This movie began as a simple martial arts film, with a simple plot. A guy who looks like the original Tony from West Side Story, must go to the USA to protect the princess; who is the heir to the throne of his land. The land from which these people come, is a fictitious country in the Himalayas, which is being invaded by an equally fictitious "empire". So, immediately, our suspension of disbelief is being stretched, for a rather prosaic plot. That is, unless the "empire" is meant to be the big country near there.
The hero does indeed defeat the beautiful female assassin; and it would seem the mission has been duly accomplished. At this point, the film was acceptable as a run-of-the-mill hero vs villain movie. But I noticed that there was still plenty of run-time left for the film. It seemed that all the needs had been fulfilled. What could happen next? SPOILER: at this point, the film switched to some kind of horror. The dead assassin, and the hero meld into one being. Our erstwhile likable hero turns into the assassin, and brutally murders the princess in a very ugly scene. I stopped caring what happened after that. But I sped through, anyways. After Tony from West Side Story wanders around by some Persian rugs... for about 15 minutes, Pat Morita tells him to be good. The Royal Maid turns into an overweight American woman, and the princess becomes someone who looks like they won the 4H prize for raising some farm animal. See? Instead of being dead, they just turned into someone from Heartland USA. Assimilation of migrants into Americans, was once called the Great Melting Pot. I liked them better before. Seen on Tubi, which has some much better stuff.
The hero does indeed defeat the beautiful female assassin; and it would seem the mission has been duly accomplished. At this point, the film was acceptable as a run-of-the-mill hero vs villain movie. But I noticed that there was still plenty of run-time left for the film. It seemed that all the needs had been fulfilled. What could happen next? SPOILER: at this point, the film switched to some kind of horror. The dead assassin, and the hero meld into one being. Our erstwhile likable hero turns into the assassin, and brutally murders the princess in a very ugly scene. I stopped caring what happened after that. But I sped through, anyways. After Tony from West Side Story wanders around by some Persian rugs... for about 15 minutes, Pat Morita tells him to be good. The Royal Maid turns into an overweight American woman, and the princess becomes someone who looks like they won the 4H prize for raising some farm animal. See? Instead of being dead, they just turned into someone from Heartland USA. Assimilation of migrants into Americans, was once called the Great Melting Pot. I liked them better before. Seen on Tubi, which has some much better stuff.