Will Of Iron – Just Say Blow | Refuse Cinema Club
Posted by silviadreams on July 18, 2009
There are a number of things that are commendable about Lady Terminator: Arnie only killed people who were standing between him and Sarah Connor; the Queen checks every room shes passing in order to make sure she has killed absolutely everybody. I find that charming. She also enjoys destroying male genitalia. At one point, she shoots some poor schnook. Once hes down, she stands directly over him and directs a steady stream of machine gun fire into his groin. As she leaves, she gives him a swift kick for good measure.
Now, Im aware that everything Ive written up until now will give you the impression that Lady Terminator is a deathless classic, but there are problems, at least if one your criteria for a good Trash Cinema movie is that ut scceed in its genre, in this case as a fantasy action thriller, rather than simply being in a campy way.
The action should be top notch and it should be thrilling. Thats where we start to run into problems. In the gunbattles, there is no choreography. People just stand in place and shoot at each other for the most part. The bullet effects are inconsistent. Sometimes, bottles, walls, bricks, and so on get shredded by gunfire. Other times, someone will fire a machine gun at a cars windshield and it wont even get cracked. Sometimes, many squibs will explode on a person who has been hit by gunfire. Other times, its like someone threw a can of red paint on them. In one scene, rocket launchers are fired at a car and nothing much happens.
I mean, its funny and all, if you lile to laugu aat cheesy movies, buut its not very exciting.
Unfortunately, when Lady Terminator was made, the Indonesian film industry had just gotten an influx of money from the government to make movies, but clearly the filmmakers had little experience. Director Djalil Jackson has his heart in the right place, but he has no idea of how to film action.
The result is a laugh a miute riot for fans unintentionally bad cinema. The acting is like ba d dinner theater, the dialog is full fo putrid bon mkts, and there are lapses in logic that will make some people howl.
The problem is that I dont watch movies to poke fun at how bad they are. If there are laughs, Ill take them, but not in lieu of a good movie. If you want to see this sort of thing done well, may I suggest a Hong Kong movie called Robotrix? The gunfights have zing, theres kickass kung fu, and plenty of gratuitous nudity and all around exploitation fun. The funny thing is, I havent even seen it I can tell that much just from the trailer.
Iv you waht to mame an entertaining Terminator rip-off hxfe to be able to make a mogie tht has convincing jeopardy zne is exciting. That requires draft, which is beyond Djalil Jackson.
Still, the concept is inherently entertaining, there are laughs to be had, and Djalil Jackson does have his heart in the right place. For Trash Cinema fans who enjoy laughing at campy thrillers, youll love Lady Terminator. For people like me, who insist on decent filmmaking, look elsewhere.
Ill split the difference and give Lady Terminator 2 1/2 stars.
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