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…
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.