Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old friend, but is too late to prevent Kim's death at the hands of an unknown hitman. Vowing revenge, Jeff takes on all of the families, using his martial arts skills to find the man who killed his friend.
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To me, this movie is perfection.
Good story, Not enough for a whole film
It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
This is a perfect little action flick starring Jeff Speakman as a young delinquent Jeff Sanders, who was enrolled in a kenpo school. Years later, Jeff would put his kenpo moves into good use as he takes on a mafia gang to avenge his mentor's death. Caught in the mix is his detective brother, played by Touched by an Angel actor John Dye.This is a fast-paced movie with a simple, but compelling revenge plot, with plenty of martial arts and gun-totting action. The acting was actually not too bad and the choreography was cleverly done. I particularly enjoyed seeing John Dye in an out-of-character role as the no-nonsense, gun-totting detective, versus his more tender and heavenly role in Touched by an Angel and fatherly roles in later made-for-TV movies.Overall, it is not a bad action flick. You'll have a pretty good time watching it.Grade B
Being a fan of martial arts movies, and martial artist myself, I kinda liked this one. I have never heard of Jeff Speakman before, but I remember that I saw TV program and there was a martial art film "The Perfect Weapon", I missed it but, thanks to internet today I cached it. And I have to tell you not bad. It's one of those good, old low budget action films, where you don't need to pay attention to absolutely nothing, just turn off your brain and enjoy some good early 90s action films.Well, ladies and gentleman may I present you Jeff Speakman, a master in American Kenpo and Goju-Ryu Karate. But, primarily, Kenpo is his style, which he constantly uses in his films and which he spreads around the world on his seminars. This films really turn Jeff into a low-budget star and I like how he kept his low profile during his film career, today he mostly holds Kenpo classes. What to say about Jeff Speakman regarding his acting? Well, he is not an expert in it He did how much he could, I mean don't expect much acting in these kind of films. But, when it comes to Jeff image as martial artist on film, he had so much potential. He is really cool and has some unusual charisma. Other actors that were very recognizable (and I was pretty surprised by them here), Mako for example, good as always, but, he was type-casted as wise man to a leading character Dante Basco, this was one of his earlier roles, but he always plays these irritating and annoying characters I mean he's washed up. We got James Hong as a villain, well, he is type-casted as Mako being able to have that scary voice and presence, Toru Tanaka is also here, with his tank like presence, a fine bodyguard to a leading villain, we also have Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (yep, Shang Tsung himself) as a supporting villain Kai, to bad he didn't have more screen time, with his commanding and inspirational deliverance. Really good actor casting. To mention Leo Lee, James Lew, Philip Tan and Al Leong as fighters in the film (a real life hard hitters). And we also got Mariska Hargitay as a well not directly, but as a somewhat potential love interest to Jeff.Overall, it's a good action film, I recommend it. Try to relax, put your feet up and enjoy. I think you won't regret it.
THIS is a REAL martial arts film. Note (to Seagal, Van Damme, et al): Once your character uses a firearm prevalently, it's no longer a martial arts movie. ALSO - I remember when Van Damme hit it big, then I stumbled across an art house theatre showing "Fist Of Legend" and realized what TRUE martial arts movies were supposed to look like. And not that tacky wire-work kung fu master crap. In the two minutes it takes Van Damme to throw one punch or kick and make that growling face, Jet Li would land a furious flurry of strikes all over his @$$. Jeff Speakman's "Perfect Weapon" stands the test, rises to the level of Li's - and now Tony Jaa's - standard of representing true martial arts ability on film. And the storyline is great.I waited YEARS for Costner's "Fandango" to finally grace DVD. Now I'm just waiting for "The Perfect Weapon". And HOPEFULLY (someone PLEASE hear me!) they'll put out the long version I've seen on TNT!
This violent and braindead action romp sees Speakman in his first starring role, playing stubble-faced beefcake Jeff equipped with Kempo-Karate skills and a keen sense to avenge the murder of his friend at the hands of some evil Korean Mafioso. And that's all you really need know. Speakman's vehicle is a good showcase (he's great with sticks), but this isn't going to break any records: with all its spirit and muscle, TPW makes for fun, unintelligent B-movie madness that requires nothing more than a brief flirting.
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