Plot:
I have to mention the epic Civil War drama that is the trailer before Massacre starts. A Civil War drama redefining the history of the United States of
America. The Civil War drama starring Miles O’Keefe. Look for Blood and Honor at a local video store before it wins an Academy Award.
Now, on to our main event. We learn from the rolling un-Star-Wars-like font on the screen, that Tongs were originally good. They would eventually battle each
other.
The credits are rolling along the Seattle skyline.
At the sliding peephole door, somebody is let in to the illegal gambling hall. Boss wants him to set up early. In the corner of the office, a little idol is there. The
guy gets the domino table ready for a group of VIPs is coming.
Young guys have the place staked out and, they get Joe. Driving down the alley, they hand a gun to Joe.
That night, the VIPs are gambling like its Las Vegas night at the senior citizens center. Some Guy is recording bets. He places the money in one of those metal
boxes that are used by middle and high school classes during fall festivals. Young guys and Joe pull up outside.
At the peephole door, a buzzer is heard, the doorman opens it. They grab the guard and, two of them go in to the gambling hall. One of them goes in the backroom
to rob the place. The VIPs are pretty frightened when a gunshot is heard. One of the Young guys shot the guy in the backroom. They have the money and the
black book. Everyone is tied up.
The robbers are waiting for their leader to arrive. Joe makes an intricate origami grasshopper, plot point. They are all nervous and, one of the Young guys snaps
and shoots all the people there. Joe didn’t shoot at anybody and is pretty freaked out by this to say the least. One of the hostages is still alive and, the robbers get out
of there quick.
Police detective Randy Walker is eating dinner and the fortune cookie is also foreshadowing. He learns about the massacre at the gambling hall. The alley outside
the gaming hall is filled with police vehicles. 10 people inside were killed.
Joe tries calling somebody, not sure that it was. He sees some cops and never calls who I refer to as dude 2 again. Instead, Joe calls his Mom and tells her he’s
heading for Canada.
At the crime scene, the guys are standing around trying to look like they are investigating the scene. Randy shows up, finally. He’s supposed to be the hero of
this piece. Piece of crap that is.
Joe is sneaking along the street. He hides the money and the black book in a bathroom. A news broadcast tells the other 2 robbers were caught, because the guy
that didn’t die identified them.
At a meeting of high leaders of the Tong that ran the gaming hall, they discuss needing the book back. The shipment is coming in soon. The loss of the book could
ruin them.
Joe is walking these city streets, contemplating what to do next.
The next day, life goes on. The crime scene has a lot of gawkers at the police line, including Joe, who bumps into Randy. This movie could have ended so much
sooner if only he realized who it was. Randy checks the scene some more and finds the origami grasshopper. I find it hard to believe that the police didn’t find it last
night.
Joe is still out and about. He goes back to the bathroom to get the hidden money. The book is left on the shelf. Tong guy 2 follows Joe. Joe gets a bus ticket and
on the road he is.
Randy is looking for whoever made the grasshopper. Joe is on the bus. Randy talks with Lee, the head of the Tong that ran the gaming hall and, Randy won’t
back down. Lee talks with the police chief who lays down the law with Randy, but Randy will be back. Do you get the feeling that detective Randy Walker is a cop
that plays by his own rules?
Joe gets to Canada and is grilled by the rude border guard.
Randy ponders the origami grasshopper.
Joe is walking the streets in Canada not like that. He goes to his motel room and remembers his friends: the guys that shot those old people that were tied up and,
he awakens from the nightmare.
At a police station in Seattle, Randy is being read the riot act by the captain. Tong guy, Lee, is running for City Counsel and will probably win hands down. Learn
that the robbers belong to a different Tong than the one that owned the gaming hall...The FBI will be involved in the case.
At a gambling hall, Joe is saved from being beaten by Cobra. I could understand what he said to Cobra. To tell you the truth, I'm not sure it does anything but
make this movie longer.
Randy is in restaurant where the owner recognizes the grasshopper learns where Joe used to work. He’s finally gotten a break in the case.
Lee learns that Joe is in Canada.
Randy is looking for every record of Joe. He talks with his Mom. She tells him about Joe. Randy tries to calm her down.
Some guys try to beat Joe, who gets his gun. The beating guys are a lot nicer now. They see him get his load of money. Joe drops his id on the way out.
In the airport, Randy is being followed by Tong guy 2.
Joe runs into some guy that wants to take him to a house of ill-repute. Joe brushes him off. In the gaming hall, Joe spots Tong guy 2. Joe gets away. The chase
is on. Smokey and the Bandit it isn’t. I’d settle for Smokey and the Bandit 3.
Ill-repute promoter takes him to what looks like a restaurant. Standoffish chick, who I dubbed Surly Chick, is taken to a room for Joe, who is more interested in
getting out of the place than Surly Chick. She wants to go with him. Tong guy 3 gets to the place and goes Shaolin style on the pimps. Joe and Surly Chick escape into
the night.
Do you like this movie?
Tong guy 3 searches upstairs and finds Joe is gone.
Joe and Surly Chick hide the rest of the night in an abandoned building that should be crawling with bums or crack fiends. They sit apart from each other cold and
miserable.
Randy is on the trail of Joe.
Surly Chick awakens to find Joe’s coat over her. Chivalry isn’t dead as it is shivering. Surly Chick wants to go with Joe, who doesn’t want her around. Somehow,
the pimps have tracked them through the night. Joe and Surly run off.
Randy is investigating and finds the guy that tried to rob Joe and, he has to chase the guy.
Joe and Surly Chick are still being chased. The chase scenes are being interwoven to make it seem to possess some excitement, which it doesn't possess. Pimp
grabs Surly Chick. Joe comes to her rescue.
Randy is roughing the guy up when he catches him. Just to make sure, you’re following things. Randy is in Canada and a cop from Seattle. Guy isn’t talking until
Randy pulls out his gun.
I'm cop on the edge, Bucko!!!!
Joe and Surly Chick are in the woods. The mustached pimp fights with Joe who knocks him off a cliff. The fall somehow rips an eye out.
Good start to escaping watching this movie.
Randy talks with some Chinese guys, one of whom is the ill-repute promoter who took Joe to the place last night. Randy follows him to what looks like a house on
the outside. A couple of old guys come out of the place very happy. Randy goes inside. It looks like a restaurant. This guy is pretty dense, doesn’t realize what is
going on there. The specialty of the house is garuls and, it costs $200 for garuls. Randy goes upstairs and asks a garul, girl, about Joe. He gets the information and, the
girl wants out of the place. Randy will help. After, he leaves, he calls the cops. And, that part of the plot is dropped to never be mentioned again.
Joe and Surly Chick are in the back of a truck. She tells of how she was sold to the pimps. Back in his motel room, he checks the place before, going out for food
but leaves Surly Chick some cash. By the time, Joe gets back Surly Chick has a meal fixed. Well, a couple of bowls of noodles later, Joe gives her a present: a
dress. He gives her one of his original origami grasshoppers which seals the deal. Roll in the hay ensues, the ugles have been bumped.
Randy is still pondering the grasshoppers. Lee needs the black book back. Randy has a lead after being on this case for a year. Captain wants Randy to drop
it. But, a cop that plays by is own rules never gives up…NEVER
Joe is making more grasshoppers. Joe and Surly Chick sell them on street corners. A girl and her dad get one for a Christmas present for an Uncle Randy. Could
this be Randy who is a police detective on a case where his main lead is origami grasshoppers? You bet your sweet bippy...
Randy is down about the case. He finds a Christmas card and a package on his desk.
Lee finds out about Randy. The black book is still on the shelf gathering dust.
Randy flies to Canada, Calgary to be precise.
Joe and Surly Chick split-up when closing for the day. Ill-repute promoter spots Surly Chick and informs the pimps who have pulled off the road to drain the
collective lizard. They grab her and drive away. Joe is in hot pursuit. Tong guy 3 follows Joe. We get another unexciting car chase. I drive through Arby’s more
exciting than this.
Randy is driving down the road and is nearly run over by Tong guy 3. Randy’s car breaks down.
Joe catches up with the pimps at a barn. Pimps beat Joe and are about to shoot him when they are shot by Tong guy 3. He wants the book. Joe doesn’t know
anything about the book. Randy is running to the barn. While Tong guy 3 roughs up Joe, Surly Chick grabs a board and is going to hit the Tong guy who promptly gives
her a lead transfusion.
Our sorry excuse for a hero gets to the scene and is shot in the shoulder by Tong guy 3. He closes in on his helpless prey when he’s shot in the back by
Joe. Randy gets his gun and orders Joe to stay still, but Joe drops the gun and carries the body of Surly Chick away. Joe tells Randy where the book is, but Randy
vows to chase him down to the ends off the Earth.
Lee is campaigning. The police show up.
From a newspaper article, we learn that Lee has dropped out of the Council race. Joe is living in a filthy apartment and hears a knock on the door. It’s the police
and, thankfully, the movie ends.
