Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

You won't be disappointed!

Not even bad in a good way

Great Film overall

Absolutely amazing

This is a pretty good movie, it is disturbing, dark, and depressing but these are things that happen in real life. We can't hide from these things, the movie is exposing the lifestyle of these scum and the man set out to destroy them. It's not Bronson's best movie but I thought it was pretty solid, I give it a 7.5/10. This movie is pretty underrated, it's such a good movie that touches on sensitive topics. People need to seriously stop being sensitive all the time and realize that the movie meant to expose these criminals. You can't just rate a movie low because it's depressing or doesn't fit your ideal world. the movie is about crime and that is what was shown here, you knew what you were getting into when you were going to watch this movie. You did read the synopsis, right?Overall a pretty solid film, not the best but certainly not the worst.

I saw this years ago at a drive-in theater. The projectionist was my pal, and he joked, for years afterward, about old Charles always rushing in to spoil the fun. Yeah, the movie's main appeal lay in that first scene. Guys are guys, whatcha expect? Okay, laddish humor aside, I finally got to it on DVD two-and-a-half decades later. And there is that promising start, clearly showing why Nicole Eggert got to be Summer Quinn, but then, aw what an old wet blanket this is!Charles Bronson cut a debonair action hero... back in the day. But quit while you are ahead. Geriatric, little more than a well-dressed scarecrow, taking on hoodlums far less than half his age? Worst of all, there is no fire in his actions. He parrots lines from a script that has loads of appeal, but there is no conviction in his words. He is an empty shell, the drying husk of a dead insect. Hoodlums would have laughed at the grandpa, and they'd have p**d on his shoes. Afterward, they'd use him a punching bag. That's reality.He was too old to play a father, he should have been the much-opinionated grandfather, with the action left to some younger guy hungry for the part. Fueled by grandfather's wisdom. For, yes, people, we live in a sick society, and we gotta take care of our own. THe kids, and the elderly...That scene with the Rolex, besides being entirely unconvincing, how deeply tragic, the weak effort of the former action hero. Such feeble movements. And when he points that gun, he seems trembling, unsteady. With Charles in the lead, utterly doomed idea.For the Bronson fans out there, I am not being disrespectful. But you have an indefensible case here, the guy is the very epitome of miscast. Too old, and fragile.RavenGlamDVDCollector was only here for Nicole Eggert... Better than BAYWATCH! Hell, yes, I'm a guy, and a guy will be a guy... Rear view, ten out of ten.(By the way, William Shatner was her Dad on T.J. HOOKER, and he had a similar attitude...)

The final feature film for the celebrated director J. Lee Thompson unfortunately isn't the kind of swan song that I'm sure many people would have preferred to see, but it delivers acceptable seedy entertainment. His final teaming with the almighty Charles Bronson features the actor as Lt. Crowe, an extremely angry vice detective with a vendetta against an especially depraved pimp, Duke (Juan Fernandez). Dukes' specialty is turning underage girls into prostitutes, so you can see how he'd raise a persons' ire. While this is going on, a Japanese man named Hiroshi Hada (James Pax) has arrived in L.A. with his family, and struggles to adjust to a different way of life where woman strive to be independent and not subservient.There's the element of serious themes here. Not that they're explored all that well, but at least "Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects" is attempting to be more ambitious than the usual Thompson-Bronson-Cannon Group potboiler. It takes a look at the differences between American culture and Japanese culture of the times. It also gives Bronson a little more to work with by making his character an anti-Japanese xenophobe. But Thompson and screenwriter Harold Nebenzal do wallow in sleaze, much as Thompson did with the earlier Bronson collaboration "10 to Midnight". Some scenes are certain to make some viewers highly uncomfortable, especially as Hiroshis' daughter Fumiko (Kumiko Hayakawa) gets victimized over and over by Duke and his disgusting associates.The movie is not without its silly pleasures. The most fun is seeing Lt. Crowe terrorize Duke and forcing the pimp to *swallow his own $25,000 watch*. The finale is pretty typical but reasonably rousing action movie stuff.The supporting cast is good: Perry Lopez as Crowes' partner, Peggy Lipton as his wife, Sy Richardson as Dukes' most prominent henchman, Bill McKinney as a priest, Nicole Eggert as one of Dukes' girls, etc. Blink and you'll miss Danny Trejo, in one of his pre-stardom convict roles, near the end of the picture.Overall, a trashy, fun action picture with an ending where you really feel, for once, that the bad guy is *really* going to get what he deserves.Seven out of 10.

I remember when Kinjite first came out. It received harsh reviews from the Beavis and Butthead of snob reviewers(no names needed..you know who they are). When I finally saw it I liked it. Of course it's not perfect but what movie under Golan and Globus is? Plus they trashed the movie because of the subject matter but the subject matter happens in real life.Plot: LT Crowe(Charles Bronson) goes out of his way to bust a child prostitution ring. He ends up furious after his daughter is molested by an Asian man. He later has to help an Asian man find his own daughter after she was kidnapped. Here is a twist: the same man Crowe has to help molested Crowe's daughter.The storyline is what keeps the movie interesting. The action scenes are kept to a minimum and Charles Bronson had some pretty funny lines. The main reason why I like Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects is that you can tell that there was an effort to make it work. It wasn't your typical Charles Bronson fare and that made it appealing. My biggest gripe with the film is that the same guy that molested Crowe's daughter is never dealt with. That just doesn't sit too well with me but other than that it was a good movie.Its easy to slam this movie based on a subject matter that repulses most people but that isn't being fair. Child prostitution is a reality so bashing a movie for showing a reality is pretty damn stupid. But what can you expect from the same critics that gave Speed 2: Booze Control two thumbs up? If you love the late Charles Bronson's movies than you cant go wrong with Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects. Its better than the weak link of the Death Wish series.