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Title: Mean & Mercenary
UK Distributor:
Manga Video
BBFC Certificate: 18
Episode Number: N/A
Running Time: 50 mins (approx.)
Language for Viewing: English
Subtitles: N/A
Reviewer: Tom (Webmaster)
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Apparently, this is 50 minutes of raw mayhem, a compliation of
clips from early manga crap to techno and other such allegdy trendy music.
First up - Fist of the North Star with a great clip of Raul killing a gigantic
Genhis Khan on Ready Break good and proper. Which is impressive since said Ready
Brek crushes everything in his wake by slashing htem with his sowrd, or just
eating them. Strangely the clip doesn't contain Kenshiro - the main character!!!
Next - Crying Freeman, with its cheesy 80s background music and tattoed main
character. Cheesy 80s action is good though, with mulitple angle heat shots in a
clip which basically shows some being killed - decisive!
Angel Cop IV up next. Proper crap dramatice techno is set to this clip, with
cars blowing up and some cool bikes - very cyberpunk and features unnecessary
breasts. Still, briefly entertaining I guess when random death occurs. No idea
whats going on!
Next clip is cop anime Mad Bull, although this isn't how I remember it. It is a
odd crocodule mech type thing in it! Well the clip seems to involve said
crocodile mech taking on cops and then clip ends! Rubbish!
The awful Violence Jack is on next, with the rather violent anti-hero taking on
a helicopter! Does he beat it? Well, through the power of speed lines, fuck
yeah! But then its straight on to another clip - back to Fist of the North Star
and Ghost In he Shell - finally GITS gets something good on this compliation! By
far the best anime on here but then it goes to SF2 before the clip is barely
over! Ryu Vs Fei Long - awesome! This really is a great VHS to watch whilst
drunk due the combination of action and cheese it offers!
|VIOLENCE MONTAGE! heck thats a good montage!
Right Cyber CIty with Status QUo lookalikes - nice. its a bit general though and
very early 90s. Punks, mechs, guns and swearing = early 90's - entertaining
though!
More cyring freeman next with superb mutilple angle death scenes! very over the
top which kinda sums up this cimpliation - the best clips from Manga's back
catalogue with a bit of music (and violence) thrown in and cheesy ENglish dubs
intact. You couldn't ask for a better video to watch whilst drunk!
Interestingely thid does contain the final battle in Fist of the North Star -
Kenshiro Vs. Raul. Even though it is dubbed on this vid - it was never released
n the UK. A shame as a whole city is detroyed just from the strength the two
powering up - awesome!
Drunk Rating:
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