Broken Path (2008, directed by Koichi Sakamoto)


Jack Ellis (Johnny Yong Bosch) spends all of his time moving from town to town, never staying long enough to make lay down permanent roots.  His wife, Lisa (Pamela Walworth), finally convinces him to stop running and to move into a ranch house with her.  That turns out to be a mistake because the ranch house is soon overrun by ninjas who have some sort of grudge against Jack and who appear to have lascivious intentions towards his wife.

Once the movie deals with a few talky sequences at the beginning, Broken Path becomes one long fight sequences with Jack taking on the home invaders one-by-one.  The fight scenes are all exciting choreographed and appropriately brutal, with a lot of blood being spilled by both Jack and his enemies.  This is not one of those martial arts film where people somehow manage to survive the most brutal of beatings without having a scratch on them.  The entire home invasion plays out, more or less, in real time.  This is a movie with a 70-minute fight scene.  If that’s the sort of thing that you’re into, Broken Path is extremely exciting.  If you want more nuance than just people fighting, this might not be the film for you.

From what I understand, Broken Path never got a proper theatrical or video release in the United States but it can be found on YouTube.

 

Monday Live Tweet Alert: Join Us for Broken Path!


As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in hosting a few weekly live tweets on twitter and occasion ally Mastodon.  I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of Mastodon’s #MondayActionMovie!  Every week, we get together.  We watch a movie.  We snark our way through it.

Tonight, for #MondayActionMovie, the film will be 2008’s Broken Path!

It should make for a night of fun viewing and I invite all of you to join in.  If you want to join the live tweets, just hop onto Mastodon, pull up Broken Path on YouTube, start the movie at 8 pm et, and use the #MondayActionMovie hashtag!

Enjoy!