Bloodfight (1989)

Years after retiring from the world of free fighting martial arts, a man returns to the deadly world of fighting after his best student is killed in the tournament.

Director:

Shuji Goto

Writer:

Yoshiaki Kashigawa

Stars:

Yasuaki Kurata, Simon Yam, Meg Lam

Cast

Credited cast:
Yasuaki Kurata	...	Masahiro Kai
Simon Yam	...	Ryu Tenmei
Meg Lam	...	Suzie Wong (as Lum Ken-Ming)
Anzu Lawson	...	Milly McKenzie (as Cristina Lawson)
Bolo Yeung	...	Chang Lee - The Vietnamese Cobra
John Ladalski	...	John O'Brien
Stuart Smith	...	Gang Leader (as Stuart Smita)
Richard Foo	...	Shop Owner
Raja Lion	...	Fighter #2
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ken Boyle	...	Hank Chow
Shinya Ono

Storyline

Masahiro Kai has made it to the finals of the Free Fighting Championship. In flashback, he remembers training Ryu Tenmei for the event. Ryu makes it to the final bout against the reigning champ, Chang Lee. After Lee kills Ryu, Kai sinks into alcoholism, tangling with a gang of Americans, until he decides to go back into training and defeat Chang Lee himself.

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Plot Keywords:

training | tournament | martial arts | martial artist | judo throw | 

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Taglines:

He was vicious in Enter the Dragon he was savage in Bloodsport now Bolo Yeung is the ultimate fighting machine in Bloodfight

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Genres:

Action

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 June 1989 (Philippines)

Also Known As:

A Vingança Final

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kurata Film Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Did You Know?

Trivia

Yasuaki Kurata, Simon Yam, Meg Lam, Bolo Yeung, and Shinya Ono speak English with no dubbing necessary as this film was an attempt to go international.

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Goofs

When Masahiro and Ryu first meet, at the end of the fight the Gang Leader (Stuart Smith) gets thrown into the wind shield and hood of an on coming car with his head on the drivers side and feet on the passenger side with the wind shield damaged but intact. The next shot shows Smith's whole body inside the car with his feet sticking out on the passenger side of the wind shield, and the glass is gone before the car hits a pole.

User Reviews

Interesting for its ambience

For some strange reason, I like this movie. I's partly a spoof of _Bloodsport_ and partly your typical Hong Kong movie. The martial arts tournament is named the "Free Fighting Tournament," and Bolo Yeung plays basically the same character that he did in _Bloodsport_ (the name is spelled Chang Lee here). The fights are downright weird: a sumo wrestler smothers his opponent by squatting on his face; an Indian fighter who must be seven feet tall and who wears high-top sneakers accidentally breaks a floodlight with a high kick and tells the stage people, "Up, up, up"; a monkey-style kung fu fighter rolls around on the mat without making much attempt at fighting, then rips a tuft of hair off the Indian fighter's chest (as Bruce Lee did to Chuck Norris in _Return of the Dragon_). As if that wasn't bizarre enough, the master wanders around Hong Kong, tangling with some American punks (who have a very familiar obscene phrase spray-painted on their jeep). Even though _Bloodfight_ is really just your typical Hong Kong chopsocky flick, I am fascinated by it, maybe because I have an interest in anything Asian. Fans of Jackie Chan should give it a shot, as well as anyone who likes Simon Yam (who has worked with John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat in other films).