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Oh. My. God.

I just finished watching Born To Fight. I debated writing a full review of this but have decided against it considering the VCD I watched is not subtitled and is in full frame format - a fact that spoils at least one money shot. But, really, with a film like this the plot doesn't matter the only question is how good is the action.

Well ... put it this way: there's a twenty or twenty five minute stretch in the middle of the film where they do their character development bit but the rest of the film is as pure a physical spectacle as I have ever seen. Ever. The back half of the film is so action heavy that there is virtually no dialogue at all. There is simply no time for it. The stunts are jaw dropping and while it is quite obvious which of the characters are trained stunt performers and which are the actual athletes - the athletes pull their punches a bit too obviously - they are all more than up to the task.

The lead guy in particular is just incredible ... not quite as fast or fluid as Tony Jaa but every bit as strong, agile, and willing to do himself serious bodily harm. There is a bit of CG in this one but none at all where the stunt work is concerned and they must have been hauling people to the hospital daily. Easily some of the most painful looking falls I have ever seen. Plot no. Story no. A bit of a drag in the middle. But those stunt sequences ... man ...

Oh. And the rumored 'most dangerous stunt ever put on film'? Not the truck scene in the trailer. Definitely not. That one's in the opening sequence and they beat it easily by the end.