One Percenter

2023 [JAPANESE]

Action / Thriller

10
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 570 570

martial arts

Plot summary

After his devastatingly fast, samurai-style combat approach sets filmmakers against him, a legendary action star films his own movie—on turf claimed by feuding yakuza gangs, including Japan’s deadliest martial arts assassin.

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783.94 MB
1280*536
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
24 fps
1 hr 25 min
Seeds 8
1.57 GB
1920*804
Japanese 5.1
NR
Subtitles jp  
24 fps
1 hr 25 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lathe-of-heaven 6 / 10

An intriguing premise but ultimately a somewhat disjointed film. A very unique approach, pretty corny dialog, and some effective surprises towards the end...

This is a very different movie. I can see how the filmmakers were indeed trying to be creative in its approach from the perspective of an 'Action Film Star'...There is some pretty rough dialog throughout that is both intentionally and unintentionally funny in a quirky kind of way. I thought the main guy was pretty cool and played his part well. But, the acting overall is not what you would call the very best, and that's putting it kindly.I guess the unusual setup and the fight choreography particularly towards the end with the two main Good/Bad guys is what keeps one's interest mostly. But, the script, such as it is, kind of brings the movie down a little.You have to hand it to the imagination behind some of these films, they do indeed come up with some truly out of left field twists towards the end, which I felt in this case were fairly effective.I liked the two different fighting styles of the Good/Bad guys at the end. The Bad guy was very much like Bruce Lee, very 'Still' very precise, VERY fast! The Good guy using his Wave technique was more fluid. So, it was rather fascinating watching how their totally different fighting styles worked together.I would say that overall it is an okay movie, fun in parts, with an unusual premise. To me personally, the ending 'Twists' add another point because of their clever and somewhat vague nature, thus my '6' rating...Definitely flawed, but if you get into it, it does hold your interest for all these quite disparate reasons.
Reviewed by panta-4 5 / 10

Half way

This one was a tough one to score... on paper it has everything to tick the right boxes but the poor execution of the fights was crucial to find itself in the mediocre range. Writer and director Yûdai Yamaguchi just chew a bite too big to swallow... so, at the end kept it in his mouth, I guess.For Tak Sakaguchi's performance... I have to say: very poor... he is known to be skilled in Bajiquan, Shaolin Kenpo, boxing, kick boxing, and mixed martial arts, and what he demonstrated here was just a choreography the main character in this film was so much against. If you are criticizing somthing, please, do it better ... or at least different...
Reviewed by etmuench 6 / 10

Lots of action but falls a little flat.

There is definitely a lot of action in this, and it's choreographed well. My main gripe is that it falls into the same old trope of guys coming one at a time to fight the hero. These are standard bad guy commandos you've seen in a million movies, but come on when there's 15 of them vs one guy with a flash light they can't handle him? I know it would hurt getting hit with a flashlight but if they even get tapped by it theyre on the ground writhing for the rest of the fight. For a movie trying to about REAL action it's ironic how not real any of this would be (I know it's just a movie, which is why I could still enjoy it). The final fight was a treat though and almost worth the movie alone. Gripes aside it's like a lesser version of The Raid. Still definitely worth a watch if your an action fan.
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