Review of The Challenge

Rather bloody and ugly in a physical way, I found this to be not my taste and easily tuned out in more graphic moments, wondering what inspired "The Manchurian Candidate" director to take on a project that seemed very low budget and way beneath him. It starts off very disturbing showing how a Japanese child ends up in a wheelchair when he is presented with the family heirloom of an ancient sword. It is put into hiding until years later when he arrives in the United States when it is found and hires Scott Glenn to make sure it gets to its intended destiny back in Japan. Violence ensues. A lot of it. A ton of blood, and a ton of tedious moments. Challenge is right.