No Retreat No Surrender Full Movie Download
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http://urllio.com/qyn1zJason Stillwell, a Bruce Lee fan, is beaten numerous times and trains from the ghost of Lee. Jason then must use his newly acquired skills to save Seattle from a crime syndicate, whose top martial artist is the deadly Ivan.
I'm not here to criticise the movie for being bad (I was expecting it to be bad before I watched it) These are just a few observations about how it compares to the general template of a standard martial arts movie:<br/><br/>The film isn't exactly bursting with great performances, but the head of the family (played by Timothy D Baker) really takes the cake... Some of the worst acting I've ever seen! (which actually makes McKinney look bad when he appears, too, and that's not fair... I mean he's certainly no great shakes, but compared to his screen father, he's near genius level!)<br/><br/>For a film where the main conflict is supposed to be about fighting, the film certainly spends an awful lot of time going out of its way NOT to show any fighting... This was a disappointment to me, because it's surely the primary reason why any combat fan would watch a martial arts film. Did we really need to see so much of the black kid dancing and cruising the 80's club scene, like he's on some audition for another Saturday Night Fever sequel?! It felt seriously out of place to me, and only left me wishing that the film would hurry up and get back to the main mechanics of a traditional revenge/self-improvement story.<br/><br/>It's a little contrived when the gangster villains manage to turn up at the Martial Arts School, too - but whatever; it's just to set up the main fight, and I guess it doesn't matter in this kind of film how stretched your plot point is, as long as you get your message across.<br/><br/>When the film knuckles down and gets to it's bread and butter of either fighting or training, that's when it's at its best. The Bruce Lee 'stand in' might be a cheesy element, but at least it's affectionate, rather than overtly manipulative.<br/><br/>... and some of the fighting and general martial arts skills here are actually quite impressive... Great direction of those aspects, by the renowned Corey Yuen!<br/><br/>The only reason I was watching in the first place was to see Van Damme, and he gives it his all, in his minimal role... There's a palpable physicality to his presence that shows the other performers how things should be done. Come the time when he head-butts the fat school bully who's had a change of heart, I was howling with laughter, so the film deserves bonus entertainment points, for that alone!<br/><br/>It's not a good film at all, but it's still worth seeing if you're into this kind of stuff, just for a tiny glimpse of Van Damme in peak athletic condition, strutting his stuff... It's not his film, so he doesn't have to carry it, or try too hard with his acting, he just does what he does best.
The last time I watched it was 20 y ago. For me It was the cult movie that gave me the willing to practice karate. It was also the first time I saw JC Vandamme on TV.<br/><br/>So I re-watched it yesterday. OMG what a lame movie ! Really, I can't help but laughing watching the bad acting, the bad scenario, the bad filming, no really the magic wasn't there anymore. It looks like a 70's action movie parody !<br/><br/>Karate Kid is a masterpiece if you dare comparing.<br/><br/>But hey ! The little child I was enjoyed it. So I keep it in my hearth like my believing in Santa Claus
The karate blows sound good but never seem to make contact. But then nothing else makes contact either. The advice from this corner: Retreat.
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