micharl baumgarten

I’m going to level with you on something. There’s a certain breaking point one reaches when critiquing a set of films made for a niche and by a director who barely has a grasp in shooting action. Director Michael Baumgarten certainly fits the profile, and as clearly seen in his two recent titles, The Martial Arts Kid and his latest, Paying Mr. McGetty starring debut actor and martial artist R. Marcos Taylor. Yes, it’s an award-winning film and there’s no question of its martial arts star power. Nonetheless even in granting a curve for critiquing a film of this caliber, you still have to acknowledge caliber and, well… I can’t say it was high taking into account my own review in which I included the following: “Some of the ne’er do well performances in several of the fights aren’t a huge standard setter for the film’s action as some of […]

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