Should you see it? Yes. It's fun.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds."
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
The Jitters (1989)
How bad is it? It's a mish-mash of bad ideas.
Should you see it? Yes. It's fun.
If you're unfamiliar with the Chinese monster that's part zombie and part vampire, it doesn't really matter in this film, though it may take some getting used to; for one thing, it hops. A store owner is killed and his unquiet spirit grows fangs and pointed ears and then goes on a revenge tear. The way it's stopped is by having a Buddhist priest attach a piece of paper with a prayer to its forehead. The film has a lot of juvenile humor and chop-socky fight sequence, plus over-the-top villains and a bad synth score and other 1980's tropes. There's one good transformation sequence that looks like it was filmed before they decided to make this a comedy. It's cheap, it's stupid, it's lame... what's not to like?
Should you see it? Yes. It's fun.
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