High-Kick Girl!

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Audience Member This is a very low budget film that is flawed in many ways; however has some redeeming properties. For the non-martial arts practitioner this may not be enjoyable. For a martial artists, or martial arts fan there is actually some very good karate techniques and fight scenes in this movie. It also has some great looks at Karate training and Kata/Forms training. The story is original and the actors do an adequate job considering the budget and scale of the film. The biggest defect is the lack of engagement of the well executed techniques in most of the fight scenes. There are numbers of scenes which are direct trade-offs and copies of Tarantino's Phenomenally exciting "Kill Bill 1&2". I do respect the film makers' attempts here and I respect the martial artist more. I wouldn't go out our my way to recommend this one but I would catch it if I was looking for something off the beaten path. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member i Enjoyed this movie so much Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member The opening scene is magic... Karate immense, Rina Takeda is superb. Only for the Martial Arts enthusiast, offers very little plot. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member This is more like an extended YouTube video than a movie anyone should have to pay to see. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member An action packed movie with the true meaning or inspiration of karate.Taeda-san has done a really good job in this movie. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Fuyuhiko Nishi's <i>High Kick Girl</i> delivers on the martial arts, but not much else.<p>Their isn't much in the way of plot for this 80 minute production. The film is extremely easy to follow, despite the fact that it takes a while for it to become clear as to where the story is going. The pacing is rather quick, and that is because most of the film is taken up by karate fights.</p><p>There is no shortage of action and the final 35-40 minutes, which is basically half the film, is a long drawn out showdown. The karate is real and the choreography is amusing. The sound effects are rather weak, which lessens the impact of hits, although this does help display a high sense of realism. Contributing to the massive amounts of time on the action are the slow motion shots and replays. The replays aren't for single moves either. Entire segments of 3-4 moves are shown again in slow motion. In the end, it adds up to too much.</p><p>There isn't much to the acting, which isn't perplexing, but watching Rina Takeda whoop some butt with her karate is a delight. Tatsuya Naka also steals a ton of the spotlight as he displays his real karate skills.</p><p>In conclusion, <i>High Kick Girl</i> is a barrel of karate with a moral message.</p> Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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