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Paul Aaron (story)
Leigh Chapman (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 August 1980 (USA) more
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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Norris vs. Ninja more (32 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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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Also Known As:
The Man Without Mercy (Philippines: English title)
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103 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Finland:(Banned) (1980) (uncut) | Finland:K-16 (1995) (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (1984) (cut) | Iceland:16 | West Germany:16 (nf) | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Sweden:15 | Australia:M | France:-12 | Norway:18 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted
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When Richard Norton (as "Long Legs", not Kyo) is kicked in the Groin by Chuck Norris, he grabs himself and yelps out "Oh shit... shit!". Norton himself said that when he was assisting with the stunts on the set of "The Blues Brothers" and told John Belushi the fight he'd be in, Belushi was the one who told him to say "Oh shit!" when getting kicked in the groin. more
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Continuity: During a car chase sequence, the off-white colored car hits the pursing red vehicle that is parked in its path. The next time we see them, both cars are undamaged and not touching each other. more
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Featured in How American Cinema Changed Hollywood Forever (2003) (V) more
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Personally, I wouldn't say that this is an action movie. It's more of a thriller. The movie is in fact really slow and a bit boring most of the time. The decent action doesn't kick in until just before the end. If it hadn't been for that scene, this movie wouldn't have got more than 3 stars from me. But since the last scene was pretty good, I give it a 6. Just remember that this is an Chuck Norris-movie. Norris isn't exactly the best martial arts actor, he hasn't got any spectacular moves and I get a little tired watching him wear the same type of jeans in almost every movie. There are a bunch of ninjas in the movie. The movie tried to establish them as skilled and feared fighters, but it didn't succeed with that.