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Octopus is one of the original classic cheap crap movies that started it all for the followers of the 'Elite'. From the outset the movie delivers with absolute genius. It starts with casper the friendly terrorist planting a bomb in some embassy place somewhere, the location isn't that important, anyway the important thing is the explosion with the cuts of henry and his sidekick falling(genius) The explosion which was done for this movie which looked frightfully similar to the cheap explosion in the Seagal classic 'Ticker'. Yes its not like Seagal coppied it for Ticker or anything. Anyway back to the plot, a chase scene ensues after the explosion, which wasn't ripped off for Ticker, and henry does this amazing run, well more of a waddle actually, and this is one of the biggest pieces of comical genius ever, classic without a doubt, even to rival the scene when ben affleck falls out of the helicopter in sum of all fears, in fact it probably surpasses it, and Henrys attempt at character depth is also classic with his 'Berlin 52, 53, 54' lines. The only other comical legend line from the movie is when Casper(another classic Seagal name)comes up behind the woman in the submarine, scaring her and saying, 'ooo i like that in a woman'. Classic without a doubt. this movie is the original cheapness and a masterpiece along with bats, python, spiders and that killer bee movie, i can't remember what its called but it doesn't really matter. Watch Octopus if you live for classic cheapness.

I didn't really want to review this movie but i felt it was neccessary as Arnie is in the 'Elite'. This movie was along the same lines of Insomnia or the sum of all fears, it pretty much put me into a coma for 2 hours, only being able to laugh at how cheap the movie was and the scene where Arnie gets electricuted(obviousely the highlight of the movie) I watched this movie with a fellow 'Elite' follower and found myself constantly leaving the room to get more drinks just to escape the torture. I would like to disect the electricution scene for a moment, it was pure class, the film had been trash up to that point which made it a comical bonus, it was a similar scene to when 'Bennett(Vernon Wells; a fellow Elite member)' was electricuted in commando, and also the scene when ben affleck fell out of the helicopter in sum of all fears, comical mayhem. That was about the only watchable scene in the movie. There were some cheap explosions, not stolen from other movies unlike some other movies we know, but this could not save it. Of course i must promote this movie as it contains an 'Elite' member and so cannot put it down any more. watch it if you like Insomnia or sum of all fears.

This movie is a top 10 definite and chow and woo are now part of what i like to call the 'Elite'. I notice a few other reviews say this movie is over rated, this is utter trash and could not be further from the truth. This is an absolute masterpiece without dispute. I would also like to recommend, as well as the killer, those other classic john woo titles such as 'A better Tomorrow' and 'Hard Boiled' for its not until you have witnessed the full scope of woo and chows genius that you can really appreciate them in all their glory. although its pretty evident in 'the killer'. The Killer sports some awesome shootouts, without doubt the best ever on par with 'Hard Boiled' and 'Equilibrium', with some parts being especially pleasing when he empties an entire clip into someone or disarms that guy in the kitchen and stabs him with the kitchen knife. One more thing that got to me about the review on the front page was the the comparison to Jackie Chan(another member of the Elite) films. Woos films and JCs films are totally different and should never be compared, they are both impressive but in different ways. To sum up, The Killer is a Masterpiece, anyone who says otherwise is weak and should seek sanctuary and forgiveness in a small cave somewhere in Pakistan.