Review of The Wrath of Vajra (2013) by Jason K — 08 Jun 2014
A young martial arts warrior is tasked by his master to stop the rebirth of an evil Japanese cult that kidnaps children and breeds them into killing machines.
Newcomer Xing Yu does well here. He's had small roles in some Donnie Yen movies and played Coolie in Kung Fu Hustle. In this, he is K-23, martial arts badass. He must rescue the children, protect the children, yet the children are barely in the movie.
Despite this, the two main martial arts sequences are badass. K-23 must duel Crazy Monkey, a twisted jittery fighter who likes to hide in the dark. And in the finale, he must take on a former childhood friend has given himself the title of King of Vajra.
Can K-23 utlize the 17 Deadly Moves by having emotional awareness? Will he save the children? The movie is bogged down by some bad acting from the America troop actors, who don't even have names. There is also a subplot with a journalist at a moral crossroads. Also bogging down the main plot is how the characters talk about the plot a lot, instead of having the story tell itself.
The Wrath of Vajra has a solid story and good production values, and its decent martial arts sequences are what we come to see. Everything else is mediocre, but that's okay.
This review of The Wrath of Vajra (2013) was written by Jason K on 08 Jun 2014.
The Wrath of Vajra has generally received mixed reviews.
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