Shadow Warriors |
  • USA • 1995 • 89m •    • Directed by: Lamar Card. • Starring: Terry O'Quinn, Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh, Evan Lurie, Ashley Graham, Russ Tertyask, Steve O'Hara, Tania O'Hara, Natalie Thomas, Nick Baker, Victor Diamond, Bruce Lurie, Charles Coleman, Eli Stiny. • Music by: Christopher Tyng.      A corporation is trying to make cyborg bodyguards by killing people and putting computers in their brains. Of course, something goes wrong.
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Review:
One day, one of their TS-03 models goes crazy and begins killing everyone in the Russian facility. So, it's up to a newly developed TS-04 to put a stop to him. Oddly, however, not only does the TS-04 begin killing, but it also is able to overpower the newer and better TS-04 when they have a confrontation. The only logical explanation, JUST LIKE IN "RoboCop", is that someone has deliberately tampered with the TS-03. Who and why is unknown.
If you are a person like me who is not a huge fan of all-action films, then this film will be tough going. Compared to the Schwarzenegger and Sylvster Stalone films, this one is MUCH more action-oriented. There is practically no dialog through much of the film and it's kill, kill, kill--as if actual plot and characters weren't especially important. Mindless is the best way to describe the result.
The only reason I watched the film at all was because in an interview Quentin Tarantino said it helped inspire him with his "Kill Bill" movies--though I just don't see it. Tarantino's films, though violent, are very intelligently made and clever. I just don't see any of that in this film. It's all very obvious and low-brow--with nothing of any interest to anyone who wants more than just gunfire and punching.
Review by planktonrules from the Internet Movie Database.
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