Blu-ray Review – Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.

After branding their first superhero with "The Toxic Avenger," Troma Entertainment goes in for a second helping with "Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.", with co-writer/directors Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz returning to a broadly comic realm of monstrous mutations and personal foibles as they head eastward to find a creation worthy of the studio name. Craziness ensues, as does tastelessness and directorial incompetence, but the scrappy, can-do spirit shared by the helmers doesn't salvage what turns out to be an overlong endeavor that takes a passably insane idea and ruins it with excess. Even by Troma standards, "Sgt. Kabukiman" feels like a first pass that was pushed into release, in need of reshaping and timing to make the premise work. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com