Excellent fight sequences......Boyka pulls off some insane moves. Obviously the plot is thin, but if u like fighting movies u gonna dig this "series" guaranteed. The closest thing we gonna get to the 80s/90s fukkery filled JCVD type movies now, just not as good
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Unfortunately these type of movies don't sell like they did back in the day. Why don't we see movies
LIKE this in theaters any more? So much more could be done to hop on the UFC/MMA hype in terms of making similar movies to back as a MAJOR release with decent stars/plots besides just awesome fight sequences. (the youth don't know they're missing out on so much b-level Kung-Fu fukkery we got back in the day with Best of the Best & JCVD/Segal type movies.....flicks so bad they gooooood
).
So while it's always gonna be great fight sequences in these B or C level movies (due to an over abundance of actors), we aren't seeing these made as "BIG" movies bc either:
A.) the interest isn't there from the public so a decent plotline isnt even attempted in most of 'em (not that the old JCVD or Best of the Best flicks were oscar written gems).
OR
B.) the studios are that out of touch that they don't realize they can capitalize on the MMA boom & don't think this type of movie will sell
Only similar "recent" movies that come to mind straight away in the same mold that were big releases were "Warrior" (1 of my top movies of the 2000s) & "Fighting" with Channing Tatum & Terrance Howard. Besides those, the only movies you see are the "Boyka" & "Arena" type B movies that don't see theaters. Maybe it's really is just a $$$$ thing & studios can't or won't make that leap to make these type of movies "big budget" releases anymore due to fear of losing $$$$$.