kluseba Samurai Cop is a movie that is bad on so many levels that it's difficult to know where to begin. First of all, the acting performances are below average and lead actor Mathew Karedas seems to only have one facial expression. The plot is everything but clever, extremely predictable and could be described as almost childish. The dialogues are thin, unconvincing and often performed in poor English because the script was written by Iranian director Amir Shervan who didn't have much experience. The female characters in this movie are all stupidly obsessed with sex and the male characters try to look cool on purpose which makes them look like complete idiots. The camera techniques are often terrible because characters who are talking are sometimes out of frame or picture. Technicians are sometimes visible in the reflections of sunglasses or as shadows in a small room. There are numerous continuity mistakes with people wearing sunglasses in one cut and not wearing them in the next cut four seconds later, hospital rooms being filled with people that have mysteriously vanished five seconds later and people being asked to come from New York City to Los Angeles who are suddenly present a few minutes later as if they had taken a rocket ride. The locations of this film are also boring and mostly consist of exchangeable alleys, random intersections and cheap restaurants. The worst part about the movie is that the director forgot to shoot some important scenes and asked the different actors to come together again to finish the film about four months after it had already been finished. The problem here is that our static lead actor Mathew Karedas cut his long hair after the movie had been completed and had to wear a wig to avoid continuity errors. The problem is that this wig looks extremely fake and is even pulled off his head in a fight Scene if you watch closely which is the cherry on the cake of this goofy b-movie.You might wonder why this film still deserved a generous five out of ten points. The answer is quite obvious. This film is so bad that it's almost good again. It's quite amusing to catch all the obvious mistakes. The film is unpredictable in its goofy weirdness. A nice drinking game invented by two German comedians specifically for this movie consists of drinking a shot of alcohol each time the main character's wig is visible.To be fair though, it's a quite entertaining movie with a lot of car chases and fight scenes with bare hands, pistols, swords and improvised weapons. The movie also includes several soft porn scenes and a shallow love story that gives us a break from all the action. I was never bored by this movie because of its vivid flow. Most action movies these days either bore with complicated background stories, endless dialogues and take themselves way too serious or are filled with exchangeable CGI effects and enormous plot holes in unnecessary sequels. From that point of view, Samurai Cop is almost refreshingly grounded and unpretentious.Fans of old-school action b-movies could be very well entertained by Samurai Cop and can give this film a shot if they are open to have some fun. My advice would be to invite some friends over while watching this film. Despite its numerous obvious flaws, Samurai Cop is still overall an average movie and not among the worst films I have ever watched like so many other people claim.

Davis Parks Sometimes I give honest IMDb grades for quality. Others are like this where it's so freaking entertaining that this needs a higher grade than Batman v Superman. Seriously, for several months I've had an obsession with this before seeing it. I finally bought and it doesn't disappoint. You can watch Samurai Cop tell a horny nurse, "I love what I see," a hundred times and never cease to laugh at how bad it is. I don't think you could make a movie this bad if you even tried to. This movie even grows better each time you see it. The fact half the movie is a re-shoot causes so much discontinuity in the setting, lighting and even hair lengths that you won't even see the reflections of camera men and boom mics. I promise, this is truly so bad it's good. Not one scene is boring.

Bryan Roderick (Bryan_Roderick) Samurai CopThis film is ridiculous.I mean in one scene a Chinese guy gets shot in the stomach groans, then a cut to him punching and elbowing some guy without any problems. Scene ends by a quick transition to our main characters saying "Let's go catch us some bad guys." They drive a few feet then stop and say "Let's call the helicopter."This is only 5 minutes into the film and I'm already questioning whether or not this was a good idea. By the way the helicopter was shot at an angle so you couldn't tell if it was actually flying or not. It totally wasn't flying at all.The car chase scenes were easily sped up to make it seem like they were traveling faster than they were. The ADR (dubbing) in the film is one of the worst I've ever seen. The director didn't feel like changing the shot of the main character at all, which led for more hilarious ducking to supposedly dodge getting shot at. At the end of the chase scene a guy catches fire for...unknown reasons. Seriously no cars were on fire. He just stopped the car and walked out on fire.So many scenes are reused as well as voice overs. Oh by the way that car chase immediately cuts to a raunchy scene with the female supporting character that was almost laughably acted. The cop in charge of watching the burn victim seriously had a case of the what- do-I-do-with-my-hands.I found myself smiling and laughing at how badly the film was written and the acting was almost intentionally horrible. When the burn victim is groaning in pain, I laughed throughout. I counted at least a minute worth of moaning that was not painful sounding at all.Verdict: I wont spoil the whole movie for you. I could go on and on about how bad the film is. That being said the film is worth watching, even if it's the worst thing I've ever seen. Worse than Pixels. Unlike Pixels, I actually laughed at this film and I don't regret watching it.

Idiot-Deluxe Oh boy, Samurai Cop, now THIS is prime-time early 90's direct-to-video cheese at its absolute best! This movie is bad in just about every imaginable way. HOWEVER it is also profoundly entertaining at the same time, particularly the first half of the film. I'll say this, if you like to watch bad movies for the laughs, then watch this movie, you'll laugh and laugh a lot. Incompetence all over the place, the casting, the acting, the writing, the accents, the uber-generic plot, Mathew Karedas' hair, etc. This movie DOES feature some of the most pathetic and incompetent henchmen you'll ever see. Where did they find some of these guys, gas stations, grocery stores, bowling alleys, gym's. Obviously careful casting was NOT a concern for the makers of this awesomely terrible low-budget action flick. Special mention must be made about the ridiculous looking "actor" who plays the lead role of "Joe Marshall". A pretty-boy/bad actor name Mathew Karedas, I feel I have to make mention of his "beautiful flowing locks", and the fact that he looks so profoundly out of place in this type of movie. He looks more like a guy that came right off the cover of a romance novel, rather than a guy properly cast as the lead in an action film. And as far as his martial art skills go, when I was watching this recently, I was getting the impression that he was picking up said skills while making the film. In any case, I did not think he was convincing in any of his numerous fight scenes. But again, the funniest aspect of this terrible movie, for me at least, is the sheer ridiculousness of HIS HAIR; which in some scenes seems to be a WIG worn by his stunt double. I swear I saw that goofy-looking wig shift noticeably a time or two.Released in 1991, they simply DO NOT make made-for-TV movies like THIS anymore. Samurai Cop delivers in just about every possible way a bad action movie can deliver. Especially the first half you'll break you ribs laughing, in the second half the action (and T and A) tend to overtake the humor aspect. Then again the hero of the movie (and his HAIR) looks so ridiculous, the mere sight of him should make you snicker (or at least smirk) every time he's on the screen. Mathew Karedas must rank as one of the least convincing actors ever to appear in an action film. I'd say a modelling agency or a hair salon employee would be a better fit for him, anything but a film career.Have you ever heard the expression "It's so bad, it's good."? Well that phrase definitely seems fitting for the crap-fest that is SAMURAI COP!PS - Samurai Cop really does give DEATH WISH 3 a run for its money, for the gold medal for: "most ridiculous, low-budget, bad action film"......but I still side with Death Wish 3.