I first saw this in the mid 90s on a vhs.
Revisited it recently.
Rothrock was indeed very hot in this movie. She was busty, bodacious n well dressed n she carried her hairstyle in an illecebrous way.
I have seen many of her movies as a teen, but those days it was for action n martial arts.
I need to revisit her movies now.
Many fellas complained about the bad acting in this movie.
I cannot fathom these fellas who look for acting in action movies, especially of the 80s n 90s.
At times this one gets a bit comical.
The camera zooms in on a fella with mullet hair n thin Zapata moustache who stands on broken glasses.
What purpose it serves is beyond me.
Just outta da blue a guy (skilled in drunken style martial arts) gets attacked by a bunch of fellas.
He is rescued by our hero who is searching for someone.
Our hero is a slimmer version of Steven Seagal n he even has a ponytail.
The movie has lots of oh ha with tight fists, claw like fists n constipated faces.
We have fellas punching in hot sand, hot tar, hot water.
I still cannot fathom what purpose does it serves.
A cop is kicked in the sea n after lottuva time has expired, he yells help, i can't swim. Man, how he didn't drowned after being in water for so long is again a bouncer for me.
The movie has terrible background music n the fight choreography ain't stimulating or intense.
Generous with a 6 cos of Rothrock, Bolo Yeung n Jalal Merhi, the guy who produced and acted in numerous action films that can be considered martial arts B movies of the 90s.
Plot summary
The police do not know what to do. They have to deal with a serial killer who aims at martial arts masters. One after another is killed in the same brutal way. This may be a chance for detective Linda Masterson to work on her first murder case. She gets the job and to her side an other martial arts specialist, Sgt. Tarek Richards. Now they need to find a tiger style master, because the killer obviously uses tiger style kung fu. Not a simple task, since tiger is a very ancient and rare style.
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A martial arts slasher/giallo movie.
A pure, unfiltered, bloody-handed hit of 1990s killer Kung Fu awesomeness! Right the funk on!
The early 90s proved to be a pretty sweet decade for bodacious, Block Rockin' action movies and among B-Movie cognoscenti the ferocious, razor sharp 'Tiger Claws' remains highly regarded, perhaps one of the very best of its type, a rare martial arts hybrid of dark-hearted serial killer nightmare and full throttle, eye-popping fist fighting ferocity! With its absolute knock out cast of Cynthia Rothrock, Bolo Yeung and Jalal Merhi, any lesser contenders wouldn't stand a chance against this relentless harbinger of bone-crunching martial arts onslaught! In the seamy midnight city of New York, there's a dangerous new breed of maniac stalking the streets, a living, breathing nightmare, a peerless master of death, a single-minded, twin tiger-clawed psycho, hell bent on the bodily destruction of any martial artist he sets his nefarious, unwavering eyes upon! A seemingly unstoppable force of malevolence until the hellacious beat down, beat cops Linda Masterson (Rothrock) and Tarek Richards (Merhi) conjoin their not inconsiderable martial artistry in order to take on the uncommonly bellicose beast, Tiger Claw killer Chong (Bolo Yeung). A pure, unfiltered, bloody-handed hit of 1990s killer Kung Fu awesomeness! Right the funk on!
Good Classic movie for Martial Art's fans.
Some complain about acting. They don't know the features of martial art Acting. It's a different thing. Not just b-side kung-fu-karate beat em up. This one is unique for it's sub genre. What we have here is a thriller. The main maniac-killer has very big sport ambitions, but he satisfies himself with anonymus fights till death, leaving only his signature scars on the bodies of his opponents..Bolo plays his role very well. He is a quiet painter in the dojo and he is an ego-maniac killer. Cynthia is sweet and cute in throwing her mighty kicks as allways:) Jalal is less known action star, but he suits the cast perfectly. He looks believable in the role of undercover police man. His pure mean simlycity is the right cure for the twisted Claw-mastermind..