SHADOW MASTER (2022)
Horror and martial arts together? Why those are my two favourite things you might say glancing at this apparent mix of The Crow and Ong Bak.
In some ways you’d be correct, as this is a story about ritual killings
and demonic possession with some Thai boxing moves thrown in. I’m
certainly on board for a wild combination of diabolical deals and bone
crunching fight sequences. On the other hand it’s perhaps a story that
mixes together too many elements and influences. Which is a problem when
it’s busy referencing a whole series of religious figures and forgets
to include enough fighting. Without a cohesive narrative to glue any of
this together those interesting genre hooks are little more than
marketing images designed to get the direct-to-video action hero fans
interested...
