For the banger year of 1984 and the filmatics unleashed upon us, chalk up another one. Pleasantly surprised how this one plays out. Yeah, It’s no Encino Man, but it actually has some decent enough stuff going on here. Still with a heavy 80s stamp, especially with the goon gangbangers, but, you know, tensions! At least that shows us what a bad-ass mofo that Icecube Samurai Yoshimitsu actually is!
Back in the Japans around 1552; a captured gal, warriors, and a stalking Samurai. A rescue attempt is made, but things go awry. Samurai ends up wounded and into the frozenish mountain stream. Fortunately for him, some skiiers find his icecube in a cave, like, 432 years later. Fuck you, Maths! He’s reverse-cryogeneticsed, and slowly he comes to realize he’s not in Kansas anymore. Or actually, maybe he IS in Kansas! How the fuck would he know? Unfortunately for him, he’s actually in Los Angeles for the high-tech de-thawing process, but at least he’s still got his fuckin kick-ass sword! That thing is surprisingly versatile. Who needs the extra clutter of a letter opener too, right?
Overall this is a pretty decent movie, even with the 80s villainous cheeseries inevitably laid within. Given the year and the general thematics around then, You automatically think they’d take the “Stranger in a Strange Land” concept and yuck it up for the laughs, but they don’t. It’s pretty alrightly handled seriousness of a Samurai brought into the modern world. Quite honestly, it mostly doesn’t reflect well on us. Well, at least Los Angeles, where it takes place. They really do seem incompatible with the concepts of honor and dignity. Mostly. Miss Reporter McEyebrows who helps him out does show there’s still humanity amongst the West Coasters. Plus maybe also Salty Cracker and Mark Dice. But damn. That’s a long times livin in a Strange Land without some negatory magneticisms warpin the ole brainpans. Best of luck to you good folks out there! The kick-ass Samurai Yoshi? Yeah, he needs all the frens he can get.
