B-movie stars Michael Pare and Robert Davi headline a subpar murder/revenge cop flick that checks all the cliche boxes ninjas included. The issue is how shabby the whole thing looks, feels, moves. The story isn't anything new - Japanese infused flicks were popular in the early 90's - and it's certainly not fun. The action is low level all the way and even by dtv standards not done very well. If this train wreck somehow came together to entertain you then bravo. You saw something I didn't.
A Japanese woman is caught taking pictures of a back alley drug deal involving crime boss Tito (Juan Fernandez) going down in New Orleans and is killed. Her brother (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) & sister go about slicing up the low life involved. Which leaves cop Random (Pare) with dead bodies, a lack of answers and in need of help. Enter Japanese specialist Davalos (Davi) who comes back to town and is forced to work along side him as Tito hires killer Emile (John Savage) to take out both the cops and those responsible for his men's deaths.
Both action openings that establish Pare, Davi are poor and not shot very well. Ditto any piece after and the ending is a joke. Elliot Gould shows up for one scene to make his next Lexus payment. Paula Barbieri plays an ex girlfriend caught in the middle. It's a piece of stunt casting and doesn't lead where you want it to. Though Pare gets it on with a blonde once and stops include a strip club, porn set for doses of gratuitous female nudity.
Watching a dtv flick is always a calculated risk and 'The Dangerous' is a poor example justifiably left in the past. Working on a low budget there isn't a lot of skill involved behind the camera and the story is a bore. I like Pare, I especially like Davi and there's no denying Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has popped up in a lot of fun titles as well. However this was one of the worst things I've grabbed off a video store shelf and ultimately how it'll be remembered.
A Japanese woman is caught taking pictures of a back alley drug deal involving crime boss Tito (Juan Fernandez) going down in New Orleans and is killed. Her brother (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) & sister go about slicing up the low life involved. Which leaves cop Random (Pare) with dead bodies, a lack of answers and in need of help. Enter Japanese specialist Davalos (Davi) who comes back to town and is forced to work along side him as Tito hires killer Emile (John Savage) to take out both the cops and those responsible for his men's deaths.
Both action openings that establish Pare, Davi are poor and not shot very well. Ditto any piece after and the ending is a joke. Elliot Gould shows up for one scene to make his next Lexus payment. Paula Barbieri plays an ex girlfriend caught in the middle. It's a piece of stunt casting and doesn't lead where you want it to. Though Pare gets it on with a blonde once and stops include a strip club, porn set for doses of gratuitous female nudity.
Watching a dtv flick is always a calculated risk and 'The Dangerous' is a poor example justifiably left in the past. Working on a low budget there isn't a lot of skill involved behind the camera and the story is a bore. I like Pare, I especially like Davi and there's no denying Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has popped up in a lot of fun titles as well. However this was one of the worst things I've grabbed off a video store shelf and ultimately how it'll be remembered.