karate

• Ed Parker's Infinite Insights into Kenpo by Ed Parker (1982)

  [4/10]

  "Parker sets out to explain the mental aspects behind his form of Kenpo Karate. He goes over this history of his form and makes some interesting points, but fails to create a coherent whole from the concepts he presents."

• Fire Down Below directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá (1997)

  [2/10]

  "Fire Down Below disappointed me in several ways. First, the love interest with Sarah Kellogg (Marg Helenberger) seems artificial, placed in the film to give Taggart easy access to clues that he might have actually had to work to find otherwise. Second, the film doesn't have the requisite antagonist champion whose skill almost matches Seagal's."

• Little Manhattan directed by Mark Levin (2005)

  [9/10]

  "Little Manhattan handles the themes of first love and lost love with sensitivity and uncommon depth."

  Average score: 5.00