This is the greatest Irish martial arts movie from 1998 | So Bad It's Good #79 - Fatal Deviation 

This movie is amazing. Bruce Lee meets Father Ted. And none of them have any idea what the hell they are doing there.

The reason you recognize the standing on the motorcycle is because JCVD did it in Hard Target, as well as kicking the guy in the helmet off the motorcycle. This movie is Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Hard Target, and the Quest rolled into one

Ah, the secret tournament run by monks that determines the true local government in Ireland. I didn't know any documentaries of those existed.

After 15 years of boxing and regular cocaine use, my doctor examined my nasal septum... the diagnosis... *FATAL DEVIATION*

Nothing satisfies more on a Sunday afternoon than watching an Irish Steven Seagal movie. That guy walks with an air of confidence rarely seen in Ireland in this day and age....

As someone else stated James Bennett now works in Hollywood and as well as movies also has a Dojo. Fatal Deviation was shot in Trim County Meath in Ireland where they also shot at least two other movies , not quite as low budget, Braveheart and The Big Red One. It started out as a showreel for James and grew, All the "actors" were locals , the Gangster boss was local Solicitor (Lawyer) Michael Regan . The lad that got kicked over my Mothers garden wall was my brother Peter Crinion (and yes the cry was real ) . James works with JCVD regularly and they are friends. Best of all filming of the sequel starts next year (2023) with I suspect a much bigger budget and real actors. to be fair James had a dream and the ambition and determination to go for it and didn't do too badly out of it. When I see Fatal Deviation I see a bunch of friends who went for it and had a load of craic (fun not the illegal drug lol) and fair fu*@ks to them. Proud of you Jimmy..

Hahaha...this film was hilarious. Brian's... "Where is he walking to, Silent Hill"... cracked me up! Nice one guys.

The pride of Ireland....it's Sean Claude O'Damme!

Looking at James Bennett's IMDb trivia is neat after learning about this film. He trained with JCVD and was in 4 films with him. Dude did what he wanted despite the obvious obstacles and he succeeded after all that effort. Good on him!

Greetings from Dublin! Great episode. My wife recognised the guy with the already-lit cigarette as Mikey Graham who was in massive Irish boyband BoyZone. And the lead actor ended up working with both Van Damme AND Sifu! He made it, boys. Keep up the great work!

A word of advice, Jason. When in Ireland, please observe the proper local etiquette: "as you enter a local country pub, please remember to dropkick the doormen, as is tradition, and enter to sample the fine ales and local produce. Then, shag someone else's bird, before doing some crime for a very well-spoken, nice gang-boss and buy a lovely car" This film is trying to elevate your sophistication, don't you see that ?? :)

When that old man said "What the fuck is this!?", I asked myself the exact same thing about this entire movie. 😂

All the old mob boss guy's scenes are done like a 90s PC game cut scene, he's always talking directly to the camera. The picnic setup consists of three oranges and bananas.

The backstory on this is the real gem. This is the equivalent to an Irish Backstreet Boy who thought he could be the next Van Damme but needed a film to showcase his martial arts and "acting ability".... so he made one.

I'm Irish, love movies, but oh sweet Jesus...I've never even heard of this obviously misunderstood classic. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! 🤣🤣🤣

Irish here. I completely forgot this existed and I'm pissed for not sending it to you myself lol. What a gem of a movie. Not martial arts but you might enjoy the awfulness that is "The butcher boy".

When Jason said "I like this. This is my kind of movie!" - Right then and there I realized, I have no idea what Jason's kind of movie is anymore.

My god. I apologise on behalf of the people of Ireland that this exists lol. The start was like Rambo, then he became a psychopath Van Damme and then he got trained by Yoda the monk which was essentially the same training he was doing haha. Man this was hilarious.

Wait, you guys have never had to take on a local crime boss in a martial arts tournament for the fate of a town? Just me? Weird...

Im pumped, every Sunday, for a new video from you guys. Forever thankful for your terrible movies but awesome humour. Keep it up. Merch soon??

Not gonna lie for a moment I though some absolute legend had made a small budget movie with traditional Irish martial arts. Those actually do exist and are broadly separated as Dornálaíocht (boxing), Coraíocht (wrestling), Speachóireacht (kicking), and Bataireacht (stick-fighting). Now the first 3 are kinda basic, but Bataireacht is a martial art about fighting with with bata, the Irish word for stick. Mind when they say stick, they actually mean a Sail Éille (anglicised as shillelagh). So it's quite big stick. And there is actually a story to go with said martial art that would make for a good movie. During the 18th century the martial art was used by Irish gangs, called factions. There were a lot of fight and clashes back then. Then in the 19th century those smaller factions ended up uniting in two feuding large federations: Caravat and Shanavest factions. As the fighting between them grew more savage, the martial arts were cast away for the use of guns and improvised weapons. There is a lot of meat in Irish Martial Arts is what I am trying to say.

The full movie is on RU-vid guys and girls. I watched it tonight and it's nothing short of incredible. Without trying to sound big headed, me and my mate used to make horror shorts in early 90s. Our stuff was a higher standard, even my terrible acting was better. This is a thing of absolute beauty, it's close to being my favourite piece of shit ever. The back slide gun move is amazing. For context on Boyzone, they sold 25 million records, they were huge over here!

My work and sleep schedule is so jacked up beyond repair that I only know it's Sunday when you guys post. Thanks a ton for the laughs!

You guys should try and do one of those mid 2000s spoof movies because I like seeing you suffer and nothing makes you want to die faster than a bad comedy. Also the 70s-80s Italian horror scene is a goldmine for content for the channel

Fun fact, the main villain of this movie was a member of the Irish boy band: Boy Zone. They had a number of top hits in Europe! Also the guy who came outbin his just his underwear and got ass out in the outdoor bath was the person who financed the movie and wanted his a scene in the movie! I learned that little fun little facts from when OSW (Old School Wrestling) Review did a review of this movie. I have to say your watch along was just as funny as their review! Although because they are Irish, they have a little more credibility. However since your channel reviews only movies, more specifically martial arts films, and they mostly review Wrestling, your channel wins the movie credibility! However we are all winners when any channel reviews Fatal Deviation!

I am supposed to be working on gettingthe news ready for my news show...instead I find myself here procrastinating, slapping latex in molds while laughing at bad movies with the boys! Thanks for the help in my quest to procrastinate my way to success!

“expect the unexpectis”. I’m going to use that in a meeting tomorrow. To the SBIG gang, thanks for making my deployment overseas so much better. Your Sunday evening viewings are priceless.

Irish martial arts?? Now this will be interesting! Can't wait!😅 Love you guys!

I can’t believe Im actually seeing this! I was going to recommend it to him but glad someone took the initiative! Jason mentions the flight scene but didn’t show it , basically “Seagull” returns from his (secret mission) in Hong Kong . Hops out of the plane and the old guy goes “how was Hong Kong”.. only it’s an absolutely wrecked 2 seater Cessna that would barely get to England , never mind Asia! But this is completely True. Around 2008 my buddy was finishing film school, and because there was a bit of a cult following of Fatal Deviation , and just for fun he arranged a screening of it in another mates pub in Dublin city. Only about 100 people ended up coming.. But No Joke , Jimmy Bennett IRL wasn’t happy, threatened to “Kick his head in” then said he’d sue him and the pub. My mate was just laughing at him , but he actually went as far as getting a lawyer to send some type of a cease and desist letter. Total douche! It was actually a pretty funny night just like this review except about 100 pretty drunk people absolutely destroying every aspect of this horseshit!! I’m not sure but I think some of the songs were sung by the dude from boyzone.

Guys, Ive had a 103 temp for 3 days due to Covid. Thank you for picking the perfect movie and brightening my day.

This is the best channel on RU-vid hands down! Who knew that Irish Gandalf was also a martial arts trainer!

Guy stands on bike and shoots; Jason: "Why do I feel like I recognize this from a Van Damme movie?" Me screaming "Hard Target, Hard Target!!!"

As an Irishman i can confirm that all Irishmen are martial artists after 7 Guinness'!

Directer/Producer/Star's thought process: "Does the world need an extremely low-budget Irish Vandamme ripoff?...... YES" I hope you can find more films made by this guy!

11:00 is my favorite part! I laughed like hell when I first saw this moment back when I watched it, and I laughed again at your reactions :P Something about the directly-into-the-camera delivery is comedy gold.

"So how was your date dear?" "Fun. We went on a picnic after he killed the people that were holding me hostage, then he blew this old man's head off with a shotgun. So romantic." Keep up the great work guys! Always a blast to watch your vids.

I look forward to your videos every Sunday. Thanks guys, I've had a rough week and I needed some good laughs.

I checked up a bit on this one. The main actor actually got to America and appeared in bit parts for a few movies, including a few Van Dam me ones. Just goes to show that you should never give up on your dreams!

I think of the episode of the old British comedy series The Goodies called “Kung Fu Kapers.” To quote Wikipedia. “Under pressure from the other two, Bill reveals himself as a master of the secret Lancashire martial art known as "Ecky Thump"-which mostly revolves around hitting unsuspecting people with black puddings while wearing flat caps and braces.” A viewer died laughing while watching it. I’ve seen it and it’s way funnier than this Irish thing, but it was trying to be.

Love the video, hilarious as always! Fun fact: the main gangster's son (who lives in the dumpy trailer) is Michael Graham, from the boy band Boy Zone (or the "rock group" as they are credited). Look them up, they are great singers, but it is all the cheesiest stuff ever! Seriously though, he's easily the best actor in the whole movie haha

The vicarious suffering is just too delicious. Thanks so much for enduring this and cutting the best bits for us!

I love the straight up rip off of the hard target scene of him standing on the bike and shooting the car lmao

The scroll that was just a picture of a scroll on normal modern paper absolutely killed me

This masterpiece is on RU-vid. After your commentary I had to go straight to it and watch the entire film. Thanks for helping me waste my entire Sunday afternoon. Totally worth it.

Another great Sunday entertainment. This was so funny. Thanks guys

I halfway expected a segue into a “Father Ted” episode… Brilliant, guys… truly brilliant. And remember: For truly amazing “Van Damme Hong Kong Coke Period” hijinx… “Knock-Off” is everything you could hope for.

If it wasn't for OSW Review I wouldn't had known that this movie existed.

You guys had me in stitches reacting to this video, so funny, thanks for uploading, enjoying the channel so much.

I'm shocked you didn't say "hopefully it's........ So bad it's good." can't wait to see this train wreck lol

I remember getting hammered and watching this on RU-vid on some random afternoon. It really is so bad it's good lol 🤣

Literally kept checking my phone to see if this was up yet. Another awesome one. Thanks.

Of all the videos you've done I think this is my favourite otherwise unknown SBIG. Just an amazing coming together of so much crap, it's wonderful.

There's a moment in the film where the monk is just saying, "FATAL DEVIATION..." over..and over...and over... I still have yet to show this...wonderful film, to my wife, whom I met in Dublin 11 years ago...Something tells me we'll need a few pints.

This film is based on the Irish Branch of American Kenpo, which is why you see the form (and yes, that was a real Kenpo form. Coming from older styles of martial arts as my base, I'm gonna put this kindly - they are...unique.And I'm sure they have applications behind them that mean something to the Kenpo community.) and the name of the movie is actually the name of an American Kenpo technique. This movie is basically if Jeff Speakman's "Perfect Weapon" did an Irish Pub crawl, while also ripping off Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Thank you guys for the videos makes my days better

Another great video, really love your enthusiasm when discovering a new turd and asking for more :-D.

I have to say, you guys are one of the only shows I really look forward to. You all are just flat out funny. And that's for real, damn funny stuff. If I wasn't a broke piece of garbage I would send you some cash.

YES!!!! The IRISH! Well known for their long ancient martial arts lore! BUT, do ANY of them use that most ancient, prestigious Japanese weapon.... The GUN!!!! Looking forward to this one!!!!

Shooting while standing on the bike is straight outta Van Damn’s “Hard Target”. Another great movie for you guys.

Yes! Your videos always make my Sunday!😎👍

I have no words for this one LOL The old Catholic Monk who is a martial arts wizard, and the whole KArate Kid Romance gone wrong LOL Oh wow!! Thank you for this one

I'm a little disappointed that you guys didn't catch that the large fighter the Irish mob boss got to fight in the tournament was named "Seagull". Not sure if his first name was Steven though.

Dude!! Finally some one who knows how the three sea shells work!! Thank you. I been wondering since the movie came out!!👍💯

I love your channel Jason I'm currently fighting the cps to get my son back and y'all always seem to cheer me up after endless episodes of crying thank you and keep it up I'm subscribed on 4 different devices I'm surprised you don't have 1 million subscribers by now but I guess alot of people are just missing out once again thank you.

7:57 I ever felt like Jason has some sort of masochistic tendencies then this is the proof. As always thank you very much for all the laughs, guys, you are doing a great job.

James P. Bennett really let it all hang out here for this masterpiece. I'm only shocked he didn't write and sing the music too

You guys are so entertaining. I have so much fun watching your videos. Your new format is awesome. I show all my friends your channel. PLEASE keep the content coming!!! Although you have Steelers stuff everywhere you got mad love from us out here in Cleveland!!! My mother was born in Oakdale, PA so I can't hate!!! LOL!!! SALUTE!!!

This was hilarious! I can't believe you guys found a bad movie I'd never heard of before. Your boys face at the end says it all.

IIRC Brendan Behan described the only legit Irish martial art move. It's called the Ringsend Handshake, it involves kicking the guy in the bollocks as your opening greeting. 🥋😂

I appreciate the nonsense you go through for us.

"This is bad. I like this." 🤣 I popped quite a few times at the rifts on this one. Great review.

Guys, I just discovered this channel 2 months ago, and I've seen every single So Bad It's Good episode now, some twice. Your channel is hilarious and I love it. The birdemic video is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life. I love seeing All these movies that I've never heard of and you all just tearing into them. It's awesome! Watching this thing just totally rip off Van Damme is just amazing.

Rawhead Rex is an Irish horror movie. My memory of it is very hazzy (we were wasted) but it might be something you guys would enjoy. The star of Fatal Deviation, James Bennet ended up starring in a movie with Van Damme so his dreams came true in the end.

As an Irish guy I am extremely offended with your depiction of the irish stereotype, always the same alcohol jokes. Wait I forgot I am over 40 and not easily offended (especially when it is true, as in this case) Love you guys!!!

I love that you reviewed this movie, oh btw the car swerving off the road was real, caught on tape and just left in there, they had no budget anyway and thought it looked cool

I found your channel a few weeks ago and have been bingeing since, I thought of this movie for you straight away, so glad your'e doing it. Fun fact, the guy that lights (or doesn't) the cigarette is Mikey Graham, he was famous in Ireland in his own right as a member of the boyband Boyzone. This movie is an institution in Ireland, keep them coming!

I literally had keep pausing as I was in fits of laughter at your reactions & hilarious comments, your channel is the gift that keeps on giving & certainly helps calm down my depression as laughter is the best medicine. This was bad, it like they merged 3 JCVD films together & the end result is entertainingly awful. P.S the bike stunt scene is a rip off of JCVD Hard Target.

This was supposed to be a demo film for the lead actor to get into Hong Kong action movies. It didn't work. They also shot it in a week.

What was that music?!?! WOW just WOW! Great job like always guys.

You missed the bit where the crazy monk dude starts chanting 'FATAL DEVIATION' during the training montage. That bit always has me in stitches.

This is not just the greatest Irish martial arts movie from 1998, this is the greatest martial arts movie of all time. Eat your heart out, Bruce Lee.

You know the scene at around 8:25 where he's practicing/dancing on the hill? That might *actually* be a Kung Fu form (kata). I took Kung Fu classes a very long time ago, and that closely resembles something my old instructor taught. I'll be damned. Or is it: "I'll be Van Dammed?"

OSW Reviews did a review of this movie a little bit ago and gave some insight into the going ons of this movie. I consider the lead guy in this movie “Irish JCVD”

Love it 😂😂😂. I vote for a resurgence of the outtakes at the end of the movie 🤣🤣🤣

Easily one of my favourite so bad its good movies ive seen. Its fully available on youtube. Go and watch it!

So bad it’s good sundays! I didn’t know van damme had an alter ego in Ireland. You know a movie is going to be great when you’re unsure who the hero is. The look of confusion in some of those scenes I shared with you. Have a great week !

This was the greatest RU-vid video I have ever seen👌

glad to see 15 mins in there's almost 500 views, so not only one who looks forward to your movie critique 😆

My weekly dose of schadenfreude ☺️ seriously this looked painful to sit through 😆

In Ireland, you are as good as you can fight so that guy is a good guy. Thankfully he didn't hit the 'hot babe' otherwise he could have been the Irish stereotype. (No offense Irish people :)

That was pure comedy gold. A real gem. Loved the outtakes as well. Good choice of movie.

Awesome video guys, such a bad movie but was so fun watching ur reactions lol. Keep thm coming

I want the soundtrack on Spotify! Especially the touching “feeling inside” love montage song!

JCVD: The muscles from Brussels This guy: The dork from Cork.

Dude, the outtakes alone were worth the wait!

I positively love this one! This is the definition of SBIG. I love the concept (an old-school style Kung Fu film with Irish characteristics.) I love the simplistic story line (also in accordance with old style Kung-Fu films.) I love the homage to my hero growing up, Van Damme (deal with it.) And I love the 80s action film tropes that are the screenplay. This one's a gem. Thanks Jason!

Introduced to this by the lads at OSW Review, and they ripped this in hilarious fashion. You're gonna have a blast here.

Forever subscribed. Love this

Jesus I don't think I've laughed as hard at SBIG as I did w this one. Well done and keep it up.

27:42 "You beat my record, now I beat you, just as I beat your friend". Damn, that Bloodsport reference.