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The Octagon [Region 2] | ![The Octagon [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WR4R4ND5L._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Eric Karson
Actors: Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef, Art Hindle, Carol Bagdasarian
Category: DVD
Buy Used: $22.22
as of 3/20/2010 12:35 EDT details
Seller: valleycd
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 290167
Format: PAL
Language: German (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 4022484600381
ASIN: B00004WJW5
Theatrical Release Date: August 14, 1980
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 17
 The Octagon July 6, 2009
Delta Force (Fort Worth, Texas)
Another one Of Chuck Norris Martial Arts Movies. If you enjoy martial arts, then you will like this one.
Perfect January 12, 2009
Steven Hensley (Mid - Atlantic)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great price for A Pruduct that came exactly as described in A short amount if time , would buy from this seller again.
Great Old Time Flick December 17, 2008
Josph John Borg (Australia)
The Octagon is a classic with one of Australia's finest Martale arts.
In my ways it show the world how The Ninja were trained and how one man can make a differense in this world if he wished to.
 One of Chuck's Best September 8, 2008
Stevie Webster (Chicago, IL United States)
The Octagon is one of Chuck's best movie highlighting his karate skills. This is a good one to have in your colloction.
 A traffic sign or martial arts thriller August 4, 2008
The Straw Man (Aloof October on April's Birthday)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am conflicted and truly felt cognitive dissonance when I reviewed this movie. Anyone who knows me is aware that I am huge Chuck Norris fan. However, this movie is so totally ludicrous and for the most part moot. So this review was hard for me to write. Nevertheless, I still love Chuck Norris and this movie is entertaining but perhaps for all the wrong reasons.
This movie released in 1980 (more than likely shot in 1979) has this total retro feel to it, which as far as I am concerned is a good thing. However, this movie had so many loop holes in it the Millennium Falcon would have no problem flying through them in order to jump into hyper-drive.
I would try to explain the story of this film, yet I didn't understand it myself. What I will say is that Chuck Norris is tormented by flashbacks of his childhood and of ninjas (evil). He discovers that his adopted brother (can we say Lego hair) is the leader of an underground ninja crime movement. These ninjas are training in an octagon, hence the title of the movie. The former is really the best description of the movie I can provide. The movie should have been dubbed in French it might have made more sense to me despite the fact I cannot speak French. As for the fighting, it wasn't bad, usually Chuck Norris fair.
Another strange thing in this movie was Chuck Norris' intern-monologue; it has this whispering echo thing going on. For the most part, I didn't understand any of Chuck's thoughts. Then there was the character of A.J.: was he Chuck's friend, business partner, brother, an X-File, I don't know. Then there was this older man played by Lee Van Cleef. He was always accompanied by two other men and they always were able to aid Chuck. Again, I don't know who he was, why he was there and how he knew Chuck. All I knew is that he hated ninjas. I have never met a ninja so I can't share this aversion. Oh you will also see a very young Ernie Hudson in this movie.
Chuck also has three different "encounters" or "relationships" with women in this movie. The first woman is sort of ditzy and is accosted by ninjas. The second woman Chuck calls a whore. Finally, the third looks like a girl I use to date. I am not sure if any of this information means anything.
In retrospect I look at "The Octagon" in two perspectives. The first perspective is a movie that is so bad it makes one wonder why it was made and what events in one's life resulted in viewing this film. The second perspective is a movie that is just random scenes and the only continuity being the characters and location. Under the assumption the viewer surrenders to the latter, they might really enjoy this movie. Sadly this movie seems very thrown together and didn't know what it wanted to do with itself.
The only reason I gave this movie two stars is because after about forty minutes I just started laughing. Once this transpired, I started to lose the oxygen going to my brain and began enjoying the nonsense that is "The Octagon". This behavior continued up forty-eight hours after the movie ended. I will never look at a "stop sign" the same way again.
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