Search - American Rickshaw [Blu-ray] on Blu-ray

Craig S. (InnerMacro) from WAUSAU, WI
Reviewed on 5/29/2023...

Olympic gymnast Mitch Gaylord becomes embroiled in a seedy Miami underworld with Chinese mysticism / Christian apocalypse (?) mixed in. At no point in this film did any character's actions seem to resemble something a normal person would do given the circumstances, whether mundane or supernatural. The story doesn't flow well because characters keep doing stupid or random things, particularly Gaylord and the two detectives on the case. I'm not sure why Gaylord was used for the role other than perhaps his looks? He doesn't do anything remotely gymnastics related (e.g. Gymkata), and even the chase scenes could have been pulled off by anyone in their 20-30s with a small amount of cardio. If you can make it to the last 15 mins or so of the film, there are some cheap, "What?!", special effects scenes that rapidly try to pull everything together, and some laughably stupid dialogue as the remaining characters reflect on these strange events. Unfortunately, you'll have likely lost interest long before then, and it's doubtful that these special effects could have saved the plot if they were used earlier - they just are not that good. Gaylord's character is just too moronic for the viewer to care what happens to him. The 'religious hitman' character in this film reminded me of the DaVinci Code's 'Vatican hitman' - pathetically bad at his job.