Helloturia
I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
Myron Clemons
A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Bob
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Janis
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
nepreneaux
The attempts at comedy, wooden acting, fake from beginning to end. Who writes this crap? Worse who invests real money and time into this tripe? The two leads cannot act to save their lives much less the attempt at a movie. I am only glad that it was a dollar rental and not a pricey ticket stub I had in my hand. Literally one of the three worst movies I have ever seen.
gridoon2018
This is the third movie collaboration of Billy Blanks and Jalal Merhi that I have watched, and it is the weakest of the three. The other two ("TC 2000", "Expect No Mercy") had futuristic angles that gave them at least a hint of creativity; on the other hand, "Talons Of The Eagle" is about as generic as a low-budget action flick can get. And it doesn't deliver on its promise of a martial arts tournament, either: there are three matches and then it's all forgotten. The fight scenes are also not as good as they were in the aforementioned two flicks: the editing is sometimes poor, and the lack of contact in some hits too obvious. Also, having the 60+ years old James Hong going against Jalal Merhi at the end does not really work. And I wonder why Kelly Gallant, who is a quite proficient martial artist, didn't get the starring female role instead of Priscilla Barnes. All in all, "Talons Of The Eagle" is worth a look for fans of the genre, but only if they've seen "TC 2000" and "Expect No Mercy" first. ** out of 4.
ManBehindTheMask63
Talons of the Eagle has some good things going for it. Matthias Hues (from I Come In Peace and No Retreat No surrender 2) plays the lead henchman and we get a lot of b-movie fights and shoot outs and a lot of t&a. Billy Blanks'(from "King of the Kickboxers" and those Tai Bo videos)acting is so bad it's good but he does showcase some pretty cool moves and has some great one-liners. Especially when he talks about his balls being made of steel. James Hong stars as the Asian drug lord and we get some lame guy named Jalal Mehri who becomes Blanks partner and gets way too much screen time. Mehri is a pretty bad actor and fighter and i'm pretty sure he only got the role cause he produced the film. There is a pretty cool fight at the end between Blanks and Hues, the Russian bull(for you NRNS2 fans). Overall, it's a low-budget kick 'em up that reminded me of a weaker Showdown in little tokyo. Plus, you get tons of t&a, an old master who teaches Blanks the Eagle Claw, a really odd looking chick on steroids, horrible buddy-cop jokes, and Blanks having a really stupid kitchen fight with some bad guy. It's from SGE.
sveknu
If anyone say that this is a B-movie, then I suppose they are right about that. If anyone say that this is low-budget, I guess they are right about that too. But these minor details don't mean that this movie isn't good. Personally, I think this is pure entertainment from beginning to end. Good fight scenes, especially from Blanks. It was also interesting to see that Matthias Hues were in it as a bad guy. As always, he does that job in an excellent way. And if you like James Hong, he's here too. All in all a good fighting movie with excellent teamwork between Billy Blanks and Jalal Merhi. The ending proves just that.