“Jiu Jitsu” (** out of four) was a jumbled action thriller about a group of freedom fighters (Alain Moussi, Frank Grillo, and others) face alien invaders (led by Nicolas Cage) on a distant planet in a battle for Earth that will be fought to the death. Cage’s latest paycheck in the form of a direct-to-DVD is a throwback to cheesy kung-fu movies from the 1970’s; silly and ridiculous but at least it moves fast and features a proficient amount of fight sequences and effects. Ironically despite the title, there isn’t any jiu jitsu fighting whatsoever in the film.

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