Final Fight (1989) Bloodfight (original title)

Director:

Shuji Goto

Writer:

Yoshiaki Kashigawa (writer)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Training | Tournament | Martial Arts | Martial Artist | Judo Throw

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
Kazuya Shimizu	...	Punk (uncredited)

Directed by
Shuji Goto

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Yoshiaki Kashigawa		writer

Produced by
Yasuaki Kurata	....	producer
Hiroaki Tokano	....	producer

Original Music by
Yuji Ohgami

Production Companies

• Kurata Film Company

Distributors

• BCI Eclipse (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Top Tape (Brazil) (video)
• Westlake Entertainment Group (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Bloodfight" - Hong Kong (original title)
"Sportfight" - Philippines (English title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English

Certification:

UK:18 | Australia:R | Norway:18 | Iceland:16 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

Kurata Film Company

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.

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

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. (*)