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Director:
Writers:
Paul Aaron (story)
Leigh Chapman (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 August 1980 (USA) more
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Tagline:
In a world of choices, for one man there is no choice . . . he must face THE OCTAGON more
Plot:
A martial artist must defeat a plan by ninjas to create a worldwide training camp for terrorists. full summary | add synopsis
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Cheap and dialogue-heavy. more (32 total)

Cast

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Chuck Norris ... Scott James
Karen Carlson ... Justine
Lee Van Cleef ... McCarn

Art Hindle ... A. J.
Carol Bagdasarian ... Aura
Tadashi Yamashita ... Seikura
Kim Lankford ... Nancy
Larry D. Mann ... Tibor
Kurt Grayson ... Doggo

Richard Norton ... Kyo - Seikura´s Enforcer / Long Legs
Yuki Shimoda ... Katsumo - Seikura's Aide
Redmond Gleeson ... Duffy
Alan Chappuis ... Pierre
Brian Libby ... Deadwyler
Ken Gibbel ... Meat
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Man Without Mercy (Philippines: English title)
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Runtime:
103 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Fighting Stars Magazine ranked the climactic fight between Chuck Norris and Tadashi Yamashita as #13 on their list of the 25 greatest fight scenes of all time. more
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Crew or equipment visible: After the terrorist trainee falls through the trapdoor, a crew person's hand is visible as it closes back up. more
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Doggo: You want the final say? You got the final say. more
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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Cheap and dialogue-heavy., 6 December 2002
4/10
Author: gridoon

Whether you can take this film or not will depend on your tolerance for B-movies. The production is very cheap (to the point that you can barely see anything during the night scenes), and the plot is pretty vague (Is Chuck Norris playing a mercenary? An anti-terrorist expert? A former karate champion? All three?), and the fact that we can often hear his thoughts in echoing voice-over doesn't make it any more lucid. But Norris is better than usual here (at least better than anyone else in the cast), and his fighting moves are as sharp as ever. (**)

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