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The Roller Blade Seven is a 1991 martial art based Cult Film that was directed by Donald G. Jackson and was produced by, edited by, and stars Scott Shaw. The film follows the lead character Hawk Goodman on his quest to rescue his sister Sparrow from the clutches of the evil overlord Pharaoh in the apocalyptic world of the future.

The co-stars of this film include: Karen Black, Frank Stallone, Joe Estevez, William Smith (actor), and Don Stroud. Jill Kelly made her first on-screen appearance in this film.

This film follows a non-linear storyline and is riddled with strange and unexpected edits and dialogue.

One of the nontraditional items of this film is that whenever one of the stars of the film appears on the screen for the first time, their name precedes them in a full-card white on black listing. Also, large title cards appear hailing the fact that a new scene is about to begin several times throughout the feature.

This film experienced a short theatrical release in the United States, Australia, and Europe. It found a more willing audience, however, on Cable Television and in Video and DVD release.

This film has been called both "The worst movie ever made," and "Brilliant." In his 1993 interview in Entertainment Weekly director Oliver Stone stated that The Roller Blade Seven was one of the most inspirational films he had ever seen.

The Roller Blade Seven is defined as the first "Zen Film." Zen Filmmaking is a specific style of filmmaking developed by Scott Shaw and Donald G. Jackson where no scripts are used.

It was followed by two sequels; The Legend of the Roller Blade Seven
in 1992 and Return of the Roller Blade Seven
in 1993.

In the documentary film Interview: The Documentary the two filmmakers, Donald G. Jackson and Scott Shaw discuss the process they followed in creating this film.

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