Fighting With Anger
by Sam Um
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Actor: Kelli Fleming, Willie NelsonDirector: Sam Um
Brand: Trinity
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-08-19
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: PAE-41840
Studio: Peace Arch Entertainment
Product features:
- Ray (Kelli Fleming) is a young, beautiful and deadly assassin looking for answers about her past. Will (Willie Nelson) is her aging mentor who assigns her to a series of new jobs and may know more about her past than he is letting on. When an innocent woman is killed, Ray is faced with the pain of her past and a new nemesis that emerges from the shadows. Fighting With Anger is a non-stop martial a
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Movie Review: "I'm too tired to wait"
Summary: 1 Stars
Prior to watching this film, I wasn't too familliar with Willie Nelson's movie career, but upon seeing this one, it's hard to believe that he's been in some really good pictures (e.g. The Electric Horseman), for this picture makes even his rather trashy outings (e.g. Blonde Ambition) look stellar by comparison. If you want to save some time reading, the rest of the review can be boiled down to the fact that it's one of the most blatantly cheap-looking films I have ever seen in my life, and that's coming from someone who loves DTV cinema. Even if you're a fan of Willie's to begin with, there's no fun to be had here. Leave this one in its rightful place in the bargain bin.
The story: Ray Shin (Kelli Fleming) is a tough assassin-for-hire with a dark past who's approached by a weathered old jobber (Nelson) offering her employment for a shady underground businessman (Jon Boatwright). In need of money to help her chronically-ill brother, she accepts a number of jobs in return for many thousands of dollars...but when the jobs become morally undoable and Ray has second thoughts about who she can trust, it will take all of her self-taught talent to renege on her agreement and escape with her life.
The very best thing about the film is Kelli Fleming in the lead role. Though her abilities as a thespian are limited (then again, so is everybody's, here), she brings a few momentary glimmers to the otherwise dark void of the movie with her fight scenes: these are hit-and-miss and are poorly-shot as a rule, but she shows off some respectable kicking ability which ought to earn her some roles in forthcoming fight films before long. The rest of the action scenes are composed entirely of very bad shootouts and, well, Willie Nelson miming his way through a few karate moves during the finale; you'd think that this latter instance would at least be cool in an "OMG Willie Nelson's doing kung fu LOL" kind of way, but personally, I don't think anybody has ever needed a stunt double more than the 74-year-old country star, whose opponents look terrified of touching him for fear of causing paralysis.
Beyond this, the film is only remarkable for the hazardously low production values. Let me count `em: cheapo digital effects that look like they were made on a PC, lazy one-camera cinematography, sets that the filmmakers obviously had no need to rent, a soundtrack that frequently drowns out the characters' dialogue, endless repetitive flashbacks... Not to mention that the characters and storyline are so tell-nothing and spotty that it becomes hard to keep paying attention before you're even halfway into the movie (at which point - what a highlight! - they start talking about history, of all things). The film looks and feels only a step above an Ulli Lommel production (see Black Dahlia for comparison), with endless yammering between Kelli and Willie trying to build a mentor-teacher relationship when action would have worked so much better. Seriously, Willie spends half of his scenes in a bar, chatting when he should have been trying to convince the audience that there was a reason he was supposed to be in this movie.
Topping the whole lackluster package is the annoying fact that something in the film's digital transfer must have gone awry, leaving the film noticeably jerky during the fast-paced scenes. This effectively puts an exclamation mark on really poor of a movie this is - as though you're watching someone's college project, but after having paid $20+ for it. I really can't think of who to recommend this film to, save Willie Nelson fans who need visual proof before believing that yes, even their hero can go wrong every now and then. Steer clear, guys.
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