Jaguar Lives!

1979

Action

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 17%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 17% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.2/10 10 603 603

martial arts james bond spoof

Plot summary

The world's newest kung fu legend, Joe Lewis, takes on evil gangsters and saves the world.

Director

Ernest Pintoff Photo
Ernest Pintoff

Top cast

Joseph Wiseman Photo
Joseph Wiseman as Ben Ashir
Barbara Bach Photo
Barbara Bach as Anna Thompson
Anthony De Longis Photo
Anthony De Longis as Bret Barrett
Christopher Lee Photo
Christopher Lee as Adam Caine
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830.03 MB
968*720
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 1
1.51 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by planktonrules 4 / 10

An amazing supporting cast...but not much else.

"Jaguar Lives!" is the first of 12 movies made by Joe Lewis, a guy who was one of the top martial artists during his day. And, as I watched this film, I was impressed by his skills...they were far better than most martial arts films of the era. In other words, he's NOT faking it...the guy is tough and his kicks and punches are pretty scary! Yet, despite this, Lewis' career never really took off and he was not the next Chuck Norris or Jackie Chan.Whoever made "Jaguar Lives!" managed to get quite a few famous actors for the movie...something unusual for a movie starring an unknown. I saw the film simply because Christopher Lee was in the film, though he is only one of many famous folks in the movie.Jaguar is a codename for Jonathan Cross (Lewis), an agent working for G6...some top secret American governmental organization. He's out to travel the world tracking down various elements of an international drug cartel. Again and again, after meeting with these evil characters, they set their goons on Jaguar and repeatedly he beats the snot out of them. Can he manage to destroy this international organization of evil?I've already mentioned the positive things about the movie. On the negative side, the editing is lousy and it makes the transition from one country to another very abrupt and cheap looking. Also, Lewis' acting skills are only fair. And, finally, the script itself manages to be rather boring. But the worst was at the end with the big confrontation scene. It clearly was DARK...nighttime.Yet, moments later it looks as if the story is taking place around noon!! Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. Despite this it's not a terrible film but one that could have been better.
Reviewed by yohumbug 3 / 10

Wasted opportunity.

"Jaguar Lives" is very slow and plodding entertainment, despite a tip-top cast being associated. The action (well that's when it gets around to it) is too little and unexciting martial arts... because we have to wait through long dry spells of talk. The climax battle is the only thing worth waiting around for. Not helping is that the twists in the story are plain easy to pick up on and it doesn't make too much sense. Wow, just look at the names! The main reason I decided to give it a look. The likes of Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence and Barbara Bach are simply wasted, and Joe Lewis is just too deadpan in the lead role. Fun this is not. No wonder why it's not too well known, as it's largely dismissible.
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