Day of the Panther

1988 [FRENCH]

Action

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 20%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 20%
IMDb Rating 4.5/10 10 573 573

martial arts chase murder undercover cop drugs

Plot summary

A martial-arts expert goes after a criminal gang and its boss, who were responsible for the death of his partner.

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Top cast

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826.11 MB
1280*692
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 6
1.5 GB
1920*1038
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gridoon 4 / 10

Good martial arts, poor everything else

"Day of the Panther" begins with a young blonde chick taking on several masked thugs at an abandoned building (in a sequence that would have worked better if it wasn't intercut with other events happening elsewhere - a mistake that the director repeats at the end of the movie). She fights quite well, but she gets killed off (bummer!), and her partner, Jason Blade (Edward John Stazak) takes charge from then on. This guy has zero charisma, but I have to give credit where credit is due: when it comes to the martial arts he knows what he is doing, his execution is fast and smooth. The story is totally formulaic, and the cinematography has a cheap, overexposed look, as if the film stock was left out in the sun too long. (*1/2)
Reviewed by lastliberal 5 / 10

Now if you'll excuse me it's time I got laid.

So what does a hot blond (Linda Megier) do when a pig is harassing you? Well, if you are a martial arts master, you take him out, especially if he is just some scumbag in a pig mask. This kinds of humorous things make this Australian chop sockey movie bearable.Blade (Edward John Stazak) is trying to find out who killed his partner and break up a drug operation. He is using his considerable skills to provide several entertaining bouts against multiple bad guys. Two bumbling cops are tailing him and providing more humor.Now, it is time for more humor as Blade works out while Paris Jefferson dances around the gym. Soon they are dancing under the sheets.Blade manages to take out another group using a broom handle. Ouch, that has to hurt.Of course, you have to have the final battle between Blade and the drug lord's (Michael Carman) henchman (Jim Richards).There will be a part 2 (IT was filmed at the same time.).
Reviewed by Zeegrade 4 / 10

Quit this "Day" job.

Very bland Australian action flick that really goes nowhere fast as Edward John Stazak's lifeless performance as high-kicking Jason Blade leaves little to distinguish it from other 80's kung-fu flicks. When Blade's partner is chased by thugs in goofy masks and eventually killed by a crimelord's second-hand man, Baxter, he flies back to Australia to seek revenge. Blade, his blonde female partner and her father were all trained Shaolin Monk style by the Panther sect of the Chinese Triad. Funny, I thought the Triads were bad guys too. Anyway Blade teams up with his departed partner's dad and his spandex wearing niece Gemma to take down Perth's underworld boss Damien Zukor whose biggest crime is his atrocious wardrobe. Two idiot detectives tail Blade and act as comic relief assuming you think stupid comments and terrible policework is amusing. Eventually Blade gains the trust of Zukor and goes undercover as one of his enforcers. From there it follows the same connect-the-dots formula that makes this a real snoozefest. There's little doubt that Mr. Stazak is a very capable martial artist which is clear during one of his many spins kicks however I'm not a twelve year old so it gets old real quick. The real mystery is the fact that this was immediately followed by the sequel "Strike of the Panther". Who exactly was demanding this? Another problem I had was the lack of boomerangs, marsupials, mates, or any other Australian stereotypes that we Yanks like so much. This panther doesn't pounce. It sleepwalks instead.
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