This was a fun low-budget action film directed by Emmett Alston (New Yearīs Evil, Demonwarp etc.) Starring Mike Stone, John Quade, Pamela Bryant and Roy Alvarez.
Sensei Tava Parker (Stone) is having a nice quiet life after the Vietnam years. He runs a karate club in Hawaii and has a pretty girlfriend Karen (Bryant) who is a model. Karen and her friends are having a photoshoot trip and suddenly they are kidnapped by evil army boss. Tavaīs old Nam pal Cowboy (Quade) and his sidekick Tony (Alvarez) see the kidnapping and they call to Tava and tell the bad news. Itīs time to get busy!
Some people may find the first 30 minutes pretty boring but when the action begins, itīs enjoyable stuff for b- jungle action fans.
Stone is good enough b-movie star (he also had a role in American Ninja 2) Bryant (H.O.T.S., Private Lessons, Lovely But Deadly) is beautiful, she was Playboy Playmate of the Month April 1978. Sadly she died last december (asthma attack)
Bad acting, some karate, Vietnam war flashback, sleazy crimebosses, clumsy action and cheap one-liners from John Quade.
[ 26. February 2012, 23:42: Message edited by: aTomiK ]
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
atomik you nearly had made me choke on my food watching that trailer,the fight scene at about the 1 minute mark ,the expression on that poor guys face after receiving a swift kick to the head with the blade had me in stitches! lol
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
yeh i recognise mike stone now,the main baddie in ninja 2 with the dodgy eye,the one steve james shouts at "you were lucky one eye" after they nearly come to blows!
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Yeah, Stone was pretty lame baddie in American Ninja 2. I donīt know why they wanted the baddies look stupid in most of the American Ninja flicks.
The funny looking fella in TigerShark was Roland Dantes. Huge muscles! He had some minor roles in action films back in the day.
Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :
Had this on VHS back in the day. Fun film, not to be taken seriously.
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
