Review of Royal Kill

Royal Kill (2009)
1/10
The Spirit of Ed Wood lives (SPOILERS!)
22 August 2010
Warning: Spoilers
That's all I could think of watching this mess.

The plot line is that an imaginary Himalayan Country is being overrun by an equally fictional evil empire. The last princess of was hidden in America with Eric Roberts. An evil assassin is sent to America to kill her, but a warrior is sent to protect her.

SPOILER ALERT! SKIP TO NEXT REVIEW IF YOU WANT TO FEEL THE PAIN FOR YOURSELF! Oh, wait, no, sorry, this is all the delusion in the head of a minimum wage security guard. You will find yourself profoundly disappointed if you invest anything into this terminator light movie.

Let's talk about Pat Morita's Zombie, eh? Pat, famous as Arnold from Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi, died in 2005. That didn't keep him from appearing in this mess. His appearances are obviously some footage being recycled and dubbed over like a Godzilla movie, with edits of the actors spliced in between. Think Bela Lugosi in Plan 9 from Outer Space. With less dignity.

Then you have Gail Kim. Can't give her the same leeway. Okay, she was playing a hallucination, but the fight choreography was kind of dull. And she can't act. Wooden, hissing voice, mumbles her lines, has absolutely no sensuality for a woman who is kind of attractive. Did I mention the inability to act part?

Eric Roberts and the young girl playing his daughter are likable and putting forth an effort, and your sympathies are with them. Which just makes the final resolution of the plot (they were pointlessly killed as part of this IDIOT'S delusion) that much more awful.

So if you read this review and rent this abortion anyway, you have no one to blame but yourself!
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