05.16
Cult Film, TV, Geek Art
Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex’s cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.
These two covers for Dragon Boxer suggest that this movie has ninjas, possibly a dragon, and some kind of spaceman participating in various boxing matches.
From what I can gather, this is what the movie actually looks like:
So yeah, that looks nothing at all like either of those covers. Not a huge surprise there, that kind of thing happens all the time. The Final Sacrifice comes to mind…
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BUT… this still leaves me wondering where those boxing spaceman photos came from. Did they stage that just for this video release? Are they from another movie? That’s the movie I want to see!
Katsuhiro Otomo (born April 14, 1954) is a Japanese comic book creator, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. Otomo has also directed several live-action films, such as the 2006 feature film adaptation of the manga Mushishi. – wiki
A ruthless gang of Ninja marauders, a kidnapped maiden and a young man seeking vengeance set the stage for “The Ninja Showdown.” Warlord boss Jing and his evil band of Purple Ninjas are unstoppable-hihgly trained assassins who ravage a peaceful town. But when the outlaw Ninjas abduct his girl, a wrathful Tony unleashes a furious assault with the help of Ninja Master Gordon. Together, these two men lay waste to Jing’s army in a shattering battle to secure their honor and rescue the town from the clutches of a greedy and oppressive tyrant.