Day of the Warrior

I was a big time professional wrestling fan years before 2000, and somehow I never heard of this Marcus Bagwell movie until recently. I was hoping there was more of him in the movie. I only kept watching it for one reason, well, maybe two reasons. ;) It's amazing how many people you see these days that have passed away when they were young, e.g. Julie Strain. It just shows you that you need to enjoy your live as long as you are here because you never know when something may happen and those who love you will be missing you. There was some action and other interests in this movie, but it is definitely a B movie, maybe a C movie.

Some direct-to-video action films aren't half bad. Some are so bad they've given DTVs the reputation they've developed. DAY OF THE WARRIOR falls in the latter category. I was working at Blockbuster Video in 1997 when this movie hit the shelves. As soon as I saw the cover (featuring two girls whose outfits looked like it could barely contain them while they each held some big automatic weapons), I knew I had to see it. Forget about a story. Heck, forget about intelligence. This film is about some of the most physically-endowed girls I've ever seen trying to stop a terrorist (who looks like a WWF reject) from doing some evil plot. I don't even remember what the guy was up to, and it's probably just as well. This film has nothing going for it with the exception of a good dose of flesh and gunfire. Shae Marks is hot, and deserves a special award for being not one, not two, but three of the best things about this movie.

Caught this on television one night and what a laugher it is. If you like t**s and lots of it, mixed with a brainless to borderline retarded plot of sideshow misfits trying to play spy, this is it. What else would you expect? It's Magnum P.I. rip off knocking the acting down three thousand fold with a ton of silicon.

This film essentially begins with the revelation that a breach in security has occurred on the mainframe computer of a secret government agency. Recognizing the danger of having the identities and locations of their secret agents compromised, the supervisor of the Dallas headquarters "Willow Black" (Julie Strain) immediately informs her colleague in Washington D. C. about the data breach at their end and sets about informing the agents at risk. The problem, of course, is that Willow Black has to be able to contact them as soon--and as discreetly--as possible before a man by the name of "the Warrior" (Marcus Bagwell) discovers their real identities. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this film had an okay plot and a number of attractive female actresses to liven up the scenery with Raye Hollitt (as "Kym"), Julie K. Smith ("Cobra") and Tammy Parks ("Scorpion") standing out the most. Unfortunately, the film also contained some really bad dialogue and acting which stood out even more. That being said, I cannot in good conscience rate this film any higher than I have.

Some people (not Robert Bresson) proclaim a basic law of cinema: "whatever the movie is about, it will be better with breasts and zombies". Well, in "The day of the warrior" there are no zombies.

There is little to add to Sickcritik's brilliant dissertation on this movie. If you enjoy watching "apparently" bad movies, this is a good option. You will enjoy with Andy Sidaris' master subtlety to include scenes with naked breasts. The special effects (those explosions, those weapons...) will fascinate you, the thrilling acting will carry you away (the comic couple, the hispano, the Shakespearian actresses...), you will fear the extraordinary evilness of the villains, as the owl-killer blonde or the Warrior, a psychopath who loves to kill his victims with wrestling techniques, you will be surprised by a soundtrack that it's maybe the worst thing of the movie (and that's a merit!) and finally you will meet the mythical Elvis Fu: I think everybody should meet Elvis Fu before death.

So enjoy it!, but remember, don't expose to this movie's quality more than ten minutes every time: more is dangerous for your health.