Review of The Yakuza Way (1999) by Lee ? — 01 Feb 2011
Riki Takeuchi yet again plays a Yakuza tough guy in this Los Angeles set tale of double-crossing gangsters and one mans vengeance against them. Tries to emulate the "heroic-bloodshed" flicks of Hong Kong cinema but fails.
The action scenes may not lack blood but do lack the finess of a John Woo epic. Acting is pretty poor all-round, especially from the American actors playing the gangsters - they are truly laughable! But I do enjoy Riki Takeuchi, he's a limited actor but plays the bad-ass very well, but this certainly isn't among his best films.
It entertains at times but mostly for the wrong reasons.
This review of The Yakuza Way (1999) was written by Lee ? on 01 Feb 2011.
The Yakuza Way has generally received mixed reviews.
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