Manchurian Avenger

1984

Action / Drama / Thriller

3
IMDb Rating 4.8/10 10 56 56

Plot summary

Joe returns to Colorado after many years to help the man who brought him up, Kim. Joes father was killed by a gang looking to find some gold they believe he had found. Joe finds that Kim has also been murdered by them and tries to help his sister and her man to beat the gang and perhaps find the gold.

Director

Ed Warnick Photo
Ed Warnick

Top cast

Leila Lee Olsen Photo
Leila Lee Olsen as Booyong
Bill Wallace Photo
Bill Wallace as Kamikaze
Bruce Purcell Photo
Bruce Purcell as Jeb
Bobby Kim Photo
Bobby Kim as Joe
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23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lor_

Oddball martial arts Western

My review was written in April 1985 after a Times Square screening.The 1985 return of theatrical Western releases begins inauspiciously with the goofy "Manchurian avenger", a martial arts cheapie shot in Colorado two years ago.Bobby Kim, a diminutive, craggy-faced type, toplines as Joe, returning to his hometown to avenge the mureder of his father many years ago. Racism is rampant there, with both orientals and Mexicans victimized (there are no Indians in this picture).With everyone trying to find some hidden gold, Joe protects an attractive young woman Booyong (Leila Hee) and teams up with the kindly bartender Harry (Bob Coulson) and outlaw Diego (Michael Stuart) to fight the evil Cheng (Y. Tsuchimoto) and his many henchmen.Hurt by choppy editing (there apparently wasn't enough coverage of transition footage shot), pic becomes absurd during the frequent chop-socky scenes, in which it is contrived (unbelievably) that Kim can kick any number of baddies before they shoot him down with pistols or rifles. Second-billed martial arts champ, Bill (Superfoot) Wallace has no dialog and little screen time to demonstrate his own fancy footwork.Rich Lerner's auburn-filtered visuals occasionally suggest a period look, but over-reliance by director Ed Warnick on wide angle and lwo angle shots is distracting and amateurish. Acting is weak, with everybody having different sorts of accents and Michael Stuart extremely hammy as a stereotyped Mexican bandito.Final reel attempt at mystical fantasy (Cheng conjuring up the wind machine with hand gestures and Kamikaze disappearing after his defeat in a cloud of smoke) is pointless and lacks special effects.
Reviewed by Cactus-5 3 / 10

Could have been good...

So I bought this used tape for $2. Basic storyline: "Chinese guy returns home and kick the evil gangs butt." Now this movie could have been good, had they used proper actors, cut some static shots out and used people who have had at least some basic stunt training. A bit laughable at first, but the further you get into the movie, the slower it gets. I even found myself fastforwarding the action sequences at times. There are also some weird supernatural things happening in some scenes, things that are never explained. And here's a big spoiler for you - they never actually even try to find out if there is any gold. Oh well, no loss, you're not likely to ever see this film anyway. By the way, the cover says 1982, but who am I to argue with iMDB?
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