{"id":113338,"date":"2020-11-17T01:19:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T22:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jiu-jitsu-brings-the-action-but-forgets-the-jiu-jitsu\/"},"modified":"2020-11-17T01:19:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T22:19:53","slug":"jiu-jitsu-brings-the-action-but-forgets-the-jiu-jitsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jiu-jitsu-brings-the-action-but-forgets-the-jiu-jitsu\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Jiu Jitsu&#8217; Brings the Action But Forgets the Jiu-Jitsu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Jiu Jitsu&#8217; Brings the Action But Forgets the Jiu-Jitsu<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.8-->Action <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> really only need to deliver one thing \u2014 good, memorable action sequences. That\u2019s especially the case for lower budgeted, direct-to-video action fare that can\u2019t afford stunning locales, big stars, and killer production design. <strong><em>Jiu-Jitsu<\/em><\/strong> is the latest entry into the DTV action landscape, and while it neglects to include any jiu-jitsu (more on that later) it does give viewers plenty of action beats and a few fun thrills.<\/p>\n<p>A comet heads towards Earth, but don\u2019t worry about that. Down on the surface, a man named Jake (<strong>Alain Moussi<\/strong>) is running through a jungle in Myanmar with an invisible-ish, <em>Predator<\/em>-cosplayer in hot pursuit. Knocked unconscious in a fall, he awakes in military custody before being rescued by Kueng (<strong>Tony Jaa<\/strong>) and reintroduced to the fighter squad he can\u2019t remember including Harrigan (<strong>Frank Grillo<\/strong>), Sand (<strong>Rick Yune<\/strong>), and Carmen (<strong>JuJu Chan<\/strong>). He soon discovers \u2014 well, maybe not soon as it actually takes several conversations, geographical jumps, and the introduction of Wylie (<strong>Nicolas Cage<\/strong>), but he eventually discovers \u2014 that he\u2019s part of a defense force chosen to save the Earth from destruction. Every six years an alien fighter named Brax arrives demanding a \u201cfair\u201d fight, and if he\u2019s satisfied or beaten, the Earth is safe for another six years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jiu Jitsu<\/em>, from director\/co-writer <strong>Dimitri Logothetis<\/strong> and co-writer <strong>Jim McGrath<\/strong>, is the kind of silly action\/sci-fi fare the late 80s\/early 90s used to deliver on a regular basis \u2014 a goofy but engaging plot grounded with affordable settings and performers but made memorable through a steady flow of competent action sequences. Logothetis manages just that here with the added bonus of some truly talented fighters in Moussi, Jaa, and Chan. None of it is enough to raise the film above the level of a <em>Cyborg<\/em> (1989) or a <em>Project Metalbeast<\/em> (1995), but it\u2019s an entertaining enough diversion for action fans. What it isn\u2019t, though, is even slightly related to ji-jitsu.<\/p>\n<p>This is admittedly a point that others won\u2019t be as stuck on, but if you\u2019re going to call your film <em>Jiu Jitsu<\/em> and talk about how an alien brought the fighting style to Earth \u2014 maybe let some of your characters actually use jiu-jitsu? The martial arts style, particularly in its Brazilian form, isn\u2019t interested in hitting or kicking (and definitely isn\u2019t keen on automatic weapons) as it\u2019s instead a gr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ling-heavy technique used to disarm and disable opponents through leverage and physical manipulation. We get none of that here, and that\u2019s despite someone saying \u201cJust remember the one thing you always have with jiu jitsu\u2026 leverage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, the action we do get is thrilling enough to warrant a watch with its combination of fights and gun play. As mentioned, at least three of the cast members here are talented, entertaining fighters busting loose in well-choreographed hand-to-hand combat, and Logothetis does a solid job capturing much of it with clarity. There are some missteps including a brief but weird diversion into first-person POV at one point \u2014 that temporarily shifts back to normal before returning to the character\u2019s POV again \u2014 that\u2019s more distracting than successful and an overuse of speed-ramping during some moves. Jaa gets a fun enough \u201csingle take\u201d assault through an enemy-heavy compound, though, and Cage\u2019s fighting double is entertaining too.<\/p>\n<p>If the action and cast are the reasons to watch <em>Jiu Jitsu<\/em>, then the script, editing, and reliance on CG (gunfire, smoke, dust, fire, etc) are the reasons why it ultimately fails to impress. A silly story is one thing, but it takes its premise so seriously that it stumbles beneath attempts to explain and justify itself. Brax <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>s thousands of light years to get here\u2026 every six years? He fights nine people with his super-advanced armory, but if they bring in soldiers it\u2019s cheating? He cares about fairness? \u201cWho the hell are those Jedi Knights who just took out my unit?\u201d says one character, but none of them have seen <em>Predator<\/em> (1987)? \u201cYou are right this minute where he wants you to be, and it is over,\u201d says Wylie. \u201cBall in net. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> match set. Checkmate.\u201d Did no one realize that Cage messed up \u201cgame set match?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Editing is wonky with characters appearing and disappearing during scenes or suddenly arriving in seemingly distant locales despite traveling on foot. Some of that is presumably due to not having all of the name actors on set at the same time at all times, but it makes for some clunky sequences. An inconsistent use of\u00a0comic panels and some terribly unfunny comic relief (sorry <strong>Eddie Steeples<\/strong>) add to the wobbly tone where things are deadly serious until they\u2019re not.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jiu Jitsu<\/em> is nonsense \u2014 and I wish them luck having already declared this as the start of a new franchise \u2014 but action fans will be satiated by a talented cast kicking butt across fairly nondescript landscapes. The plot is more convoluted than it needs to be, and budget limitations are evident, but hey, Cage makes the <em>Face\/Off<\/em> (1997) gesture while wearing a mad smile, so that\u2019s gotta count for something.\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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