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Movie Reviews of Bloodsport
Movie Review: The most quotable movie I know
Summary: 5 Stars
This receives 5 stars, not quite based on cinematic quality (lord knows!), but on stupid fun quotient and quotability. From gems like "What's it matter if Bruce Springsteen is his shidoshi?" to "Very good, but brick not hit back", this charmer of a screenplay delivers cheesy retors and threats like the UPS guy drinking a speed-and-skittles milkshake. The kung fu action is meritable, and the great Oscar clip of Van Damme (the Bruce Lee of 1987 kung fu biopics about Kumite fighting) holding his eyes from a dusting of poisonous enriched flour by the hands of D-cup Bolo Yeung is classic, right up there with Rocky's "ADRIAN!" and that movie with that guy in it about drugs or something. What was that movie? It's a classic, I think. Do you know? Wasn't it directed by David Keith? He's dreamy.So, buy this classic. Today. Drop everything you're doing, even if it's breastfeeding your new born calf. Buy "Bloodsport," then sit back and enjoy with a Colt 45 and some yogurt-dipped almonds. You'll be glad you did. And remember, "OKAY, USA!!"
Movie Review: Classic for the decade
Summary: 5 Stars
My friends and i have all been training for over a decade and cheezy movies like this were some of our early if somewhat lame influences. This movie was one of the first mainstream flicks to show this much on screen fighting brutality.{ie the shin breaking scene}. It was also one of the first to sort of respect different styles. If you are a big martial arts fan you know it is hard to find an open minded stylist. Anyway Van damne doesnt even try to act in this movie which gives it an endearing innocence. Alright i will even admit that the fighting is kinda lame but as everyone before me has said its just a fun guy, face punching kinda movie. If you can forgive the typecast 80's cheese you love what is considered the benchmark of eighites martial arts flicks.
On a side note a did a little research and discovered that frank dux might be a fraud you should check out some websites about him . They might not be true but they are entertaining at the least
Movie Review: A true cinematic gem
Summary: 5 Stars
Bloodsport is by the far the best film in the Cannon Group's vast action movie portfolio.
Plot: the Kumite is an international underground fighting contest that annually gathers the world's best fighters. Frank Dux (Van Damme) escapes from the US army to participate and to honour his ageing "Shidoshi", Kenzo Tanaka.
Van Damme is in perfect shape, the setting is Hong Kong, and the Kumite is a full contact no-limits extravaganza of fighting styles.
We are treated to the powerful and evil Chong Li (the villain), Janice (fearless reporter and love interest), and most of all the awesome Ray Jackson, the protagonist's sidekick and most eccentric fighter to have ever participated in the Kumite.
Overall an excellent film, good rhythm, good choreography in the fights, and many unforgettable lines ("Brick not hit back", "Aren't you a little old for videogames?" etc. etc.)
Belongs to the DVD library of every Van Damme connoisseur.
Movie Review: Way past due on DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
A great martial arts flick As noted, this movie was JeanClaude Van Damme's first starring role, and for my money one of his two best films. He portrays Frank Dux, an American champion of the Kunite, which was/is a full contact, anything goes martial arts competition.The movie introduces us to Van Damme's incredible martial arts ability. The story line is simple and unremarkable but effective. Van Damme participates in the Kumite against the wishes of the government which trained him. The cast is certainly unremarkable, led by Bolo Yueng, first(?) seen in "Enter the Dragon", playing Chong Li, the film's key villain and kumite champ.
What makes the film, though for martial artists (and fans) is the incredible range of fighting techniques seen through the film. Some of them are great, some comical. But there is a ton of action (much of it predictably brutal). But for fans of the genre, it is highly recommended.
Movie Review: best of the best
Summary: 5 Stars
There's only one word to describe this movie: suhweeeeeeeet! Despite the dozens of imitators, Bloodsport was the first and best of its kind. From the classic training sequence where young Frank Dux masters the martial arts (and receives the katana he coveted as a boy), to the motley group of tournament fighters with their goofy fighting techniques, to the repeated chanting of "Ku-mi-te! Ku-mi-te! Ku-mi-te!" on the pounding soundtrack, there's hardly a moment that won't have you pumped and calling for more. The only parts that don't quite work are the chase scenes and a young Forest Whittaker, who seems not to have completely understood what sort of production he was appearing in. But they don't detract from the main attraction: bone-crushing, blood-spattering beatdowns, and plenty of 'em. This is a quintessential guys' movie, and if you haven't seen it, you owe it to yourself to check it out.