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15 Jan
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Posted by Musashi
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Back when my Jackie Chan fandom was in full swing, I rented Fantasy Mission Force expecting yet another tour-de-force stuntfest from Mr. Chan. Those of you who have seen FMF are snickering already, but bear in mind this was the late 80′s when the only way to find out if something sucked was to actually rent the damn thing…and that was if you could even find it.
Fantasy Mission Force is a Hong Kong take on the ‘men on a mission’ theme, but comes across as the A-Team‘s retarded sibling. Chan only appears intermittently, so those expecting a full-on Jackie Chan film (as I was when I first saw it) are in for a rude awakening.
That said, there’s a wonky pleasure to be had in the film. By any reasonable standard it’s still pretty awful, but it’s so batshit insane I can’t help but appreciate it’s wierdness.
| Category: Feature Articles, Yellow Menace Theater | Tag: a-team, film, Hong Kong, jackie chan, yellow menace theater |
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29 Oct
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Posted by Musashi
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| Category: Yellow Menace Theater | Tag: film, halloween, horror, japan, yellow menace theater |
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29 Aug
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Posted by Musashi
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| Category: Yellow Menace Theater | Tag: film, japan, jidai geki, samurai, yellow menace theater |
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3 Aug
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Posted by Musashi
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| Category: Video, Yellow Menace Theater | Tag: film, japan, seijun suzuki, yellow menace theater |
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21 Jul
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Posted by Musashi
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After mentioning Mamoru Oshii’s Angel’s Egg a minute ago, I thought – since it’s on YouTube, why not post the whole damn thing? For those of you who don’t know anything about it, Angel’s Egg is a 1985 collaboration between Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii and Final Fantasy illustrator Yoshitaka Amano – and yes, it’s every bit as awesome as you’d expect.
Enjoy…
| Category: Anime, Video, Yellow Menace Theater | Tag: angel's egg, animation, Anime, mamoru oshii, wtf, yellow menace theater |
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10 Jul
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Posted by Musashi
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In case you haven’t had a chance to check out the not-so-recent Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, here you go – courtesy of FUNimation and Hulu.
| Category: Yellow Menace Theater | Tag: animation, Anime, japan, robotech, yellow menace theater |
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29 Jun
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Posted by Musashi
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This classic Hammer / Shaw Brothers co-production is better known in the States as Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires and was a staple of many Saturday afternoon martial arts television matinees. Peter Cushing stars as Dr. Van Helsing, once again tracking down his arch nemesis Dracula. A change of scenery from Eastern Europe to China sees Van Helsing getting mixed up in some serious martial-arts action. Goofy, but fun.
| Category: Yellow Menace Theater | Tag: china, dracula, hammer film, horror, martial arts, Shaw Brothers, vampires |
