Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance

Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance (2015)

They thought he was dead. He was just coolin' off.

25 years later after the events of Samurai Cop (1991), Detective Frank Washington is forced to team up with his long estranged partner Joe Marshall to solve a series of assassinations being committed by a secret group of female vigilante killers.

Date of release
2015-10-09
TMDB
3.6 / 10 (86)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Director
Gregory Hatanaka
Collection
Samurai Cop Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Los Angeles

Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance is a 2015 American comedy action film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Gregory Hatanaka, a sequel to the 1991 cult film Samurai Cop. The film stars Mathew Karedas, Mark Frazer, Melissa Moore, Cranston Komuro, Jimmy Williams, and Gerald Okamura reprising their original roles, with Tommy Wiseau, Bai Ling, Laurene Landon, Mel Novak, Mindy Robinson, Lexi Belle, Joselito Rescober, and Joe Estevez appearing as new characters while Kayden Kross also appears, replacing Janis Farley in her role of Jennifer.

Production

Robert Z'Dar, who played Yamashita in the first film, was planned to reprise his role in the sequel but died during production before he could shoot his scenes. The film is dedicated in memory of him and the first film's writer and director, Amir Shervan, who died in 2006.

The feature documentary Enter the Samurai, which chronicles the making of Samurai Cop 2, was released on July 22, 2016.

Following the release of the original Samurai Cop, lead actor Matthew Karedas (then called Matthew Hannon) was presumed dead by fans as there had been no communication from him. Fueling these rumors, a member of the production team of Samurai Cop also stated Hannon had died.

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