Bloodfist

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Summary: An other martial arts movie with a twist.
Review: Bloodfist is yes another karate movie. But Most of the cast are actual karate champs. Don " the dragon" Wilson is a six time WKA kickboxing Champ, and Billy Blanks(Tae bo) is a seven time Karate champ. True they need acting lessons but the fights are first rate.

Rating:
Summary: An other martial arts movie with a twist.
Review: Bloodfist is yes another karate movie. But Most of the cast are actual karate champs. Don " the dragon" Wilson is a six time WKA kickboxing Champ, and Billy Blanks(Tae bo) is a seven time Karate champ. True they need acting lessons but the fights are first rate.

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Summary: No brain kickboxing fun
Review: Going into to this film knowing it was a Roger Corman production, I really didn't expect much in the realm of really high quality film making. I expected a no brain action flick with a cheesy plot and and some good fights. That is exactly what I got. Bloodfist actually turned out even a better than I expected. We get Don "The Dragon" Wilson, who obviously can't act, entering a tournament to find his brothers killer. The fights are good and entertaining and Wilson shows off his kickboxing skills. If you like cheesy action films such as the American Ninja, Kickboxer, and Bloodsport series, then give Bloodfist a whirl as you will probably like it. I am still working on watching its 7 sequels!

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Summary: This produced seven sequels?!!
Review: I just saw my first movie out of the "Bloodfist" franchise. I decided that perhaps the best place to start would be the beginning. I wish I hadn't.

The production values are embarrassing. I realize that this film didn't have a massive Hollywood budget, but c'mon! Some things don't need a big budget to produce quality. Experienced kickboxers, boxers or karate champions should be able to make fight scenes look realistic. In this film, they often don't even come close. This is some of the absolute worst mock fighting I have ever seen in a movie.

The sound effects were laughable. It's as if the filmmakers used a couple of guys who used to work on old Warner Brothers cartoons or something. I expected huge letters to pop up on the screen - POW! WHAM! - like in the "Batman" TV series. It was that bad!

I especially loved the scene where the two guys were fighting outside in a terrible thunderstorm. There was lots and lots of booming thunder. Funny thing is...there wasn't even one (not one!) flash of lightning. Was the budget so tight that they couldn't afford to simulate lightning? Maybe they didn't understand that lightning creates thunder. If that was the case, I wouldn't be surprised.

"Bloodfist" has awful acting, uninspired directing, terrible editing, atrocious voice dubbing and on and on and on. I sure hope that the sequels were head and shoulders above the movie that started it all. Otherwise, I shudder to think what this world is coming to.

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Summary: IT'S JUST FUN TO WATCH THE FIGHTS
Review: IN THE MOLD OF ''KICKBOXER'' AND ''BLOODSPORT'', THIS KICKBOXING MOVIE IS ABOUT A YOUNG RETIRED KICKBOXER [DON ''THE DRAGON'' WILSON] WHO DECIDES TO GET BACK INTO THE SPORT TO FIND OUT WHO KILLED HIS BROTHER. THE ACTING IS SUB-PAR AND THE STORY IS VERY CLICHED, BUT THE FIGHTS JUST HAPPEN TO BE FUN TO WATCH. FEATURES A LOT OF MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPIONS FROM BACK IN THE 80S, INCLUDING A YOUNGER BILLY BLANKS. HOWEVER, THE ENDING IS QUITE SHOCKING AND I DIDN'T REALLY SEE IT COMING. AS FAR AS HIS ACTING GOES, DON ''THE DRAGON'' WILSON WAS A VERY BLAND CHOICE FOR A LEADING MAN. AND HE STILL IS TODAY. FOLLOWED BY SEVEN SEQUELS, ALL OF THEM STARRING DON ''THE DRAGON'' WILSON.

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Summary: Absolute fantastic kung fu franchise
Review: WKA world Kickboxing Champ Don "The Dragon" Wilson didn't exactly start out his carrer as a thespian, but he makes a really cool action star. The plot is basically just another of those revenge stories, in which Wilson enters a karate tournament in manila to track down the punk that destroyed his brother. There is fantastic fighting here, and Karate cahamp/Tae Bo founder Billy Blanks makes a particularly fearsome opponent for the tiny Wilson. The story follows the standard revenge formula, but the action is very well done, and Don "The Dragon" Wilson makes the whole damn thing work.