Dragon and the Hawk DVD

Starring:Julian Lee (II), Barbara Gehring, Trygve Lode, Jennifer Kahler, Alex Wilder, Ron Montoya, Steven Vestey, Sam Del Rio, Corey Davidson, Ken Witt, Gayle Galvez, Steve Fite, Billy Easter, Steve Sealy, Ted Newsome, Lee Crawford (II), Leslie Bova, Roseanna Martinez, Rob Johnson, Phil Martinez
Director: Mark Steven Grove
Studio: Inferno Film Productions, LLC
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
From the Back Cover: In this action-packed adventure Lieutenant Dana "Hawk" Hawkins (Barbara Gehring) risks her career and her life to help martial arts master Dragon Pak (Julian Jung Lee) find his missing sister. Together they plunge into the dark and sinister world of the evil Therion (Trygve Lode). In a style somewhere between Xena and Lethal Weapon, Dragon and the Hawk combines humor, high energy music and incredible martial arts into an hour and a half of pure entertainment.

Description

From the Back Cover: In this action-packed adventure Lieutenant Dana "Hawk" Hawkins (Barbara Gehring) risks her career and her life to help martial arts master Dragon Pak (Julian Jung Lee) find his missing sister. Together they plunge into the dark and sinister world of the evil Therion (Trygve Lode). In a style somewhere between Xena and Lethal Weapon, Dragon and the Hawk combines humor, high energy music and incredible martial arts into an hour and a half of pure entertainment.

Customer Reviews:

So bad it's good!.......2007-02-07

Don't see this movie if you want to see a good martial arts film. Granted the fight sequences are realistic and among the best parts of the movie but they aren't enough to make up for the stilted script and the uneven acting. But if you enjoy the kinds of movies that made Mystery Science Theater 3000 famous, this is a must-see. Maybe even a must-own.

(I'm editing this because I just realized I'd meant to give it four stars and hit the three instead. Sorry.)

There is a plot; in fact, it's a halfway decent cop movie plot. The story follows logically. It's the way it does it that makes this a special movie. Perhaps it should be marketed to attract a cult following. I can just imagine the audience shouts now. Ah, those wild and crazy audiences at midnight...

There was one unresolved question. Where is Dragon from? Throughout the film he refers to home as Hong Kong but when called upon to speak to the shopkeeper who speaks no English, Dragon is sent because the shopkeeper speaks only Korean. Last time I checked, that's not the same as Hong Kong. Minor problem but it's been bothering me...

Full disclosure: I do know one of the actors. It did not affect my opinion of the movie. No matter if I knew one of them or not, I'd still say, see it if only for the laugh riot it might create.

But, please, pray with me that no one decides to take up the hanging ending and actually make a sequel. The world isn't ready. It never will be.

Worst of the Worse.......2005-10-10

I have never seen a movie more pathetic. The ratings I viewed on here that are positive must only come from those with personal interests. I was at its premiere debut and was even beyond bored and that's saying much since I knew people in the film. I only write this to protect the consumer from ridiculous claims. This movie is slower than slow and has the quality of a ten year-old with an old 16mm camera!!!!! If only I could give it a zero star, sigh.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! BUY ANOTHER DVD!.......2003-04-25

At first glance, I was excited to watch "Dragon and the Hawk," an interestingly packaged DVD with all the right graphics and cover art.
And it seemed like a good idea for a kung-fu movie - apart from the same old plot. Girl goes to America to find dream, gets lost, kung-fu master brother (Dragon - Julian Jung Lee) comes to America to find her, beats up bad guys, happy ending.
With plenty of wham-bam, in-your-face-action.
I'm sad to say that this move flops on all counts, even the action.
Barbara Gehring plays a police detective - Hawk - who teams up with Dragon to find the missing sister. They share a link - both of their sisters are missing.
Enter the bad guy. Trygve Lode is the scheming, stiff and stereotypical Therion who is concocting some super-soldier drug and testing it on girls his thugs nab off the street.
And thus we get the Dragon and Hawk fighting Therion's bad guys and trying to save the girls.
I've seen some very bad movies in my time, believe me. But even "Ishtar" had moments that were actually funny and "Little Nicky" had some great lines.
This move isn't even campy-funny. It's rotten. The camera work is boring - each fight seen is shot from the same high-angle crane shot - and the dialogue is so stiff I was begging for some Hong Kong filmmakers to come along and dub their own English actors' voices over these bozos.
And that's bad for some of these Americans, I tell you.
Besides the acting and action, I was very perturbed to hear unnecessary swearing. It's as if the scriptwriter decided that, "Oh, this goofy scene needs some more punch!" and then dropped awkward vulgarities into the script, just to get the "R" rating. Even the actors doing the swearing looked funny saying the words, as if they knew that not even in real life do people swear this weirdly.
The only redeeming quality is that the soundtrack seemed upbeat and the DVD's special features had a music video that was actually worth watching.
But a music video does not a DVD make.
Save your pennies. If this ever makes it onto cable TV, it will definitely be on some late-nite, make-fun-of-the-movie show.
But this isn't even Mystery Science Theater 3000 funny. It's just bad.
This movie deserves a solid D-.

A Generous rating............2002-06-17

...because -2 stars was not an option.
This movie was such a terrible waste of time and money for both me to watch and whatever production company decided to fund this mess. I could list countless reasons as to why this movie should have never been made, but I will do not want to drone on with mindless, disjointed babble (a courtesy that D & H did not extend).
1. Bad acting- I don't think one person in this movie has ever acted professionally in their lifetime and if they did, its no wonder why this is the only gig they could get.
2. Terrible fights- The director of this movie should be ashamed for calling this movie a MARTIAL ARTS flick. I have seen some movies that can pass off with nitty-gritty fight scenes, but this movie had the most ridiculous fight coordination! It was lazy, thrown together and beyond amature. TEACH YOUR ACTORS/ STUNT PEOPLE TO THROW A PUNCH FOR CHRISTS SAKE!! (or at least for the sake of those CLAIMING to be stunt fighters) and I pray that this is nobodys day job.
I can't rip too much on the technical side of the movie because I applaud anyone who employs such "special" people to work as their crews. For that, I thank you and Jerry's Kids thank you.

A Generous rating............2002-06-17

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