Monday, March 28, 2011

Undefeatable (1993 90 minutes)

Crazy death match fighter Stingray is having some marital problems that all stems from his crappy attitude towards women so his wife leaves him and that makes him even more crazy. In the meantime, Cynthia Rothrock is involved in some other kind of underground street fighting for money that involves dressing like a cross between Janet Jackson and Debbie Gibson while not letting your hands touch the ground in a fight. Stingray puts a purple streak in his hair and goes out looking for women who look like his wife (and wear flowered  dresses) so he can tie them up at his secret warehouse lair. He also pokes people's eyeballs out. One day, Cynthia Rothrock's sister goes out wearing a flowered dress and you can probably guess where this is headed. Seriously, this is so great I can't even pick out a favorite bit - is it the eyeballs in the fishtank or the fighter named Bear who wears football shoulderpads and baggy weightlifter pants? Is it the reaction shots of the fight watchers and their crazy outfits - from those black baseball hats with the metallic "Nasty" logos to a 3 sizes too large 'Fuck Censorship' t-shirt and trenchcoat? Or is it the drawn out end fight in all of it's knife licking glory? Sadly, this was Don Niam's (the guy who plays Stingray) only fictional martial arts movie. Most of the rest of the cast and the director made another movie the same year called Honor and Glory that just doesn't have it so I'm convinced that it's Don's magic that makes this such a treasure. He gives  private martial arts lessons in Las Vegas. Maybe you can get him to show you that knife-licking technique

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