Samurai Cop

Titolo originale: Samurai Cop
Regia: Amir Shervan |
Anno: 1991
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Azione Crime Commedia Thriller
Tag: samurai | katana | exploitation | los angeles, california | buddy cop |
Cast: Mathew Karedas | Mark Frazer | Cranston Komuro | Robert Z'Dar | Gerald Okamura | Melissa Moore | Joselito Rescober | Cameron Oppenheimer | Jannis Farley | Dale Cummings | Rick Garcia | Jimmy Williams | Warren Stevens |

Una cricca di mafiosi giapponesi conosciuti come la banda Katana prende il sopravvento per le strade di Los Angeles. Con la polizia non in grado di porre fine al loro strapotere, toccherà al dissidente agente Joe Marshal usare la sua spada e la sua conoscenza delle arti marziali per riportare l'ordine in città.

Approfondimenti

In 2018, the Dave Matthews Band recorded a song titled "Samurai Cop", unrelated to the film. Accordi [...] D
Numerous scenes in the film noticeably end with the shot shaking, stuttering, and the colors being b [...] D
Gerald Okamura provided the weapons that he uses in the film. D
Many fans once believed that Mathew Karedas had died, due to the rumored death of a person in the fi [...] D
The VHS poster has similarities to that of another movie, Poliziotto sadico (1988). Both posters fea [...] D
Almost every shot in the movie was done with just a single take, so as to conserve as much film reel [...] D
Gerald Okamura worked with Robert Z'Dar on the fight scenes. D
Mathew Karedas ate nothing but shredded chicken during filming, believing that it kept him lean. D
The infamous restaurant scene was mostly shot at Carlos and Charlie's on Sunset Boulevard. The long [...] D
Mathew Karedas has a VHS copy of the film with a time code, which was never returned. D
Mark Frazer went for his audition at the director's house and was cast on the spot without even seei [...] D
Riffed by the guys from Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), Michael J. Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Ke [...] D
Featured in Rob Hill's The Bad Movie Bible. D
Mathew Karedas hated working on the film. He has stated the look on his face in various scenes, incl [...] D
The budget for the film was so shoestring, that cast members had to wear their own clothes and mostl [...] D
Cameron was reportedly nervous about shooting her love scene with Robert Z'Dar, so director Amir She [...] D
Lead actor Mathew Karedas (credited as Matt Hannon) cut his long hair very short seven months after [...] D
The filmmakers apparently had access to only a handful of firearms. Only Joe's and Yamashita's weapo [...] D
The entire movie is set during daytime because Amir Shervan could not afford lighting to shoot at ni [...] D
When Robert Z'Dar turns up at the final battle, the car he arrives in is a Suzuki Samurai. D
Amir Shervan shot much of the film "wild" (with no sound) and dubbed in a lot of dialogue later. Man [...] D