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02/05/1986 Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama 1h 34m
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Tonight, He either fights for his life or he'll be running for the rest of it.

Overview

The mob is trying to strongarm local martial arts schools, forcing young Jason Stillwell and his family to move after his father is injured defending their dojo. With his father now rejecting violence, Jason is forced to train on his own to protect himself and his best friend from the members of a rival karate school.

  1. Corey Yuen

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kurt McKinney

    Jason Stillwell

  2. Jean-Claude Van Damme

    Ivan Kraschinsky "The Russian"

  3. J.W. Fails

    R.J. Madison

  4. Kathie Sileno

    Kelly Reilly

  5. Kim Tae-Jeong

    Sensei Lee

  6. Kent Lipham

    Scott

  7. Ron Pohnel

    Ian Reilly

  8. Dale Jacoby

    Dean Ramsey

  9. Peter Cunningham

    Frank Peters

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-14
First of all, I believe the word for this is "Bruceploitation" and you can't walk into anything with a "sploitation" at the end of the genre title with expectations of things like production value, or great special effects or a decent plot.

Mostly movies like this are void of those things and in the rare times that you actually get them they should be viewed as an added bonus.

Technically speaking, the film is a train wreck, it looks bad, the writing is horrible, and the dialogue largely stinks...

...but all of that adds to the charm and ultimately what you have is a very dated and ex...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$4,662,137.00

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