Absolutely Fantastic

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

It's not funny. It's not nostalgic. It's not anything, really.A spectacular example of hipster counterproductivity, this outrageous waste of time is really just a feature-length showcase of how much money & online hype can be flushed down the toilet by the utterly untalented.There's no plot to give away, because nothing happens. It's just crap, stumbling from one nonsense "scene" to another, with a few little "nods" to the original along the way. I can't even think of words to describe the rest... bright colors? No attempts at continuity either, unless a small parade of lame cameos qualifies as such.Maybe the most tragic - yet interesting - thing about this project is the increased appreciation this pile inadvertently lends to that first movie. At least Samurai Cop stumbled into accidental charisma here & there! That Amir guy must be turning in his grave.I'd like to further skewer this trainwreck, but it's frankly just depressing.Don't watch it. It blows.

Like many of you reading this review, I am one of those special individuals who enjoys watching bad movies because of the non intentional hilarity factor involved. A movie which has a cast and director who actually try to make a good movie but are not aware nor can cope with their lack of expertise, budget or comprehension of a proper film can have gut wrenching laughs.Now enter the Samurai Cop 2. Building up from its cult following and the internet movement of glorifying old bad movies, it invested some money into creating a sequel to satisfy rabid fans. Now the problem is that the movie is too self aware about what's going on. The first film had an amateur director with big dreams leading a cast of actors who where desperately trying to build their acting portfolios and then suddenly everything crashed and burned. The second seems like it was trying too hard to re-create the tragic magic it had from the first film and instead of making a movie so bad its good, its just a terrible film. The cast and crew came into this movie knowing it was nothing special and it ends up being just that.First off we can talk about the story. I have yet to figure out what the hell was going on. At first it seemed to make sense. Losing a loved one caused samurai cop to go into hiding. There's a clan war between two large gangs and they need him back to stop the impending chaos. After that you get random scenes of flash backs, poorly executed action scenes and reused meditation sequences of samurai cop on the beach. I know the story wasn't the main attraction but it created this vortex in which the more you tried to follow it the more you got lost in what was going on. It got to the point where you couldn't focus on the jokes because your brain was too warped from the messed up information it just received.The actors that were in the film weren't great either, which is to be expected because they brought back many of them that were in the first film. The new characters consisted of porn stars and Tommy Wiseau to cater to those who enjoy gratuitous nudity and The Room. I am one of those people so that's where one of the stars from my rating is derived. I enjoyed Kayden Kross' performance and it's quite sad that her acting was better than most on set. Her black wig made her look like Jill Valentine...mmhhhmm...anyways back to the review.The interior sets were poorly done consisting of reused basement rooms and decorated basement rooms to simulate places such as bars, clubs and building complexes. The colour scheme they used was really bright which almost rivaled tron for its neon use. They said they used the kickstarter money for special effects but it looks like basic animations and sfx that come free with a low end video editing software. They really screwed kickstarter backers if they spent 50k on elementary school cgi work.The music was the other reason for the second star for this review. I enjoyed it and it set the mood quite well and hit the right notes to move you through the poorly acted scenes.All in all I give this movie a 2 out of 10 starz rating. I would not recommend this film. They ruined perfectly good memories of the first bad film and didn't even try hard to make a good film which would end up being unintentionally bad. They should have used the budget and kickstarter money to make a porn parody as they could've used the same cast, been more entertaining and cost less money.

Wonderful follow up to the cult classic.I first discovered the original at Cinefamily in Hollywood back in 2014 and truly enjoyed it. When I heard that they were making a sequel, I initially brushed it off as cheap knock off or direct to video lesser equivalent... Then I saw the trailer... Then the premiere.Wow! The original actors. Tommy Wiseau. Bai Ling. Gerald Okamura. MEL NOVAK!! This was truly made by a lover of film and of the original. The Cast & director had a Q&A after the screening. Wonderful time was had by all. They all seemed to love working on this film and really shines through.Hope we get a part 3!

Samurai Cop 2 by director Gregory Hatanaka was a masterpiece of a job. It was one of those action comedies that go down in history as cult classics. I can speak for it deeply since i had the opportunity to meet most of the cast members including the director Gregory Hatanaka as well as one the producers Joe Williamson and some classic excellent cast members like the legendary Mel Novak from (Bruce Lee's Game of death ), the lovely Laurene Landon and of course Thomas J. Churchill. The movie was so absurd and bizarre and unique in its way that i absolutely loved it. From the costume designs to the filming locations as well as the character developments, this film highlights the unimaginable creativity that one can achieve with limited resources. Mathew Hannon, Mel Novak,Laurene Landon, Thomas Churchill, Shane Ryan, Gerald Okamura and everyone played their roles phenomenally according to their characters ! It was an absolute pleasure and honor to meet this entire talented crew; and i hope the come out with a sequel !!! Basil The White Dragon Masters !