Product Details

• Actors: Kevin Dillon
• Directors: Sang H. Kim
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: June 1, 2003
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0000A0PXW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #637,558 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Unrealistic techniques, some good principles, January 20, 2004

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Seppo Vesala (Helsinki, - Finland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Police Combat Tactics Tape Two [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the second film in a two part defensive tactics series aimed for police officers. In this film, Kevin Dillon concentrates more on actual techniques, rather than basic concepts and ideas. There is some more general discussion, also (like levels of awareness, and effect of stress on fine motor skills), but the emphasis is on techniques.

As this is a second part of a series, you are better off if you have seen the first part already, but it does not seem mandatory. The techniques in the film deal with situations like escaping from a chocke hold, defense against knife attacks, and handcuffing techniques. Dillon also presents the best target areas in a human body, where you should concentrate your attacks to have maximum effect.

The techniques presented in the film don't seem very realistic, in my opinion. Of course, Dillon can make them seem easy, but for an average, non martial artist street cop, they are not realistic. And there is a severe "uke effect" in play here, meaning that the target person is very co-operative (he is a good uke, as in traditional martial arts), by freezing his attack to help Dillon finish his moves. It does not work like that in real life, folks! I am not a martial artist, but as a police officer I have had my share of fights, and I can tell you that if your opponent is that co-operative, you don't have to fight him at all.

The production is average: the sound is good, but many times the camera zooms too close, making it difficult to get a clear view of the technique. They have used only one camera in filming the tape, so there are no multiple angle viewing, which would have made the film a bit more interesting.

This is not a bad tape. Personally, I think that the techniques presented are not very good, but there are some neat ideas and principles presented.

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