Only the Strong
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Movie Reviews of Only the Strong
Movie Review: Zoom zoom zoom Capoeira mata um!
Summary: 4 Stars
That's right! Mazda got it, I got it, and how about you? Mazda's commercials always play their theme song using one of the songs in this movie. Who would have known that one of Mazda's personnel would find the beginning of "the song" so intriguing and so perfect to use it during their commercials? Capoeira is one of Brazil's main identities not to mention soccer, Formula One, good old Brazilian coffee, and so on. I personally bought this because I wanted to keep it in my collection as well as to enjoy their moves and awesome music. If you want, you can zoom zoom through this dvd until chapter 13 to hear the music. It's a school bus scene, taking the students to a field trip and in the morning, they are awakened to a beautiful surprise and the song begins, "Zoom zoom zoom capoeira mata um!" which in Portuguese means "Capoeira kills one" and the zoom zoom zoom is translated to the sound of the wind when you move your legs so fast that you can almost hear the zoom zoom zoom.Movie Review: Little Known Action Classic
Summary: 4 Stars
Mark Dacascos never really made it big as an action star for whatever reason. However he did seem to have the needed requirements: minimal acting chops, a ripped body, and the ability to do some amazing fight scenes. The last reason is what makes this movie a little known action classic. The movie is completely average, except the amazing kicks & other athletic moves preformed mostly by Dacascos. The best part of the fight scenes however is the fact that they don't look completely fake. With movies today they use so many wires & special effects that they leave whatever sense of reality the movie had previously maintained behind. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who likes old school action flicks. If you like this movie you will probably like "Drive" another little known classic featuring Dacascos. "Double Dragon" is another movie worth mentioning of his, but only because it was one of the first movies based on a videogame.Movie Review: Formulatic Movie Delivers a Strong Kick
Summary: 4 Stars
This film, directed by Sheldon Littich and starring martial artist Mark Dacascos, is a fine piece of work despite formula script. There are several reason why it works so well: 1: Dacascos, is not only a bonda fide martial artists, learning the martial arts as a child from his famous martial artist father Al Dacascos, but he is also a very good actor.
2: Littich takes a simple movie and is able to focus on a couple of main characters where we begin to sympathize with their social condition and the "hero's" attempt to see that they have choices and can change the conditions.
3: Littich picks for this film the martial art caporia. This little known art (compared to karate, kung fu, judo, etc) is flashy and exciting to watch if performed well. The fight scenes are different and well staged.
Yes, this plot is formulatic, but it is still an impressive movie.
Movie Review: You'll enjoy it if you go in both eyes open
Summary: 4 Stars
This is not a great movie. Everyone is a stereotype, and everyone takes their role in this movie waaaaaay too seriously. The plot is as believable as an oral bowel movement. But is it enjoyable? **YES!!!**
I love this movie so much it's absurd. The overacting, the improbable story, the ridiculous wardrobes, it's everything that made the late 80s/early 90s great. And then, to top it all off, the martial arts are incredible. In fact the movie merely acts as a vessel for capoeira in the same way a plate is the vessel for a dinner. This move highlights capoeira in a way that is not plausible at all to the layman, but any traditional martial artist will recognize, as a way to improve lives.
The movie is lovable in the same way Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is lovable, in a completely ridiculous way. Don't expect a great movie, just an enjoyable one.
Movie Review: Beautiful but Deadly...
Summary: 4 Stars
'Gymkata' meets 'Breakin' meets 'Desperate Minds'....OK, maybe not that simple a pitch! This is a martial arts film with a real message for young people, that remarkably holds up to the test of time--my sons, who are eleven, thought the movie was 'TIGHT' & 'SWEET'(lingo that apparently has also stood the test of time). The Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira is featured, and Marc Dacascos does a respectable job of honoring the spirit of this beautiful but deadly art that was developed by slaves in Brasil.
Buy this DVD *Please, consult your physician before trying the martial arts techniques featured in this film.