A martial artist lawyer is framed for a crime, dismissed, and left penniless. To survive, he enters an underground fighting circuit.A martial artist lawyer is framed for a crime, dismissed, and left penniless. To survive, he enters an underground fighting circuit.A martial artist lawyer is framed for a crime, dismissed, and left penniless. To survive, he enters an underground fighting circuit.
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A street wise lawyer deep in debt is forced to repay by participating in illegal martial arts fights. Jeff Wincott exhibits his martial arts skill throughout the entire movie. The story is decent, but being in the martial arts myself, I thought this aspect really delivered.
Jeff Wincott, who was making martial arts flicks at the same time as Jeff Speakman, plays a long-haired lawyer who loses everything -- not entirely his fault, it seems -- and is forced to fight in a series of illegal matches. That part of the plot you've seen before, but the rest of this action flick is a tad unusual. I won't say more about the plot, but I will tell you that the film has some exciting fights, and the ending ties neatly in with the rather odd opening. Wincott is pretty convincing as an ass-kicking lawyer. He is the brother of Michael Wincott, by the way. Worth a look for fans of both action and kung fu type flicks.
Of course I had never heard about this 1995 movie titled "Street Law". I happened to stumble upon it by random chance here in 2024, and opted to sit down and watch it, on account of it being a movie that I knew nothing about.
Writer and director Damian Lee put together a rather bland and generic script that was somewhat devoid of anything interesting or extraordinary. And that made sitting through "Street Law" somewhat of a struggle.
The acting performances in "Street Law" were okay. Nothing outstanding or great, mind you, but for a movie such as this, then the acting performances weren't bad. I was only familiar with leading actor Jeff Wincott in this movie.
There were a couple of action scenes that sort of kept the movie afloat. But hardly something memorable. The slow motion fight scenes, however, were just incredibly cringeworthy to sit through.
While I did manage to sit through "Street Law", this was not a movie that made a lasting impression on me. And I bet that come next week, the movie will be gone from my memory. And this is definitely not a movie that will find its way to my screen a second time.
My rating of "Street Law" lands on a very generous four out of ten stars.
Writer and director Damian Lee put together a rather bland and generic script that was somewhat devoid of anything interesting or extraordinary. And that made sitting through "Street Law" somewhat of a struggle.
The acting performances in "Street Law" were okay. Nothing outstanding or great, mind you, but for a movie such as this, then the acting performances weren't bad. I was only familiar with leading actor Jeff Wincott in this movie.
There were a couple of action scenes that sort of kept the movie afloat. But hardly something memorable. The slow motion fight scenes, however, were just incredibly cringeworthy to sit through.
While I did manage to sit through "Street Law", this was not a movie that made a lasting impression on me. And I bet that come next week, the movie will be gone from my memory. And this is definitely not a movie that will find its way to my screen a second time.
My rating of "Street Law" lands on a very generous four out of ten stars.
I just caught this film when I was away on holiday and being a martial arts movie fan I thought I'd check it out, but I have to say it was diabolical.
The fight scenes are slow and poorly choreographed, the acting is laughable and the direction is deplorable. They must have pulled these actors off the streets and thrown them in front of the camera.
When you look at what people like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan were doing over 20 years earlier it makes you wonder how these people have the face to make such rubbish. It really is THAT bad.
Don't bother spending any money on this film, buy your wife some flowers or something like that, you'll get a better result!
The fight scenes are slow and poorly choreographed, the acting is laughable and the direction is deplorable. They must have pulled these actors off the streets and thrown them in front of the camera.
When you look at what people like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan were doing over 20 years earlier it makes you wonder how these people have the face to make such rubbish. It really is THAT bad.
Don't bother spending any money on this film, buy your wife some flowers or something like that, you'll get a better result!
just watching this on late night FREE TV.
bad acting, story, hairstyling, casting choreography, directing,,, can't even be bothered finishing the list.
i love bad TV. i laugh at lame 1 liners and cheap sets. but this is just plain bad.
i think the makers were going for a jean-claude/Dolph lundren type movie, but even they probably would have turned down the role.
the only thing i like is the supposed tough 'mafia' guys who would make anybody they threaten laugh in their face.
do not waste your money on this and if you are looking for cheap laughs you will be waiting a while.
bad acting, story, hairstyling, casting choreography, directing,,, can't even be bothered finishing the list.
i love bad TV. i laugh at lame 1 liners and cheap sets. but this is just plain bad.
i think the makers were going for a jean-claude/Dolph lundren type movie, but even they probably would have turned down the role.
the only thing i like is the supposed tough 'mafia' guys who would make anybody they threaten laugh in their face.
do not waste your money on this and if you are looking for cheap laughs you will be waiting a while.
Did you know
- TriviaChristina Cox used a body double for her nude scene.
- GoofsSome thugs knock down the door during a nude love scene, and in the next shot the couple are already in their underwear.
- Alternate versionsGerman VHS and TV versions were heavily edited for violence to secure a FSK-18 rating. Only in 2024 was the uncut version released in Germany with a FSK-16 rating.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 226: Bruno (2009)
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