I have no familiarity with Mimi or her movies, but I am a HUGE fan of the action genre, particularly low-budget DTV action movies. So even though I had no idea who this actress was, she seemed to have valid martial arts credentials, which is enough to get me interested. While she does manage to deliver a pretty decent (although terribly anticlimactic) fight scene at the end of the movie, the film simply stinks.
It stinks bad.
The main reason for this: NOTHING HAPPENS IN THE FIRST HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES! I don't know whose idea it was to have so much character set-up in the first and second act, but whoever it was needs to learn Low-Budget Action Screewriting 101: No one cares about character.
Sorry, they don't.
Never have I been watching a Don "The Dragon" Wilson movie and thought, "You know what would make this film better? Exposition and character development! MORE THAN AN HOUR'S WORTH!" This should've been nothing more than a goofy, non-stop kick-fest set in the woods. Instead, they aimed too high and failed miserably.
The film is streaming on Amazon Prime, which is how I stumbled across it. Even for free, I can't recommend the film -- even to fans of the genre.
Mimi, however, was pretty good and very likable. I'll probably be checking out more of her stuff.
