Wizard-8 The action genre in the 1980s/1990s introduced a number of real life martial artists turned actors, and most of them, let's face it, weren't good at acting. David Bradley was one of the worst, and "Blood Warriors" is one example of why he was uncharismatic and lacking adequate thespian skills. As it turns out, with this movie he carries more of the blame for the movie's failure, since he is also credited with co-writing the script. This may explain why he gets a sex scene with an attractive blonde as well as one scene where he picks up a guitar and sings (!) Strangely, Bradley and his co-writer wrote a story where he gets almost no opportunity to show off his martial arts skills until the end of the movie. And there are a lot of long and dull stretches where there is no action at all - for example, the first real action scene does not occur until more than twenty-five minutes has passed since the start of the movie. But as it turns out, none of the action is worth the wait. I found it hard to believe that the director was Sam Firstenberg, who had earlier directed solid action movies like the first two "American Ninja" movies as well as "Avenging Force". Firstenberg may have been hampered by the very low budget, though there are also signs that the production had a few problems (the abrupt ending is one of the big indicators of this.) The only things that prevent the movie from total decay are the nice Indonesian locations as well as a few unintended laughs.

Comeuppance Reviews Wes Healey (Bradley) is an ex-Marine who travels to Indonesia while on the hunt for his old buddy Keith Stone (Zags). Healey wants answers about the death of a mutual friend, and while in this foreign land, he stays at the palatial estate of Keith's sister Karen (Campbell). However, it transpires that Keith is a megalomaniacal, unstable nutjob who has corralled some locals into becoming his own personal fighting force. He even demands they train in front of him while he watches them beat the living snot out of each other, for his own amusement, of course. When Healey rejects all the madness, Stone turns on him, and he has to save Karen and fight a bunch of goons. This, of course, leads to the final confrontation between Healey and Stone. And who exactly are the BLOOD WARRIORS here? Huh? What? Oh, we're supposed to review Blood Warriors. I'm sorry, our eyelids were getting heavy. You'd think - you'd REALLY think - a movie starring David Bradley and Frank Zagarino, directed by Firstenberg, would be a no-brainer winner. Well...not so much. It's almost like they came up with the title first, but worked backwards - in the wrong direction. Here's a conversation that probably happened: "I've got a great title for a movie!" "Oh, what is it?" "Blood Warriors." "Yeah, that is good! Now what happens?" "Eh, I don't know..." Basing our thoughts off of this supposition, we noticed that the whole movie's vibe is just off. It's like the rhythm of it all is wrong - it gets off on the wrong foot and struggles to recover for the rest of the running time.Now that's not to say that there aren't a plethora of unintentionally funny moments. Blood Warriors is like watching a heart monitor for someone struggling to live: for a long period of time there's a flatline, but then out of nowhere a few spikes will shoot up, then it will go back down. The movie was co-written by Bradley, which may explain why he speaks in a tightly controlled rasp, wears a black cowboy hat that makes him look like country music star Clint Black, and can jump in slow motion off buildings and cars, and essentially slow down time and space at his will so he can fight nameless goons and shoot them. He also picks up a guitar at one point and begins serenading Karen. A crooning David Bradley. Now we've seen everything.Everything about this movie screams "stereotypical stupid". From the funny/dumb action scenes on down, from the Prerequisite Torture (this time not of the hero, but of Karen), to the boat chase. Said boat chase features music on the soundtrack that can only be described as "90's Chase Rock." Anyone who's ever seen an action movie from this time period knows what we're talking about - generic rock with distorted guitars and squealing, wailing guitar solos. Naturally, it all caps off with the time-honored warehouse fight. But the whole outing is slow - Zagarino doesn't even show up until 50 minutes into the movie even though he's second-billed. Blood Warriors drags for much of the proceedings and should have been chopped by about 10 minutes or so. Then we'd have something.Yes, there are some occasionally funny moments that pop up in Blood Warriors, but is that what we're watching these movies for? If you have some time on your hands and you don't mind waiting to have a few yuks, by all means go ahead, but on the whole it's a disappointment.

Paulo Sheppardo This is one hell of a b-movie.... its one of those that are so bad it makes your laugh hurt.... i was in tears at the 40ft jump and roll. David Bradley is a legend... i have now ordered more of his movies in the vain attempt to laugh a bit more. The evil guy, Keith is amazing, he is so evil, he wants to screw his sister, and make a load of money with drugs in jakarta.... what i don't understand is that he goes to a lot of bother to annoy his old best mate when he was doing fine without him, he had plenty of money, but wanted West to join him. Its one of those really tough hard to bear movies, poor acting, poor dialogue, great entertainment. i rate this movie an awful lot... its a definite no brainer... but boy is the action funny, every henchman dying is funnier than the next!

kaluninja HAHA, this film is absolutely amazing and rightfully claims its place in the top 10 b-movie list and features a scene which will surely be inducted to the b-movie hall of fame. This involved David Bradley jumping off a 30ft house and cushioning the impact with a very mincy forward roll in super slow motion - he then proceeds to jump on to a table and then back off again (for no reason) and then completes his ruthless assault on the laws of physics by spreading his arms out and flying across the road and landing majestically onto the roof of a car. This routine would certainly receive a flawless 10.0 score from any reasonable judge of reasonable fortitude. More great action scenes involve the amazing flying kick, which covers an incredible amount of distance. This film adheres to a level of greatness of the highest order and I feel honoured to have seen it. If you enjoy watching films that are so bad they're amazingly good - then this is perfect. I Have already made room in my timetable to ensure that I can watch this gem again tomorrow!