Jesse's father disappeared on Christmas the previous year and they've heard nothing from him. He might be dead, he might have run away or he might have just realized what a bad movie it is and ran off. But young Jesse (Mario Del Vecchio) is having weird dreams about Eric Roberts and some evil clown having kidnapped the man and are holding him prisoner. And, in order to magically get his release, Jesse is convinced he must progress from a yellow belt in martial arts to a black belt in a week. First, HOW would this release the father??? Secondly, the yellow belt is among the lowest ranks and even Chuck Norris or Bruce Lee at their prime couldn't have progressed through a half dozen or so belts this quickly! Jesse apparently is teaching himself karate...and is giving himself these belts as he thinks he's attained them. In other words, Jesse is delusional and seems to be cheating just a bit.
At the same time, Jesse's workaholic mother wants to desperately find her husband...so much so that he pursues a psychic and begs her to help, even though the lady has retired from the craft. Oddly, almost as soon as the psychic agrees to help, the mother begs her to drop the case and go her way. I do not understand ANY of this, but it makes about as much sense as Jesse becoming a black belt in less than a week.
So is any of this good? No. It's not a dislikable film but it is very, very badly written, makes no sense and has the lowest possible production values imaginable. There is nothing about the film that is good...which makes the couple overly glowing reviews seem very, very odd.
At the same time, Jesse's workaholic mother wants to desperately find her husband...so much so that he pursues a psychic and begs her to help, even though the lady has retired from the craft. Oddly, almost as soon as the psychic agrees to help, the mother begs her to drop the case and go her way. I do not understand ANY of this, but it makes about as much sense as Jesse becoming a black belt in less than a week.
So is any of this good? No. It's not a dislikable film but it is very, very badly written, makes no sense and has the lowest possible production values imaginable. There is nothing about the film that is good...which makes the couple overly glowing reviews seem very, very odd.