Aaron1375

No Retreat, No Surrender was a film about a dude who was having trouble fitting in at his new home after his dad got injured by the mob. He learns kungfu from the ghost of Bruce Lee and tackles a Russian martial arts champ at a tournament. The only thing this one has in common with that is a Russian being the big bad at the end. Oh, this one has Max Thayer too; granted, I do not remember him in the first film. This one has Cynthia Rothrock so point to this film! Granted, she kind of feels like a last minute add in...

So the story has a guy visiting an Asian country, at first seemingly to find an old chum (Thayer), but after running afoul of Cynthia he apparently has a fiance. She gets kidnapped so the guy finally finds his buddy and they make plans to rescue her. She has been kidnapped by a dude in a Russian camp. He is pretty tough, he obliterated Cynthia, but he kind of fought her unfair. Cynthia joins the heroes as a helicopter pilot and if she had a better fate I would have given this one a higher score.

The cast is good, as I have never seen the lead but he was pretty good; however, both Rothrock and Thayer are the two more charismatic leads. The lead Russian bad guy is good too, probably most known for his role as the killer alien in the Dolph film, I Come In Peace.

So it was enjoyable for what must of been a low budget action film. Plays more like a Rambo film during the ending scenes than anything found in the first film. Not sure why they tried to tie this one with that one, I guess they felt they needed a hook?

I enjoyed this one when it came out back in the day so when this thing got a remake I snatched it up. It was really good as it was a total remake and not just an HD remaster so while the story remained basically the same; however, the graphics are new, there are a lot of aspects of the game play and a few story changes. It was amazing game back in the day and it still is.

The story kind of revolves around death as in this town a student arrives and finds a strange setting as the city is bathed in a strange green light and there seem to be coffins. At this hidden hour shadows roam the street searching for victims. The new student soon finds himself as part of a team in a dorm of students who battle these shadows and must explore their school which during this dark hour turns into a huge tower. They also must face more powerful shadows during full moons.

The game play is largely the same as before. I do like you can form social links with the female teammates in this one. There is not really too much about the game I was disappointed with. The characters are great and it is fun doing stuff during the day to strengthen bonds and fight at night in the tower.

So this game is incredible as it was before. I like all the upgrades and about my only complaint is they changed the opening song, which is definitely a super minor complaint. So just to conclude if you enjoyed it originally you will enjoy it now and if not it is a crazy game that is super fun if you like JRPG games.

I was not sure what to expect when I began watching this one. I was half expecting another James Bond ripoff; however, this one stands on its own merit as there are some things about this that resembles a Bond film, but for the most part it is its own thing. It is not a very good film mind you, but it is a pretty interesting view as the main guy who is on a security detail in this film and his buddy are a bit of a charismatic pair so they keep the film fun even though the plot is not the best as it is a bit too obvious what is going on and there is a lack of anything really going on.

The story has a man sniping a guy while he is escorting a king through the streets. The man shot was in charge of the King's security. A new guy is put in charge and he is on the case as he learns the killer likes candy! That really is not as important as the title makes it out to be, but I must admit it is a catchy title.

Like I said I thought the main guy and his sidekick carried this film. The assassin is pretty good as he has the looks of a former Nazi. Usually films like this have very attractive girls, this one doesn't quite have super hot girls, but there are a couple of nice ones. Mainly all the ones the sidekick has with him.

So, it is a fun film, but just not all that good considering the sum of its parts. It could use a few more action pieces a few less scenes of nothing really going on. Usually you get nice locales in a film like these, but most of the places are bland. Thankfully the stars in this keep the film fun for the most part.