A former CIA agent (Wilson) lives a suburban life as a high school teacher with his teen son (White). When the agent is attacked by former allies because of knowledge he possesses and his ...
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Title: Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill (1996)
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Cast
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| Don Wilson | ... | Rick Cowan / George 'Mac' MacReady (as Don 'The Dragon' Wilson) | |
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John Patrick White | ... | Chris Cowan |
| Jillian McWhirter | ... | Danielle Mendelsohn | |
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Warren Burton | ... | Michael Powell |
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Donnie Hair | ... | Emeric Pressburger |
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Richard Farrell | ... | Major |
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John McHugh | ... | Detective Terry O'Leary |
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Conor Nolan | ... | Carlo Gianini |
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Brendan Murray | ... | Stanton |
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Mike O'Mahoney | ... | McGrath |
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Liam Silke | ... | Bernard |
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Shawn Brewster | ... | Nick Bartoll |
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Carl Milinac | ... | Bryan Flannaghan |
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Geroid McDonnacha | ... | Chris' Buddy |
| Christopher Place | ... | Football Player | |
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A former CIA agent (Wilson) lives a suburban life as a high school teacher with his teen son (White). When the agent is attacked by former allies because of knowledge he possesses and his son is kidnapped, he is forced back into the business and his son suddenly sees a side of his father that he never knew existed. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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betrayal by a friend | betrayal | psychotronic film | cia central intelligence agency | cia agent |Taglines:
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"Bloodfist VIII" is about as watchable as any "Part VIII" of a film series could ever hope to be. Not that it has to do anything with the previous entries anyway - is the name "Bloodfist" such a money maker that they couldn't simply release this as "Trained To Kill"? At first, this appears to be an acting stretch for Don Wilson - he is a math teacher with typical problems in his relationship with his teenage son. But don't worry, we soon find out that he is an ex-CIA agent, targeted for death by Italian hit men and even some of his former employers! The one new element here is the Irish setting for much of the action - and apparently someone thought we were too thick to get the fact that we're in Ireland, because there is this "folk" (I don't know how else to describe it) music score that keeps on playing throughout. At least the close-contact fight scenes are mostly good, with Wilson in top form. (**)