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Bloodsport is a 1988 martial arts film directed by Newt Arnold and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. The film centers on Frank Dux, a United States Army captain and ninjutsu practitioner who goes absent without leave to compete in an underground full-contact martial arts tournament called the Kumite in Hong Kong. Marketed as a true story based on Dux's real-life claims, the film was one of Van Damme's first lead…
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I have been craving some martial arts films for a while now, but for some reason I just never seem to get myself to put one on and sit through it. Much like my struggles with the samurai genre I mentioned in a previous post. This happens sometimes, a want to watch something but flooded with so many other things to watch that it just doesn't really happen. I've been a little sick this past week and wanting to just la…More
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.png) There are films that exude violence, physical strength, the characters are insolent when speaking or acting and sacrifice themselves to protect others, it is a macho cinema. In the 80's an infinity of films with the characteristics described above were presented, being the undisputed kings, (at least for me), Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, and Charles Bronson. It was 1988, and Die Har…More
BloodSport, Source of Image Edited with Paint BloodSport es una película que me traslada totalmente a mi niñez con la emoción de ver estas batallas y a esos momentos en que pensaba de adulto tener y mover los Pectorales como Bolo Yeung, logré hacerlo ya en mis tiempos de universidad y recordé totalmente este film que es músculos y mas músculos pero bien hecho, traspasa la pantalla, llega al espectador esa energía de…More
Introduction Name - Bloodsport Year - 1988 Director - Newt Arnold source ► About I mean what do you want to know, its Jean-Claude Van Damme. it is a kickboxing master piece and a real classic. I am not gonna say the plot their might be spoilers......or maybe not! He trains for the ultimate in fighting contests where he could even die and the rest is a beautiful cliché. The "muscles from Brussels" certainly packs a p…More
I watched this movie so many times that I ruined the VHS tape. I was not expecting to stay up late but here I am... RMachMore
Martial Arts on display. Unlike a number of films that spend too much time building up to a martial arts displaay, this film allows Van Damme to show off his skills. These include his trademark splits and of course the totally fictional death touch, break the bottom brick. Bolo Yeung also does an excellent of playing the bad guy, in a similar style to that he played in Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon. Therefore it is n…More