No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Lucas Lowe

Writer:

Keith W. Strandberg (writer)

Release Date:

25 January 1990 (West Germany)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

The first was for honour, The second for his country, This time it's family.

Plot:

Two feuding brothers (one a policeman, the other a martial arts expert) of different political views...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Sequel | Tied Up | Independent Film

Cast

Loren Avedon	...	Will Alexander
Keith Vitali	...	Casey Alexander
Joseph Campanella	...	John Alexander
Wanda Acuna	...	Maria
Luke Askew	...	Atteron
Rion Hunter	...	Franco
Mark Russo	...	Russo - Franco's Henchman
David Michael Sterling	...	Angel
Philip Benson	...	Macpherson
Sherrie Rose	...	Jodie
Mike Genova	...	Head Terrorist
D. Christian Gottshall	...	Franklin
Brett Ancell	...	Farmer
B.J. McQueen	...	Man at Bar
Tracey Berg	...	Amy

Also Known As:

Karate Tiger 3 (Europe: English title)

Runtime:

Brazil:90 min | Germany:98 min | USA:101 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:15 (re-rating) (2004) | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18

Company:

Imperial Releasing

Trivia:

Keith Vitali's character (Casey Alexander) has a plaster-cast on his arm throughout the entire movie. This was because Keith actually broke his arm in the audition for the movie. The whole plaster-cast bit was used throughout the movie and explained in the beginning (he apparently hurts his arm in the Bank robbery scene).

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: At the start of the movie when Will and Casey's dad is cutting the cake, the boom mic is visible above them.

Quotes:

Franco: I will not kill you - but I will cause you great pain

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The King of the Kickboxers (1990)

Don't Mind the Acting

This was to me the best movie in it's 5 part series you can say. Two brothers constantly at each others throats until their father dies, which eventually brings them together. Ron Hunter displayed some very good martial arts techniques. The acting was not that good at all, but then would you rather have good acting and bad fight scenes (Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolution, Cradle to the Grave) or bad acting good fight scenes ( Blood Moon, Super Fighter, and Drive). If you are not an acting snob then please by all means give this a shot. If acting plays a big part to you then I would say don't really bother, but if you like good fight scenes this is a definite looker.