(1992) The Swordsman
ACTION
Straight-to-rental, written and directed by Michael Kennedy starring Lorenzo Lamas as homicide detective Andrew, who has an additional feature. It is that he has the psychic ability to either see the past or the future, depending on the circumstance. Like if he touches just a dead body, then he would be able to see how that person got killed, which is similar to the Christopher Walken character of "The Dead Zone", and if the person is alive he can either see other peoples fate including his own. Which the set up is as follows, where bodies are being found with no real identification, except that they all have one thing in common, that they were all killed by a sword. It is later learned that an illegal underground dueling operation was being practiced, which if the persons were to win a specific amount of matches ends up winning a sword belonging to Alexander the Great. Except that Alexander's sword was stolen from an old exhibit museum funded by a wealthy donor by the name of Stratos (Michael Champion), leaving with one security guard killed in the process. In other words, he would pay goons to steal his own sword intended for a display at a museum funded by him just because he also happens to organize an illegal underground dueling operation which he tries to entice Andrew to join. What's dumb is that theirs no stakeout, nor is Andrew going undercover wearing a wire to convict this guy for attempting to kill the manager of the museum, Julie (Claire Stansfield) or even a suspect with other peoples deaths. So the police would have Andrew and his partner watch her, since some people was trying to kill her before for stealing the sword, and may come back to finish the job. And of course, both Julie and Andrew click. If you've seen the (1977 film called "The Duellists", starring Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel, you will see how realistic those fights in that movie were in comparison to the fake looking sword fights in "The Swordsman". And as a guy who loves action movies, this movie is quite bad, even for someone who is as athletic as Lorenzo Lamas.
