After so many bottom of the barrel filmmakers like Ted V. Mikels, Al Adamson, Ed Wood, etc. You'd think low budget self-styled filmmakers would have learned their lessons. Unfortunately it looks like Brad Sykes, as well-versed in cinema as he is, has very little understanding as far as how to make a film watchable.
The Good:
Sykes wisely decides to keep things moving at a quick pace and throws in a lot of killings and martial arts fights (a surprisingly high amount) spaced roughly 15 minutes apart. This takes a page from the Roger Corman style of B-movie production where you had to throw in something violent or erotic every few minutes to keep audience attention. Acting-wise, the film is a low budget mixed bag with performances generally comically bad done no favors by the actors having to mouth horrible expository dialog. The main exception is Jessica Moon, who is further down in the credits but about the closest thing this film finds to a protagonist. She's somehow able to keep her banal dialog from sounding phony and awkward; truly a gargantuan task and one of the only things interesting about the film. It's a shame that she didn't go on to do much else.
The Bad:
Oh god, not only do we have an awful script that plunders from a litany of other horror movies (including a scene stolen from HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH), but we have uninspired direction, subpar cinematography, sub-porn performances, and bad sound which makes a lot of the dialog hard to understand. The basic plot is just a kung fu zombie going around killing people but we keep winding up at this same location (a small theater) for about 80% of the film. Being ostensibly a horror movie with a high body count, we'd expect to get a few good killings but practically all are off-screen. There isn't one example of a quality kill or gore scene to be found. Not one.
So do yourself some good and watch some old Shaw Brothers movies if you want to see some laughable so-bad-it's-good entertainment. This chore of a film comes with little entertainment value. It's obvious that little effort went into the film, so why spend any of your time and money on watching it?
