Wednesday, May 14, 2025

The Weapons of Death (1981)

A rather grubby and violent martial arts film. Its not that bad but what exactly is going on?

A group of thugs including Ralph Castellanos and Louis Bailey are recruited by one of the Triads to kidnap a young woman for ransom (quite why is unknown because they seem to have enough manpower of their own). The woman's half-brother Eric Lee comes to the rescue (luckily he runs a martial arts school so has good fighting skills!) He is joined by the woman's estranged father who also seems to get in fights a lot.

It is all a bit of a car crash, which makes little sense. The fighting is entertaining enough in lieu of much direction and some rather mediocre performances. Random fights and scenes add to the confusion. Its very watchable, the fights are on the whole pretty decent, but what it all means... well?