Precisett This movie is magnificent!
ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
sllaw_hguorht I can't believe I made eye contact with someone in the process of renting this movie. Renting this movie is a f###ing shameless act. It starts out strong. Charmingly low budget. Slow motion of women running. Bad acting in weird settings. But my God this movie is boring. There are some sweet fight scenes, but it is a real slog between them. A huge section of this movie is shot using the "technology" of filming in the daytime and then making the colors muddy and awful to simulate the scene being at night. It sucks.
jonathan-577 A gaggle of sassy female pro athletes are kidnapped by some would-be Hong Kong Symbionesers and their opportunistic leader. These women get shot, stabbed, raped, drugged, and sold into the sex trade, and not only is it not offensive, it is both hilarious and peppered with righteous Black Power sentiments so unmediated they could only be emanating from the Phillipines. The kidnapper with Commie nationalist tendencies turns out to be an OK guy, whereas the cigar-chomping capitalist tries his best to murder and/or sell his own daughter! Who knows what their motivation is supposed to be; and I don't know why they didn't give Jade more to do instead of doubling the Ebony. But this sucker, like Santiago's Vampire Hookers, even has something resembling an actual screenplay - one that moves on from the inevitable stupid-detectives-in-office scenes as quickly as it can and helps you through the crummy lighting and ragged fight choreography. I don't have to read any fanboys to know that Tarantino studied this sucker up and down, and good for him.
funkyfry This one's a bit of a surprise in that it ends up being a pretty satisfying movie. Plenty of violent karate and kung fu with hot women beating the crap out of unidentified Phillippino men, co-ed blonde athletes killed by machine guns, and cheezy supposed boxer with a large afro. In other words, it's got a lot to offer. But, the photography is pretty crappy (although I wonder if it's not also cropped on Anchor Bay's DVD) and the acting is dragged down by a poor script with stilted dialogue.
tonypuma Ebony Ivory And Jade is a ok film for fans of martial arts flicks, but if you're into dirty 70's b-movies, check yourself. The recent reissue on VHS and DVD barely mentions it in the liner notes, but this is a PG film. Considering the content of most 70's films, as well as the fact that this is considered a blax/sexploitation film, it's as bland as possible. The martial arts work is certainly impressive, and there's plenty of it. But it seems that the only reason this wasn't G rated, is because of the cartoonish violence.I'm certainly biased towards quality period black action, with the likes of Pam Grier, Fred Williamson, Antonio Fargas, Rudy Ray Moore, Isaac Hayes, and so on. The grit and scintillation of those films makes me wanting more here. This movie was filmed in the Phillipines, which instantly puts it in league with many women-in-prison flicks (Big Doll House, Big Bird Cage, Black Mama White Mama, etc).Whereas many of the films of the time focus upon sex and drugs, it's clear that the scenery and location of this film mattered to the people who made it. There are some unusual (for the genre) shots and an overall usage of the locale as much as possible. From jungle shots, to plains and shallow waterways, the feel here is more expansive than many backlot productions.It's not that it's a bad flick, but it's a pretty harmless one. Fans of 70's film should know that the 'edge' that runs through many 70's b-flicks is missing here.
