Balance of Power [VHS]
by Rick Bennett
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Actor: Billy Blanks, Dennis Akayama, James Lew, Lisa Boynton, MakoDirector: Rick Bennett
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 92 minutes
Release Date: 1999-08-17
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Live / Artisan
Studio: Live / Artisan
VHS Movie Reviews of Balance of Power [VHS]
Movie Review: the balance is just average
Summary: 3 Stars
Balance of Power begins with quite a sense of excitement, with a decent musical/credits scene and into an audience filled gambling fight arena, where the movie's villain "Takamura" (James Lew - Showdown, American Ninja 5, Perfect Weapon) kicks someone's elses butt pretty good in a literally "bone-crushing" scene. Unfortunately, everything begins to go downhill from there, with a predictable and lame story, with almost nothing original to add.
Billy Blanks is the star, which usually isn't saying a lot. While his martial arts skills are pretty decent compared to most, his goofy acting sometimes can be a bit annoying, if not his stylish 80's haircuts. The hair is gone and is replaced with above average acting, compared to what is expected. Of course his highlights are the fight scenes and the plenty of training sequences he must endure. While the fights are average and not very exciting, the training scenes are about the only original element found in the movie. I must give credit to the training sequences in these martial arts movies, they always do manage to come up with something refreshing and fun to watch.
Other notable stars in the movie are Mako and James Lew. Mako, by no guess, plays the "old wise man and master" of the film, training the Billy Blanks character. James Lew, plays the villainous fighter, who comes off as a bit overdone compared to most of his roles, which normally are villain roles. The rest of the cast is pretty boring and cheesy, adding nothing exciting to the movie.
As for the fighting, well, average is about all you can expect. While many of the fights involve a lot of fancy moves, especially by Blanks himself, many look too rehearsed, don't make any noticeable contact, or move too slow. The final fight is Blanks against Lew, lasting about 4 minutes. Best fight of the movie, but under par as far as exciting final fights go in these films.
Balance of Power is only for a true fan of B-grade fight movies. You won't find any surprises here, except there is a slightly unexpected happy ending - cheesy no the less. Basically good if you just wanna see some more fights in addition to what you already own.
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