Bloodsport III - Kumite (1996)

After his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible.

Director:

Alan Mehrez

Writer:

James Williams (screenplay)

Stars:

Daniel Bernhardt, John Rhys-Davies, Amber Kelleher-Andrews

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel Bernhardt	...	Alex Cardo
John Rhys-Davies	...	Jacques Duvalier
Amber Kelleher-Andrews	...	Crystal Duvalier (as Amber Van Lent)
Uni Park	...	Shari
James Hong	...	Master Sun
Pat Morita	...	David Leung
Rajiv Chandrasekhar	...	Franco / Voice of Shopkeeper / Kumite Announcer
David Schatz	...	Jason Cardo
Steven Ito	...	Yoong (as Steve Ito)
Master Hee Il Cho	...	Judge Macado
Gerald Okamura	...	Voice of the Judge (voice)
Nicholas R. Oleson	...	The Beast (as Nicholas Oleson)
Marcus Young	...	Bandit #1
Charlie Chen	...	Bandit #2
Gary Lai	...	Bandit #3

Storyline

Bloodsport III brings us back to the world of Alex Cardo. This time he must battle in a fight to end all fights - The Kumite, the most vicious warrior alive - Beast. He must not only battle for his own honor, but also avenge the death of Sun, his mentor, teacher, and spiritual "father", when Sun is spitefully killed by crime boss Duvalier. In order to defeat Beast, destroy Duvalier, and avenge Sun's death, Alex turns to Leung, to whom he was indebted in Bloodsport II. Leung directs him to the great shaman, Makato "the Judge", to whom Alex must turn for guidance. The judge teaches him to fully channel the energy in his mind and body, in order to rout the Beast in the Kumite.

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Plot Keywords:

kumite | opening action scene | violence | black belt | blood spatter | 

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Taglines:

The Fight For Justice & Truth Continues...

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Genres:

Action | Sport

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Daniel Bernhardt revealed in an interview with Scott Adkins on web-camera (available on YouTube) that Van Damme was initially considered to reprise the starring role.

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Goofs

Alex learns from Sun "the Iron Hand," the move which is pretty much a super power. Alex never forgot it, but he doesn't even bother to use it on Beast, which would have won him the match in an instant.

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Alternate Versions

The 1996 UK video was cut by 26 secs with edits to shots of Lima Lama's arm, hand and neck being broken, and Alex punching Beast in the throat. The Metrodome DVD features the same cut print.

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Connections

Follows Bloodsport 2 (1996)

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Soundtracks

Rhythm Of The Kumite
Composed and Produced by Stephen Edwards (as Steve Edwards)
Vocalist: Andrew Kobliska
(c) 1995 Courtesy Six Feet Five Music

User Reviews

Awful movie

Not interesting at all, plot is also bad. Bloodsport I was okay, II was kinda watchable, but III and IV are terrible! Poor acting, poor fighting scenes... This movie is one of those movies where you want to leave the cinema although you paid to watch it. Of course I didn't watch it in the cinema, but I was like "dear God, will it end already". You get bored watching it, you know the ending, there are no surprising parts, twists, nothing. I give it 5/10 while being very very generous! It's better than Bloodsport IV, but hey, that's not so hard since IV is one of the worst movies ever made! It would be better for director if he hadn't made sequels after first Bloodsport movie with van Damme. I'm really disappointed.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 May 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bloodsport III - Kumite

Filming Locations:

Central Province, Sri Lanka

Company Credits

Production Co:

FM Entertainment International N.V.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color