There is a base enjoyment to be had with an Albert Pyun film. It's so dumb and insulting that you can't help but stare at the screen. Brain Smasher is about a bouncer, who can smash brains with a single punch, who falls for a model and helps her fight off a band of ninjas, I mean monks, who want the rare flower that her sister has, which will give them ultimate power. Andrew Dice Clay is the bouncer and he isn't lead material. He is a stand up comic playing himself and he was never funny or likable. His one expression of toughness, reminiscent of Vanilla Ice or Mark Whalberg, isn't much to look at. Teri Hatcher, the model, plays vapid like her name is Barbie, but she is the one we should like. Instead, her whining makes you wish Clay would punch her. Also, Their chemistry as a couple is non-existent. As for the movie itself, it's full of racist jokes and blah violence. Pyun sets out to lambaste the genre, but the joke is on him. He has made an action movie every bit as simple as the ones that come out of the big studios.
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
(1993 Video)
Head Scratcher...A Pyun Film.
30 May 2007
Warning: Spoilers