smccar77 "Fantasy Mission Force," is quite aptly named. The movie is a fantasy about a mission taken on by an eclectic force of military types. The catch is that all coherency stops at the title. FMF is best described as ridiculously bizarre. Only under the broadest definition can the film be said to have plot or characterization. Examining what this film has is not really of much use. Rather, FMF is most effectively evaluated by what it purposefully lacks.To be brutally honest, this film lacks a great deal of what many consider the qualities of a proper film. To be sure, a camera and actors were used. However, the film quickly begins to diverge from generally accepted standards at this point. The assumptions of the filmmakers are not really comprehensible. It would appear that creating a mixed genre farce was the goal. To achieve this, the film strings together several set pieces that peripherally hint at particular genres. For example, horror is incorporated by having the "force" stay at a haunted house. What happens in the haunted house defies explanation. Honestly, the scenes in the haunted house simply make a full break with reality and the genre. The effect is an incoherent mish mash of semi-familiar clichés causing either intensely uncomfortable confusion or riotously funny weirdness. In addition to the set pieces, the transitions make absolutely no sense. In regards to the horror scenes, the protagonists escape an incarnation of the devil by setting off a string of cheap fireworks. How does this work? Never you mind, the next set piece has already begun. While the characters remain generally the same between vignettes, everything else is altered based entirely on whim. Essentially, this film is a mess.Oh, but what a mess! The humor is an acquired taste. Imagine a film that purposefully breaks any and all assumptions an audience might have just for the sake of doing it. You want a story? Sorry. Do you like things to be slightly realistic? Tough luck. How about characters that have character? Nope. Social perspective, observational humor, or even a dram like logic? No, No, and No. What will you give me? How about whatever I feel like and a few explosions. Not only is that all the viewer gets, the end result is absolutely hilarious. FMF is perfectly summed up as the result of deviously jaded filmmakers providing "product" for a public that will consume it. If anything, the film clearly illustrates that the human animal is still amused by flickering lights and shiny things. I have never been so hilariously made aware of my almost non-existent standards.On a personal note, I will absolutely recommend this film to certain friends. Should you be a "film connoisseur" then FMF will probably not be to your liking. On the other hand, if you enjoy what can be and has been done with a motion picture camera, then this is a movie for you. The film lends itself to large amounts of intoxicants and running commentary. 3.5 of 10 stars.

Comeuppance Reviews Possibly the most insane Jackie Chan vehicle, "Fantasy Mission Force" begins with a bearded General with a monocle deciding who is going to be part of a commando group. He shows the people in the room a slide show of James Bond, a man resembling Snake Plissken and Sylvester Stallone as Rocky. After stating that "James Bond is not available, he's in a different country", and "Rocky is not part of a military operation!", he is cut off in mid-sentence by the title, credits and song. It then goes to a bar where people are singing and dancing.Are you confused? That's okay, it's all part of the nonsensical fun.Next we have Jackie Chan (in this outing as "Jacky") fighting a sumo wrestler. He did fifteen years in jail "for gambling". It then cuts to a Monty Python-style parade of Chinese Scottish people in kilts and playing bagpipes. The "Fantasy Mission Force" consists of a few people walking around outside. They then find a haunted house with a floating head. Then there are "yellow-hooded Nazis".This movie is a jumble of crazy ideas, sped-up martial arts, bad dubbing (Jackie Chan sounds like a girl) and jagged editing. It's rare that you see a movie where absolutely nothing makes any sense whatsoever. There are some fight scenes at the end that are somewhat "normal" but "Fantasy Mission Force" is one silly, zany scene after another. If that sounds like your cup of tea, see it if you get the chance! For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com

offkilter-2 There are certain words that trigger an instant interest in a movie. Spellbinding, Magical, Mysterious, Edge-of-your-seat-action, Kick-ASS. This movie is none of those things. What it is, however, is the greatest combination of complete amateur cinematography, 1970's automobiles and a collection of statesmen from across vast time periods. All of these things come together to ward off the advances of the Japanese. The Japanese do not make an appearance in this movie, but the Japanese are expensive and the budget for this movie could have been spent entirely in a dollar store (if they existed in the 70's) and the leftover failures from a demolition derby. This movie was all that is fantastic about action movies and China. The heart-wrenching end (I should have put that in the list above) was probably the most distressing thing I have ever seen, knowing the reappearance of these characters will be unlikely. Alas, there are no words that can summarize this movie. If I say "bad" people will say it's a bad movie. Which is certainly is not. If I say "good" people will expect something well done, and Fantasy Mission Force is anything but that. The only thing I can say is watch it. From beginning to end. Do not stop, do not look back or rewind looking for answers. Watch it from beginning to end and all will be made clear.

tzer0 I give this film 10 out of 10. That's because there is no reverse scale for movies that are so BAD they're GOOD! This one is right up there near the top of the list -- right under Latitude Zero. It starts out like The Dirty Dozen, and ends up like Mad Max, with a reference to just about anything, and everything, they could come up with along the way. From Amazons -- "That would be okay by me." To Haunted Houses -- "Who's that? Your Grandmother?" and there's even a Jackie Chan prize fight. Well, why not?None of this seems connected in any meaning full way. It's like they're at the film studio wandering from set to set -- just making it up as the go along. But none of it it as funny as the two Chinese Scotsmen. Why one of them is wearing a chrome helmet from Jesus Christ Superstar, and swinging a spiked ball on a chain is beyond me, but it fits with all the other wackiness in this crazy picture. Why not open with a musical number in a restaurant? "But first, you must call me Papa." Don't question it. Just turn your brain off, sit back, and enjoy. But don't forget to listen for the bits of soundtracks taken from other films, and "Observe the rules."