Synopsis
When the police start a crackdown on Yakuza activities, a killer starts killing the cops forcing a martial-arts officer to fight back.
Midnight Man
Cast
Lorenzo Lamas James Lew Mako Eric Pierpoint James Shigeta Diane DiLascio Jamie Renée Smith James T. Callahan Ronald Hunter Sigal Diamant Michael Watson Jeff Griggs Brett Baxter Clark Gerald Hopkins Brooks Gardner Steven Vincent Leigh Doug Yasuda Juliana Donald Bill Bolender Raymond Ma Arsenio "Sonny" Trinidad Darryl Fong Ilia Volok Tia Riebling Victoria Hawley David Rowe Lelagi Togisala Michael Ballew Tom Bloom Show All…
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Chuck Borden Al Goto James Ent Jimmy Ortega Steven D. Ito Bud Graves Lane Leavitt Red Horton Nick Palma Scott Leva John Salvitti Jan Michael Shultz Joe Witherell Chester E. Tripp III Jim Wrangler Baker
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Alternative Titles
Blood for Blood, Manhunt (Midnight Man), 猎鹰悍将, Manhunt, Jakuza zsaru, Hycel 2, Rinnegato, Человек полуночи, Rivales de sangre
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Germany18
17 Oct 1995
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Germany
09 May 1995
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USA
17 Oct 1995
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Very strange Lorenzo Lamas vehicle in which he utilizes his mystical Cambodian (yeah…he’s part Cambodian in this movie) powers in order to defeat the bad guys. There’s a part where he moves sand pebbles through the power of prayer!
Drags a little in the middle and is arguably too self serious for its own good, but that’s also admittedly part of the cheesy charm. Delivers on the action, particularly in the heroic bloodshed esque finale.
I’d say it’s more memorable than a lot of its contemporaries thanks to the odd touches, worth checking out. Also check out the directors other film when you can as it’s EASILY one of the best and most ridiculous 90s dtv action films you’ll ever see. A shame he didn’t make more stuff, he really understood what makes this kind of movie work.
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Standard DTV action joint for the most part, but some vivid fight scenes do a lot of good. Lorenzo Lamas has excellent kicking skills, and he’s a solid leading man. James Lew is fantastic as always with his magnetic screen presence. Good 90s fun, and a shout-out to that cool poster.
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Irgendwie mag ich Lorenzo Lamas. Und nach dem herrlich trashigen Gladiator Cop und dem sympathisch soliden Bounty Tracker hoffe ich immer noch auf eine weitere Perle.
Der hier hat mich von Anfang an gleich voll abgeholt, mit den Trucks in der Wüste, die einen an Spielbergs Duell erinnern und dem super sinnfreien 90er-Geballer, bei dem sich die eine der bösen Blödbirnen mitten im Kugelhagel schön mittig vor den Truck stellt, eine andere Blödbirne mit Oliver Kahn-Hechtsprung aus dem Truck in selbigen Kugelhagel fliegt, gefolgt von einer nicht weniger Intelligenz-befreiten Cop-Blödblinzel die von hinten ankommt, natütlich ebenso in der Schussbahn, um die letzte der Blödbirnen von hinten abzuknallen.
Direkt in der nächsten Szene wird übergeblendet zu einem zu 90er Film-Mucke die… -
Lorenzo "The Zopf" Lamas vs. Yakuza.
Mehr Story gibt es eigentlich nicht, zwischendurch noch ein bisschen Rache und fertig ist der 90er Klopper.
Immerhin kickt Lorenzo mehr als er Frauen klarmacht und die ein oder andere Kampfszene ist anschaubar.
Schauspiel und Dialoge sind mal wieder am Sidepunkt. Gerade Lorenzo spielt manchmal echt nicht gut.
Naja die Action reißt es irgendwie raus und der Finale Schwertkampf ist auch nicht übel.
Trotzdem der Lamas Fan weiß damit am meisten anzufangen.
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Peak ‘90s crap. Squibs galore, a youth center, “I’m making the community a safer place,” Lorenzo Lamas has a ponytail and speaks Cambodian and is in his underwear a lot, plus editing and choreography you could comfortably term “good.”
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My 9,000th. Letterboxd Film Review
Actor Lorenzo Lamas(BODY ROCK,NIGHT OF THE WARRIOR,BOUNTY TRACKER) stretches his acting reach in portraying a martial arts skilled half-Cambodian police detective in this exciting Straight-To-VHS video that has Lamas and his police team being caught in the mists of an underworld war between Russian mobsters and Cambodian mobsters,with a sharply skilled martial arts expert assassin(James Lew[RED SUN RISING,TIMECOP]) sent to hunt after Lamas' team and kill them one at a time,driving Lamas to deeply re-connect with his Cambodian roots and his spiritual martial arts training if he is to fully defeat Lew and save the day.
Released on VHS video as BLOOD FOR BLOOD,MIDNIGHT MAN has director John Weidner(PRIVATE WARS,SPACE MARINES) keeping the film swiftly…
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Lorenzo Lamas shoots a lot of guys. Lorenzo Lamas beats the hell out of a lot of guys. Lorenzo Lamas sword fights a guy.
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Insane to me that in the era of the streaming wars where any property that ever had any value is dredged up and reanimated to horrendous results, no studio has thought to just churn out action movies where a karate cop tries to stop Cambodian criminals who may or may not be supernatural
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Film 1 av 4 i en samling jag köpte på loppis i Svalöv för ett par år sedan. Någon slags "4 action movies for the price of one"-grej. Midnight man levererade ändå. Det man faktiskt syftar på när man pratar om action b-rulle. Brudar och höga sparkar💪
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A bit too sedate for a film in which Lorenzo Lamas discovers he's part of a secret Cambodian warrior cult.
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Фильм в котором невнятную актерскую игру и слабую харизму Ламаса кое-как компенсируют неплохое махание ногами и Джеймс Лью с Мако.