I saw this movie today, Friday, October 27th, 2023, at home, lying down on my futon, via my TUBI streaming app.
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This Nick Cage movie is a let-down for me, I'm sorry to say. And the "comic relief" soldier is a pointless addition to the cast of characters! It's mostly about fight dance choreographies between a "ninja predator"-type alien that comes to Earth every 6 years to get it on with 9 of our planet's best fighters who are prepared for the kill-or-be-killed battle by a dedicated lineage of monks who were originally taught to fight by the alien.
6 & 9 reference Yin-Yang duality?
In other words, the alien shows up periodically to kill the students of HIS Students and since only THE Best 9 are chosen every 6 years, the ones that are spared are the incompetent ones who then train the future generations of fighters! 🤦🏽♂️ Can you say, Law of Diminishing Returns, without actually saying it? 🤓 I don't know about you, but I think that Mr. Ninja Predator Alien 👽 guy initially stacked the Odds in his or its ( whichever pronoun is suitable and I'm not one to argue against him, her, it, they, them, whatever 🙄 ) favor .... Note: Martial Arts masters really don't teach their own students every trick up their sleeves! ( My own sensei accidentally discovered a pressure point when he sparred with someone but refused to tell me which pressure point it is! ) 😕 This time around, the team is led by an Obi Wan Kenobi wannabe hippie ( according to Rotten Tomatoes 🍅 ). The reference to Jiu Jitsu, i.e. Leverage, only comes in past the 1 hour & 10 minute mark since the fights are mostly in other forms of both armed & unarmed styles. But, if I remember correctly, Leverage techniques were developed by the Judo specialists. "Ju Dotsu" for the title, perhaps? 🤷🏽♂️ And the fights, themselves, show "holes" in both defense and offense That Are Not Exploited ❗And Ninja Predator Alien 👽 guy sure has an unlimited amount of Shuriken Stars shooting out of his--or its--wrists. Lastly, that took more than "5 or 6 seconds." 🛎️
The opening scene showing a comet barreling down to Earth 🌍 doesn't make sense at all because the trailing vapors are just floating around everywhere instead of being concentrated into a tail formation; as if they're just floating around the stationary comet in an atmospheric space 😉 instead of out in the vacuum of space, especially considering the speeds at which a comet ☄️ travels! 🤦🏽♂️
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With all of that said, this movie truly bombed at the Box Office ❗
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Even if you take the COVID "pandemic" lockdown into consideration! But it might have a silver lining, after all. 🤞
https://www.looper.com/362126/the-nicolas-cage-martial-arts-flop-thats-crushing-it-on-netflix/
Nicolas Cage's recently released movies did well at the Box Office, though. I'm talking about THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT, RENFIELD, THE RETIREMENT PLAN & BUTCHER'S CROSSING. I saw them all, except for the last one, on the Big Screen and enjoyed them enough to watch them 2X each! 🍿👌🙂👍🥤 But I missed seeing Butcher's Crossing on the Big Screen. ☹️ Nicolas Cage, if you're reading this, Sorry, Bro .... 😶🌫️
P. S. Nicolas Cage will be in next year's Spiderman movie. 🙂
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TIDBITS: The 168 Asian Grocery Store in my neighborhood just opened. 👌 Yesterday was their Grand Opening. They sure have a lot of Mexican-looking Chinese stockers working there! 😄 The store has 13 aisles, all in all. But They Left The 13th Aisle unnumbered! I guess that it's also a bad luck number for them, too! 😕 It's the aisle with a bakery, coffee bar & hot Chinese to-go food counter. Their Breakfast Aisle has Teas, Coffees & Cereals that I've never seen before. The Teas are worth trying; especially since they come in cute glass jars. Oops, they sell a # 113 coffee! 😬 How in heck did it get added to their shelf merchandise? And will it negate 168's Good Luck energy?
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The 168 Asian Grocery Store is in direct competition with Seafood City and Island Pacific since it carries a lot of stuff that are also sold at the 2 Pinoy stores. But it mostly caters to the Chinese. They have a Taiwanese sausage ( Longanisa style ) in the frozen section that I might try someday. 🤤 😋
I went to the Neighborhood Wal-Mart to see if it's affected by the new store in the same shopping area. It may just be .... There were just a few shoppers in there.
Last night, at 7:50 pm, as I walked up the curb by the children's playground at Dan Foley Baseball ⚾/Soccer ⚽ Sports Field, my left foot couldn't clear the curb because of my Achilles Heel pain & tight Calf Muscles! As I was falling, I quickly moved forward to avoid face-planting myself on the sidewalk! I couldn't recover my balance and fell on the grass ( better grass than concrete )!! When I got home and removed my socks, I noticed that my left Ankle & Lower Leg were swollen!!!
This evening, on my way to my car to do some shopping, I noticed that I was back to walking in a normal way, with no Ankle pain & with very little Calf Muscles tightness ❗ ❗ ❗😊 I guess that the jarring accident readjusted my Ankle & Calf Muscles. 😎👍
I think 🤔 that in order for me to fix my hearing and vision problems, I will need to get into a fight with some asshole here at the park and allow myself to get hit in the face a few times! 😁
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