When a film stars a man named "Warhawk Tanzania", criticism is essentially besides the point. Traditional paradigms of "good" and "bad" transcend into Nietscheanism realms dominated by Ubermensch. So in short, no, the film is not good, but it is wildly entertaining.

Mr. Tanzania stars as Luke, a dojo owner/sensei and upstanding figure of the community who does his best to manage gang rivalries and police discrimination plaguing the neighborhood. After a meditative trip to Hong Kong for a martial arts retreat, Luke and his best student unwittingly return to New York City with a medallion and ancient monster that hides in the subway tunnels. The monster's bug-eyed possession of commuters and killing spree is soon investigated by the police, who suspect the drug business may be heating up. Oh, and essentially everyone in New York is a black belt.

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Beverly Hills Cop. Trading Places. Coming to America. The trifecta of 1980s Eddie Murphy brilliance. But if there was one more selection to add to the canon, let it be The Golden Child.

Murphy stars as Chandler "Mr. Yarrell" Jarrell, a youth worker who specializes in finding lost children. Kee Nang (Charlotte Lewis) approaches him to find and rescue the titular Golden Child, essentially a bodhisattva-esque boy who embodies compassion, from Sardo "Numsie" Numspa (Charles Dance).

The movie is an insane, weird concept. Eddie Murphy Eddie-Murphys his way through pseudo-Buddhist spirituality and nominally-Himalayan culture. The most prominent East Asian character is played by an actress who is a quart...Read the entire review

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