Product: The Cold Mountain Temple
Rating: 3.0
Worst. Dub. Ever.
A bad omen from the start: This was the first and only DVD my PlayStation3 has ever just flat out refused to read. Given that the system has been able to almost flawlessly play countless other discs that were so badly scratched and torn up that regular DVD players and PC's gave up on them, that did not bode well.The film definitely falls into the 'so bad it's good' category. Your bog standard story about kids who's parents are murdered - the boy goes off to school and becomes a government official, the girls hide out with monks and become kung-fu outlaws seeking revenge. The dub is what makes this stand out, though, for all the wrong reasons. With lines like, "I let them go and bought them Pizza Hut, so they wouldn't talk." and, "We must continue to wear our Mickey Mouse hats. Yes, I've been wearing mine since the 1st Grade." it's easy to see that whoever dubbed this was not taking it seriously at all. Was it all a joke? Revenge for some contractual disagreement? The truth may never be known. But the hilarity is there to see.Is it worth $17.98? Eh, probably not. Myself, I borrowed it from the library, so I'd say it was about worth my price of admission, which was nothing. Your mileage may vary.