I don't think most people properly appreciate how hugely influential martial arts movie this is.

@trayscrapin6773

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed...

@Braz666

3 жыл бұрын

People born in the 80's do

@Spongemonkey26

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like Street Fighter 2 was largely inspired by this movie.

@Jaybeast5x

2 жыл бұрын

Johnny cage is also

@Canceriansoul

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jaybeast5x The split low blow attack

Mixed reviews be damned! Was born in '83, these movies will always have a home on my tv screen

@robertwrase6026

3 жыл бұрын

This and kickboxer, bro. Van Dam was another childhood hero of mine right behind Arnold. My uncle always tried to get my brother and I into Seagal. Ugh that guy was just so boring.

@jesseswarbrick7895

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertwrase6026 late 80s and early 90s Segal I enjoyed....anything after that I didn't care for lol

@stoneyp3748

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@robertwrase6026

3 жыл бұрын

@@jesseswarbrick7895 I always liked Hard to kill, out for Justice, and of course, Under Siege.

@jesseswarbrick7895

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertwrase6026 same here, I liked those ones and I also liked Above The Law(1988) and Marked For Death(1990) ....Didnt mind Under Siege 2(1995) and The Glimmer Man(1996) ....Anything else I didn't care for, especially from the 2000s on with all his straight to video crap lol

Finally someone reacts to a Van Damme movie!

@amariebloom

3 жыл бұрын

Right! We need more! Give me all of the classics

@johnward4312

Жыл бұрын

Cyborg! Cyborg! Cyborg!

This movie changed my life. I was a fat, clumsy little kid. I always loved martial arts and ninja movies, but nobody's kicks looked as beautiful as van Damme. I was jumping and kicking all over the house. My parents ended up enrolling me in classes at the ymca. I made friends, lost weight, and my confidence level increased. I'm 100% sure my teen years especially benefit from training.

@foca2002

Жыл бұрын

So what you are saying is: It´s fun to stay at YMCA?

The splits to the groin was no doubt the inspiration for Johnny Cages move

@namelessjedi2242

3 жыл бұрын

The entire character is inspired by Van Damme.

@tntkff9901

3 жыл бұрын

He was originally supposed to play Johnny Cage, but turned it down

@Joker_JAK

3 жыл бұрын

The entire videogame was inspired by JCVD. It was meant to be a game based on him. However, when he backed out of the deal, they made it what it is, but still based Johnny Cage (same initials) on Jean Claude.

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joker_JAK just the character since the whole video game was piggybacking from the fighting games' craze led by _Street Fighter_ . Almost all MK characters are direct rip-offs since the first game, such as Michael Dudikoff's American Ninja (Scorpion/SubZero) and Big Trouble In Little China (Raiden) among others.

@Joker_JAK

3 жыл бұрын

@ Definitely not just the character. The whole game.

80's baby here and can confirm this was watched at least once a week as a kid and will always be a fav!

@spddracer

2 жыл бұрын

I can remember renting it when they still had little numbered tags below the VHS box. damn, i'm old :D

@suzycloud

2 жыл бұрын

haha so true! My brothers would always put it on so I just stuck around and watched!

The Big guy who's Jean Claude's friend and fellow fighter is Ogre from Revenge Of The Nerds.

@MrGHansen77

3 жыл бұрын

NERDS, LOL. Loved those movies too

This motion picture is based upon true events in the mind of Frank Dux 😂

@frankrodriguez2999

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@regaubade8329

3 жыл бұрын

lol I've been a huge Van Damme fan since I was a kid in the late 80s and it's all fake. Frank Dux is a joke, he invented his story, everyone knows, it's been thoroughly exposed for at least 25 years. Love the movie though.

@tacobellalugosi2527

3 жыл бұрын

right . fake dux is a true american hero .

@TankObadiahTV

3 жыл бұрын

💯 Now THAT'S Based on a TRUE Story 😆🤣😂

@YourMothersMan

3 жыл бұрын

He definitely invented a hell of a story tho lmao.. That guy was making up all kinds of crazy shit that never happened

This will always be one of my favorite 80's fight movies. Yeah, it's cheesy, but who cares, it's fun to watch.

@DaemonKeido

3 жыл бұрын

And without this movie, Mortal Kombat likely wouldn't exist.

@CapedInformer

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes cheesy can work lol

@wantutosigh1117

3 жыл бұрын

This movie is partly an inspiration for the UFC.

@shawnsmith2610

3 жыл бұрын

@@CapedInformer Part 3 is better part 2 is way better.

@shawnsmith2610

3 жыл бұрын

@@CapedInformer The Quest with Van Damn is better also.

I did watch this and Kickboxer a million times when I was younger. Still great. Please for more Van Damme do “Kickboxer”, “Lionheart”, “Double Impact”, “Universal Soldier”. All bad ass

@DougWilliams06

3 жыл бұрын

+1 for Kickboxer

@Romelo1988

3 жыл бұрын

+100 Lionheart

@robertlayne1815

3 жыл бұрын

Lionheart is a MUST!!

@marceezy6983

3 жыл бұрын

Hard Target movie bad ass shooter movie

@steelmill7016

3 жыл бұрын

Bloodsport, Kickboxer & Lionheart are my faves from Van Damme as well.

Bolo Yeung's "Bricks don't hit back" was homage to Bruce Lee's "Boards don't hit back" in Enter The Dragon when he fought O'Hara (who kinda looks like Donald Gibb). "Bolo" was the next line spoken and the scene cuts to Bolo Yeung looking badass before the fight starts. Link to the fight in Enter The Dragon; kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y4x6ttekosS3pNI.html

@JnEricsonx

3 жыл бұрын

Hell, the man changed his name TO Bolo after he did ETD.

@hemmojito

2 жыл бұрын

To this day I'm shitting my pants seeing Chong Lee. This man has such an evil aura. How can you ooze so much brutality but actually be in full control of it? Nosiree I'm outa there as soon as I see this chunk of pure evil is competing.

@GlennEuloth

2 жыл бұрын

I came here to say that after watching the Enter the Dragon reaction.

@soranraina4391

2 жыл бұрын

Bolo paying homage to his best friend Bruce Lee

@joshr8666

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I never knew that

I love that everyone one of those fighters were legit, no stuntmen.

@ninjavigilante5311

3 жыл бұрын

Lol John chung was 1 of the Chinese guys fighting, he was Jackie Chan's stuntman and a action actor in hong kong so I don't know what your talking about.

@Joker_JAK

3 жыл бұрын

@@ninjavigilante5311 He means that they were all trained fighters (who may have been or become stuntmen), not stuntmen who just learned some moves for the movie.

@houseofaction

3 жыл бұрын

the grandpa from the 3 ninja's movies was one of the fighters also

@Luke-kg7vu

Ай бұрын

@@houseofactionwhere?

This and "The Last Dragon" were my favorite movies growing up. I cant tell you how many times I watched them. Never gets old to me.

@insaneconqueror5421

3 жыл бұрын

Yoooo me too. My parents finally signed me up for taekwondo/judo because I kept hitting my brother like van damme hit bolo.

@obdiane

3 жыл бұрын

The LAst Dragon!! SHO NUFF is a great film!! Love Tamkia

@diondts

3 жыл бұрын

@@obdiane LOL!!! Ok. I see what you did there. "Who am I??? I. Cant. Hear. You.....

3 жыл бұрын

No Retreat No Surrender.

@robertnguyen9493

3 жыл бұрын

Bruce LeRoy is the master

I can honestly say I've seen this movie over 200 times easily

@Flip4910

3 жыл бұрын

If you add up all the times I caught it on tv beginning, middle, or end it's probably even way more then 200

@joshr8666

Жыл бұрын

Dang.. that's crazy

They used real fighters instead of stuntmen for the fights. That's why the fights look so good. I honestly don't care if the real Frank Dux was lying about these events. This is an awesome movie and I love it. Also, the original cut of the final fight wasn't very good. JCVD re-edited it himself to make it better. His edit is what's in the film.

@geraldn51

3 жыл бұрын

Where?!!

@fredmedrano6584

2 жыл бұрын

What's the coconut guy style supposed to be?

@TheShockninja

Жыл бұрын

@Fred Medrano it is a style of Kung Fu called the Monkey

So happy someone reacted to this film. By the way, this movie does go down as one of the greatest martial arts films of all time.

@CapedInformer

3 жыл бұрын

I can see why

Cyborg is highly highly underrated as a JCVD film!!! Death Warrant too haha.........Sandman woooooooooooo!

@wantutosigh1117

3 жыл бұрын

Cyborg is one of my favorite films of all time. Though it may require a specific taste.

@chiefsteps-in-poo8447

3 жыл бұрын

Also Universal Solider.

@TheChiefpokishi

3 жыл бұрын

I love Cyborg but truth be told, it almost comes off as an unintentional comedy to me. The action is pretty good, not great and I do enjoy it's look. The screaming, grunting and stupid facial expressions just crack me up. And then there's the guy who plays Fender, lol.

@wantutosigh1117

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheChiefpokishi I'm gonna have to disagree here. The atmosphere of this film is amazing to me.

@williamswiniuch7527

3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact Method Man samples that movie in a song

'Guile' from Streetfighter 2 and also 'Johnny Cage' from Mortal Kombat were both based on Van Damme's portrayal of Frank Dux in this movie Bloodsport. With the entire game Mortal Kombat itself taking a lot of influence also from this movie and many others like Bruce Lee's 'Enter the Dragon', with the addition of more supernatural elements from other Hong Kong martial arts movies.

Funny thing, the real Frank Dux turned out to be a total fraud. Still my fav Van Damme film though, "LIONHEART" is worth watching too

@csmith3788

3 жыл бұрын

Lionheart is the best Van Damme film and I will die on this hill. 🤙

@zarkruzam3090

3 жыл бұрын

@@csmith3788 I saw it 3 times when it was released in the theater (yes, I am that damn old)!!! Love that one.

@csmith3788

3 жыл бұрын

@@zarkruzam3090 Hell yeah man. I adore Van Damme. Did a podcast about him for a number of years. Lionheart is my fave, but I love following his crazy career and his later re-evaluation.

@JnEricsonx

3 жыл бұрын

@@csmith3788 I dunno, 3 way tie for me between TimeCop, Hard Target, and this.

@stanmann356

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Lionheart and Bloodsport are tied at #1 for me as far as JCVD movies go

The soundtrack to this movie is pure 80's bliss! Love it!

I know this movie word for word, and scene for scene all because this was my son's favorite movie when he was young. Along with "The Last Dragon" it basically played non stop in.my house. I love the Soundtrack.

One of my favorite JCVD movies alongside kickboker and timecop. Much ❤ as always 😊

@WNN_PaddyPower

3 жыл бұрын

Defo think you would really like kickboxer... similar story but more extreme. Universal Soldier is worth the watch to see him act against Dolph Lundgren. If you liked Rocky 4 you should watch Universal Soldier.

@johnpittsii7524

3 жыл бұрын

@@WNN_PaddyPower Already have. Thanks

@WNN_PaddyPower

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnpittsii7524I actually meant that comment to the OP. Sorry for confusion.

@ninjavigilante5311

3 жыл бұрын

Lol timecop was terrible.

80's martial movie classic. I would suggest Perfect Weapon next. Much overlooked, but classic American outsider troupe as well.

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect Weapon. China O'Brien.

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect Weapon is a sample of Ed Parker's American Kenpo adapted to film.

"So bad, it's good." A true classic....

17:40 The most unrealistic part of the movie is him sleeping with her and giving her his valuable life force during this important tourney he's spent his entire life training for.

@dr.burtgummerfan439

3 жыл бұрын

No way he'd sap his precious bodily fluids.

@wantutosigh1117

3 жыл бұрын

😅

I love this movie… now you’re ready to watch “The Quest” … very similar like “Bloodsport”

@ninjavigilante5311

3 жыл бұрын

The quest was even more cheesy lol.. van damme only directed movie.

Universal soldier is one of his best imo

@adamromero

3 жыл бұрын

and Hard Target

Geezer, I will never get tired of watching of your reactions. Your excitement is so genuine and unrestrained in all the right places.

Crazy when you know that this movie inspired the creation of the UFC

@ninjavigilante5311

3 жыл бұрын

Actually this and Chuck Norris movie the octagon.

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, hell no. Vale Tudo competition is from the 80's Brazil, the Gracie's family just exported it to the USA. And in any case Bloodsport is a rip-off from the previous year Capcom's Street Fighter arcade game.

@patrickbateman7369

2 жыл бұрын

I can't find a single thing where the Gracie's said that Bloodsport inspired the creation of the UFC

Have you seen Kickboxer yet? If not that’s another classic with Van Damme made around this time. Other great ones include Universal Soldier, hard target, cyborg, Timecop, awol, death warrant and many more

@k.delpino1124

2 жыл бұрын

That multi-picture deal he had with Universal Pictures was a good look. More hits than misses.

@123123roo

2 жыл бұрын

JCVD was the Goat for me I was born in 1989 an watched all his movies, Double Impact and Double Team along with the others you named

@worthalook4870

2 жыл бұрын

@@123123roo yeah remember watching my first van Damme flick in the early 90’s around ten years old then. Been a fan ever since. Legend

that music when he calmed down and close his eyes in the end fight still give me goosebump

Please never stop doing these. Your great at it. Love the reactions.

@CapedInformer

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it man

The one guy, in reality that would win this, was Paco, the Muay Thai fighter. He was played by Paulo Tocha, a real legit Muay Thai champion and trainer.

@adgato75

2 жыл бұрын

I wish he had gotten either more screen time , or a bit of character development.

@k.delpino1124

2 жыл бұрын

@@adgato75 he was in Death Warrant. Didn't do Muay Thai. But was a good baddie.

@paulpolpiboon9535

2 жыл бұрын

In reality? Paco is up there yes, but BOLO would annilate everyone. Even against jcvd. Anyway those 3 would be the last men standing in reality

@thaistomp

Жыл бұрын

@@paulpolpiboon9535 Jackson would be up there too. Dude was a monster.

I think you’re the only person on KZread to react to this. Good reaction. It’s definitely one of the better martial arts movies made. That and I can’t really see anyone besides Jean Claude playing the lead role

@Joker_JAK

3 жыл бұрын

Plenty of youtubers have reacted to it. I've seen several.

No matter if the movie is based on true events or if it was fake,the concept behind it & the lessons in it are so memorable.

lol@ "You'll never be a Tanaka now with that sloppiness".Due your the kinda guy guys wanna chill with and have as a friend I gotta say...Just a chill fun vibe with a good heart!

another classic martial arts 80s movie American Ninja starting Michael Dudicoff.

@fredhugard7444

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah react to that one. You'll enjoy the soundtrack to that one too.

3 жыл бұрын

Mortal Kombat took Scorpion/SubZero from this franchise. 😂

Loved this movie as a kid. I could even do the splits between the chairs. Theres noway I'd even attempt it today 😆 if ya wanna watch some more JCVD I suggest kick boxer, universal soldier or hard target

@larrywoods8805

Жыл бұрын

I did the same shit front ward 2

When dude said good, but brick don't hit back, it's almost the same line in enter the dragon, when bruce lee says to a guy who broke a wooden plank, boards don't hit back. Also the actor was also in that bruce lee movie, he was a good friend of his.

I was born in 83 and this movie was one of my dad's favorite. I saw it when I was a kid, I loved it then, still love it now.

Other Jean-Claude Van Damme movies that you might like are: "double impact", "sudden impact", "hard Target", "Lionheart", "replicant", "legionnaire", "the quest", and "kickboxer".

@alucard624

3 жыл бұрын

You're thinking of Sudden Death ie Die Hard in a hockey arena, not Sudden Impact. That was the fourth Dirty Harry flick. Both are good movies though.

@vinsanity40k

3 жыл бұрын

what about "no retreat, no surrender". when jcvd actually played a bad guy martial artist. 😄

@brucechmiel7964

3 жыл бұрын

I don't see TimeCop on that list. I think we might have a problem.

You should check out Time Cop it also has John as the lead actor and only the first one is good if you have not already seen it.

I’m pretty sure every other Sunday on TBS in the late 90s you’d get a back to back of this and Kickboxer. And I’d watch every single time. Classic flick

i literally watched this everyday on vhs back then when back from school holidays with my friends, as part of our daily rotation of things to do including sports..

The bad guy, bolo yeung, real humble guy in real life, goes back to Bruce Lee as far as action, should try some old school Cynthia rothrock, don the dragon Wilson movies if you can find them

@paulsmith9192

3 жыл бұрын

@jda man I've seen them all.Loren avedon,billy blanks,sho kosugi I grew up with these movies

One of my favorite movies of the late 80's. Jean Claude Van Dam rocks.

@AdamGoldswain

2 жыл бұрын

My favs are Universal Soldier and Double Team. Double Impact and Hard Target are awesome too. Have you watched Red Scorpion with Dolph Lundgren?

great video man ! congrats from Brazil .

"This is one of those movies I'd have watched every day as a kid." Born in 81 I WAS that kid. This movie, Conan The Barbarian/Destroyer, The Last Dragon I watched every single time they played on TV.

This and Predator were played on repeat in my place as a kid and I always enjoy it, no matter how many times I’ve seen it. Was lucky enough to say this to Van Damme in person when I met him back in 2016. Such a great guy and one of the greatest fighters on screen ever.

@k.delpino1124

2 жыл бұрын

What's crazy, Van Damme was originally casted as Predator. Could've been his best villain role.

@mattdrago4660

2 жыл бұрын

@@k.delpino1124 his best villain role is in Expendables 2 without a doubt. In Predator he was wasted. Would’ve been a smarter move for him to be one of Dutch’s team. That experience was a nightmare for JCVD. Thank God for Stan Winston and Kevin Peter Hall. The perfect combo of talent.

I watched this on VHS rental around 89/90. Absolutely loved it back then and still enjoy it now at 47.

Kickboxer and this were on constant repeat when i was a tiny lad, still love em the same too its insane with fire soundtracks "you are not tanaka!" : D

This was my favourite movie growing up. Lost count of how many times I watched this.

Oh I love every “old school” movie with Jean! Fav iconic actor💪🏻⚡️

Haha. "OKAY USA!" 👍 Best quote of the movie. We still use that today.

We watched it again and again as kids, for me its a martial arts classic full of Love and Heart ❤

I love this movie. My older brother is 6 years older than I am... so I saw this movie on repeat at an age that was too young for this movie. I have about 4 places where I don’t watch. Such a great movie. Jean Claude is a god among us mere mortals.

Love tournament movies like this cause you see so many different styles of Martial Arts from all over the world.

One of the best ever movies. An absolute classic ! I used to watch this a lot back in the day

The last fight is epic, and the way he goes back to his training to fight blind gave me chills. It actually made sense how it unfolded however unrealistic it is.

I grew up with this. I still have it on VHS and DVD. Martial arts movies were huge in the 80s and 90s. I think he had it in all his contracts to

I guess I'm just like you, because I watched this movie over and over again as a kid. I have a soft spot for all those points, and the fighting! I love seeing all the styles.

Man this was the first R movie I saw in theaters! My pops took me as a lil kid. Cheers brother 🍻

Dude, love the commentary. Subscribed

I've still got my ole VHS of this at my parents' house somewhere. Agree it's an enjoyable film, and I like the minimal plot and focus on the martial arts. Very well produced for its time with all the slow-mo fight scenes. That scene with Bolo's 'shin snap' always shocked me the most.

I vividly remember being 10 years old and my dad taking me to the movie theater to see this. This is one of my favorite movies of all time!

@joshr8666

Жыл бұрын

That must of been awesome.. and a great memory of your Dad

Double Impact is cool too. The guy who played Chong Li , Bolo Yeung is in it too. Bolo Yeung was also in Enter the Dragon with John Saxon & Bruce Lee.

mixed reviews can go to hell, this on my list of all time favorite movies.. I watched countless van dam movies after this...

Another wholly entertaining reaction Caped Informer! I'm from the mid 70's, and as a kid in the 80's when this dropped...I still get all pumped when I see this one--with that music...Nostalgia through the roof. Although not a martial arts movie, yet another amazing and thoroughly entertaining movie--a little known gem from the 80's--is "The Blood of Heroes" with Rutger Hauer and Joan Chen. ( :E

This movie single handedly got me into martial arts the first time I saw it at my uncles house something like 33 years ago!!

Im Born in 83 and back when i was a Child my dad let me watch all the 80s movies .bloodsport was a great martial arts movie but what really hits me in this Film was the Soundtrack...absolutly mystical great movie era....wish there were more Films like this nowadays

remember when this was on the cable box back in the day on HBO it's been a classic in martial arts cinema since .😎🩸🎞🎥🎬

The song Fight to Survive is sung by Stan Bush who also sang The Touch from the 1986 Transformers movie.

I always liked the Martial Arts movie "No Retreat, No Surrender" where a young teenager, who is a big fan of Bruce Lee, trying to learn his way of life, gets into trouble after moving into a new place. It is btw also with Jean Claude Van Damme. As you said, this movie also didnt go down as one of the most brilliant plot stories of all time, but it is simple, it has good music and it belongs to those movies, that I could watch literally every day as a kid. Actually I did... :)

Oh damn You're just now seeing Bloodsport too?!?!??!?! As someone who lived and breathed Van Damme and has long since become a martial artist, teacher and fight choreographer due to him in large part, let's fucking go!!🔥🔥🔥

One of my favorite movies growing up.

Amazing casting with Bolo Leung as Chong Li, one of the biggest villains from my childhood movie memories. I had to fight back to stand up to bullies at school so I had my own real villains I was dealing with at the time. While cheesy in many ways and based on the b.s. stories of the "hero in his own mind" Frank Dux, Bloodsport is such a compelling story and shows respect for the spirit of martial arts, fighting with honor, bushido/chivalry.

We used to have an arcade in the 80’s and that game was cool .... two joystick control worked really well.

3 жыл бұрын

_Karate Champ_ was everywhere back then. 😂

Loved your reaction brother! 💪🏼

Lol " That's the coconut guy" great 👍

When Van Dam Knocked out the guy with the elbow. Van Dam actually Knocked him out on set and they kept that in film. So, that scene is 100% legit.

This movie was one of the most influential movies of all time... It changed video games forever. In the 90s many developers made games based on this because of their love for this movie... A lot of fighting games were created including Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Killer Instinct, etc. To this day many people participate in their own video game kumites which are now called EVO, Nor Cal Regionals, Apex, Capcom Cup, Final Round, SNK world championship, socal regionals, vs fighting, ultimate fighting arena, tekken world tour, and many many more.

Great chanell bro, greatings from Serbia

I hate reading the comments section by nerds. This movie was a legendary classic. Period. Haters can bounce off.

@Luke-kg7vu

Ай бұрын

Yea people are never satisfied and have to critique everything lol

i was a teenager back when this came out so it was cool with me and my friends that were in karate

Haha! I've loved this movie since I was a kid. The soundtrack, the goofiness, the JCVD... I gotta pop it on at least once a year. Hell, I even named my deathcore band after him.

You do know Jean Claude Van Damme was a ballet dancer, that's why he could do the splits. He got his first break in the movie whilst working as a waiter. The producer of the bloodsport was in the restaurant and he performed the splits between two tables and got hired for the film.

Blood sport and kick boxer 1 was some of my favorite movies

Music to this is phenomenal

One of my favorite Van Damme movies, along side Kickboxer and Lionheart. That soundtrack is 🔥. Still listen to "Fight to Survive" on my playlist in the gym.

Bolo Yueng (Chong Li) paid homage to his best friend Bruce Lee by quoting the phrase "But Brick not hit back" while Bruce Lee originally in his final film says "Boards don't hit back". a true friend till the end.

One of my fave martial arts films ever.

"Kickboxer" & "Leon" completes the 3 best movies with Van Damme :)

Hell yeah. I saw this movie first when I was 8. I still love it.

One of my favorite movies

Man I miss this movie! :( Bloodsport was one of my favorites growing up as a kid. They just don't make movies like this anymore. From the cheesy quotes (i.e. "He's the American fool who makes tricks with bricks!"), the lighthearted stereotypes we could all laugh at, to the cool original 80s soundtrack, etc... Nothing really lags in this movie; it keeps you glued throughout. Matter of fact, I might as well go see if could finally pick up the DVD. Anyways, if you enjoyed Bloodsport then I would fully recommend you taking the time to watch Kickboxer which came right ater this. Pretty much the same thing including the same main actor but set in Thailand. Both this and Bloodsport together pretty much made Van Damme what he is.

@raifthemad

3 жыл бұрын

It's the nature of hollywoods target audience. Back then majority of their income came from americans watching their movies. These days, they're the minority of the audience. Hence why all the movies are so bland, people everywhere in the world have to be able to relate to them. And nothing that could even smell like it insults china in any way, they're one of the biggest if not the biggest market.

I really watch this movie a lot as a kid. 😅❤

I don't know if anyone mentioned it, but the video game they are playing it called "Karate champ". Also the black actor's name is Forrest Whitaker.

Lmao stating: " Undercover my ass, undercover some covers," bro., been rolling on the floor.

@stevenvicijan4338

4 күн бұрын

Yep, perfect ending as responder to "undercover girl "

They had that Karate game in a pool hall where I used to live. It's actually got the most intuitive control method I've ever seen in a fighting game. The moves were labelled on the cabinet, but you didn't really have to look at it. Then the place burned down and got rebuilt as a nightclub :(

@excaliber8713

2 жыл бұрын

What was the name of it ?

The big Asian guy is Bolo Yeung, who was a close friends with Bruce Lee, and starred with him in the movie Enter The Dragon. In the scene where Dux breaks the brick, when he says "Brick not hit back," he's sort of paying a small tribute to Bruce Lee because Lee had a similar line in Enter The Dragon.