Bloodsport (1986) Dir. by Newt Arnold Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb and Bolo Yeung Plot Captain Frank Dux goes AWOL from the U.S. Army to represent his ailing martial arts instructor at the Kumite, an invitation-only underground fighting tournament held in Hong Kong. There he befriends both a fellow competitor and an American reporter attempting to … Continue reading Bloodsport
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The Last Dragon
The Last Dragon (1985) Dir. by Michael Schultz Starring Taimak, Vanity and Julius J. Carry III Plot An African-American martial artist, “Bruce Leroy” Green, must rescue a popular video DJ from a corrupt video game entrepreneur and his henchman, a rival martial artist/gang leader called the Shogun of Harlem. Nostalgia Like The Beastmaster, this must have been … Continue reading The Last Dragon
Big Trouble in Little China
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Dir. by John Carpenter Starring Kurt Russell, Dennis Dun, Kim Cattrall, James Hong and Victor Wong Synopsis After a night of drinking and gambling, trucker driver Jack Burton accompanies his friend Wang Chi, a San Francisco Chinatown restauranteur, to the airport to pick up his fiancée. When she is abducted by … Continue reading Big Trouble in Little China
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