Plot: A martial artist/undercover policeman (Steven Vincent Leigh) enters a Las Vegas underworld to avenge his partner’s death.
As soon as the PM Entertainment logo appears you know you are in for a good time with car chases, fight scenes, explosions and perhaps a boob or two. Sword of Honor has all of these things and makes for an easy watch.
Steven Vincent Leigh deserved to be a bigger star as I always liked him on screen whether he’s playing a villain or in this case the hero. He is charismatic while also having the skills in the many fight scenes. Jeff Pruit (who also choreographed the fight scenes) plays the doomed partner Alan who is hilariously about to retire but guess what happens? Yup, he gets kills while trying to protect a sword from being stolen, so Johnny (Leigh) vows revenge on the people responsible.
I enjoy the lore behind the sword which adds a kind of mysticism to the story where whoever uses it is seemingly unstoppable. Angelo Tiffe brings quiet menace to the villain Richard Sireno who is meant to be the henchman, but is the real threat. He never shouts but remains quiet and is soft spoken which makes him all the more threatening.
There is the odd ropey performance from supporting actors but nothing too bad.
One of my favourite fight scenes in the entire film is in the gym when Johnny and Vicky (the awesome Sophia Crawford) are working out; then two random guys come over and harass them for absolutely no reason. It adds absolutely nothing to the story other than to put a fight scene in just in case there was no action for more than 10 seconds.
Sword of Honor is well paced and action fans will enjoy the near constant beatdowns and there is an epic explosion towards the end too.
The score isn’t the greatest and is a bit dated sounding, but it’s not the worst I’ve heard and it does have a few awesome electric guitar moments.
Overall, Sword of Honor is pure PM Entertainment greatness delivering everything we’ve come to expect with plenty of action and unnecessary (but amazing) moments of nudity. Steven Vincent Leigh makes for a badass lead although I wish there was more Jeff Pruitt who has some great moves too.