Stolen soundtracks, non-sensical plotting, bizarre elements that are there for no reason whatsoever. This has got be a Godfrey Ho film.
Watching a Godfrey Ho film is like taking LSD. At first you don't feel anything, but then things begin to feel rather strange, until you reach that point where you feel like you're in another world. That point came for me in this film where a guy called Monkey asked a guy called Thunder Kick to get him a Rubick's Cube (in an echoey voice no less), then we cut to a girl in a snooker hall playing with a Rubick's Cube before putting it in her bra, right before her wounded uncle appears and gives her another Rubick's Cube.
You see, Uncle, Monkey and a guy called Snake had pulled a gold heist, but Uncle double crossed Monkey and Snake and took the gold for himself, which has led to Monkey and Snake (and their respective gangs) to seek out Uncle, and Monkey hires Thunder Kick to get the Rubick's Cube. However, Thunder Kick is a douche and wants more money for the Cube. Also, although never mentioned, Monkey is gay (we first see him doing aerobics in a cat suit) and has a catamite sidekick who he often fondles and asks to wear more make up.
Also (goes into great detail about the rest of the plot of a film no one cares about, mentioning that the soundtrack to Clockwork Orange turns up on the soundtrack as well as a pan pipe version of some famous tune, as well as the usual martial-arse film clichés with a touch of Ho madness, although the fact that this plot for this one can be described at all means its not up to the usual level of madness. Still pretty funny though).
This one was made before Ho's famous adaptation of Brion Gysin/William Burroughs 'cut-up' technique (as covered by Melvyn Bragg in the 1989 South Bank Show special "The Aesthetic Ninja), so the plot is fairly straightforward. These pre-ninja films are still worth your time though (especially Secret ninja, roaring Tiger – now that's a crazy film!). For the record, my favourite Ho films are Vampire Raiders vs Ninja Queen (the funniest one), Ninja Terminator (the most entertaining one), Robo Vampire (utter brain damage), and Undefeatable (violent and mental).
Watching a Godfrey Ho film is like taking LSD. At first you don't feel anything, but then things begin to feel rather strange, until you reach that point where you feel like you're in another world. That point came for me in this film where a guy called Monkey asked a guy called Thunder Kick to get him a Rubick's Cube (in an echoey voice no less), then we cut to a girl in a snooker hall playing with a Rubick's Cube before putting it in her bra, right before her wounded uncle appears and gives her another Rubick's Cube.
You see, Uncle, Monkey and a guy called Snake had pulled a gold heist, but Uncle double crossed Monkey and Snake and took the gold for himself, which has led to Monkey and Snake (and their respective gangs) to seek out Uncle, and Monkey hires Thunder Kick to get the Rubick's Cube. However, Thunder Kick is a douche and wants more money for the Cube. Also, although never mentioned, Monkey is gay (we first see him doing aerobics in a cat suit) and has a catamite sidekick who he often fondles and asks to wear more make up.
Also (goes into great detail about the rest of the plot of a film no one cares about, mentioning that the soundtrack to Clockwork Orange turns up on the soundtrack as well as a pan pipe version of some famous tune, as well as the usual martial-arse film clichés with a touch of Ho madness, although the fact that this plot for this one can be described at all means its not up to the usual level of madness. Still pretty funny though).
This one was made before Ho's famous adaptation of Brion Gysin/William Burroughs 'cut-up' technique (as covered by Melvyn Bragg in the 1989 South Bank Show special "The Aesthetic Ninja), so the plot is fairly straightforward. These pre-ninja films are still worth your time though (especially Secret ninja, roaring Tiger – now that's a crazy film!). For the record, my favourite Ho films are Vampire Raiders vs Ninja Queen (the funniest one), Ninja Terminator (the most entertaining one), Robo Vampire (utter brain damage), and Undefeatable (violent and mental).
