A martial arts champion saves the life of a street fighter and must fight for him in the ultimate fight to the death.A martial arts champion saves the life of a street fighter and must fight for him in the ultimate fight to the death.A martial arts champion saves the life of a street fighter and must fight for him in the ultimate fight to the death.
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Sadly, this is a less than stellar effort from those involved. As Ernie Reyes Jr. is star and director of the film, putting him front and center, I can only say the film gives the impression of one confused individual. This being made back in '98, he's hopefully recovered from whatever ailed him. Characters and situations are all over the map, and there is a very malicious anti-authority and anti-religion tone to the film, though it's worth noting that 3 years later, Reyes starred in The Secret of the Horse, a short film with a pro-Christian message, whether it was simply work for hire or change in his belief system I don't know. At any rate, the usually sharp fighting technique Reyes has displayed before is absent here.
As noted elsewhere, there is little in the way of morality to be found in any of the characters or the film itself. This in and of itself isn't always a problem. But usually we witness an arc of some sort, for example Blood Diamond's mercenary character, the aging gangster in Charlie Valentine, or the cold hit man in The Killer, all undergo a redemption of sorts. Even when there is no apparent arc, for example Lee Marvin in Point Blank, Mel Gibson in Payback, Benicio del Toro and Ryan Phillipe in Way of the Gun, or Warren Oates in Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia, the main characters are of interest and manage to avoid being one dimensional.
Of course, all of the above are exceptional films so you may not think it fair to compare them to The Process, but I'm not since to do so would be ridiculous, I'm simply citing why the lack of morality fails to work in this film. Which may all be a moot point as sadly, the film pretty much fails on all counts.
As noted elsewhere, there is little in the way of morality to be found in any of the characters or the film itself. This in and of itself isn't always a problem. But usually we witness an arc of some sort, for example Blood Diamond's mercenary character, the aging gangster in Charlie Valentine, or the cold hit man in The Killer, all undergo a redemption of sorts. Even when there is no apparent arc, for example Lee Marvin in Point Blank, Mel Gibson in Payback, Benicio del Toro and Ryan Phillipe in Way of the Gun, or Warren Oates in Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia, the main characters are of interest and manage to avoid being one dimensional.
Of course, all of the above are exceptional films so you may not think it fair to compare them to The Process, but I'm not since to do so would be ridiculous, I'm simply citing why the lack of morality fails to work in this film. Which may all be a moot point as sadly, the film pretty much fails on all counts.
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- Mar 28, 2010
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