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Samurai Cop (1991)

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(All screen captures are the property of Hollywood Royal Pictures, Cinema Epoch, and Guilty Pleasures.) Samurai Cop Release Date: November 30, 1991 Written & Directed by Amir Shervan Starring: Matt Hannon (Matthew Karedas), Mark Frazer, and Robert Z'Dar IMDb Rating: 4.6/10 Rotten Tomatoes Scores: Audience – 47%, Critic – N/A Notes: Samurai Cop falls into that category of movies so bad they are good. I first heard of it from Red Letter Media. I also watched OSW Review's video about this movie. Then, I watched it as part of a movie-riffing group on Twitter. (I'll give more information about that after the review.) Amir Shervan wrote and directed Samurai Cop . He also made cinematic masterpieces like Killing American Style . Amir hired the lead actors almost on the spot and told them little about their characters. Neither Shervan nor Hannon knew martial arts. Actor Gerald Okamura did all the fight choreography. He also stars in the movie as—Okamura. (Is he playing