The Third Society (2002)

Director:

J.A. Steel

Writer:

J.A. Steel (writer)

Release Date:

10 November 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

Jones. Any questions?

Plot:

A female cop's sister is kidnapped by the Asian mafia and she has 24 hours to save her.

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Shannon Clay	...	Erica
Russell Vann Brown	...	Michael
Sonya Eddy	...	McGregor
Charles Shen	...	Chan
Benny Tjandra	...	Wong
Debi D. Beebe	...	Janine
Khin-Kyaw Maung	...	Dragon
Moritaka Yoshida	...	Young Dragon
Makai Hyun	...	Xang
Satoshi Nakagawa	...	Ti
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chuck Aaron	...	Helicopter Pilot
Jeff Bateman	...	Airtraffic Controller
Tyrone Beauford	...	Big Joe
Maxine Brooks	...	Hostage
Mike Budzinski	...	Dragon's Speedboat Driver
Dave Glaser	...	Harbor Patrol Officer Glaser
Marion Hopper	...	Dancer
Robert Hughes	...	Big Joe
Kevin Isaacs	...	Jimmy 'The Snitch' (as Kevin Michael Isaacs)
Devyn La Bella	...	Young Jones
Katie Larsen	...	Candy
Randy Lim	...	Inspector Chin
Janie Liszewski	...	Saunders
Andre McCoy	...	Dragon's Man on Boat #1
Hugh McManigal IV	...	John
Betty Pringle	...	Harbor Patrol Diver
Rabatan Salem	...	Chan's cousin
Paulo Tocha	...	Dragon's Man at Jet
Joe Woods	...	Bartender

MPAA:

Rated R for language, violence and brief nudity.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Camarillo, California, USA

Company:

Hubble Productions

Soundtrack:

Indifference

Awesomely bad - Definite potential for cult status

I watched this movie , warned that this was possibly the worst movie ever made....And after seeing it, I'm afraid I have to agree. But it's , as I said, awesomely bad, which made it great to watch. There are bad movies, plain bad movies, and great bad movies, this is in the last category, most definitely. So much as I could make out the story, it deals with 2 women whose mother was killed by some asian baddie when they were young...they go on a witness program and one became a special cop later...that's all you need to know about it anyway, because none of it makes real sense, nor does it need to. I started to laugh 5 minutes in,and then alternated all the way through between having fits and gales of laughter and being totally bemused by it. The acting is just hopeless, the plot nil, the soundtrack so badly cheesy I laughed AT it, the fight scenes look like pillow fights underwater (I think it's meant to be Thai boxing, but I'm not really sure), in short everything is so bad you have to wonder did they do it on purpose? (I'm still wondering) Oh, and the end credits top it all up of course..they won't let you down.

The girl who plays the younger sister is not a bad actress, which of course ruins the entire effect, but the 2 shower scenes or the pink panties-thai boxing-flashback training session make up for it all, trust me...not many movies make me cry laughing.

Anyway, I give it a most admiring one star, one star because it doesn't deserve more, admiring because I would never have dared (actually the lead actress didn't dare either, her name is nowhere to be seen on the credits, and I can well understand why, though it COULD have been to avoid shooting, because she's definitely the worst of the lot, by far)

If you love Z movies, well invite a few friends over for a bottle of wine and pasta bolognese, and pop this DVD in the player.....you might have the laugh of your life ;)