I liked It

januszlvii

Here is yet another movie that I liked better then most people did. I do have to say High Voltage is not a Martial Arts Classic likes Kickboxer, The Hunted or Enter The Dragon ( although High Voltage does have Bruce Lee's Shannon Lee ( Jane)). What makes it work is that besides being a Martial Arts movie, it is a gangster film ( the Vietnamese mob), and a relationship movie. The main star is Antonio Sabato jr ( Johnny Clay), the leader of a gang of bank robbers, who try and rob a Vietnamese bank ( unsuccessfully) and find out that their biggest problem is not failing ( or even the police ( the police are under orders not to get involved)), but it is a bank controlled by the Vietnamese mob, and there is a contract out on them. Spoilers ahead: One thing Johnny notices when he robs the bank is the manager ( Lee) is NOT the one who trips the alarm, and might actually be helping them. He actually goes to her apartment and confronts her, and she explains about the bank and that there is a stash of drug money that they can take. She also explains that she is a prisoner and a sex slave of the boss; and in exchange for her help, she wants to go with Johnny and his gang. Johnny understands, so she is welcomed into the gang. Of course, there are betrayals, fights ( martial art and gun), and Johnny and Jane do end up wealthy and as a couple. There is also a cameo of Antonio Sabato sr as Johnny's uncle and he says to him "You are just like your father." ( very nice touch). Ordinarily I would give it 7/10 stars ( good but not great), but that scene bumps it up a star. So I give it 8/10 stars. Again I liked it.

score 8/10

januszlvii 11 April 2020

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw5629165/