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Release Date: 17 February, 2004 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $13.48 You SAVE: $1.50! Cast: |
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TYPICAL 1970'S........ CHOP SOCKY!!
PATHFINDER PICTURES?,NEVER HEARD OF THEM.WHILE I'M PLEASED THIS MOVIE WAS RELEASED ON DVD,I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AT THE PICTURE AND SOUND.THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST VIDEO TRANSFERS I HAVE EVER SEEN AND THE SOUND IS NOT FAR BEHIND.OBVIOUSLY NO MONEY WENT INTO RESTORING THIS MOVIE FOR IT'S RELEASE ON DVD AND THAT'S ASHAME.MAKE NO MISTAKE,THIS MOVIE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MARTIAL ART'S CLASSIC BLACK BELT JONES.KELLY HAD A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ENTER THE DRAGON AND HE DIDN'T REALLY SHOW US WHAT HE HAD.IN THE TATOO CONNECTION HE IS THE MAIN GUY,BUT THE MOVIE DOESN'T REALLY SHOWCASE HIS TALENT EITHER.I STRUGGLED TO GIVE THIS MOVIE 3 STARS ,BUT HEY IT'S JIM KELLY.IT'S A TYPICAL 1970'S CHOP SOCKY MOVIE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER.BUT THE FIGHT SCENE BETWEEN KELLY AND BOLO YEUNG IS STILL PRETTY GOOD.WHILE IT'S STILL AN ENTERTAINING MOVIE,I THINK THE PRICE IS TOO MUCH CONSIDERING THE PICTURE AND SOUND QUALITY.
what do i remember about THE TATTOO CONNECTION?
i remember watching this 70s jim kelly classic on saturday afternoon tv in new york when a local tv station played kung fu movies every week. ah those were the good ol' days of the late 70s/80s. THE TATTOO CONNECTION sticks out as the best of those kung fu flicks i have seen. i remember jim kelly ... as an agent named lucas sent overseas to find some diamond. i remember some goofy disco theme song titled 'diamond'. i remember a good car chase scene with kelly at some lumber or junk yard. i remember kelly making love to an asian girl while switching drinks where 1 contained a drug meant for him but the girl wound up drinking it and got high. i remember jim kelly telling his bosses that he's "the black six million dollar man". i remember in the bad dubbing 1 of the bad guys called kelly not lucas but "black man!" racist! i remember the climax on a ship and kelly kicking rear. what else? that's all i know. i am just happy that TATTOO CONNECTION will be out on dvd in april (why so many delays after original dates of feb., march 25 and now april 22?!) and i will buy it. hope it will be widescreen and remastered. i will have a good time. congrats to pathfinder video for releasing this treasure, ok 3 1/2 stars. if only they can put out other old kung fu classics like STREETS GANGS OF HONG KONG, STONER (w/ george lazenby post-007), DUEL OF THE IRON FIST. A HARD WAY TO DIE, SLAUGHTER IN SAN FRANCISCO with chuck norris, & ROOTS OF EVIL (with christian anders---who?).
it is june 9, and FINALLY, i bought THE TATTOO CONNECTION which sadly it isn't letterboxed and it is in need of windex w/ its filthy film prints. still, i had a good time. the fighting is surprising ly terrific and jim kelly is very good. to my surprise there is a lotta (A LOT! ) nudity that wasn't in the U.S. print when it first came out in theaters. there is commentary by 2 film critics who sound like a combo of beavis and butthead, dennis miller (one of 'em sounds like him) and MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000. and it is helpful and hilarious. 4 stars! if only those 2 critics can poke fun @ george lazenby's awful acting and kung-fu-ing in STONER.
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