Bloodfight (1989)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

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:

Martial Arts | Tournament | Contest | Violence | Battle

Cast

Yasuaki Kurata	...	Masahiro Kai
Simon Yam	...	Ryu Tenmei
Ken-Ming Lum	...	Suzie
Cristina Lawson	...	Milly McKenzie
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

Also Known As:

Final Fight (International: English title)
Sportfight (Philippines: English title)
A Vingança Final (Brazil) [pt]
Arena mortii (Romania) [ro]

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English

Certification:

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

Company:

Kurata Film Company

Interesting for its ambience

For some strange reason, I like this movie. I's partly a spoof of _Bloodsport_ and partly your typical Hong Kong movie. The martial arts tournament is named the "Free Fighting Tournament," and Bolo Yeung plays basically the same character that he did in _Bloodsport_ (the name is spelled Chang Lee here). The fights are downright weird: a sumo wrestler smothers his opponent by squatting on his face; an Indian fighter who must be seven feet tall and who wears high-top sneakers accidentally breaks a floodlight with a high kick and tells the stage people, "Up, up, up"; a monkey-style kung fu fighter rolls around on the mat without making much attempt at fighting, then rips a tuft of hair off the Indian fighter's chest (as Bruce Lee did to Chuck Norris in _Return of the Dragon_). As if that wasn't bizarre enough, the master wanders around Hong Kong, tangling with some American punks (who have a very familiar obscene phrase spray-painted on their jeep). Even though _Bloodfight_ is really just your typical Hong Kong chopsocky flick, I am fascinated by it, maybe because I have an interest in anything Asian. Fans of Jackie Chan should give it a shot, as well as anyone who likes Simon Yam (who has worked with John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat in other films).