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The Perfect Weapon (1991)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 3/08

PerWeap
3/08: I remember seeing The Perfect Weapon back then, and it was what I would call "disposable entertainment."

While playing it, memories came back to me, and there were two parts I remembered the most: the boy landing kicks to the football player's head with his helmet on and the large Asian dude who left flowers on dead bodies. I thought it was the same actor who played Oddjob, but it's not him. Coincidentally, both are now deceased.

Anyway, it's a typical crappy American martial arts picture. In fact, Steven Seagal's early films are Citizen Kane compared to this. Littered with silly acting, the plot is old and tired. The fights look fake as ever, and the best of the bunch, besides kicking the football player's head, is Jeff Speakman beating up a couch to death.

When Jeff Speakman's character got deceived by the boss, I was thinking why not the producers retitle the movie The Perfect Idiot. Oddly, he wears the same clothes for five days straight and sports only one "aw" black-blue bruise on his left eye.

All in all, The Perfect Weapon doesn't work for a martial arts picture.