From Movie Cop to Real Life Ex-Con – The amazing redemption of “Samurai Cop”

The story behind the movie is more insane than the film itself. “Samurai Cop” cop star, Matt Hannon,  talked about going from Sylvester Stallone’s bodyguard to ex-con to unlikely movie star.

Matt shot a movie that was so bad, it never left the edit bay. Years later it was discovered and it became an underground hit. Matt had no idea!

Find out the secrets to the great scenes in his cult classic film. Like why is Matt sometimes wearing a woman’s wig? What’s with the macrame lion head? Why do the insert shots look like they were done on a different day?

Matt opens up about his two real life felony convictions. Between shooting “Samurai Cop” and the eventual sequel Matt went to prison twice. He’s open up to what happened.

Listen to our review of the film from back in the day!

Thanks to Greg and Cinema Epoch.

Matt talks about being jealous of Sylvester Stallone. Mat was Stallone’s body-guard, but he dreamed of being the star. He finally got the chance.

No one ever thought this film would see the light of day – almost didn’t. Matt tells us the unusual story of the movie’s discovery.

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