![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The use of some unconvincing stunt-doubles, particularly in the film's closing moments, kinda spoils things a tad (Hunter's stand-in wears a VERY bad wig), but, on the whole, as low-budget actioners go, this one delivers the goods where it matters most. The fighting is certainly impressive stuff: acrobatic, fast, and very painful looking, with bodies crashing through glass, falling from great heights, and generally being treated in a manner that would cause mere mortals like me to spend many months in hospital (or, quite likely, an eternity six feet under). What Avedon and Vitali lack in acting skills, they more than make up for with their ability to kick ass. Title: Blood Brothers Year: 1973Director: Chang Cheh Casts: David Chiang, Ti Lung, Ching Li, Chen Kuan-tai Awards: Golden Horse Awards (197. Lyle and Eric Menendez were nice, educated boys from Beverly Hills, which makes the murder of their parents even more inexplicable. And with bone-crunching stunts, and loads of fast and furious martial arts, fans of the genre should not be disappointed. Of course, it's not the quality of the story that matters in a film like thisit's the action. Inevitably, Will's true identity is discovered and big brother Casey must come to the rescue. Casey uses his connections in 'the company' to locate the whereabouts of those responsible for his old man's demise, and then convinces Maria, his ex-girlfriend (and also an ex-employee of Franco's), to help him make contact with them Will, on the other hand, is a little more impetuous and hot foots it to Florida on his own (after taking a peek at his brother's Top Secret file on the case), changes his name to Jessie, and gets a job with the bad guys as a 'heavy'. But when their father is murdered by a group of terrorists, led by white-mullet-ed baddie Franco (Rion Hunter), they eventually learn to work together in order to bring the killers to justice. Loren Avedon and Keith Vitali play Will and Casey Alexander, two brothers who fail to see eye to eye Casey is a womanising CIA operative, whilst Will is a selfish Karate instructor with a strong moral sense (but no fashion sensecheck out his denim and leather blouson jacket, chinos, and aviator shades combo!). The Blood Brothers follows two aimless bandits Chang Wen Hsiang (David Chiang) and Huang Chang (Chen Kuan-tai) who attempt to rob Ma Xinyi (Ti Lung). Not groundbreaking in any way, shape or form, you understand, but solidly entertaining stuff nonetheless, particularly if you enjoy silly action trash from the 90s (it comes packed with nasty hairstyles, a naff soundtrack, and plenty of hard-bodied babes). However, despite some awful acting and an unimaginative story, Blood Brothers actually proved to be quite good fun. I wasn't expecting much from No Retreat NoSurrender 3: the DVD I watched was a bare bones pan and scan effort (meaning that the distributor either couldn't be arsed or thought the film unworthy of much attention), and the director and 'stars' were unknowns to this fan of fight-fests. ![]()
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