Review of Manborg (2011) by Roger S — 17 Jul 2013

Manborg doesn't care in the fact that its cheesy; it doesn't care that its prop budget is somewhere around $200, in costumes fresh from Party City and props out of a hardware store. It doesn't care that it was all filmed in one room. It doesn't care about writing or strong acting. It doesn't care about any of that.

And that's probably its strongest aspect. It KNOWS what it is. It understands itself. It knows it won't be an oscar-winning movie, or break the mold, or do anything groundbreaking. And in that, its free to have every bit of fun with itself. And that's what makes it awesome. Romance subplot with a socially defunct doctor from hell? Sure. Claymation? Go for it! A training montage? Straight out of the 80's! One-liners? You bet your cybernetic posterior.

I can't honestly hate this movie when it goes so far as to hire out the voice actor of RYU from Street Fighter to dub over the martial artist named "#1 Man". That's ontop of all his Dragon Ball Z work. It's just too awesome.