Alright, well I got the chance to sit down and watch "TNT Jackson" now, late in 2019, and this is the first time I have ever seen it, or actually even heard about it. Given the movie's cover/poster, I sort of figured what I would be in for here, so hopes weren't all that high.
"TNT Jackson" definitely had some good enough ideas and a fair enough storyline, but it was just poorly executed on the screen. So what was the reason for that? Well, first of all, the acting in the movie was questionable at best. Let's just be honest, it wasn't Shakespearian acting performances that were delivered in this 1974 movie from writers Dick Miller and Ken Metcalfe. And secondly, the action sequences were just awfully staged and choreographed, and it was clear that the majority of the people had little or no martial arts training at all.
For a movie in this genre, then "TNT Jackson" wasn't a particularly outstanding movie, and there are far better movies in this genre, if you happen to enjoy these kind of movies.
The fighting sequences in the movie, as I mentioned above, were horribly staged and poorly executed on the screen. And when you put people with little or no fighting training to do martial arts on the screen, it shows. Trust me, it shows. Some of the scenes the hands and feet were miles away from hitting an opponent, yet people went flying. And the sounds. Oh my god. And you just got to love that Charlie (played by Stan Shaw) sounds like a rip-off Bruce Lee, it was just hilarious.
Well, I managed to sit through the movie, nonetheless. But was I entertained? Not overly so. And as such, then I am rating "TNT Jackson" a four out of ten stars.
"TNT Jackson" definitely had some good enough ideas and a fair enough storyline, but it was just poorly executed on the screen. So what was the reason for that? Well, first of all, the acting in the movie was questionable at best. Let's just be honest, it wasn't Shakespearian acting performances that were delivered in this 1974 movie from writers Dick Miller and Ken Metcalfe. And secondly, the action sequences were just awfully staged and choreographed, and it was clear that the majority of the people had little or no martial arts training at all.
For a movie in this genre, then "TNT Jackson" wasn't a particularly outstanding movie, and there are far better movies in this genre, if you happen to enjoy these kind of movies.
The fighting sequences in the movie, as I mentioned above, were horribly staged and poorly executed on the screen. And when you put people with little or no fighting training to do martial arts on the screen, it shows. Trust me, it shows. Some of the scenes the hands and feet were miles away from hitting an opponent, yet people went flying. And the sounds. Oh my god. And you just got to love that Charlie (played by Stan Shaw) sounds like a rip-off Bruce Lee, it was just hilarious.
Well, I managed to sit through the movie, nonetheless. But was I entertained? Not overly so. And as such, then I am rating "TNT Jackson" a four out of ten stars.