Trailer—Day of the Panther

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It took me 2 days to watch this movie.I started watching it yesterday & got to where I just couldn't stand to watch it anymore.I planned on finishing it later but never got back around to it so I started watching it again today.When I have to stop a movie & watch it again after awhile I restart it from the beginning.With Day Of The Panther I couldn't do it to myself all over again so I skipped ahead to where I left off & finished it from there.Other than the fight scenes, Day Of The Panther was boring.If it wasn't for the fight scenes I would've given up on this movie when I 1st had to turn it off yesterday.The only thing that makes it worth watching are the fight scenes.I enjoyed each & every 1 of them but the best has to be the very 1st.When Blade's partner burst through the wall to fight off the group of masked henchman, it reminded of all those fighting video games I like to play.The fight at the warehouse was pretty good as well.At the end it says Jason Blade will return in Strike Of The Panther.After watching this movie, I don't care enough to watch it unless it's a part of another movie pack I buy or have.There was suppose to be a 3rd named Escape Of The Panther but never got made.I know I wouldn't have any interest in seeing it either.Day Of The Panther is only a movie I'd suggest watching if you like 80's fighting flicks or just happen to buy a movie pack & it's included

Brian Trenchard-Smith is one of my favourite B-movie directors but DAY OF THE PANTHER is undoubtedly one of his weakest movies. If you're expecting something of the same quality as THE MAN FROM HONG KONG you'll be disappointed, because this is a bargain basement quickie that severely lacks in terms of production values. It's a simple story about cops battling criminal gang members in a bid to avenge a fallen comrade, and it's certainly replete with hand-to-hand combat scenes. Sadly, I found these quite dire to watch. The filming is all over the place, the choreography seems slow and mannered, the actors sloppy in their movements. Almost inevitably, a sequel, STRIKE OF THE PANTHER, followed.

The scene opens with Linda (Linda Megier) and Jason Blade (Edward John Stazak) being initiated into the ancient and secret Order of the Panthers, a crime fighting martial arts thing. Blonde Linda does undercover surveillance in Hong Kong...then off to Australia. On of the two don't make it past 20 minutes (the one that has a stunt double which looks like a man in a blonde wig) and Jason has to avenge her death. We know who kill Linda...at least we think we do as we see a guy throw a knife in her general direction. Guns are rarely used...hey! It's a martial arts film. Jason works carrying suitcases filled with flour and blank paper for the guy who tossed the knife. Bad guys get to wear cool Halloween masks. No sense letting someone you are trying to kill, see your face. It was pretty boring stuff. I watched it on a 50 film unit and it could have used restoration. Cliché, formula, and poorly acted. Guide: Brief sex. No swearing or nudity.

When his partner is killed by an Australian crime syndicate, a studly undercover agent goes vigilante to avenge her death while the Australian authorities try to keep him on a leash so that they can nab the syndicate's ringleader. "Day of the Panther" is a Van Damme rip off that looks like it was filmed on someone's video camera, but it does have its merits, chiefly among them that it's never boring. It's a hoot to see the 1980s revived in all their pastel splendor, and there's enough unintentional hilarity to keep lovers of bad movies watching. The fight scenes are choreographed competently if unmemorably and will most likely satisfy your craving for some martial arts sleight of hand. Unfortunately, if you're looking for a little skin, you won't find it in this movie, unless you count that of our hero, who spends much of his screen time shirtless. The rest of us have to make do with a couple of aerobic dance numbers performed by the female lead, one of them, a seductive dance done in a gym while our hero works out and looks on, a real howler. Grade: B-

I picked up this movie on DVD as it was 99p in 99p stores in Norwich. I watched it with my brother and it truly is crap. The acting is bad by everyone. The lead is played by an "actor" who looks like Stephen Hendry. (He's a Snooker World Champion for all the Americans). Any film that is cheap and Australian is bad. The woman looks like some cheap hooker they picked up off the street and the bad guy is definitely a pimp! I loved those men in masks! Damn I would not be scared if they were after me! Seriously though they do belong in a circus. The martial arts are OKish but you know "Jason Blade" (sorry that name makes me laugh) is going to win the fights. I keep this movie as it is a reminder that TV can be bad... sometimes. Watch this movie just to laugh. The clichéd baddies and the poorly delivered lines cheer me up every time I'm down. Bad.

I had zero preconceived notions about this one - just picked it at random from my Mill Creek "Drive-In Movie Classics" 50 movie DVD set. I'd never seen an Australian martial arts flick before. Now I know why. The lead character is so untalented as an actor that he hardly is given anything to say. I was starting to wonder if he'd ever speak. Then he did, and I can't remember anything he said. He's got just THAT much charisma! As a fighter, he's top-notch, but he doesn't get to do much, nor does anyone else. I found myself quite bored watching this, which is probably the worst thing you can say for an "action" movie. The pig-mask guy was certainly unexpected, but one left turn doesn't make an otherwise cliché-filled snoozer any better.

"Day of the Panther" is a kind of movie you don't see every day - a martial arts movie from Australia. Though watching it will probably reveal why there haven't been that many more martial arts movies coming from that country. In fairness to the movie, there are some positive features. The martial art sequences, while not as fancy as those from Hong Kong movies, do manage to generate some excitement, and at the same time come across as more believable than usual. And while the actors in the movie aren't that great actors, the actors playing the protagonists do come across as likable all the same. However, the movie does all the same have some serious problems. The movie obviously had a low budget, with the general look of movie looking somewhat tacky. The screenplay has assorted plot turns that you will have seen in dozens of other movies before, and has the various characters coming across the same way as well. And the middle of the movie is a long dull stretch. However, I will say this movie all the same is far from the worst martial arts movies I have managed to see.