The Perfect Weapon (1991)

Director:

Mark DiSalle

Writer (WGA):

David C. Wilson (written by)

Release Date:

15 March 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

No gun. No knife. No equal.

Plot:

Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline...

Plot Keywords:

Kenpo | Revenge | Korean Mafia | Martial Arts | Hitman

Cast

Jeff Speakman	...	Jeff
John Dye	...	Adam
Mako	...	Kim
James Hong	...	Yung
Mariska Hargitay	...	Jennifer
Chris Tashima	...	Bag Man
Dante Basco	...	Jimmy Ho
Beau Starr	...	Carl Sanders
Seth Sakai	...	Master Lo
Professor Toru Tanaka	...	Tanaka
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Detective Wong
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Kai
Tom Hermann	...	Jeff (Age 17)
Micah Roberts	...	Jeff (age 11)
Ryan Bohannon	...	Adam (Age 6)

Runtime:

Argentina:87 min | Germany:85 min | Spain:112 min | Spain:90 min (edited version) | USA:83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Norway:18 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 | Spain:13 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Four of the actors from this movie - 'Mako', Dante Basco, James Hong and Clyde Kusatsu - would work together again in "Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Storm (#1.12)" (2005), in which all four voiced characters.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When "Jeff" is fighting the gang of thugs in the antique store at the beginning, he knocks the guy through the window (same one he pulled through at the start of the fight). When the guy is shown landing, there is a glimpse of a blue landing mat just outside the window.

Quotes:

Jimmy: Hey Terminator... I don't know where you came from, but you better go back.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Hollywood Stuntmakers: Fantastic Fights" (1991)

Sweet flick

Another great, B level action film. Speakman is a great martial artist. He can really rip up a group of Koreans in a club or on their own turf at their gyms. He uses a lot of punches which I like cause after a while guys look pretty silly flipping through the air with gravity defying kicks that level small country sides. It had a few plot twists which is rare for the caliber of movie it was, a deep history that needed resolution and a club scene with exotic Asians. Who could ask for more? Well OK maybe you could, but still this movie is pretty sweet. Especially when they bring in Tanaka, that really big guy that seems to dip his hand in every little karate or bond movie to come around his olfactory senses. The ending was a bit anti-climactic but Ill let you decide that.