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Samurai Cop

Samurai Cop

1991
Suspense/Thriller, Action
1h 36m
A womanizing super samurai cop and his black side-kick go after the Yakuza.This film is bad..REALLY bad, it's also pretty damn funny. Matt Hannon stars as the samurai cop who looks more like a gay poolboy in the best movie of his long varied career of one film. Robert Z'dar (Maniac Cop) is the right-hand man of the bad guy. Definately a guilty pleasure movie with it's jaw-droppingly insanely stupid dialog, the horrible "action", the unneeded flamingly gay waiter. (imdb)
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Samurai Cop

1991
Suspense/Thriller, Action
1h 36m
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Rated 11 Oct 2014
50
28th
Personal Diary (last entry) - I should have listenend and stayed away. But no, I had to see for myself. The stories were true, Samurai Cop is not a movie. It is an unholy enigma that exists in a perfect state of being both 'amazing' and 'unwatchable', never tipping over to any side. Every scene my whole self was unable to decide whether to laugh or scream, freezing my brain in place. I think this drove me quite mad. Please don't watch this. Oh god you gotta see this thing. No! Yes! No! AUGHH!
Rated 19 Oct 2012
64
68th
Holy crap. This movie isn't so bad it's good. It isn't so bad it's bad. It's so bad...it's BIBLICAL. I could attempt penning a witty review, but it could never beat dialogue like this: "Shoot! Shoot him! Oh, you got him." Or: "Shoot! Shoot him! Shoot! Shoot him! Shoot! Shoot him! You got him. Yeah, I got the bastard." Or: "He's burnin'! He's burnin'! He's on fire! He's burnin'! He's burnin'! Do something, man! He's burnin'!" Fuck my family name. I'm totally naming my first-born Robert Z'Dar.
Rated 18 Jun 2013
1
0th
A friend "recommended" this masterpiece to me. An astonishingly inept piece of film-making, to the extent that it is impossible to imagine how they could have made it worse. It really has to be seen to be believed, although I can't recommend watching it as it will destroy your sanity. There is obviously a huge amount of comedy value to be had from films this bad, although this one is SO bad it could break you. Be warned.
Rated 10 Jan 2018
57
47th
After another attempt at making a half-assed low-rent quasi buddy cop style action movie, director Amir Shervan accidentally succeed by making a cult classic so-bad-it's-good movie instead. Packed with text book examples of odd & fascinating bad movie quirks, that when combined become capable of hypnotizing audiences with its awfulness. Although plenty of delightfully charming so-bad-it's-good laughs, a lot of the movie is just an unadulterated terribly made B-movie that needs to be experienced.
Rated 25 Dec 2011
90
92nd
This is the most glorious thing to slime out of the 80s.
Rated 09 Jun 2010
0
0th
This doesn't deserve to be called a film. Rating it will destroy the integrity of any ranking scale because even the most useless of real films would have to be moved upwards in order to signal the massive inferiority of this garbage which fails on every level, even as camp. For now, let it be noted that, if it were possible, I would rank Samurai Cop infinitely less. It is, truly, one of the worst pieces of shit I have ever had the misfortune of having thrown at me. Don't make the same mistake!
Rated 03 Mar 2020
39
3rd
As a frequent terrible movie watcher, the key ingredient of a so called so-bad-it's-good movie for me is some kind of sign that the people making the film are enjoying making the movie, or have some enthusiasm for it. But Shervan was some kind of clueless auteur who took himself far too seriously, and greatly overestimated his mastery of both filmmaking and the English language in general. The sad part is that the cast recognized this, but weren't given the latitude to make any fun out of it.
Rated 17 May 2010
75
74th
It's got glaring continuity errors, poorly choreographed fight scenes, ridiculous plot devices, laughable editing, cheesy 80's synth music throughout, and three of the most painfully uncomfortable-to-watch love scenes I've ever witnessed. It's a fucking classic.
Rated 03 Jan 2018
5
4th
A truly awful film, but as with the best bad movies it's made by eccentric writer/director who fully believes he's creating a classic for the ages. This deserves a place alongside The Room as one of the mostly wonderfully ham-fisted attempts at movie making ever. Utterly terrible, but endlessly watchable.
Rated 06 Jul 2012
8
1st
The close up shots in this film probably are a direct influence for the famous Dark Place floating head shot. Everything is stammered in this film. The dialogue and action all have these gaps before and after they happen, like the editing is a loose afterthought. Count the over exposed shots as well, incorrect colouring from shot to shot, bizarre dialogue, cheap props (that lion head) and I bet the over tanned lead smelled like coconut the entire shoot. Also, that wig..
Rated 25 Jan 2018
30
3rd
Objectively, this is an awful movie. Once the last kick has been kicked, the last bullet has been dodged, the last luscious mane has been pushed aside, and the last banana hammock has been exposed; however, you realize you managed to have a lot of fun.
Rated 02 Oct 2014
22
6th
So bad it's bad, remarkably bad. At first it's funny because of this, but it's the single joke, uninventive kind of badness, and this joke wears out fast, leaving head-splitting brainfuck. It took me a week to recuperate. But then I saw that someone finally found Hannon, unforgettable lead actor, and he put up a v-log on youtube! I grabbed a phone and called everyone I know to tell about. So I guess there is something about this movie...
Rated 13 Sep 2014
50
26th
That poster is so much cooler than this movie. It does fall into the so bad it's good category, but barely so. The sound is almost unlistenable. Highlights include the police chief, Frank, hot oil torture, gratuitous boobage, and some good riffing by all viewers.
Rated 16 Nov 2014
5
20th
Much that like one-legged, toothless hobo in front of my house who yells obscenities at school going children, Samurai Cop holds that rare distinction of being both awesome and bad at the same time. The dialogues are out this world redonkulous and every woman in this film is about as horny as a black-tailed jackrabbit on Viagra. What more could you ask for ?
Rated 20 Feb 2016
45
9th
More baffling & fascinating than hilarious, except when it all becomes too much. It's Ed Wood grade naive ineptness mixed with embarrassing soft-core fixation through a persistently thick 80's haze that never wore off. Stylistically it's the cinematic equivalent of the fifteenth night of hard drug use in a sleazy motel room with TV switching between cheap cop shows & awkward porn. A coked up vision of American popular culture through the eyes one crazy Iranian immigrant living the dream.
Rated 06 Aug 2015
67
52nd
This movie is what would happen if the guys from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia followed through on their Dolph Lundgren movie where it switches back and forth between fighting crime and penetration until it just sort of ends. Overall, Samurai Cop is a solid B-movie with some slow stretches, but many great scenes with amazingly inept dialogue.
Rated 10 Jan 2013
42
22nd
This is one of those fantastic movies that becomes so utterly terrible, so mind-numbingly stupid, so bad, that it is actually entertaining. From the absolutely horrible acting to the nonsensical plot to the strange shift between buddy cup and porn flick, Samurai Cop really is a hoot and a holler. Also it stars Robert Z'Dar and who doesn't like Robert Z'Dar; that is right, everyone likes Robert Z'Dar.
Rated 19 Apr 2017
19
4th
As if Patrick Swayze's feathered, closeted mullet from Road House decided to adapt the young adult novelization of Lethal Weapon back to film, with every available resource of the Pomona Community Theatre at its disposal.
Rated 28 Jan 2019
60
26th
Internet famous terrible film is terrible, but also terribly entertaining. Everything about this is sub par.
Rated 18 Sep 2018
6
2nd
A delightfully terrible movie with everything you would want from a good-bad movie. Excessive violence, nudity, bad shot composition, editing, the lion's head, and terrible dialogue make this one of the best bad movies ever made.
Rated 11 Jan 2019
70
37th
Never boring, except for the sex scenes. The odd editing and reaction insert closeups are fantastic. Not a lot of cop samuraing to be had though.
Rated 12 Feb 2019
7
84th
Like many so-bad-it's-good films the momentum of the laughs does stall out a bit over time, but there's at least a good solid belly laugh every five minutes through the whole runtime, which is more than I can say for most true "comedies" I've seen lately. The cutaways to Mark Frazer's reactions are consistently fantastic, not to mention the bad dubbing/dialogue, awkward close-ups, gratuitous nudity, etc. Overall very enjoyable.
Rated 23 Jun 2019
72
78th
The epitome of "so-bad-it's-good". The cheesy dialog with the awkward delivery is comedy gold, the god awful editing and choreography makes fight scenes a holler, and I have never seen a movie with such good hair in my life! No movie since or before has displayed such fantastic use of male hairstyles. The only real downside is the sex scenes because somehow, the men are more attractive to me than the women and I'm straight! 10/10 bulge.
Rated 12 Mar 2020
55
54th
RiffTrax 80. Movie wasn't really that bad by '80s action movie standards. There really are some terrible ones. Without the commentary I probably wouldn't even have noticed some of the hilarity. Matt Karedas really looks like a buff Steve Carell. Partner contributed nothing except for facial expressions. Fav scenes: sword fight at the end for the flexing fisticuffs and sneaking in Robert Z'Dar into the ICU to murder the gang member in the most convoluted manner.
Rated 05 Sep 2014
79
74th
With somnolent acting, awkward editing, silly writing, near-constant continuity errors, and a welcome surfeit of gratuitous nudity, not since Miami Connection have I seen such a masterpiece of badness.
Rated 11 Feb 2015
50
24th
yet another entry into the "impossible to rate"-section. trash entertainment factor: 100. overall quality and production value: 0. you do the math.
Rated 04 Sep 2014
70
73rd
Holy fucking shit. It goes on a little too long and the director clearly hates women, but holy fucking shit.
Rated 21 Aug 2018
20
3rd
Featuring sloppy editing and continuity, cringe-worthy dialogues, mediocre acting and hardly a fragment of competence as far as setting up a camera and lighting a shot go, "Samurai Cop" is haphazardly made on all fronts. The needless nudity, boring action and overall daftness are balanced out by a handful of truly hilarious, campy moments including some uproariously ridiculous deaths. It's slightly too tedious to be a great bad film but it's badly made and random enough to come very, very close.
Rated 02 Jul 2017
70
23rd
I have said numerous times that there should be a separate scale for trash films, and if I were grading it on that scale, I would give it a perfect score. Baffling, misogynistic and downright hilarious, Samurai Cop embodies the best of the trash film "genre." Samurai Cop is what you get when space aliens steal cable, watch a whole bunch of action movies and then decide to make one. If you don't like this film, just exactly what would interest you? Something the size of a jumbo jet?
Rated 17 Nov 2014
45
41st
Filled with amazing quotes and close ups from close ups, this movie is the best kind of shit you can watch. Absolutely hilarious, with a man with long hair and sharp jawline as the lead, and sometimes in speedo too. I'm confident to say that I can absolutely rewatch this again.
Rated 11 Apr 2009
10
1st
Black Gift.
Rated 03 Feb 2018
50
12th
This is a great piece of cinematic trash i love it
Rated 27 Sep 2010
40
21st
I have a hard time rating this... It's bad. It's really bad. It looks like it's made by amateurs who's never seen a film before. But at the same time. It's funny. It's really funny. I have to give it some points for the entertainment value (though, admitted, the movie is too long, for the funny awfulness to make up for the awful awfulness).
Rated 11 May 2016
50
14th
50 is my highest score for good bad movies
Rated 20 Nov 2011
73
65th
One of the best worst movies that the 80s has to offer. There's rarely a five minute gap where something hilarious/racist isn't happening.
Rated 07 Jun 2017
69
61st
Holy crap this thing is adorable.
Rated 30 Oct 2014
25
17th
I was disappointed in how boring this was, particularly in the action sequences, considering it's hailed as one of the "classic" so bad it's good movies. It has a lot of great moments, but they are interspersed among what feels like hours of meaningless, samey action. The dialog and reaction shots are an absolute blast. I'd prefer it if Frank was the main protagonist. Whether or not you enjoy this probably depends on how drunk you are.
Rated 29 Jan 2019
76
40th
I'm not normally a "so bad it's good" guy, but this one has a certain indefinable je ne sais quoi.
Rated 02 May 2017
1
0th
Kalp.
Rated 24 Jan 2019
90
67th
I want a double bill of this and The Miami Connection.
Rated 29 Apr 2019
90
95th
Samurai Cop is what you would get if an alien remade Lethal Weapon in the style of The A-Team using porn stars and no budget to speak of. Just thinking about this movie instantly cracks me up. The insane dialogue, Hannon's atrocious wig, the hilarious situations, Frazer's bizarre reaction shots, the boatload of mullets, the terrible dubbing, Z'Dar in the tiny cart, the cringeworthy sex scenes. You couldn't be this incompetent if you tried. Honestly the most entertaining thing i've seen in years.
Rated 02 Jun 2021
60
12th
For me this doesn't really come close to matching Troll 2, but it's an iconic piece of crap for a good reason. Unbelievably incompetent in every possible way, from plotting to acting to editing & everything in between. Hilariously terrible ADR, the most wooden lead performance I have ever seen courtesy of Matt Hannon, the most uncomfortably dull sex scenes maybe ever filmed, loads of flubbed lines, awful cinematography, the works. It should be seen at least once, though, for the sheer spectacle.
Rated 06 May 2014
63
29th
Reagan Sighed As He Drew His Katana
Rated 12 Jun 2017
30
5th
it means Japanese sword
Rated 10 Jun 2010
5
1st
'Russian Terminator' country. This is a movie so bad that it's actually bad. Even the token black guy, who's reaction shots (just one out of 100, that replaces establishing shots and... well... plot) are ... bad... and cannot help this movie from being an amateur effort, entertaining like an elephant on skates, but not worthy of comparison to real movies.
Rated 27 Apr 2017
4
0th
It's irresponsible to pretend this isn't utter trash
Rated 31 Aug 2014
70
49th
This flick tends to follow up its moments of sheer campy charm with mind-bogglingly crass ones with some degree of consistency. The most obvious example is the Rocky-IV-like plea for the proper treatment of innocent immigrants in a soliloquy by the protagonist followed up with our heroes making fun of a guy's accent. On occasion it's a hilarious combination. On other occasions it's just standard junk. The soundtrack got me through the whole thing more than whatever was happening v
Rated 16 Dec 2014
83
82nd
A solid hit on the unintended so-bad-its-good genre.
Rated 26 May 2017
65
22nd
Samurai Cop. The Cop that knows how to chop. This movie seems a lot older than a 90's film. It has a really dated feel to it, I'm not sure if it was purposeful or not or if it was just bad film equipment and editing that went into this project. One thing I will say about this movie is that it is pretty dang funny. It has some really dumb gory scenes that look really fake, hilarious editing like the guy getting run over by the car or falling down the stairs...
Rated 02 Nov 2014
50
33rd
Now this doesn't make a lick of sense
Rated 29 Apr 2013
59
14th
It may be an awful piece of shit, but it's often hilarious and never depressing or out-right vile, just a bit boring sometimes.
Rated 01 Feb 2013
30
3rd
A horrible masterpiece.
Rated 25 Apr 2017
20
15th
Who will ever be able to forget the "black gift"?
Rated 24 Mar 2013
80
69th
Quite awesome every step of the way. By far the campiest directing I've ever come across.
Rated 29 Oct 2017
50
27th
Amazing good/bad movie
Rated 11 Feb 2015
40
6th
Trash-score-multiplicator of 2 can be applied!
Rated 01 Dec 2010
0
8th
Holy sheepshit. Nothing can touch _Plan 9 from Outer Space_ for sheer negative entertainment value, but mostly I agree with TheDenizen in his views on this important '80s cultural artifact. So awesomely bad I laughed at it loudly and frequently
Rated 28 Apr 2014
80
49th
A solid intentionally bad movie.
Rated 30 Aug 2014
70
58th
Can't wait for the sequel.
Rated 31 Dec 2020
50
19th
The ridiculous softcore porn scenes, the fake blood, brainless characters, the horrible acting, the laughable fights, the bad voiceovers, the fuzzy close-ups... what's not to love, right?
Rated 02 May 2021
50
20th
This movie is bad. But it's like Manos bad. So it's good.
Rated 25 Aug 2021
35
13th
Better than the second film but still a piece of crap. This movie exists solely to be made fun of by a group of friends having a movie night.
Rated 18 Jan 2022
45
8th
They weren't kidding. It really, really, really is fucking awful. Yet entertainingly so.
Rated 25 Nov 2022
80
72nd
This is at the same time great midnight movie best experienced with an audience and an odd bad movie where every and all choices seem to be the wrong one. Thank you Amir Shervan for your American Trilogy.
Rated 14 Jan 2024
20
0th
When you look for a "so bad it's good" movie, there's something endearing about it. Here, there's just nothing. It's a buddy cop flick that weirdly flirts with being a porno, filled with terrible dialogue, poor editing and sound, and abysmal choreography. It's the type of movie they show on TV on Sunday afternoons, thinking normal people would be watching football, which has much better violent action (albeit with fewer samurai swords).
Rated 09 Feb 2024
55
50th
One of the better so-bad-that-it's-good films. There's a constant flow of WTF-moments and nudity to keep you entertained. It's quite poorly done and has oddly framed shots and editing which makes it hard to keep track where the action is supposed to take place. There's also very little "Samurai" in this and the rare occasions where our hero demonstrates his knowledge of Japanese culture are ridiculous. Good choice to watch with a group of friends and a 6-pack.
Rated 29 Feb 2024
43
11th
audiovisual 35 acting 15 overall feeling 80 avg 43

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