Saturday, February 24, 2007

The Octagon (1980)

Synopsis: An ex-martial arts fighter who had a Ninja training suspects a former training colleague of his of being involved in a series of murders, including that of a woman he recently dated. When his best friend decides to investigate the affair, he must go after him all the way to the training camp located in a remote country.
Appraisal: Above average martial arts adventure. While still rooted in the old machismo notions that pervade the genre, it has a reasonably coherent plot, and dialogue that sounds like coming from intelligent beings (perhaps due to having been written by a woman). The action and fight sequences are well done, and the whole film is quite watchable, albeit without really offering much substance.
Rating: 42

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