The Clash (Johnny Nguyen)

The Amazing Psycho Per · 07-10-2010, 04:20 AM

Just got back from this at Fantasia...

The verdict: I'm affraid it stinks.

Johnny Nguyen and Veronnica Ngo reunites after a succesful run in The Rebel but this time it's a misfire.

Ngo plays a woman whose daughter is held captive by some bad guy named Black Dragon. To win her freedom she must complete one last mission for him. To do so, she assemble a team, including Nguyen, to help her achieving he goal. But thing don't go as smoothly as hoped.

So much is wrong in this. First the scenario is a collage of been there done that. Also there is this team that she assembles that don't make sense at all. Nobody seems to have a purpose. There's a dwarf that serves as a comic relief that doesn't seem to be good at anything except looking dumb. Everything between the fights looks and feels like filler, and there is lots of it. It's overdramatic,overlong and cheesy (people were laughing at some dramatic moments).

So then how about the fights? The sad thing is that instead of having filler between fights, there are fights between filler. There are maybe 4 fights total and they aren't that long. Because before the fights, you need to have the gunfights, so they run out of bullets and get to the fistcuffs. And the gunfights... Probably the worst I've seen in a long time. Those guys are some of the most incompetent shooters in the history of cinema. You've got people standing around uncovered shooting at each other at close range and missing the target. No kidding, in the end the bad guy and Nguyen are on the opposite sides of a car, uncovered and shooting at each other and they miss! The fights themselves are brutal and fast, with a dash of well done grappling. While theyre still are a few spin kicks and head scissors, I didn't find them as flashy as in The Rebel, although maybe more fast and hard hitting. But all in all, while they are great too look at, they don't make up for the rest of the movie.

With The Rebel, they had put Vietnam under the spotlight as a place to watch for martial arts movie, but I'm affraid this is a step back.

KUNG FU BOB · 07-10-2010, 03:46 PM

Aw shit!

HAZ · 07-10-2010, 03:48 PM

Too bad. I was planning to check it out tomorrow. I might still, just to see if I like it. I went to Kuroneko last night. That was pretty cool. If you're a fan of films like Onibaba & Kwaidan, it's a must.

Athena · 07-10-2010, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HAZ

Too bad. I was planning to check it out tomorrow. I might still, just to see if I like it. I went to Kuroneko last night. That was pretty cool. If you're a fan of films like Onibaba & Kwaidan, it's a must.

This is to bad (news)

,I had high hopes for this one after the Rebel ...
But I hope you still go HAZ as I like to get more reviews on this.

I will still get it when it comes out, since I have long since decided to try to add
Vietnamese Movies to my collection + I believe they (Vietnamese movie makers)
need (& deserve ) Western exposure...

So please let us know your opinion if you do see it ??
Xiexie beforehand Athena ..;)

daisho2004 · 07-10-2010, 05:00 PM

Well as everyone on here knows, maybe one person might not like it but the rest will. But from the review it does sound pretty shitty! But I still cannot wait to see it anyway.

blue_skies · 07-10-2010, 07:28 PM

After The Rebel I was hoping that Johnny Nguyen would solidify his position as an up and coming martial-arts star and with any luck deliver lots of top martial-arts action on a regular basis. I'll still eventually checked this out but I hope his next film is more martial-arts action and less gunplay. Don't get me wrong I love gunplay but it has to reach the John Woo Standard. All too often these days gunfights are all too sloppily done and it just becomes boring.

By the way how do you pronounce Nguyen?

N-goo-en???

07-10-2010, 04:20 AM	#1
The Amazing Psycho Per Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 640	The Clash (Johnny Nguyen) Just got back from this at Fantasia... The verdict: I'm affraid it stinks. Johnny Nguyen and Veronnica Ngo reunites after a succesful run in The Rebel but this time it's a misfire. Ngo plays a woman whose daughter is held captive by some bad guy named Black Dragon. To win her freedom she must complete one last mission for him. To do so, she assemble a team, including Nguyen, to help her achieving he goal. But thing don't go as smoothly as hoped. So much is wrong in this. First the scenario is a collage of been there done that. Also there is this team that she assembles that don't make sense at all. Nobody seems to have a purpose. There's a dwarf that serves as a comic relief that doesn't seem to be good at anything except looking dumb. Everything between the fights looks and feels like filler, and there is lots of it. It's overdramatic,overlong and cheesy (people were laughing at some dramatic moments). So then how about the fights? The sad thing is that instead of having filler between fights, there are fights between filler. There are maybe 4 fights total and they aren't that long. Because before the fights, you need to have the gunfights, so they run out of bullets and get to the fistcuffs. And the gunfights... Probably the worst I've seen in a long time. Those guys are some of the most incompetent shooters in the history of cinema. You've got people standing around uncovered shooting at each other at close range and missing the target. No kidding, in the end the bad guy and Nguyen are on the opposite sides of a car, uncovered and shooting at each other and they miss! The fights themselves are brutal and fast, with a dash of well done grappling. While theyre still are a few spin kicks and head scissors, I didn't find them as flashy as in The Rebel, although maybe more fast and hard hitting. But all in all, while they are great too look at, they don't make up for the rest of the movie. With The Rebel, they had put Vietnam under the spotlight as a place to watch for martial arts movie, but I'm affraid this is a step back. __________________ "Canada is a colony of Britain" "...Britain is the seat of world Evil" -Jingangchan

07-10-2010, 03:48 PM	#3
HAZ Administrator Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,189	Too bad. I was planning to check it out tomorrow. I might still, just to see if I like it. I went to Kuroneko last night. That was pretty cool. If you're a fan of films like Onibaba & Kwaidan, it's a must. __________________ Linn Haynes RIP

07-10-2010, 05:00 PM	#5
daisho2004 Master Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,780	Well as everyone on here knows, maybe one person might not like it but the rest will. But from the review it does sound pretty shitty! But I still cannot wait to see it anyway. __________________ Ninja now you'll see, you Wish you'd had been Wiser.

07-10-2010, 07:28 PM	#6
blue_skies Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,969	After The Rebel I was hoping that Johnny Nguyen would solidify his position as an up and coming martial-arts star and with any luck deliver lots of top martial-arts action on a regular basis. I'll still eventually checked this out but I hope his next film is more martial-arts action and less gunplay. Don't get me wrong I love gunplay but it has to reach the John Woo Standard. All too often these days gunfights are all too sloppily done and it just becomes boring. By the way how do you pronounce Nguyen? N-goo-en??? __________________ Last edited by blue_skies; 07-10-2010 at 07:31 PM.

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07-10-2010, 03:46 PM	#2
KUNG FU BOB Master Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Just outside of Philly, PA Posts: 3,653	Aw shit!