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Tappava nyrkki

Original title: Low Blow
  • 1986
  • R
  • 1h 30m
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4.0/10
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Tappava nyrkki (1986)
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Leo Fong plays a private investigator who is in search of a young girl kidnapped by a religious cult. Destined to save her, he teams up with a Vietnam vet, a pro-boxing champ and a former co... Read allLeo Fong plays a private investigator who is in search of a young girl kidnapped by a religious cult. Destined to save her, he teams up with a Vietnam vet, a pro-boxing champ and a former cop to save her...Leo Fong plays a private investigator who is in search of a young girl kidnapped by a religious cult. Destined to save her, he teams up with a Vietnam vet, a pro-boxing champ and a former cop to save her...

  • Director
    • Frank Harris
  • Writer
    • Leo Fong
  • Stars
    • Leo Fong
    • Cameron Mitchell
    • Troy Donahue
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.0/10
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    • Director
      • Frank Harris
    • Writer
      • Leo Fong
    • Stars
      • Leo Fong
      • Cameron Mitchell
      • Troy Donahue
    • 23User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Leo Fong
    Leo Fong
    • Joe Wong
    Cameron Mitchell
    Cameron Mitchell
    • Yarakunda
    Troy Donahue
    Troy Donahue
    • John Templeton
    Diane Stevenett
    • Diane
    Akosua Busia
    Akosua Busia
    • Karma
    Patti Bowling
    • Karen Templeton
    Stack Pierce
    Stack Pierce
    • Corky
    Woody Farmer
    • Fuzzy
    Elaine Hightower
    • Cody
    Manny Dela Pena
    • Sticks
    David Cochran
    • Chico
    Roger Gundert
    • Card Player
    Gerry Monti
    • Card Player
    Mike York
    • Card Player
    Sam Baca
    • Card Player
    Lyle Compo
    • Card Player
    Nestor C. Albalos
    • Card Player
    Gary R. Stroupe
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    • Director
      • Frank Harris
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      • Leo Fong
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    • Trivia
      Discussed on The Best of the Worst series by Red Letter Media.
    • Quotes

      Joe Wong: How would you like a shovelhead?

    • Connections
      Featured in Best of the Worst: Lady Terminator, Lost in Dinosaur World, and Low Blow (2015)

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    4/10
    Dirty Leo takes out the trash!
    Private dick Leo Fong is hired by millionaire Troy Donahue to rescue his runaway heiress daughter from Cameron Mitchell's pan-theistic "Universal Enlightenment" cult. Mitchell calls himself "Yarakunda", has a pentagram on his cheek, a red dot on his forehead, a cross around his neck, wears big Jim Jones sunglasses, dresses like a druid and hardly ever stands up during the entire film, so you know he means business, or possibly wasn't paid enough to actually act. Oh yes, and he's also blind, which means his Godly visions are more better than yours, so there. But Fong means business too! The sign on his office door reads: "Joe Wong, Private Investigator, Bounty Hunting, Conflict Management, Kung-Fu Fighting Lessons and World Headquarters of the Wei Kuen Do Association". (and yes, that's supposed to be funny) When he's not blasting away scumbags at his local deli ("Hey, forget the ham sandwich!"), taking down redneck purse snatchers, or deflating stereotypes about Chinese food and Asian drivers in Big American Cars, he's rounding up a motley team of specialists to aid him on the rescue mission by staging a tough man contest that attracts ninjas, kung-fu masters, Hispanic knife-fighters, black boxers, redneck purse snatchers and a female bodybuilder in red panties. Really. Frank Harris' direction here is a very slight improvement over his work on KILLPOINT, but it's Fong's screenplay that saves the day, using popular contempo action/buddy movie clichés to buttress his rather loopy main story. The puzzler here is real-life Ghanian princess Akosua Busia, who squanders the goodwill she engendered in Steven Spielberg's THE COLOR PURPLE by appearing here as Mitchell's conniving, sadistic daughter-slash-wife. Fortunately, her career would survive. One the plus side, Fong kicks Billy Blanks' ass, puts his foot THROUGH another man's head, and cuts the roof off a Mercedes-Benz hiding three goons who apparently can't find the door handles during the several minutes it takes Fong to run around the car cutting the roof supports. Hilarious stuff!
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    • Release date
      • April 1986 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Crown International Pictures
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Low Blow
    • Filming locations
      • Stockton, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Action Communications
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $63,860
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $63,860
      • Apr 27, 1986
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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