This movie is also known as "Stickfighter." No matter what they call it....it's still bad. Lots of sword play. Lots of stickfightin' martial arts. Lots of gratuitous violence. Throw in some island girls in skimpy sarongs, bad bad acting, and incomprehensible film editing....and you end up with this mess. The stickfighting sequences were not filmed interestingly enough to hold my attention. I was downright bored. A few name actors are actually in this stinker....Alejandro Rey and Gilbert Roland look like they should have been in a better film. And Dean Stockwell camps outrageously....obviously preparing himself for Ben in "Blue Velvet."
The story is set in the distant past in the Phillipines. The Spanish governor rules the islands...the Queen of Spain is Isabella...there is a Japanese Samurai....so, I'm thinking 1500's? But the clothes look like the 1700's. Well, actually, the clothes look like they were bought at K-Mart in the 1970's, and refashioned with a few accessories. The Spaniards are mean. The indigent population is good. That's the story. Hang up now.
