Time Slip

When a squad of Japanese soldiers is mysteriously hurtled four centuries into the past, platoon leader Lt. Iba (Sonny Chiba) realizes that the time-traveling mix-up presents a chance for him to become Japan's ruler. After allying his men with a group of samurai, Iba and the high-tech warriors march toward a bloody, climactic battle against a fanatical feudal army in director Mitsumasa Saito's rousing action-adventure.

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G.I. Samurai a.k.a. Time Slip might have been a good movie but for the preposterous premise and the shocking lack of martial arts on the part of Chiba. Complete with bad 70's effects, a squad of peacetime soldiers is mysteriously thrown back in time to the warring clans era. They soon formulate a plan to start a war of their own in order to shock the gods of history so much that they will send them back to their own time. Honestly, I'm not making this up. It also has an overwhelmingly loud and goofy soundtrack that flares up at the most inconvenient times just to remind you how terrible this movie really is. But, in its defense, it does have some spectacular action sequences with lots and lots of gushing blood that occasionally distract you from the plot. It also has excellent picture quality and good English subtitles. Unfortunately, time travel movies have a tendency to be just plain silly and Time Slip is no exception.
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