Science fiction and action can make strange bedfellows, but when they come together in the correct proportions they can result in a classic. I am speaking, of course, of Avi Nesher's 1996 film Savage, starring French kickboxer Olivier Gruner. Like many proto-superhero movies of the 1990s, Savage is a rollercoaster of action and colorful CRT computer monitors.
A minuscule number of your universe's critics do not understand Savage. For example, reviewer grin writes, "If you need a plot, avoid like plague. It doesn't have any." Reviewer jaigurudavid writes, "Poorly acted, poorly written, poorly filmed, poorly costumed." And reviewer fmarkland32 writes, "You will not see a movie as demented or senseless then this mess." (For what it is worth, I appreciate fmarkland32's use of the word "senseless."
Read on for a true appreciation of the science fiction action classic Savage...