Raw Force
New York Asian Film Festival 2011
July 1 - 14, 2011
A freaky-deaky Filipino/US co-production from the roaring 80s, this rarely-screened exploitation movie is better known as Kung Fu Cannibals.
One of the strangest Filipino/US co-productions from the 80’s, this rarely-screened exploitation fever dream is better known by its other title Kung Fu Cannibals. When a passing cruise ship stumbles upon an enclave of cannibal Buddhist monks, a battle between the martial artists onboard the ship versus the monks – and the ninjas and zombies they conjure to aid them – erupts. The cast includes Cameron Mitchell, Hope Holiday, Li Lin-lin, Chanda Romero, Jillian Kesner, John Dresden, Vic Diaz and Camille Keaton.
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