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

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 thought the film would be very easy and as a film fighter, only trained approximately one month for the role. Loren Avedon on the other hand took it very seriously and trained for 4-6 hours a day for 6 months. He worked very hard to get ready for the movie, as can be seen when comparing his physique in it to that of the one in No Retreat No Surrender 2 - which was filmed just a year before it.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: Near the end when Franco reveals he has captured Maria a long black boom mic drops into view above their heads for several seconds.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Featured in The King of the Kickboxers (1990)

Sweet Surrender

Loren Avedon and Keith Vitali star as two martial arts expert brothers ho team up to take down the ruthless murderers who squashed their father. Lot s of martial arts battles are waged in the course of this film. Loren Avedon is a gifted martial artist and watching him fight is ultimately the real show to watch. He actually has somewhat of a screen presence and his acting while admittedly not very good is still better than his co-star Keith Vitali. What finds most strange about No Retreat No Surrender 3:Blood Brothers, aside from the obvious fact that it has nothing to do with the first (Sadly there is no ghost of Bruce Lee) or second (I guess, since I haven't seen it) is that it makes literally no dramatic sense on any level. There are so many scenes of gleeful stupidity that you can't help but cave and enjoy the movie as such. The action sequences are however are what make this thing great to watch. The action sequences are thrilling and in a Z-grade martial arts thriller, that is all that counts. I recommend it as a perfect way to avail yourself in glorious ass-kicking, that is why this movie is so enjoyable.

* *1/2 out of 4-(Pretty good)