10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Or parody of Love Stories/Martial Arts/Action films?, November 26, 1998
By A Customer
This review is from: Brain Smasher - A Love Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This video has the same predictable elements as most Martial Arts/Action films, except the oriental actor's mouths match the audio. If you are an Andrew "Dice" Clay fan, you will find his performance a tolerable one. His character is a macho, hard hitting bouncer with much of the attitude from his stand-up routines. Although this film has its comedic moments "The Diceman" seems truly out of his element. Teri Hatcher fans will not be disappointed, as she wields her acting abilities as usual. She portrays a highly successful supermodel whose world traveling, flake of a sister is being pursued by "we are monks, NOT ninjas". Together Hatcher and Clay must save the world from these guys. I gave this film three stars because this is one of those movies you select for one of those quiet nights at home, you know...two or three movies and a box of microwave popcorn. Though it is not an Oscar winner, it is entertaining, and at the risk of sounding sexist, (sorry ladies) seeing Teri Hatcher in that sheer blouse, those shorts, and the thigh high boots made it worth the purchase price.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Smashing! Well, it's a little more legal than mashing., February 11, 2002
This review is from: Brain Smasher - A Love Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I absolutely adored this movie. It has a little of everything in it. Love, romance, guys in masks, large, scary strippers, ultimate power, and that one chick whose name I can never remember. Even better it comes with the best all-purpose line: "We are not ninjas!" You seriously can't go through life without that handy-dandy catch phrase. This is a must have for we-are-not-ninjas-shots, guess the sex on the lead singer (never figured it out), and it also doubles as a quick tae-bo self-defense class.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Smashing, baby, yeah!, November 21, 2001
This review is from: Brain Smasher - A Love Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)
The Diceman must rescue a supermodel, smash some brains along the way and ultimately save the entire world.
Sounds like a comic book, huh? Guess what, it's a lot funnier than it sounds. First of all, Andrew Dice Clay is no slouch when it comes to acting and brings his unmistakable style to any project he's in. Sometimes it's all in the delivery, and Dice wrote a book on that. Also, there's great chemistry between him and fellow co-star Teri Hatcher. This alone is enough to make this movie worth a look.
The film's director Albert Pyun, who also wrote and produced it, brings a style and integrity often lacking in big Hollywood movies that are pulled apart by a dozen of writers, directors that are changed half-way through the shooting, and producers imposing crazy ideas on writers (let's not mention any names). Brain Smasher may not have the special effects of Armageddon and lead showers of Commando, but the comic book-like story flow is incredibly smooth and the acting will surprise you, considering the movie practically went straight to video, which to me doesn't make any sense. I mean, look at all the [other stuff] that is released on the big screen. The only logical explanation is that Hollywood put Andrew Dice Clay on their black list and won't give him a break. To me this doesn't sound logical at all...
Back to the story. The Diceman doesn't exactly play his on-stage persona here. (So if you're looking for off-color humor and women bashing, you won't find them here. Not a hue, not a slightest tint of the onstage bully we all admire. :-) It's more of a Stallone-type action hero. His name is Ed Molloy, professional bouncer. He's the best in the business, with lethal fists and Zen-like manners that have earned him the nickname Brainsmasher.
Teri Hatcher stars as Samantha Crain, international supermodel, whose botanist sister, played by Deborah Van Valkenburgh, finds a red lotus flower in the snows of Tibet and thus becomes the target of a gang of fanatical Chinese monks who think that this flower can give them the key to world domination. With me so far? Yuji Okumoto, who heads the gang of killer Ninjas (but don't you call them Ninjas or they'll break your nose!), has certain plans he hopes to realize with the help of the lotus flower, and must be stopped at all costs. This where the fun begins.
Running from killer Ninjas, the swashbuckling sisters decide to split. That's when Samantha runs into Ed. The bouncer and the model team up to stay alive. With little in common except being in this mess together and a growing mutual attraction, the romance sparks and spectacular street combat sequences provide the wall-to-wall action while the laughs keep flying! Like all great love-on-the-run movies it will leave you breathless....
In short, Brain Smasher is the hippest action/comedy ever!
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