Guest Chen Zhen Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 this film stars Robin Shou and its choreographed by Robert Tai. may also be directed by him, im not sure. i saw this image dvd at the store today, and my instincts are telling me NOT to buy it cuz itll be crap...but i figure i may as well consult the good ol KFfandom. so whats the verdict on this one, is it worth buying? even the packaging looks low budget.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Mike Leeder Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Ah "Death Cage" or "Bloodfight 2" as it was called in the UK when VPD released it.... Very much a case of what could have been and should have been.... First starring role for Robin Shou, Joe Lewis getting his first HK/Taiwanese action role with I think both Robert Tai and Alexander Lou handling some of the action choreography Supporting roles for Steve Tartalia(Spike's stuntdouble in "Buffy"), Wayne Archer, John Ladalski, Master Sken & Toby Russell himself there's a few moments where the action seems to really kick into gear but as a whole film doesn't deliver on its potential Has Image put any extras on the Disc? interviews, commentary anything? Any idea what the image quality has been like on the Image martial arts releases? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 It's one of those films that's so shite it's actually worth watching for a laugh. Hopefully it's not cut to bits like the UK tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chilly Bong Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I received the Image DVD the other day. No extras. Anamorphic widescreen, fairly decent picture quality. Not sure if it's totally uncut as the editing is pretty poor but there's a lot more blood and violence than in the UK tape. This isn't a good film by any stretch of the imagination but it does have it's moments. Who knew Coca-Cola sponsored death matches....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chen Zhen Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 thanx guys, yall just saved me some money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Who knew Coca-Cola sponsored death matches....... :rollin The UK tape (of the film) is so heavily edited that the censored UK trailer has more violent footage! Interestingly two English dubs seem to exist for the film. In one Steve Tartaglia says "I'm gonna turn you into ghoulash" and in the other "I'm gonna turn you into burger" (which I personally think is funnier). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WalkOn Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Embarrassingly bad!! I have a ton of respect for Robin Shou and especially Joe Lewis, but I would never recommend this to anyone. It was cheap, bad and poorly done. And to think Joe Lewis turned down the role of Return of the Dragon (Way of the Dragon) because he didn't want to be the bad "gweilo" and get beat up by his mentor, teacher, friend, Bruce Lee but went on years later and agreed to do play this role???? For what?? Shame on Joe Lewis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Mike Leeder Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Ah I used to love that when UK trailers would often manage to show clips that were edited from the movie for being too violent....the good old days in the UK when nunchucks had to be removed from everything, "Dragnet" with Tom Hanks & Dan Aykroyd having a bizarre slowed down fight scene because there was a few seconds of Stuart Quan letting loose with som nunchucks, that had to be removed!!! If you ever get a chance, check out the Chinese version of "Death Cage", its quite widely available on a Ocean Shores VCD as the subtitles on that are insane as is the dubbing What I am a little confused about is why Image has picked some of these films to launch their label with, as sadly "Death Cage" was shall we say "unofficially" released by various distribs.... A pity as well that they didn't try and get Robin for an interview, as he has never been reluctant to discuss the work he did in HK including this film and its good and bad points Same for Joe Lewis, would have been nice to hear his thoughts on the film Just wish someone had been able to give Joe the opportunity in his prime to work with HK action directors, that could have been something Anyone know what else is on the Image release slate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Seems to be the Golden Sun catalogue which includes a lot of interesting modern-day action titles many never before on DVD. I must have Burning Ambition! There was a link somewhere......... >D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Mike Leeder Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Now an official "Burning Ambition" DVD, I like the sound of that But please some serious extras, Yukari Oshima interview, Frankie Chan interview at least....jeez I can arrange them if necessary, did the ones for HKL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Mike, Here's that link I was talking about: www.goldensunfilm.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 I remember seeing Death Cage on vhs years ago. The film looks incredibly cheap and Joe Lewis wasn't very impressive at all but I have to give him some slack for this because he was on up in years by the time this film was made. Robin Shou didn't look to bad in his fight scenes from what I remember although the fights were nothing impressive. I think Joe was a dummy for turning down the role Chuck Norris eventually played. It would have given him international exposure and he could have went on to have a screen career and notoriety like Norris if not moreso. I guess Lewis's ego just wouldn't allow him to lose to Bruce on screen. :\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chen Zhen Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 one could argue that bruce had that same (if not bigger) ego, because (from what ive read) he turned down lots of tv appearances and other parts because he refused to lose to anybody on screen.. i could be wrong about that tho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 I don't doubt it Chen because it's well known Bruce had quite an ego too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theportlykicker Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 His ego obviously didn't stop him from doing a flying kick off the edge of a building and falling to his death though!:lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WalkOn Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 His ego obviously didn't stop him from doing a flying kick off the edge of a building and falling to his death though! I guess Bruce dealt with that concept better than having James Garner whooping his butt!:lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 LOL, I must say that was a very unbelievable demise for Bruce after showing such precision and grace in his kicks to suddenly be clumsy enough to do a flying kick and miss and go flying right off the building. From what I understand, when Bruce appeared on the Batman tv show as Kato it was written in the original script for him to lose to Robin in a fight. Bruce raised such hell over this that they eventually made the fight end up as a draw. I have no doubt Bruce could have mopped the floor with Burt Ward(who claimed to have a Black Belt in Karate) if it was for real. :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest punt44 Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Hey you guys!! I recently received Death Cage for Christmas and it wasn't half bad. Although for such a goofy film it takes itself a bit too seriously for my taste, but its still a good ride. Granted the fights aren't as polished as other films, but its fun. I'm just writing this in reponse to people who said it was crap. If you like pro wrestling you'll love this film. Joe Lewis is a freaking ham by the way lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 The fights in this weren't too bad but it was rather goofy, especially the Killer Bee girl assassins lol. Very cheap looking too. It was rather amusing to see Robin Shou who plays a mechanic in this use his Kung Fu to work on cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest punt44 Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 It was a totally goofy ass movie, but it was a good time. I never really seen Robin Shou bust out before, but he did really well here. Showing everything he was capable of. He looked like he was having some trouble during some fight scenes...his moves became alittle awkward. And you could tell that he was trying hard not to laugh during his fight with the monkey kung fu guy lol. Good times good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MissScarlett01 Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 For you Robin Shou fans, thought you might like to read his thoughts on the film (this will eventually be on the filmography page of his official site)... This was my very, very first leading role. I was so excited to have gotten the part. It was very, very low budget but I didn't care. Someone finally took interested in putting me in the leading role! I thought the concept was brilliant. This was way before the Ultimate Fighting thing or the Octagon. I have to say jumping from a body guard to a leading role sure feels different. The responsibility was pretty overwhelming. I had to act and fight and more fighting and more fighting. I had to fight everyday. I was so exhausted, but, each time I would feel beat up and couldn't go on, I would think about how lucky I should feel to be playing the lead even though it was a low budget film. And I got to work with the world greatest, Joe Lewis. I mean, I've seen Joe fight and he is deadly. I was pretty nervous when we were doing our fight scene. It doesn't seem like it but I was very nervous. By the time we wrapped, the producer took the entire crew to Pattaya for a few days. That was my first encounter with Thailand and the people. I thought, "I will come back here to work," but never thought it would be Mortal Kombat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted November 19, 2010 Member Share Posted November 19, 2010 From the DVD Talk review "My disc arrived loose and scratchy, and ended up pixelating for a few minutes (around the one hour mark) on all the players I tried. Wether this was because of the disc being damaged or an encoding error, I do not know." Can anyone confirm anything from their purchase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted November 19, 2010 Member Share Posted November 19, 2010 Ah "Death Cage" or "Bloodfight 2" as it was called in the UK when VPD released it.... Very much a case of what could have been and should have been.... First starring role for Robin Shou, Joe Lewis getting his first HK/Taiwanese action role with I think both Robert Tai and Alexander Lou handling some of the action choreography Supporting roles for Steve Tartalia(Spike's stuntdouble in "Buffy"), Wayne Archer, John Ladalski, Master Sken & Toby Russell himself there's a few moments where the action seems to really kick into gear but as a whole film doesn't deliver on its potential Has Image put any extras on the Disc? interviews, commentary anything? Any idea what the image quality has been like on the Image martial arts releases? Yeah the film had potential, but could have been so much better. Mark Long was also in the film as Robin's teacher. I bought it back when Xenon Entertainment were making the boot videos and to capitalize on Shou's success, they called it "Mortal Combat 2: The Death Cage". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member Killer Meteor Posted September 23, 2020 Member Share Posted September 23, 2020 One of the actors in this played the swordsman in Tim Burton's Batman - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3081510/?ref_=tt_cl_t14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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