No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1988)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Corey Yuen

Writers:

Maria Elena Cellino (writer)
Roy Horan (writer)

Release Date:

27 January 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Action

Tagline:

It's not a rematch, it's war!

Plot:

In this sequel, Scott Wylde, an American kickboxer, must go to Cambodia to rescue his Vietnamese girlfriend from Russian and Vietnamese troops.

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Cambodia | Buddhist Monk | Martial Arts | Thailand

Cast

Loren Avedon	...	Scott Wylde
Max Thayer	...	Mac Jarvis
Cynthia Rothrock	...	Terry
Patra Wanthivanond	...	Sulin Nguyen
Matthias Hues	...	Yuri
Nirut Sirichanya	...	Colonel Tol Nol
Jang Lee Hwang	...	Ty
Perm Hongsakul	...	Mr. Nguyen
Chesda Smithuth	...	Police Captain
Grisapong Hanviriyakitichai	...	Pimp
Roy Horan	...	American Consular
Bunchai Im-arunrak	...	Head Monk
Opisok Praechaya	...	Gym Manager
Sanchai Martves	...	Restaurant Manager
Suang Sosretananant	...	Arm Wrestler

Also Known As:

Karate Tiger 2 (Europe: English title)
No Retreat, No Surrender 2 (USA)
Raging Thunder

Runtime:

UK:104 min (DVD version) | UK:85 min (video release)

Country:

Hong Kong | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18

Company:

Seasonal Film Corporation

Trivia:

Roy Horan tried to put rotten tofu into the bowl during the scene at the floating restaurant as a joke. Loren caught it before they rolled camera.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt doubles when Loren Avedon and Max Thayer climb up the waterfall.

Quotes:

Scott Wylde: [attempts to claim his change from a pay phone at the airport] Ahh, I hope you choke on it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Los extermineitors (1989)

Soundtrack:

EVERYWHERE WITH YOU

And the fun continues...

Despite being a sequel, this has nothing to do with the first movie. There's a whole new cast, and a brand new plot. A quite good one, actually. No Retreat, No Surrender 2 is the perfect example of pure 80's fun. It has lots of really cool fighting, fun background music and almost everything else we all know as bad (but really entertaining) 80's action stuff. The last fifteen minutes of the movie are excellent. Movies with totally evil Soviet military bases are always fun! And Matthias Hues is perfect as an evil Soviet military. The last fight between him and Loren Avedon must be considered as a classic.

Same score as the first movie: 7 out of 10!