5.0 out of 5 stars
Great, April 22 2012
By Michael - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Karate Bearfighter (DVD)
If you are a fan of the one and only Sonny Chiba, then I suggest you add this to your collection of Sonny Chiba movies. This movie has everything you would expect from a Sonny Chiba movie. Action and more action. I am a Sonny Chiba fan and I would recommend this and just about anything else Sonny Chiba did to any fan of Grindhouse action movies. Two Thumbs Way Up!!!!!!!!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
A+ Film, Jan 12 2008
By Seth Baker "The-Red-Army" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Karate Bearfighter (DVD)
Well worth your money, very entertaining. Not only will you see a man take down a bear, he will also take down a crazy American GI.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Karate Bearfighter, Aug 19 2006
By morgoth "we lamas are traditional enemies of ... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Karate Bearfighter (DVD)
What starts off as a pretty good movie turns ridiculous. It is sad because it didn't have to. You will notice with these Sonny Chiba movies that they are not super low budget like most chinese and taiwanese kung fu films. The fights are all good but the bear fight was just horrible. They had like a weird robot and then a guy in a bear suit for some the time. I want to know why they didn't actually at least show a real bear. It was unbearable!
This movie is kind of the same as bull fighter and has most of the same actors. But all Chiba films do that. So again he is an outkast and nobody would ever except his challenge because their dojos are for respectable karate masters. So he ends up showing off again, at least in evreybody's eyes. So again all the fights are good but I don't think that when a bear dies he keeps getting up and falling down.
The DVD picture quality is really good but does have some horizantal lines during the movie. Not very noticeable overall though. Sound is also very good. And remember that when fighting a bear you have to use that special move of jumping over him and kicking him.
Also look out for a cameo in the credits by the real Mas Oyamo that Chiba is portraying in this trilogy.