12 Cheesy Action Films More Fun Than Terminator Genisys

For various reasons, Sonny Chiba’s ex-cop has to break a klutz out of prison and, together with a hitman, they set off to steal twenty billion dollars’ worth of dope from a New York gangster. Which is all the story that’s needed as for the rest of picture; Sonny’s content hurling bad guys through the air, tearing out rib bones and flooring henchmen by the dozen.

It may be light on plot, but the action never lets up and there’s some truly bizarre humour. During a car chase, Chiba refuses to ram the villain’s car because, he says, he isn’t gay (!), and when was the last time you saw a character ask their friend to look after their car payments before dying?

Chalk such silliness down to director Teruo Ishii, who delivers all the blood, nudity and bone-blasting, spine-shattering action you’d expect from the director of Horror of a Malformed Man (1969) and Blind Beast Vs Dwarf (2001).