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| Year: | 1986 |
| Country of origin: | USA / Hong Kong |
| Director: | Corey Yuen |
| Genre: | Cheesy feel-good movie |
| Starring: | Kurt McKinney, J.W. Fails, Jean-Claude Van Damme |
| Rating: | 5/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089695/ |
| Tagline: | Tonight, He either fights for his life or he'll be running for the rest of it. |
| Favourite line: | "Hey, ain't no shelves built to stop THIS dancin' machine." |
One of the best bad films I have ever seen, and I loved every minute.
It seemed to me that they had gone out of their way to deliberately gather together the five or six worst actors in the world, dosed them up with amphetamines, and unleashed them on the script with no rehearsals necessary.
The 'plot' centres around a dodgy group of businessmen trying to take over dojo's around America. They make the mistake of trying to take over one in Seattle and we have the usual feel-good, underdog comes good trials to sit through, including training montages and, in one spectacularly surreal comedic moment, the spirit of Bruce Lee appearing in Our Hero's room to instruct him.
It is bizarre to say the least.
Van Damme is barely in it, even though the video cover emblazons him all over, and only makes an appearance right at the start and for the climatic fight.
It's rubbish throughout, with no redeeming features, but for sheer comedy, this is hard to beat.
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