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Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994)
Great display of the martial arts. Great display of terrible acting.
I thought that this movie was quite interesting actually. When I watched KB4, I took note that a few of the actors made William Shatner look really great! There were some martial artists who I just couldn't figure off the top of my head how the hell did they get into a movie in the first place! My guess is that they either 1, paid the producer or 2 the producer thought: "Hey! Let's take THIS GUY! He's dumb looking enough to get his butt kicked by a 5 foot, 100 lb, short tempered, female blonde. (The intolerable Michele "Mouse" Krasnoo). Anyways, I also took note that this movie had the best looking babes on the screen! There is even a soft core porn scene that I thought was pretty interesting. You know the type, silicone busted, no brained, sauna tanned. Yep, that's what I am talking about. But other than the bad acting, the really cool martial arts, the HEAVILY BUSTED babes and the interesting scenery, I thought that this film was pretty cool. However, I did not like the fact that Mouse's part was fairly small considering that she has over 200 grand 1st place trophies sitting pretty in her house and that she could probably kick most people's rearend. I give this movie a 6 1/2 out of 10 stars.
Bolero (1934)
A must see; for the dancing, if not for the plot.
This is a dance film very much in the classic mold. An arrogant but popular dancer is dumped by his/her partner/lover and takes a new partner in order to win a contest against the former, only to fall in love again, this time for real.
"Saturday Night Fever" any one?
What makes this movie so worth watching is not the plot, nor even the dancing: it is the manner in which it is presented.
George Raft, sleazy as ever, tells Carole Lombard, who has come to audition in his hotel room, to do so in her underwear. She complies without complaint. Later in the film Sally Rand performs her famous Fan Dance. Properly done, a woman hides her complete nudity behind two enormous ostrich feather fans, while keeping herself and the fans in constant motion.
It is safe to say that neither of these scenes would have been possible a year later, nor for another thirty after that.
If you enjoy precode films, and would like to see how far the studios would go in order to get those depression dollars, or could go to irritate the censors, this is a fine example.