O Leão Demolidor

I stumbled upon the 1994 martial arts action movie "Lion Strike" (aka "Ring of Fire 3: Lion Strike") here in 2021. Granted, I've never actually seen this movie, I do remember watching the original first "Ring of Fire" back in my late teenage years a couple of times, so of course I opted to watch this 1994 movie.

Well, this definitely was some campy and cheesy mid-1990s martial arts movies. Let's just be bluntly honest here. And I mean, the choreography and execution of the martial arts scenes was rigid and often painfully forced to look at. The martial arts just wasn't all that natural and fluid in its movement and momentum, and that took away from the movie.

The rooftop scene with the helicopter was just downright brutally painful to watch and witness. And it was just ludicrous that something like that found its way into a movie.

And then there was a fairly bland and overly generic storyline, even for a mid-1990s action movie, then the storyline told in "Lion Strike" was just generic.

Sure, I've never considered Don Wilson to be a particularly outstanding action star, but his movies are watchable at least. And he was joined by Bobbie Phillips in this movie, which was certainly a nice addition to the movie.

For a martial arts action movie then "Lion Strike" just didn't really provide me with much of any particular enjoyment or entertainment. It was watchable, but that was about it, so don't go expecting a grand movie.

My rating of "Lion Strike" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars.