1988 Directed by Newt Arnold
U.S. soldier Frank Dux has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly secret and extremely violent martial arts competition. While trying to gain access into the underground world of clandestine fighters, he also has to avoid military officers who consider him to be AWOL. After enduring a difficult training and beginning a romance with journalist Janice Kent, Frank is given the opportunity to fight. But can he survive?
Jean-Claude Van Damme Bolo Yeung Donald Gibb Leah Ayres Norman Burton Forest Whitaker Roy Chiao Philip Chan Yan-Kin Kenneth Siao Wai-Keung Paulo Tocha Pierre Rafini Kimo Lai Kwok Ki Bill Yuen Ping Kuen Shun-Yin Leung Joshua Schroder John Cheung Ng-Long Jahangir Ghaffari Johnny Cheung Wa Michel Qissi
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Awfully acted piece of Belgian cheese with too many muscles and people doing splits whenever they get the chance fighting in ridiculous styles (monkey fu!) bashing each other's skulls in (which is pretty violent for a film directed by a guy called Newt) hitting every trope imaginable in the worst kind of way.
I have now seen it seven times.
Did you know Jean-Claude Van Damme can do the splits?! Don’t worry, he’ll remind you every 5 minutes
As a JCVD connoisseur and 80's action trash enthusiast I hold Bloodsport in high regard. A crowning achievement in fight tournament movies and a young Jean-Claude at his physical peak.
There's a part at the beginning where a kid plays a young JCVD and he does the stupid accent perfectly, it was oscar worthy.
Splits, Ass and KUMITE!
I recall ordering this "based on the true story of Frank Dux" martial arts film for my brother's video store back in the day! It's my favorite Jean-Claude Van Damme film BTW!
If you can get through the first 10 minutes of the hokiest, cheesiest crapola to ever be witnessed onscreen you will be rewarded with an awesome variety of unique martial arts fighting styles and one of the most formidable villains ever in the form of Chong Li (Bolo Yeung)!
Recommended by: Joey Porter
How have I never seen this classic tournament fighter flick before?
"You break my record, now I break you, like I break your friend."
Bloodsport does a great job of wasting no time and getting to the martial arts action you want to see from a movie like this. Jean-Claude Van Damme is truly a phenomenal athlete and martial artist, and he really should be thought of among the top action stars of the late 80s into the 90s.
Bloodsport does feel like it borrows from movies that came before it like 'Karate Kid', and 'Rocky 4'. But it also clearly inspired ones that came after it like 'Sidekicks'. The idea of Van Damme also kicking…
for a clear riff on Enter the Dragon (as told through the lens of a real-life egomaniac/compulsive liar) it's a shame that the actual fights aren't particularly well-choreographed, shot, or edited really. with the exception of the big dramatic ones at the end that indulge in an almost abstract sea of slomo blood and sweat, there's a lot of generic coverage of slugfests going on in this that despite the setting make it feel a lot more like an american sports movie than hong kong martial arts movie. but between the romantic 80s pop ballads (very top gun era), van damme's overwhelming physicality, and the incredibly broad emotions i was surprised to find myself not really caring that much and…
I genuinely think "Kumite" is the most fun word to say in the history of language and the film agrees considering it is said about 700 times throughout Bloodsport.
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"Bloodsport" ist einer DER Filme meiner Jugend. Jeder in meinem Freundeskreis, der "Bloodsport" damals nicht gesehen hatte, galt als nicht vollwertiger Mensch und wurde ständig mit "Hast du ihn schon gesehen!?!?" bedrängt. Und jetzt ratet mal, über welche Szene wir am meisten gesprochen haben? Richtig, die Schienbein-Szene! 😁
In dem Ort, in dem ich aufgewachsen bin, ist zu der Zeit auch ein Junge aus Deutschland eingezogen, der unsere Faszination für den Film nicht verstehen konnte. Irgendwann haben wir auch herausgefunden, warum. In Deutschland wurde die Schienbein-Szene herausgeschnitten?!?!? "Bloodsport" ohne die legendäre Schienbein-Szene ist wie "Das Imperium schlägt zurück" ohne "Ich bin dein Vater", wie "Harry und Sally" ohne die Orgasmus-Szene oder wie "Psycho" ohne die Dusch-Szene.
Ich habe…
Frank Dux, the grandmaster of bullshido. The fact that this is supposed to be based on true events is the biggest joke in film history. I can't deny that it is entertaining as fuck though.
I’ve seen so many Van Damme movies but never this, the one that made him a star. Quality folding-laundry-on-a-Saturday- night fare, in the tradition of rock-headed, xenophobic, but highly watchable Cannon productions. JCVD is a beauty, too. In the obligatory romance with a scorching blonde, he’s the one who gets the nude scene.
I fucking love this film. This was one of my most watched VHS tapes growing up as a kid. I used to try and aspire to the ideology that JCVD lives by in the film and practice his moves. Looking back now I can't stop cringing but this film was influential during my childhood and goddamn it, this film is still so much fun!
I used to quote this film religiously, and here are some of the best ones:
"OKAY USA!"
"Now I show you some trick or two"
"You break my record, now I break you, like I break your friend!"
"You Jackson? You look like a Jackson"
"You are next!"
"Time to separate the men from the boys"…
Sometimes when I close my eyes at night I see Bolo Yeung smiling and pointing at me and then I scream.
