Tapped Out (2014)

A disgruntled teenager, sent to do community service at a rundown Karate school, enters an MMA tournament to face the man who killed his parents.

Director:

Allan Ungar

Writers:

Cody Hackman (story), Jerry Buteyn (story)

Stars:

Michael Biehn, Cody Hackman, Krzysztof Soszynski

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Biehn	...	Reggie Munroe
Cody Hackman	...	Michael Shaw
Krzysztof Soszynski	...	Dominic Gray
Anderson Silva	...	Anderson
Lyoto Machida	...	Lyoto
Jess Brown	...	Jen
Daniel Faraldo	...	Lou
Nick Bateman	...	Matt Cockburn
Tom Bolton	...	Len Riley
Christina Aceto	...	Waitress (as Christina Anne Aceto)
Dante Albidone	...	Karate Kid #5
Anna Alexopoulous	...	Jen's Friend #2
Mitchell Aulis	...	Matt Cockburns Friend
Julie-Anne Barbosa	...	Dominic's Girlfriend / Ring Girl
Casandra Bella	...	Ring Girl

Storyline

One-time martial arts prodigy Michael Shaw is sentenced to community service at a rundown karate school, where he gets back into the discipline of the sport. During a local MMA fight he encounters the man who killed his family a decade ago, and his decision to get revenge involves going behind his karate master's back to train and compete in the upcoming MMA tournament. When he finally goes toe to toe in the ring with his parents' killer he won't stop until the last punch knocks his opponent to the ground, leaving him TAPPED OUT.

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Plot Keywords:

girl in bra and panties | mixed martial arts | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody martial arts fights, violence, language and a sexual image

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 May 2014 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Tapped

Filming Locations:

London, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hackybox Pictures, Tapped Pictures, Cedarvale Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Martin Kove was originally asked to appear in the film as a thirty second cameo in reference to The Karate Kid, but after reading the script he asked the director to write him a bigger part.

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Connections

References The Karate Kid (1984)

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Soundtracks

Sorry For Party Rocking
Performed by LMFAO

User Reviews

Batman Meets The Karate Kid

This film is an MMA lover's wet dream. There are plenty of great fights, badass action sequences, and some cool cinematography to make it look even better. It was great to see Michael Biehn in this too, as it's been a while since he's been in anything. He plays a washed up Karate coach who has to train the main character. It was a lot of fun to see him on screen.

Personally I'm not a fan UFC, but I still enjoyed it. I found it to actually be a lot better than it should have been. The script may have been basically written entirely in clichés, and it was predictable beyond belief, however, I couldn't help but enjoy the hell out of it. It's simply a badass film, and for that it's really enjoyable. The action scenes were exciting and tense, the sappy scenes never felt overly sappy, basically I just found it to be a perfectly enjoyable movie. It's basically Batman meets The Karate Kid in story line. The performances are pretty meh, but forgivable, as most of the actors aren't really actors. The editing and camera work are awesome, they compliment the movie perfectly. For a film like this, I actually enjoyed watching it, and for this film's target audience, that's all that's really needed. It's really fun, and has a lot of cool visuals and editing. Just don't go into it overthinking anything. If you love MMA, you'll love this movie.