Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Frank Markland Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars as Jack Tanaka a father of a teenager who goes inside a video game to save his son from a virus which controls his mind. Along the way Wilson is helped by fellow fallen action stars Cynthia Rothrock and Lorenzo Lamas. You would think a movie with so many trained martial artists, in a video game plot which would be nothing but wall to wall fights would be at least mildly diverting campy fun, and if made ten years ago you would be right. X-Treme Fighter is the pits. A movie so bad that it makes one pine for the days of Expect No Mercy, Arcade and Virtual Combat. Indeed those three movies I often sited as the worst examples of said genre where "Guy ends up playing video game in real life when game comes alive." but next to the really lame X-Treme Fighter, these come off as the work of Tron or Dreamscape. It's a really awful picture. Starting with the fight sequences, the video game itself has nothing that would indicate that it takes place in a video game world, outside of the phony costumes. The fight sequences are all very badly staged, for a movie featuring so many martial artists, all of them past their expiration date, don't put out any effort to indicate that anyone choreographed these fights without anything but the least amount of effort. The plot element ripped off from hundreds of movies is derivative and ridiculous. However that's not what bothered me. What bothered me was the complete lack of effort in giving us enjoyable villains, a charismatic hero and indeed intense fight sequences. In a film where the fighting is the main point such must be done well. It isn't here. Lorenzo Lamas has hardly any screen time, Cynthia Rothrock doesn't fight and basically this is a replay of Virtual Combat. A replay that is much, much worse.1/2* Out of 4-(Awful)

fingfilmfan As they say in the behind the scenes, "Sci (X-treme) Fighter Rules!". If you like marital arts, and watch cheesy Kung-Fu Hong Kong style movies, they you will love the action in this movie!!! This is a Martial Arts Movie with over 15 real top notch Martial Artists. Yes, the acting is poor, and story is cheesy (just like most Kung Fu movies). But, the way to watch this is to watch the "Making Of" on the DVD first, and then watch the movie. You will then know who the real martial artists starring in this movie are. You can then watch it as a demonstration of real, and sometimes intriguing, martial arts skills. Don "The Dragon" Dragon Wilson is a 11 years in a row kick boxing champion. He fights in this movie 2 of his real former kick boxing opponents: Dewey the black cobra Cooper, and the infamous Maurice Smith. Maurice Smith is an infamous kick boxer and now Mixed Martial Arts competitor, who had a fight the day before the movie shoot, and is referred to in popular martial arts magazines. Cyntha Rothrock is one of the most famous women martial artists with black belts in 6 different disciplines, is a record holding 5 times forms champion, and was the first American women to break into Hong Kong Kung Fu movies, where the action is all but real. Lorenzo Lamas is a 3rd degree black belt. Dan Mayid is the young co-star of this movie, who is a 3rd degree black belt in Kempo Karate. His forms and fighting skills in this movie are phenomenal. Bob Wall, from Bruce Lee's enter the dragon, comments interestingly on the state of martial arts in the "Making Of" special. Christine Bannon-Rodrigues is a professional martial arts teacher with high skills in Wu Shu and Kempo Karate. She was a competitor for team Paul Mitchell, and has been featured on most martial arts magazines that exists in the world. Eric Lee, famously known as the King of Kata, does several excellent weapons forms, using a sword, rope, and a 3 sections staff. This movie stars a master of Monkey Kung Fu, Michael Gonzales-Matsuda. This is a very unique and interesting martial arts style. My favorite character was Gokor, also know as the Armenian Assissan. He is a famous grappling martial artist who has been undefeated in over 400 no holds barred, Judo, and Sambo fights. Chris Cassamassa is a 7th degree karate black belt whose moves are precise. He is one of the most skilled artists shown, doing barehanded fights, and an interesting kama (sickle) fighting demonstration. The 7th degree taekwondo black-belts, Simon Kim and James Kim, known as the tiger twins, star in this. The strongest looking fighter is this is Brad Verret, a lifetime body builder, and no holds barred fighter. He is the king of the cage fights icon. Rebecca Chaney is an attractive 2nd degree taekwondo black belt with an interesting part. There are also many ninja fighters (probably stunt men) and a lot of beautiful/ attractive women fitness professionals: dancers, actors, models, spokespersons for muscle tech nutrition, all of which add to the fun on this film. A martial arts films with real world class martial artists performing various fidgeting styles and forms, weapons demonstrations, Kung-Fu, taekwondo, karate, monkey style fighting, grappling, and some fantasy sequences, along with a "Making Of" section on the DVD which interviews and tells about the different stars of the movie, make this worth seeing. And they all speak non dubbed perfect English, unlike the typical Kung-Fu movies!!!!!

Thomas Jolliffe (supertom-3) Imagine my surprise and my glory when I saw this puppy at my local blockbusters, having appeared out of nowhere. I was excited about this all last year because it was a collection of B-movies star to make you proud. Don Wilson, Cynthia (Jubblies! I like the Jubblies!) Rothrock and Lorenzo Lamas. Unfortunately it ended up being standard Don fare with a ludicrous plot about a virtual reality fighting game that goes haywire and in essence is an excuse for loads of fights. The fights are very routinely done and Don Wilson continues his annoying trend of pulling his punches and forcing out the choreogrpahy slowly and without timing. I have never seen him look lightening quick in a film. Granted I have not seen all his movies but for a legendary kick boxer her certainly looks like he can't fight when it comes to his movies. Dan Mayid, who plays his son in this film puts him to shame and looks like he could have a bright future as an action star, he is certainly a better actor than his mentor. Mayid was interestingly enough cast at a marital arts convention. He is a big fan of Don, he showed him a few moves and they cast him as his son. Great stuff.Problems in this film arise because there are loads of fights and most are from Don, while Mayid and the other leads have a lot less to do. Rothrock has one fight which is good and she still kicks but like the best of them, whilst showing her ample jubilee off in a cleavage boosting low cut dress. Lorenzo has a brief bit but he is essentially a cameo part, which is a shame because he is the best actor of the lot, by far. I'd have preferred him in the lead because he fights better than Don. The film is still reasonably fun though because it is so cheesy and they have some clichéd and hokey drama in it that is so badly done you can't help but laugh.The film also features a score from Vince DiCola responsible for two scores I loved in the 80's in Transformers and Rocky 4, however this is not 80's style and his score is mostly generic, aside from some moments that have the Vince pazzazz. Overall this film has great curiosity value but for those expecting something great, you'll be disappointed. It was a fairly ambitious idea for a Don film but is letdown by poor execution on most parts. Only Rothrocks boobies and the potential of Mayid (An amazing athlete, and young enough to develop into at least an acceptable actor)make this worthwhile but that's about it. **

mturnerok@hotmail.com Now just too clarify I wasn't expecting a brilliantly acted, exceptionally well crafted story when I purchased this DVD.I was however expecting some quality martial arts fight scenes but I was disappointed in this regard as well........there were 2 or 3 that were fairly good but none of them were great........The story itself was poorly written, the dialogue was weak and the script needed at least 2 or 3 more re-writes...even for a "B" movie this was weak.It wasn't a bad idea just needed better execution........one watch for me was more than enough.On another note, I bought this DVD in England as i am a resident of this country, it also doesn't include the "making of documentary" listed on the back of the DVD box.Also despite "lorezno lamas" being shown on cover he's only in about 10 minutes of the film..............OK rental if you are a big Don "the dragon" Wilson fan........but wouldn't recommend a purchase.