Solid Cast, Sweet-natured Movie
Reviewed by criddic2 for The Grass Harp at 2009-08-24 02:46:45
I was lucky enough to see this on a big-screen at a local theater the year it came out. Although it takes its time to tell the story, the cast is so good you probably won't mind.
A French immigrant named Ashe(Vincent Perez) and his son are murdered in an apocalyptic version of L.A. Ashe awakens from his watery grave to take bloody revenge. More vicious and disturbing film than the Brandon Lee film, but it manages to retain a sense of intended ugliness and hopelessness while still maintaining a lot of heart. Look at it on it's own terms instead of on the same terms of the Brandon Lee film and you will get more out of it. Rated R: Contains strong violence, strong language and drug use, and graphic sexual content.
Look, I'm doing you a favor here. Don't waste your time with this garbage. About 1% of the film concerns the Black Dahlia and the rest is mind-numbing psuedo-noir fiction.