10 More Movies Where The Reshoots Were Painfully Obvious
10. Samurai Cop
With a title like Samurai Cop, it probably won't surprise you to hear that this B-movie was a piece of straight-to-video fodder, but it holds a cult following thanks in no small part to some comically jarring reshoots.
Several months after the movie's initial photography had wrapped, lead actor Mathew Karedas (credited in the film as Matt Hannon) shaved off his long, flowing locks in search of other work, which created a massive continuity problem when director Amir Shervan called him back to film extra scenes.
Apparently, the filmmaker was furious that Karedas had the audacity to get a haircut as it forced him to go off on a wild goose chase in search of a wig that resembled the star's original hairstyle. The closest he could find was a luxurious woman's toupee that looked nothing like the actor's original do.
Believing the reshoots were minor, Karedas agreed to wear the hairpiece, only to discover there was still half a film to lay down. Throughout the final cut, the star's hair goes from natural in one scene, to obviously fake in the next, and because these scenes weren't shot in chronological order, it then switches back again.
The only thing more ridiculous than a law enforcing martial artist in a woman's wig are the scenes where it's falling off his head to reveal his real hair beneath.