDH1TWSUiODkj2Y-HbIupFtFlxIFVRs6NKLTUM1fdzHsKtoFvpQdkl3roh75Cey1AIShfpeKrT3ZGUaR7qexb6TvQ6qcRZse9O42EOwRFuyHRMLB2ryJztkzMXn_X77VwAKi_dtsqdjMw/s1600/06172010_AlbertPyun-thumb-290xauto-14525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDH1TWSUiODkj2Y-HbIupFtFlxIFVRs6NKLTUM1fdzHsKtoFvpQdkl3roh75Cey1AIShfpeKrT3ZGUaR7qexb6TvQ6qcRZse9O42EOwRFuyHRMLB2ryJztkzMXn_X77VwAKi_dtsqdjMw/s320/06172010_AlbertPyun-thumb-290xauto-14525.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>A nice new interview with Albert Pyun is on IFC.com...Check it out for that latest on Tales of An Ancient Empire and even THE URBAN TRILOGY!!<br />
<a href="http://www.ifc.com/news/2010/06/albert-pyun.php">Go. Read. Stay Pyuniversal!</a>David A. Zuzelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07911956250850478246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-34010359031432076432010-05-18T13:31:00.001-07:002010-05-18T13:31:47.286-07:00TALES OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE Trailer - FINAL<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="225" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11811140&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11811140&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object></div><a href="http://vimeo.com/11811140">TALES OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE - RED BAND TRAILER - HD version</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2246506">Albert Pyun</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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</div>First, what is most striking to me about Tales from the very top is the level of dedication that Albert Pyun and everyone involved in this production are putting forth. The trailer alone was done with care and shows lots of fantastic images, intriguing situations, weird special effects and a Tony Riparetti song that is damn near perfection. I don't think that Tales will be the ultimate sword and sorcery film. I don't think it will be the ultimate vampire film. But I do think that this film has the potential to be the ultimate Albert Pyun film, and for me that is more intriguing than making a picture that adheres to any single genre. <br />
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The Pyuniverse started out because I'm intrigued first by the ability to spot Pyun's work from a mile away-at least for his fans-no matter the genre. Science Fiction, Kickboxing, Science Fiction Kickboxing, Tim Thomerson getting slapped multiple times by a tiny gymnast ass kicker, Tim Thomerson the size of a human thimble kicking ass, Snoop Dogg the Ghost(??) or a barbarian with a tri-bladed sword...it really doesn't matter. Pyun has a vision-and while he will be the first to admit, and sometimes I think he sells himself short, his mental reach sometimes exceeds his physical grasp thanks to the harsh realities of making movies in an age where it is better to crank out a sequel to a dancing cheerleader film or a slasher than a film that straddles the line between ballistic madness and thoughtful neo-samurai cinema. The vision seems to be coalescing. <br />
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Bulletface blew my mind...I admit it. A storm of appreciation for everything he has accomplished, regardless of the brickbats of people that have accomplished less (like myself for example), was whipped up. It inspired me to see a filmmaker that has straddled the line between commercial and personal so many times-never afraid to go straight to your wallet with the stories you want to see...but to tell them the best way he could straight out of his head and in to your video machine of choice. It inspired me to start writing again...and it inspired me to hope that Victoria Maurette gets to be a huge star, but that is entirely a different point. Bulletface was also the filmmaker stepping out of line in an intriguing way-self made, self released, self marketed and a story that only he could have pulled off. A noir comics explosion done on a micro-budget? It works...and it certainly set the table for a shot at doing a completely self contained release of what could be the ultimate Pyun film. Familiar tropes...strange takes...<br />
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So, the trailer itself...what did I think? I really loved it in the same way I really enjoyed the Inferno edition of Left For Dead. It tells you it is something, and then becomes something utterly unique. A companion to his first major spectacle, The Sword and the Sorcerer, TALES is something I figured would leave no swash unbuckled and no entrail safe from being strewn all over the screen. I hoped for all the quirky humor of Nemesis to collide with all the uncertainty of what COULD even come next that films like Deceit deliver..but mostly I expected to see beautiful men and women battling to the death. I got that, but not the way I thought I would. Emotional beats. Epic moments that I can't wait to slot in to my own imagination in the context of the film. The trailer is very pure Pyun. In my humble opinion it could use a little more action to bring in the undecided, but this viewer was plenty pleased. <br />
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Then again, I work on a blog called THE PYUNIVERSE (an extension of one of my little dream projects of writing a book on the director's career)--so I'm a bit pre-sold. Victoria Maurette gets the best red band moments, but I am really looking forward to seeing Kevin Sorbo here. Mind you this is only impressions from the trailer, but I couldn't help but think of Fritz Leiber's FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER bouncing around in a fantastical late 80s Wuxia film complete with flying vampires. I'd love to see a hopper in there...<br />
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I harp on it a lot, but after being knocked around by the images it sounds to me like Tony Riparetti has taken up the gauntlet and forged one of his scores that supply the aural glue to every sequence in the best of the films he has collaborated on. Swords, Sorcery and Synthetic Pulse Pounding? Well, it isn't traditional, but it sounds amazing. I can't wait to listen to this film with as much attention as I put towards admiring Melissa Ordway as she punches people about!<br />
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So...I'll see you ALL there when our limited editions arrive I hope...onward in to the breach for what may be the reflection of pure Pyun conception.David A. Zuzelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07911956250850478246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-2366259233022190622010-05-07T06:15:00.000-07:002010-05-07T06:15:24.620-07:00Tick..Tick...TICKER!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIz4-E6X2SuScs_bM1q_3E-UiwovxZxi9FMQladFpiXxswOQmJdrT7Jjy-ADIRWcAwcAwgQ5s-i9f70HPAvZWz17n0uJV-fmsqXUSktXSksxV72ZYf5SNh6rxZBEs6_SIFFJtbK80XNB4/s1600/ticker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIz4-E6X2SuScs_bM1q_3E-UiwovxZxi9FMQladFpiXxswOQmJdrT7Jjy-ADIRWcAwcAwgQ5s-i9f70HPAvZWz17n0uJV-fmsqXUSktXSksxV72ZYf5SNh6rxZBEs6_SIFFJtbK80XNB4/s400/ticker.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Some days you just need some TICKER! Well, maybe not, but the countdown to TALES OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE is ticking in my head. One mental leap in my head and we have a round up of artworkf for TICK TICK TICKER!!!<br />
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Personally, I can't wait to see it and check out all the limited edition items as well! <br />
The limited edition is sold out, so be sure to check the store for ordering options ASAP. <br />
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<a href="http://pyuniverse.blogspot.com/2010/03/kickboxer-4-aggressorfaux-po.html">See the review here!</a>David A. Zuzelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07911956250850478246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-34457802017246986422010-04-27T10:25:00.001-07:002010-04-27T10:25:58.810-07:00Crazy Six Screener ArtworkNifty bit of alternate art for the US Screeners of CRAZY SIX. <br />
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</div>David A. Zuzelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07911956250850478246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-20231475514278091902010-04-23T09:09:00.001-07:002010-04-23T09:09:27.174-07:00A Vote For Bulletface is a Vote for a Pyunomatic Future!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpW5if2DozQNoudJ2bjSqvMWkg_TbPN4C-C0qGHkcYBFZzSNbcLSScm4Z3Tj1U8BQFEW2ZG1A_4FFz60DQOKPKvq-Uh5v3c9cl60lsToeMe24eVzGWqNy8Y0iqZK2ld5KLGsBuV6WtqA/s1600/project_12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpW5if2DozQNoudJ2bjSqvMWkg_TbPN4C-C0qGHkcYBFZzSNbcLSScm4Z3Tj1U8BQFEW2ZG1A_4FFz60DQOKPKvq-Uh5v3c9cl60lsToeMe24eVzGWqNy8Y0iqZK2ld5KLGsBuV6WtqA/s400/project_12.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>In the time it will take you to read this post you can go to the official <a href="http://www.goldencobawards.com/index.php?sid=47479&lang=en">GOLDEN COB AWARDS</a> site and vote for BULLETFACE to win several well deserved accolades. Take a second and click on the Pyunigilistic indy film maestro Albert Pyun for best director, the sultry and sweet lady with a face worth staring at for 90 minutes Victoria Maurette AND the man with the atmosphere and poptones Tony Riparetti and lets see them all get what they deserve. <br />
Bulletface really struck me head on, a nifty and inexpensive blend of violence, action, sex and spinal fluids... I think it is the best movie indy made and indy distributed in years. You can <a href="http://pyuniverse.blogspot.com/2010/03/bulletface-review-and-commentary.html">check my rather lengthy review out here</a> and certainly head on over to<a href="http://albertpyunmovies.com/"> AlbertPyunMovies.com</a> for more information.<br />
VOTE or Bulletface is comin' to get ya!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Albert Pyun and Full Moon may seem like a great idea, and Dollman did turn out pretty well, but I think that the Pyun touch relies on him being left alone to his own devices a bit more. Honestly, this is a pretty simple little film that takes a few popular films and squashes them together efficiently enough to be enjoyable. The biggest issue in looking back at Arcade is how outdated the effects look to our eyes, but if you think of this as a visit through 16 bit terror land (and try to pay in artificial game points if possible)...you are in for a pleasant 80 minutes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZb6agh-hoVkV0kd-Y6HBgYQPrJ4RzsXYXXDgPDWbTRcyiJJmG3fOsbjjT0A4noKTHbMatXqtoFeJKPCxMdkBX1EKgGBEY2cv_5tIgGLsLrag69W09QxHTsedl4gxTWzUX06-trURPjrU/s1600/Arcade+%281993%29.avi_001402302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZb6agh-hoVkV0kd-Y6HBgYQPrJ4RzsXYXXDgPDWbTRcyiJJmG3fOsbjjT0A4noKTHbMatXqtoFeJKPCxMdkBX1EKgGBEY2cv_5tIgGLsLrag69W09QxHTsedl4gxTWzUX06-trURPjrU/s320/Arcade+%281993%29.avi_001402302.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">So, have you ever wanted to watch a movie that could be called A Nightmare on Tron Terrace, starring Ralphie from A Christmas Story, Seth Green being exactly the same screen persona he always plays and Lucas from Days Of Our Lives (and includes a hectic screen chomping cameo of pure awesome from Norbert Weisser)...then ARCADE is your film! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Alex Manning (Megan Ward) has all kinds of personal problems and loads of stress to deal with, so she is lucky that her boyfriend is a bit of a dolt that hangs with some hip arcade loving pals and a cybermonster game kidnaps him and gives her a mission to play the game, win and save his souuuuuul.<i> ooouuuul</i>. <i>Ol.</i> Our Freddy here is a game that seems to be learning and seeking to conquer Elm Street with his devious addictive gameplay and enjoys threatening the players. I expected this to be a cry against the corporate nature of videogames and a slam on the development process of creative projects-but Arcade eschews all that and plays very straight faced without many of the usual touches of humor or just utter oddballness I enjoy so much.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">That is, until Weisser arrives and plays an Arcade programmer that understands the out of control machine and fears it to a degree that I would almost think he was channeling a quivering real worlder in a Lovecraft scenario where Dagon is going to bust up the village! Awesome...Pyuniverse dwellers will not want to miss this. </div><div style="text-align: left;">It all comes together in a cyber showdown that feels much like the games made about 5 years before this movie was released...down the hall, avoid the spikes, clear the room and game over. But...it never gets boring and it is quite short. Heck, I enjoyed it!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, we are on the Pyuniverse blog, so lets take a look at the good parts and the stuff that is missing. With Charles Band sitting atop the production it is obvious that things are going to feel more like Puppet Master than Deceit-and they do. As Full Moon movies go, it is very solid (and I'm a Full Moon Fan) and PyunPlayers do get a chance to shine. The leads are all good, but it is damn trippy staring at the screen trying to solve out who the hell is...that is...no! RALPHIE! Yer gonna shoot your eye out with that Arcade popgun!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Yeah, it is terrible and wrong to nail someone in to a role, but he looks exactly the same, just larger. I'm glad to see Billingsley doing well, now he is director A-List films! Awesome. Bryan Datillo has almost 1000 episodes of Days Of Our Lives under his belt, so lets just say that he was so great in Arcade and Albert Pyun drew out such a magnificent performance that he will be an honorary veteran of the Pyun Academy Of Action. John De Lancie is also fun as the oooga booga corporate guy. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sadly, no groovy game score from Tony Ripparetti for this film, but hey...Alan Howarth is no slouch and he does a solid enough job. But...it ain't Ripparetti. Sorry Alan. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">So, a good 80 minutes in a 16 Bit Hell, with a 32 Bit Script by David S. Goyer off an Albert Band story and 64 Bit direction from Albert Pyun. I have to say, there is a line Arcade says that reminds me of the Pyuniverse a lot... "If you won't play the game by my rules then I'll play in your world!" </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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You can read about the alternate footage and scenes<a href="http://movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=3367"> right here</a>!<br />
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</div>David A. Zuzelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07911956250850478246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-33102624015333876672010-04-16T05:26:00.000-07:002010-04-16T05:34:22.855-07:00Nemesis 2 poster from Thailand<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybHsROphAiQjU6UIXfCqCVOo9vVTkTVDDtNvvWAYpATlhMNMsdrHL2f_YaeWAzsSq_ACQxRXrxsrKoTsMa1yhlBRChbFX2y292CNR67MzvOiDvw_jOqAjLoSL3uZrysIZjsA36Wc3ULc/s1600/thai-nemesis-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460712452218809842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 279px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybHsROphAiQjU6UIXfCqCVOo9vVTkTVDDtNvvWAYpATlhMNMsdrHL2f_YaeWAzsSq_ACQxRXrxsrKoTsMa1yhlBRChbFX2y292CNR67MzvOiDvw_jOqAjLoSL3uZrysIZjsA36Wc3ULc/s400/thai-nemesis-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Ninja Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13211571098475743546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322690332905501269.post-45563183492491787522010-04-15T06:07:00.000-07:002010-04-15T06:08:36.845-07:00Adrenalin-Fear The Rush HK VCDTalk about nerd nirvana...I remember finding this one in Chinatown buried under a stack of Category 3 films very well. Odd that it is rated 1 really-but what can you say. Small children love Adrenelin!! Here is every bit of the art on this tiny little release.<br />
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