Review Haiku – Innocent Saturday
Posted on February 6, 2012
The cost of knowledge
Unable to tell of doom
Unwilling to flee
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Review Haiku – Zulu
Posted on January 30, 2012
Small mission outpost
Guarded by a few soldiers
Holds off the Zulus
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Review Haiku – Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
Posted on January 25, 2012
Famed kung-fu fighter
Adopts new identity
To fight Japanese
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Review Haiku – Bodyguards and Assassins
Posted on January 24, 2012
Waning dynasty
Tries to stop revolution
Ideas don’t die
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Review Haiku – Hercules
Posted on January 21, 2012
After playing Hulk
Ferrigno plays Hercules
Another strong man
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Review Haiku – The Final Countdown
Posted on January 20, 2012
Unusual storm
Sends the Nimitz back in time
To the eve of war
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Review Haiku – The Invincible Gladiator
Posted on January 19, 2012
A gladiator
From slave to soldier to slave
Escapes and saves king
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Review Haiku – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Posted on January 15, 2012
Two thieves being tracked
They try to get a fresh start
In Bolivia
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Review Haiku – Cleopatra
Posted on January 14, 2012
Toying with feelings
She gives Rome a would-be heir
But the Daddy died
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Review Haiku – Jade Warrior
Posted on January 13, 2012
A Chinese relic
Carried to far off Finland
A legend reborn
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