Comments on: Black Scar Blues (2015) Review

By: Leroy Nguyen

Leroy Nguyen — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 18:51:42 +0000

Jeff nailed it when calling out the elaborate fight scenes not matching up with the vibe and realism of the film. Essentially, we were all going for (and still going for) an action movie with characters and a story that actually mattered, unlike almost anything that came out of Hong Kong in the 80’s (or now, for that matter).

UNLEASHED, THE RAID 2, SPL, those films got it right, although I still feel the fights were a bit overly-choreographed for their tones. A film like A BITTERSWEET LIFE really nailed it though, as you can see from how people remember that film and how it was reviewed (as a film first, action movie second).

This really was an eye-opening experience for all of us, and we hope with our next project, we can get even closer to making the type of film we would want to watch ourselves.

By: JJ Bona

JJ Bona — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 23:45:09 +0000

In reply to Andrew Hernandez.

Andrew…. you’re right, UNLEASHED was another one that got it right. Thanks for checking out the review. COF doesn’t really cover a lot of indie films, but after seeing the Trailer for this one, it was too hard to ignore. 🙂

By: Andrew Hernandez

Andrew Hernandez — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 15:47:05 +0000

I liked the review. I find it intersting when a movie seems “too realistic” to have elaborate fight scenes. I kind of felt the same way about Tiger Cage where is seemed like a regular cop thriller with out of place fight scenes. The sequel felt more appropriate.

I guess there might be a right way and a wrong way to do it. Unleashed comes to mind as a “realistic” movie with elaborate fights. But something like Mean Streets wouldn’t work.