Rating: - satisfying action from a poor film
Maybe I am the victim of a bootlegged version, but this is the absolute worst picture quailty I have ever seen on dvd. Seriously, VHS looks better. That's a big minus right there. Maybe its fitiing for this movie, because script, acting, and even the leads are all weak. What saves this film is the good amount of action it has to serve, and a martial arts movie villain favorite - Matthias Hues.

For all of you who know your American martial arts movies, you probably know that Billy Blanks and Jalal Mehri are not the most sought after. In Talons of the Eagle, we actually get to see them partner up and go undercover into a crime-lord's (James Hong - Bloodsport 2, Gladiator Cop) arena. With what I read about this dvd, they enter a martial arts tournament and thats where the description ends, making me believe this movie was going to have quite a tournament or focus on one. As it turns out, there is no more than a 5 minute tournament scene only used for these guys to be noticed by the crime lord and come work for him. I was dissapointed, but there ended up being more than enough action to make up for it.

I have to say that this is once again a typical story with little originality. There are some training scenes that both cops undergo before they enter the tournament. The training involves the style known as "Eagle Claw" While its original and I have not found another martial arts film that displays this style, my interest was yet to peak. Again, its basically the action scenes in this one that stand out.

As for that action, there is a lot of fighting from beginning to end. The end of the movie had a great deal of action, and saved this film and actually made it almost worthy to watch again ofr the action. Matthias Hues gets the final fight against Billy Blanks, which lasted a good 5 minutes. A satisfying fight that seems to keep going when you think it might end. They even fight for a bit in the back of a pickup truck, which was neat while it lasted. Eric Lee (Ring of Fire 1 & 2, Death Match) also stars as one of the bad guys, and has a cool fight against the master that tought the cops the Eagle style of fighting.

This is basically a film to own for the action. There is very little else worthy. With a title like that, what did you expect?

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