I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

And this refers to the fact that almost nobody from the cast and crew of this film is still working prolifically in their respective fields. This includes especially writer and director Johannes Jaeger, who made this 100-minute movies based on a short film he wrote earlier in his career. This includes lead actor Mathis Landwehr as well, who is clearly a casting decision in terms of looks over talent. There were a couple situations in here when he was bearable and that was thanks to the supporting actress being even less talented. However, as bad as the acting in here may be, it has nothing on the abysmal writing, especially the dialogs. Good lord, a disaster from start to finish. Completely unfunny, unrealistic comments paired with the actors inability to deliver them convincingly easily makes this one of the worst films of the 21st century. The writing in terms of story wasn't good at all either, but it seemed like a revelation compared to the dialogs. There's better dialogs in porn no doubt about it. The story is very generic. Martial arts student has his master killed and he takes revenge on the one who did it. While doing so, he recovers a priceless book and falls in love with his buddy's sister. The music is a catastrophe as well, mix of hip hop and techno, which fits the tale only in terms of quality, but never in terms of contents. Horrible horrible film and I can only shake my head at other reviewers here who called this a hidden gem. Are you kidding me??? This does not even have German soap opera level. Stay far far away.

A post-apocalypse martial arts movie made by Germans? Well, that combination sounded quite intriguing to me when I found a copy of this movie at a video store in my city. And I was happy upon watching the movie to find out it was decent entertainment overall. Though made with a very small budget, the movie does boast some good special effects and production design. The martial arts experts showcased in the movie definitely show they are experts at martial arts, and while they are not great actors, they are adequate. The movie also keeps moving at a fairly brisk pace, so there are no boring parts. Still, I will admit that the movie could have been better. The cinematography is really ugly, for one thing. Maybe they were trying for a unique look, but the colors are really unattractive. Also, the script could have used some work, seeing how many of the characters and plot turns are very familiar to those well versed in modern B movies. And while the fights are generally good, there are some moments when I wish they didn't cut to different angles so frequently. Don't get me wrong, I did find the movie entertaining. However, I would advise potential viewers to not have their expectations be very high. If you are willing to accept some big flaws and see the movie as a labor of love, the better chance there is of you enjoying it.

Quite a lot of illogical things. I found the idea nice to have a German action and fighting movie. But the actors are not good enough, the story is unbelievably flat. As example, you know who will be the traitor after about 20mins, whereas the actual treason takes place after an hour. Guns etc. have been forgotten, but are still in use by some of the people. The inhabitants of Berlin in 2045 are all young and handsome, they have supplies but no one knows where they come from etc.After all, the fighting scenes are quite nice, you have a connecting story, which unfortunately does not explain all the fights. But the story is more like those connecting parts of a computer game.... and that definitely is not enough for a real movie.

This movie was set up after two successful short movies called Kampfansage. With a film budget of just 300.000 Euro and about 30 days too short this movie came in incredibly good. The market for German produced martial arts is virtually nil and this could be seen as a mile stone. Although It'll most probably not appear in German cinemas (except the Fantasy Filmfest 2005) it was shown with great success at a film festival in Shanghai and will be marketed in China.The movie plays in the latter 2040's in a war tattered Germany. Europe and most probably the rest of the world has fallen into utter chaos after long years of fighting. Technology has vanished and the rise of martial arts has begun. An Evil ruler tried to conquer all of Germany and kill the present martial arts masters there. but was killed at the hands of the last remaining master. his children bosco and cleo now carry on his legacy and bring down the last master and his last disciple or so they thought...what will ensue now is a mix of nicely done battles and sometimes humor as well. Jaeger manages to mix it together despite lacking time and resources to shoot scenes the way they are shot in Asia or USA.I'm giving it a 9 out of 10 for sheer innovation and fun value. I'll buy the DVD as soon as it hits the shelves...