Bloodsport
by Newt Arnold
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Actor: Donald Gibb, Forest Whitaker, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Leah Ayres, Norman BurtonDirector: Newt Arnold
Brand: VAN DAMME,JEAN-CLAU
Cinematographer: David Worth
Producer: Mark DiSalle
Producer: Menahem Golan
Producer: Yoram Globus
Writer: Christopher Cosby
Writer: Mel Friedman
Writer: Sheldon Lettich
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Movie Review: Van Damme's best
Summary: 3 Stars
Even though it's been almost twenty years since this film came out, it's still a classic right up there with Enter the Dragon. Van Damme plays Frank Dux, an american soldier competing in the Kumite, a little-known but controversial martial arts competition where the best fighters in the world gather to test their skills upon each other. Frank must not only put his skills to test against some of the most fearsome opponents in the world but also against his own personal fears and doubts about why he's there in the first place.
Van Damme is superb and he's never looked better. I know there was criticism about what an exhibitionist he can be, especially with his body, but if you worked for years toning and sculpting it, why not show it off? A true classic.
Summary of Bloodsport
Kung Fu expert Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a martial arts master who arrives in Hong Kong to compete in the Kumite, a violent championship fighting contest.A well-oiled Jean-Claude Van Damme makes his starring debut in what may be one of the few kickboxing films to be based on a true story. The Muscles from Brussels plays Frank Dux, the first Westerner ever to win the extreme "whupfest" known as the Kumatai (a long-running, no-holds-barred fighting tournament in Hong Kong). While a bit deficient in the script department (to say the least), this undeniably exciting flick succeeds by letting Van Damme play to his strengths: namely, minimal acting and a lot of impossibly acrobatic splits while kicking people in the head. A guilty-pleasure testosterone blast of the highest order, with a memorable villain (the massive Bolo Yeung from Enter the Dragon), and a multitude of well-choreographed fight scenes. An embarrassed-looking Forest Whitaker cameos as a hapless (and non-kickboxing) cop. --Andrew Wright
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