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

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yasuaki Kurata	...	Masahiro Kai
Simon Yam	...	Ryu Tenmei (as Yam Tat Wah)
Meg Lam	...	Suzie Wong (as Ken-Ming Lum)
Anzu Lawson	...	Milly McKenzie (as Cristina Lawson)
Bolo Yeung	...	Chang Lee, the Vietnamese Snake
Shinya Ono	...	Hiuga Riyoichi
John Ladalski	...	Jack O'Brien
Stuart Smith	...	Gang Leader (as Stuart Smita)
Ken Boyle	...	Hank Chow
Takaaki Nakamura	...	Lan Keiser
Chan Fai	...	Stall Keeper (as Chan Fai Lung)
Sindy Lim	...	Stall Vendor
Richard Foo	...	Cheap Restaurant Manager
Masanari Nasu	...	Street Gang Member #1
Tadashi Satô	...	Street Gang Member #2

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 | one word title | flying kick | 

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Taglines:

Enter if you dare

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama

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Certificate:

BPjM Restricted

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1989 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

A Vingança Final

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

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

Unwatchable between the fight scenes; not much better during them

The only possible source of entertainment in a movie like "Bloodfight" is the fighting, but even that is spoiled here by terrible direction, bad camera angles and sloppy editing. The plot rambles on for about an hour, then turns into a tenth-rate "Rocky". The Oriental actors, burdened with someone's idiotic decision that they should all speak exclusively in English (in a misconceived attempt to help the film break more easily into the American market, perhaps?), recite their lines robotically, without any feeling. On the other hand, the white actors, who can speak English more fluently, can't act (only Cristina Lawson comes close to doing both of those things simultaneously). "Bloodfight" is only for those who'll watch Bolo Yeung in any film, no matter how atrocious it may be. (*)