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* {{Corpsing}}: In one scene where Frank is being chewed out by DaChief for encouraging him to hire Joe, Frank decides to [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment kiss his boss's head]] and runs off when Capt. Rohmer threatens them, then the scene continues where it seems the editor fell asleep and the actor who plays the Captain starts laughing and then sits back down and closes his eyes as if he's ready to do another take of that same scene, but if taken in the context of the movie, it can show that Rohmer thinks it's ActuallyPrettyFunny.
-->'''Kevin:''' I love those motherfuckers!
-->'''Kevin:''' I love those motherfuckers!
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* FakeNationality: All but two of the Japanese Yakuza are played by Caucasian actors. Likely intentional on the part of the film's [[{{Camp}} campy tone]] and aesthetic, and possibly a nod the first film's oddly multi-cultural "ninkyō dantai."
* TheOtherDarrin: Kayden Kross and Joe Estevez replace Janis Farley and Dale Cummings as Jennifer and Captain Rohmer, respectively.
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* TroubledProduction: Amir Shervan ran out of money while filming the movie in 1990 and production didn't resume until three months later, in 1991. By this point, Matt Hannon had cut his hair which lead to the infamous wig used in half of the film. Amir Shervan also stopped using a boom mic and did all of the secondary character's voice looping himself to save money.
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* TroubledProduction: Amir The film owes its camp-classic status in large part to the way incompetence and miserliness can give rise to this trope:
** Lead actor Matt Hannon, a former bodyguard to Sylvester Stallone who'd decided to give acting a try, went to [[PrimaDonnaDirector co-producer, writer and director]] Amin Shervanran out for what he throught would be an interview about the possible role only for Shervan to take one look at him, tell him he was perfect and that shooting would start next week. Shervan, as he did in many of his other films, set all his scenes during the day to avoid spending any money while filming on lighting and used the movie same locations as his other movies, no matter how poorly suited they were to the purpose.[[note]]such as the "horny nurse" scene, supposedly in 1990 and a hospital but so very clearly in a dentist's office[[/note]] Some fight scenes were choreographed a mere 15 minutes before being shot, usually with a single take so that Shervan could keep things on the cheap.[[note]]The actors also "helped" the production save money by wearing their own clothes and driving their own cars.[[/note]]
** Frustrated by not getting a second chance to shoot many scenes, Hannon [[SpringtimeForHitler began deliberately screwing up takes in the hope of forcing Shervan to shoot more, only for the director to actually use them]].
** After several months of shooting, Hannon assumed that Shervan had finished the film when he told them they were done. However, it turned out that he'd only run out of money, and he called back a few months later and said there was more movie to make. What Hannon thought was to be just a few scenes turned out to be about half the movie.
** Since Hannon thought the film had wrapped, he cut the mullet he'd worn throughout the shoot. To cover up his new short haircut, the annoyed Shervan bought him a woman's wig whose only resemblance to Hannon's original hairstyle was being long. Hannon assumed, again wrongly, that he'd only have to wear it in long shots ... in some of the closeups it's clearly falling off and his real hair is visible underneath. And since the movie was not shot in continuity, Hannon's hair goes back and forth between the wig and his real hair constantly.
** As a further cost-cutting measure, Shervan shot the film without sound, planning to loop all the dialogue afterwards. Again, he was not able to do this until months after wrap, and couldn't get many of the actors who played bit parts to return. So ... aside from Hannon and his costar Mark Frazer, Shervan decided to dub all those parts himself. According to Hannon, Shervan didn'tresume until three months later, in 1991. By this point, Matt Hannon had cut his hair which lead know how to use the infamous wig used ADR machine correctly, resulted in half many of the film. Amir those bit-part actors sounding robotic.
** Shervanalso stopped using a boom mic filmed Hannon and did all Frazer doing pick-up shots during dubbing in his own office, with the actors standing in the corner ... which is why many of the secondary character's voice looping himself shots of them talking during the film have this same wall behind them and don't seem to save money.match the location they're otherwise set in.
** The final film not only went straight to video, it went straight to video ''in Poland'', and wouldn't be rediscovered for almost two decades, after the original cut was found in a film vault. It was a triple CreatorKiller ... Shervan never directed another film, and died before this one was rediscovered. Frazer never acted again, and Hannon ... well, by the end of the 20th century he'd not only given up acting as well, he'd done a short prison term ''and'' changed his name, which led people to think he had died years later as they rediscovered the film, only for him to come out and say he was alive under his new name.
** Lead actor Matt Hannon, a former bodyguard to Sylvester Stallone who'd decided to give acting a try, went to [[PrimaDonnaDirector co-producer, writer and director]] Amin Shervan
** Frustrated by not getting a second chance to shoot many scenes, Hannon [[SpringtimeForHitler began deliberately screwing up takes in the hope of forcing Shervan to shoot more, only for the director to actually use them]].
** After several months of shooting, Hannon assumed that Shervan had finished the film when he told them they were done. However, it turned out that he'd only run out of money, and he called back a few months later and said there was more movie to make. What Hannon thought was to be just a few scenes turned out to be about half the movie.
** Since Hannon thought the film had wrapped, he cut the mullet he'd worn throughout the shoot. To cover up his new short haircut, the annoyed Shervan bought him a woman's wig whose only resemblance to Hannon's original hairstyle was being long. Hannon assumed, again wrongly, that he'd only have to wear it in long shots ... in some of the closeups it's clearly falling off and his real hair is visible underneath. And since the movie was not shot in continuity, Hannon's hair goes back and forth between the wig and his real hair constantly.
** As a further cost-cutting measure, Shervan shot the film without sound, planning to loop all the dialogue afterwards. Again, he was not able to do this until months after wrap, and couldn't get many of the actors who played bit parts to return. So ... aside from Hannon and his costar Mark Frazer, Shervan decided to dub all those parts himself. According to Hannon, Shervan didn't
** Shervan
** The final film not only went straight to video, it went straight to video ''in Poland'', and wouldn't be rediscovered for almost two decades, after the original cut was found in a film vault. It was a triple CreatorKiller ... Shervan never directed another film, and died before this one was rediscovered. Frazer never acted again, and Hannon ... well, by the end of the 20th century he'd not only given up acting as well, he'd done a short prison term ''and'' changed his name, which led people to think he had died years later as they rediscovered the film, only for him to come out and say he was alive under his new name.
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* ThrowItIn: Since most scenes were done in one take, there are many instances of this. For example, Fujiyama's first name Fuj came from Matt Hannon fumbling his name. Hannon also revealed in the Red Letter Media interview that he intentionally acted badly in some scenes so that they would be left on the cutting room floor, only to find them in the finished film.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Became ''The Samurai of L.A.'' in French Canada.
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** Canada: ''The Samurai ofL.A.'' in French Canada.LA''
** Brazil: ''An Invincible Cop''
** Canada: ''The Samurai of
** Brazil: ''An Invincible Cop''
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* ActorInspiredElement: Due to the film having NoBudget, the cast wears their own clothes and mostly drive their own cars. Gerald Okamura provided the weapons that he uses in the film.
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* NoBudget: Most of Amir Shervan's movies are made on a limited budget, but ''Samurai Cop'' stands out in that regard. When the color temperature changes from shot to shot in the same scene for no good reason other than they ran out of the appropriate film stock and used whatever's left, you know the production was really low on money at the time.
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* DyeingForYourArt: During filming, Matt Hannon ate nothing but shredded chicken as he believed that it kept him lean.
* LoopingLines: Amir Shervan shot much of the film "wild" (with no sound) and later dubbed in a lot of dialogue via ADR. However, many of the bit-part actors were not available to speak their lines again so Shervan used his own voice and warped it in post-production to sound different. This is why the Chinese henchman at the beginning sounds like a robot. The voice of the film editor in the puzzling editing booth scene is that of Mark Frazer, not Warren Stevens.
* NoBudget: Most of Amir Shervan's movies are made on a limited budget, but''Samurai Cop'' this stands out in that regard. When the color temperature changes from shot to shot in the same scene for no good reason other than they ran out of the appropriate film stock and used whatever's left, you know the production was really low on money at the time.time.
* OneTakeWonder: Almost every shot in the movie was done with just a single take.
* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: When Matt Hannon had considered shooting to be finished, he cut his long hair very short. While he was looking for more acting work, Amir Shervan called him back to his office for some re-shoots. Shervan was furious that Hannon had cut his hair and immediately went out to look for a wig that was a close match to the long hair Hannon had in the previously filmed footage. The only wig Shervan was able to obtain was a woman's wig that did not resemble the long hair Hannon had. Under the assumption that Shervan was just going to do a couple of long-shots and pick-ups, Hannon agreed to wear it, despite the ridiculousness. To Hannon's dismay, Shervan still had half of the movie to shoot, completely out of chronological order. As a result, his hair alternates between his natural long hair to the obviously fake wig. At times, the wig can even be seen coming off, revealing Hannon's real short hair underneath.
* LoopingLines: Amir Shervan shot much of the film "wild" (with no sound) and later dubbed in a lot of dialogue via ADR. However, many of the bit-part actors were not available to speak their lines again so Shervan used his own voice and warped it in post-production to sound different. This is why the Chinese henchman at the beginning sounds like a robot. The voice of the film editor in the puzzling editing booth scene is that of Mark Frazer, not Warren Stevens.
* NoBudget: Most of Amir Shervan's movies are made on a limited budget, but
* OneTakeWonder: Almost every shot in the movie was done with just a single take.
* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: When Matt Hannon had considered shooting to be finished, he cut his long hair very short. While he was looking for more acting work, Amir Shervan called him back to his office for some re-shoots. Shervan was furious that Hannon had cut his hair and immediately went out to look for a wig that was a close match to the long hair Hannon had in the previously filmed footage. The only wig Shervan was able to obtain was a woman's wig that did not resemble the long hair Hannon had. Under the assumption that Shervan was just going to do a couple of long-shots and pick-ups, Hannon agreed to wear it, despite the ridiculousness. To Hannon's dismay, Shervan still had half of the movie to shoot, completely out of chronological order. As a result, his hair alternates between his natural long hair to the obviously fake wig. At times, the wig can even be seen coming off, revealing Hannon's real short hair underneath.
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** The sequel had such a '''disastrous''' and messy production that it had its own documentary, ''Enter the Samurai''. It was so bad that it made Matt Hannon [[https://twitter.com/mkaredas/status/841712142508154880 refuse to ever play the role of Samurai Cop again]] unless he has [[https://twitter.com/mkaredas/status/841712180944805888 full creative control]]. And an actual budget.budget.
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** The sequel had such a '''disastrous''' and messy production that it had its own documentary, ''Enter the Samurai''. It was so bad that it made Matt Hannon [[https://twitter.com/mkaredas/status/841712142508154880 refuse to ever play the role of Samurai Cop again]] unless he had has [[https://twitter.com/mkaredas/status/841712180944805888 full creative control]]. And an actual budget.
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The way Matt Hannon tweets makes it hard to quote. I did my best, but I think someone might be able to do a better job.
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** The sequel had such a '''disastrous''' and messy production that it had its own documentary, ''Enter the Samurai''. It was so bad that it made Matt Hannon [[https://twitter.com/mkaredas/status/841712142508154880 refuse to ever play the role of Samurai Cop again again]] unless he had [[https://twitter.com/mkaredas/status/841712180944805888 full creative control]]. And an actual studio is involved in the production.budget.
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* TroubledProduction: Amir Shervan ran out of money while filming the movie in 1990 and production didn't resume until three months later, in 1991. By this point, Matt Hannon had cut his hair which lead to the infamous wig used in half of the film. Amir Shervan also stopped using a boom mic and did all of the secondary character's voice looping himself to save money.
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* TroubledProduction: Amir Shervan ran out of money while filming the movie in 1990 and production didn't resume until three months later, in 1991. By this point, Matt Hannon had cut his hair which lead to the infamous wig used in half of the film. Amir Shervan also stopped using a boom mic and did all of the secondary character's voice looping himself to save money.money.
** The sequel had such a ''disastrous'' production that it had its own documentary, ''Enter the Samurai''.
** The sequel had such a ''disastrous'' production that it had its own documentary, ''Enter the Samurai''.
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* NoBudget: Most of Amir Sherman's movies are made on a limited budget, but ''Samurai Cop'' stands out in that regard. When the color temperature changes from shot to shot in the same scene for no good reason other than they ran out of the appropriate film stock and used whatever's left, you know the production was really low on money at the time.
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* NoBudget: Most of Amir Sherman's Shervan's movies are made on a limited budget, but ''Samurai Cop'' stands out in that regard. When the color temperature changes from shot to shot in the same scene for no good reason other than they ran out of the appropriate film stock and used whatever's left, you know the production was really low on money at the time.
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* NoBudget: Most of Amir Sherman's movies are made on a limited budget, but ''Samurai Cop'' stands in that regard. When the color temperature changes from shot to shot in the same scene for no good reason other than they ran out of the appropriate film stock and used whatever's left, you know the movie was made for very cheap.
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* NoBudget: Most of Amir Sherman's movies are made on a limited budget, but ''Samurai Cop'' stands out in that regard. When the color temperature changes from shot to shot in the same scene for no good reason other than they ran out of the appropriate film stock and used whatever's left, you know the movie production was made for very cheap.really low on money at the time.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Became ''The Samurai of L.A.'' in French Canada.
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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Fujiyama]] is the ruthless leader of the [[{{Yakuza}} Katana crime syndicate]]. In his attempts to take over the Los Angeles underworld, Fujiyama orders the assassination of a rival gang boss. When [[TheHero Joe Marshall]] gets his attention by investigating a drug run some of his gpons are doing, he declares war on the cop, sending many of [[BadBoss his own men]] to their deaths due to his "Code of Silence" forbidding them from being taken alive. In his feud, Fujiyama has one of Marshall's fellow cops [[CopKiller killed]] along with his wife, the latter of whom was also sexually assaulted, and another one tortured with boiling oil. In the final battle, Fujiyama tricks our hero into letting his guard down, and tries to kill him along with his partner and his LoveInterest.
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* TroubledProduction: Amir Shervan ran out of money while filming the movie in 1980 and production didn't resume until three months later, in 1981. By this point, Matt Hannon had cut his hair which lead to the infamous wig used in half of the film. Amir Shervan also stopped using a boom mic and did all of the secondary character's voice looping himself to save money.
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