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Amos Lassen wrote on 03/08/2011:

I have no idea what I expected from “Swishbucklers” but I should have known something just from the use of the word “swish” in the title. Every gay stereotype appears in this movie and it is a true experience in bad acting and bad script. I was hoping that I could watch it as an experience in camp and keeping that in mind as I watched made the experience pleasurable to a degree (no, not to the Nth).
The plot is simple. A master of martial arts stands to lose his dojo to a developer who had already bought all of the buildings in the neighborhood save the dojo. Three of the students think they have discovered a “get rich quick scheme” and soon everything turns into a big mess. There is a lot of slapstick and several wonderful one-liners but unfortunately a film cannot be built on just snappy dialogue.
The actors, it seemed to me, tried very hard to make a Monte Python movie but it did not work all the way through but the movie is not a total washout. However, you must watch it with an open mind and keep reminding yourself that it is just good-natured fun.