5 comments about Dragon on Fire.

1. I'm not sure why people have given this film such good reviews. Maybe it's one of the reasons why I disliked it even more. I was expecting a film with great fighting, even without the good storyline, but I was very disappointed. My main beef with this film is the way Godfrey Ho manipulates the speed of the fighting sequences. I think he should have just undercranked to make it look like they were fighting faster. Instead, he snips out frames, so for example, at one second, a guys hands at his waist, while in the next instance it's above his head! Not to mention the fact that the coreography itself isn't memorable. Philip Ko is a great fighter (at least, he is in other films I've seen, like 'Tiger Over Wall'), but boy is wasted in this film. Tino Wong and John Liu are also not impressive in this film. And what's up with Dragon Lee? His character goes around making bruce lee faces and manneurisms, but what is the point of his character? I guess one interesting fact about this film is that it features some 'voodoo kung fu', which would become a popular genre during the early 80's.
   If you really are curious about this film, I'd suggest getting it as a cheapie in that 'Dragon Lee' set by BCI Eclipse/Brentwood. At least, if you dislike it, you won't have wasted your money, and if you really liked it, you'd feel satisfied about getting your money's worth and more.



2. CLASSIC! All star cast. Dragon Lee (Bruce Lei), Bruce Lea, Bruce Li, Samuel Walls. Get this at all costs.



3. This is NOT the movie staaring Dragon Lee. This is another movie and Dragon Lee is not the main character.



4. Nice to get this movie on DVD.There are no extras with it, but the quality is good. Well worth it if you're a true martial arts movie fan, especially a fan of John Liu. Unfortunately, there are a couple of annoying characters in this one, but the heroes make up for it, and the fight scenes are great. This has been one of my favorites for years.



5. We get the same old terrible godfrey ho movie, but it doesn't end with the white ninja vs the red, we get actual choreographed fights. Easily the best godfrey ho movie I haev seen to date, and sadly, I haev seen hundreds of his ninja flicks. Now the story is just as bad and meaningless as always. Let me tell you what I was able to decipher. John Liu fights a guy at the start of the movie. He beats him and because they fought, their secret style is lost forever?? There are a few white guys in this and a main one who is selling stolen antiques of course. Chan Lau runs a business where he receives these antiques and also sits outside of his house with a blue painted face and challenges people to beat his fighters. He is willing to give up $20 if anybody can beat his guys. So a guy says ok, I'll fight. Chan lau is like, alright, take on Bolo. So Bolo uses this cool gorilla style. Then someone comes in and beats Bolo. Then Phillip Ko shows up and kills him just after his victory on Bolo. Dragon Lee goes around doing Bruce Lee poses and tino Wong is his brother. Dragon is training one day and John Liu watches him. Dragon doesn't liek people watching him so he fights Liu. Then tino wong comes down to fight him. He says "I must kill you to revenge my father". All of this is classic godfrey ho. Sometimes you can have up to 100 or so movies in one pf his films. But this manages to be cut down to only about 3 movies. New record for godfrey ho. Chan Lau hires Liu to work for him, because, well, Bolo lost so he needs another fighter. Hey, I figured one of the plot lines out! Fat kid shows up who you have seen in MANY movies(one is snake in eagle's shadow) and he is trying to break his plates out in some wasteland and is getting mad casue tino wong is catching them and not lettign them break???????? Then we see Chan Lau having this weird scenee where he can't breath and is eating roaches. This happens in the dark of course and I think he is supposed to be a demon, but why I am tryign to figure stuff out in a godrefy ho movie. But basically it leads up to him learning the mad dog technique and biting up dragon lee. That fight and the finale is what got this film it's 3 stars. Good stuff from the great Godfrey Ho.
   
   We also get training sequences and stupid plot twists that add to the film horribleness also. What a wonderful movie.
   
   Now this movie is also called dragon, the hero. So why is dragon the star of so many ho movies and nodody elses, Godfrey just loves him I guess.
   
   
   Picture quality is full screened and pretty bad picture with colors bleedign all over the screen. Adn whoeeevr the cameraman was when they were actually filming this, he must have had a seizure at one point.

No comments about Eye of the Dragon.

5 comments about Dragon on Fire (Dub Ep).

1. I'm not sure why people have given this film such good reviews. Maybe it's one of the reasons why I disliked it even more. I was expecting a film with great fighting, even without the good storyline, but I was very disappointed. My main beef with this film is the way Godfrey Ho manipulates the speed of the fighting sequences. I think he should have just undercranked to make it look like they were fighting faster. Instead, he snips out frames, so for example, at one second, a guys hands at his waist, while in the next instance it's above his head! Not to mention the fact that the coreography itself isn't memorable. Philip Ko is a great fighter (at least, he is in other films I've seen, like 'Tiger Over Wall'), but boy is wasted in this film. Tino Wong and John Liu are also not impressive in this film. And what's up with Dragon Lee? His character goes around making bruce lee faces and manneurisms, but what is the point of his character? I guess one interesting fact about this film is that it features some 'voodoo kung fu', which would become a popular genre during the early 80's.
   If you really are curious about this film, I'd suggest getting it as a cheapie in that 'Dragon Lee' set by BCI Eclipse/Brentwood. At least, if you dislike it, you won't have wasted your money, and if you really liked it, you'd feel satisfied about getting your money's worth and more.



2. CLASSIC! All star cast. Dragon Lee (Bruce Lei), Bruce Lea, Bruce Li, Samuel Walls. Get this at all costs.



3. This is NOT the movie staaring Dragon Lee. This is another movie and Dragon Lee is not the main character.



4. Nice to get this movie on DVD.There are no extras with it, but the quality is good. Well worth it if you're a true martial arts movie fan, especially a fan of John Liu. Unfortunately, there are a couple of annoying characters in this one, but the heroes make up for it, and the fight scenes are great. This has been one of my favorites for years.



5. We get the same old terrible godfrey ho movie, but it doesn't end with the white ninja vs the red, we get actual choreographed fights. Easily the best godfrey ho movie I haev seen to date, and sadly, I haev seen hundreds of his ninja flicks. Now the story is just as bad and meaningless as always. Let me tell you what I was able to decipher. John Liu fights a guy at the start of the movie. He beats him and because they fought, their secret style is lost forever?? There are a few white guys in this and a main one who is selling stolen antiques of course. Chan Lau runs a business where he receives these antiques and also sits outside of his house with a blue painted face and challenges people to beat his fighters. He is willing to give up $20 if anybody can beat his guys. So a guy says ok, I'll fight. Chan lau is like, alright, take on Bolo. So Bolo uses this cool gorilla style. Then someone comes in and beats Bolo. Then Phillip Ko shows up and kills him just after his victory on Bolo. Dragon Lee goes around doing Bruce Lee poses and tino Wong is his brother. Dragon is training one day and John Liu watches him. Dragon doesn't liek people watching him so he fights Liu. Then tino wong comes down to fight him. He says "I must kill you to revenge my father". All of this is classic godfrey ho. Sometimes you can have up to 100 or so movies in one pf his films. But this manages to be cut down to only about 3 movies. New record for godfrey ho. Chan Lau hires Liu to work for him, because, well, Bolo lost so he needs another fighter. Hey, I figured one of the plot lines out! Fat kid shows up who you have seen in MANY movies(one is snake in eagle's shadow) and he is trying to break his plates out in some wasteland and is getting mad casue tino wong is catching them and not lettign them break???????? Then we see Chan Lau having this weird scenee where he can't breath and is eating roaches. This happens in the dark of course and I think he is supposed to be a demon, but why I am tryign to figure stuff out in a godrefy ho movie. But basically it leads up to him learning the mad dog technique and biting up dragon lee. That fight and the finale is what got this film it's 3 stars. Good stuff from the great Godfrey Ho.
   
   We also get training sequences and stupid plot twists that add to the film horribleness also. What a wonderful movie.
   
   Now this movie is also called dragon, the hero. So why is dragon the star of so many ho movies and nodody elses, Godfrey just loves him I guess.
   
   
   Picture quality is full screened and pretty bad picture with colors bleedign all over the screen. Adn whoeeevr the cameraman was when they were actually filming this, he must have had a seizure at one point.

5 comments about Bloodsport.

1. i orded a dvd from gohasting i wanted to return it n when i called them back to have my money refuned they refuse to give it back they will lie to u n take your money i dont recommend anyone to buy anything from them.



2. I am perfectly aware there is no good acting of any kind and the fighting is sub par. This doesn't change my opinion for some reason. I can watch this movie again and again, more so that any modern day action film. When it comes on TBS or TNT I simply can't turn it off and 2 hours of my life go by. When I was a kid i used to watch this every weekend over my friends house on VHS. You simply can't beat a classic and anyone from the age of 19-30 knows they feel the same way I do.



3. This is one cheesy movie that anyone can enjoy and wont ever forget.
   It is so stupid, yet it comes off fun and hilarious to the point where if you even watch 10 mins of this movie you will see it to the end everytime. Even people who take movies seriously will enjoy this.



4. "Bloodsport" is a milestone for Jean-Claude Van Damme: much like "Conan the Barbarian" for Arnold Schwarzenegger and "Rocky" for Sly Stallone, the dramatized kinda-maybe-true tale of Frank Dux's winning of the enigmatic Kumite tournament proved to be his stepping stone into mainstream cinema, and would help secure him as one of the biggest action heroes of the late-80s/early-90s period.
   Like most action films of its time, "Bloodsport" is technically and theatrically flawed, but unlike most other action films, it fails to cover for its mistakes effectively; leaving cool, violent combat outweighed by an unpolished story and some of the worst acting seen this side of the 80s.
   
   Like any tournament-centred action film, the weakness of "Bloodsport" lies in the fact that all of its fighting is restricted to pre-assigned "fight times" and appears nowhere else in the movie. Granted, the choreography and intensity of these fights is infinitely superior to many a commercial beat-`em-up flick, but the fact that they are so very designated leaves the rest of the film without much excitement at all, because you know that nothing is going to happen until Van Damme steps into the ring.
   
   And concerning Van Damme...
   The film begins with several shots of the diverse fighters training for the contest: a monkey kung fu fighter chops coconuts in half, a giant tosses huge sacks, bad-guy Bolo Yeung ("Enter the Dragon") breaks blocks of ice, etc.; I can't help but imagine what this film would've been like if it followed the paths of more participants than just Van Damme, whose personal odyssey is just a tad boring. Would it have been better than the star's early attempts at acting, the meaningless love story between him and Leah Ayres ("The Burning"), or the absolutely atrocious flashbacks of Dux's supposed childhood? - I don't know, but nothing about the given plot, besides the fighting, is in the least bit intriguing, even for an action movie.
   
   To be fair, this is a genuine cult film, and is standard viewing for any fan of action movies...if only for the rough half hour devoted to the fights. Give it a rent if you haven't seen it, and buy it if you're a fan of Van Damme or Bolo Yeung...but if you have a phobia of lousy acting or melodrama, steer clear.



5. The Jean Claude Van Damme Review Matrix (JCVD-RM)
   
   1.Who is he? Frank Dux, American martial arts expert
   2.Which family member/friend must be avenged? His friend Ray gets beatdown and ends up in the hospital
   3.Does he take his shirt off? He has his shirt off nearly the entire movie
   4.Does he have sex with a C-List actress? Yes. Some cute, but anonymous blond.
   5.Is there a tournament? Only the baddest tournament in the world: The Kumite
   6.Is training needed for this tournament? No...he's already awesome
   7.Does he do the splits in training or in the tournament? Several times
   8.Does he punch someone in the balls? Let's just say he puts an unfortunate sumo wrestler's balls about a foot higher than normal
   9.Does he do a series of flying or 360 kicks? Yes, and nobody dodges them
   10.Is his enemy unbeatable? Chong Li (Bolo Yeung) holds all the records, has killed people in the tournament, and makes other black belts wet themselves...so, yeah
   11.Does he overcome an injury or other hindrance? Chong Li throws salt in his eyes and Dux is blinded
   12.Does he win? Not only does he win, but he forces Chong Li to say matte
   
   This one has it all folks, and it's probably JCVD's best movie. He broke on the scene, showed moves that no other action star had at the time. This movie is an action classic, inspired by Bruce Lee's phenomenal Enter the Dragon, and a must-see every time it's on TV.

5 comments about Bloodsport.

1. i orded a dvd from gohasting i wanted to return it n when i called them back to have my money refuned they refuse to give it back they will lie to u n take your money i dont recommend anyone to buy anything from them.



2. I am perfectly aware there is no good acting of any kind and the fighting is sub par. This doesn't change my opinion for some reason. I can watch this movie again and again, more so that any modern day action film. When it comes on TBS or TNT I simply can't turn it off and 2 hours of my life go by. When I was a kid i used to watch this every weekend over my friends house on VHS. You simply can't beat a classic and anyone from the age of 19-30 knows they feel the same way I do.



3. This is one cheesy movie that anyone can enjoy and wont ever forget.
   It is so stupid, yet it comes off fun and hilarious to the point where if you even watch 10 mins of this movie you will see it to the end everytime. Even people who take movies seriously will enjoy this.



4. "Bloodsport" is a milestone for Jean-Claude Van Damme: much like "Conan the Barbarian" for Arnold Schwarzenegger and "Rocky" for Sly Stallone, the dramatized kinda-maybe-true tale of Frank Dux's winning of the enigmatic Kumite tournament proved to be his stepping stone into mainstream cinema, and would help secure him as one of the biggest action heroes of the late-80s/early-90s period.
   Like most action films of its time, "Bloodsport" is technically and theatrically flawed, but unlike most other action films, it fails to cover for its mistakes effectively; leaving cool, violent combat outweighed by an unpolished story and some of the worst acting seen this side of the 80s.
   
   Like any tournament-centred action film, the weakness of "Bloodsport" lies in the fact that all of its fighting is restricted to pre-assigned "fight times" and appears nowhere else in the movie. Granted, the choreography and intensity of these fights is infinitely superior to many a commercial beat-`em-up flick, but the fact that they are so very designated leaves the rest of the film without much excitement at all, because you know that nothing is going to happen until Van Damme steps into the ring.
   
   And concerning Van Damme...
   The film begins with several shots of the diverse fighters training for the contest: a monkey kung fu fighter chops coconuts in half, a giant tosses huge sacks, bad-guy Bolo Yeung ("Enter the Dragon") breaks blocks of ice, etc.; I can't help but imagine what this film would've been like if it followed the paths of more participants than just Van Damme, whose personal odyssey is just a tad boring. Would it have been better than the star's early attempts at acting, the meaningless love story between him and Leah Ayres ("The Burning"), or the absolutely atrocious flashbacks of Dux's supposed childhood? - I don't know, but nothing about the given plot, besides the fighting, is in the least bit intriguing, even for an action movie.
   
   To be fair, this is a genuine cult film, and is standard viewing for any fan of action movies...if only for the rough half hour devoted to the fights. Give it a rent if you haven't seen it, and buy it if you're a fan of Van Damme or Bolo Yeung...but if you have a phobia of lousy acting or melodrama, steer clear.



5. The Jean Claude Van Damme Review Matrix (JCVD-RM)
   
   1.Who is he? Frank Dux, American martial arts expert
   2.Which family member/friend must be avenged? His friend Ray gets beatdown and ends up in the hospital
   3.Does he take his shirt off? He has his shirt off nearly the entire movie
   4.Does he have sex with a C-List actress? Yes. Some cute, but anonymous blond.
   5.Is there a tournament? Only the baddest tournament in the world: The Kumite
   6.Is training needed for this tournament? No...he's already awesome
   7.Does he do the splits in training or in the tournament? Several times
   8.Does he punch someone in the balls? Let's just say he puts an unfortunate sumo wrestler's balls about a foot higher than normal
   9.Does he do a series of flying or 360 kicks? Yes, and nobody dodges them
   10.Is his enemy unbeatable? Chong Li (Bolo Yeung) holds all the records, has killed people in the tournament, and makes other black belts wet themselves...so, yeah
   11.Does he overcome an injury or other hindrance? Chong Li throws salt in his eyes and Dux is blinded
   12.Does he win? Not only does he win, but he forces Chong Li to say matte
   
   This one has it all folks, and it's probably JCVD's best movie. He broke on the scene, showed moves that no other action star had at the time. This movie is an action classic, inspired by Bruce Lee's phenomenal Enter the Dragon, and a must-see every time it's on TV.

3 comments about Super Hero.

1. Bruce returns to Hong Kong when his father is mudered. Then his mother is attacked by the black dragon society. Bruce sets out to destroy the society with only his bare hands. Also look out for "The Legend of Bruce Lee". Don't get Tai Seng's release coz it's not the same film and Bruce Lee isn't even in it. Be sure to get Bruce The Super Hero



2. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE BEST BRUCEPLOITATION FLICKS THAT YOU'LL EVER SEE. AFTER A WOMAN IS MURDERED, HER BROTHER [BRUCE LE] COMES TO MANILA TO AVENGE HIS SISTER'S DEATH. HAS VERY GOOD FIGHTS. THIS MOVIE SHOULDN'T DISSAPOINT MARTIAL ARTS FANS. THE MOVIE RIPS OFF THE THEME SONG TO ''ENTER THE DRAGON''. THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE, AND I FEEL THIS MOVIE SHOULD BE OWNED BY EVERY MARTIAL ARTS FAN OUT THERE. IT'S EVEN AT A CHEAP PRICE NOW, WHICH SHOULD GIVE YOU ANOTHER REASON TO BUY THIS MOVIE. I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS, THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES EVER MADE! BUY THIS AFTER YOU SEE THIS REVIEW!



3. Another wonderful Bruce Clone movie with Enter the Dragon music, the Miami Vice theme, and some great voice dubbing, escpecially the dubbing job for the white guys:)
   
   So the movie is about a samurai sword that I guess has been split apart and people are after it. Yeah, kind of hard to stay awake during this one. But the fighting is pretty good! This must haev been Bruce "Le's" masterpiece because he certainly put all that he physically has into the performance. But he is a slightly better director than Bruce Li. Yeah, not sayign a whole hell of a lot. Here's a line from the movie "you must trust me, becasue you have to". Judge for yourself.
   
   So finally we get a glipse of Bolo playing the bull killer. Becasue can he kills bulls, no shlt. Then there is a treasure hunt, here's what I fastforwarded through. A guy with a sword fighting a guy with no sword, sucked. A girl beating up 3 other girlspretty funny. And then Bolo fights. Short, but pretty good. And the final fight is almost good. All in all, I can almost recommend this.
   
   Picture is full screened and sound is decennt.

5 comments about Enter the Dragon.

1. If there's one thing I personally hate with every ounce of my body, it's a mediocre film that gets propped up on an undeserving pedestal for nostalgic reasons. Why? Because frequently the film's proponents will mask their nostalgia by magically transforming mediocrity into greatness with their rose-colored glasses. Meanwhile, these fanatics will demean other movies that are objectively better than their beloved film for no valid reason. Yes, I know that the enjoyability of a movie is subjective to each viewer, but the most superlative claims made by these fanatics venture dangerously into assertions of objective fact.
   
   Bruce Lee fans are a perfect example. While reading comments for "Enter the Dragon", I hear endless put downs for every martial arts movie that doesn't star Bruce Lee. Considering the fact that none of his movies ever succeeded to crack the ceiling of mediocrity, a non-nostalgic observer (absent of brainwashing) can only conclude that these are certifiable lunatics trying to convince themselves that "Enter the Dragon" is a great movie, either due to nostalgic reasons or coersive pressuring from media (and fanboys) to jump on a bandwagon with square wheels.
   
   As a fan of martial arts cinema, I can ignore a mediocre script, wooden acting, and an inept storyline if the film gives me what I want in terms of action. "Enter the Dragon" fails to provide what it so desperately attempts to accomplish: well-choreographed, entertaining fight scenes.
   
   Some Bruce Lee lunatics start their reviews by saying that the opening fight is a "brilliant sequence of moves." I can only respond to this as I would someone who says that the sun is black - shake my head in disbelief and slowly walk away in fear of being assaulted. When one watches this scene (as with most of Bruce's fights), there is a noticeable lack of two things: combinations and countermoves. Bruce will typically engage in a series of one-hit exchanges with his opponents while mixing in a few three-move combos. Meanwhile, his opponents act like sparring dummies to be owned as necessary. While this has the potential to work in a one-vs-many scene, it simply doesn't work in a one-on-one scene. If you think that the beginning fight in "Enter the Dragon" is "brilliant", then you need to watch the Wu Jing/Andy On exchange in "Fatal Contact" (2006) for an example of a truly scintillating martial arts fight with combinations and countermoves executed with great speed and precision. If you still think the Bruce Lee/Sammo Hung fight is better, please seek psychological counseling immediately.
   
   Afterward the viewer is treated to some lame fights with John Saxon, Jim Kelly, and a Chinese lady, none of which look convincing on screen. After some incredibly bloated and overly long shots of boats on water (as well as some partying) we finally get to see Bruce do something again. This time, he goes stealth and takes out a few guards using nothing more than a few incredibly basic punches and chops. Mediocrity at its finest.
   
   Later on, Bruce goes stealth again but must now deal with a few dozen baddies in what many lunatics claim to be a spectacular one-against-many scene. In all honesty, I thought it was good and entertaining, with a bit of welcomed variety in terms of weaponry and moves. However, at least 70% of the baddies were dispatched with a simple fist to the face, which undermines this scene from being anything more than "good." If you think this one-against-many fight was "spectacular", then you need to watch the Tony Jaa finale in "Tom Yum Goong" (2005), where he dispatches over 40 guys using over 30 different strikes, holds, and take-downs. The sheer variety of that scene easily overpowers anything Bruce Lee ever did. If you still think the Bruce Lee scene was better, please look under "Psychiatrist" in your Yellow Pages.
   
   We finally come to an overrated finale where Bruce takes out 90% of his opponents using the same exact kick and punch. Virtually no effort was put into the fight choreography, and it's obvious to anyone without a platinum membership to Rose Colored Glasses, Inc. It gets a little better when Bruce spars with the main villain, but the all-too-common shortcomings of Bruce Lee fights - the lack of combos and counterattacks - rears its ugly head even here. Sure, there are a few good exchanges, but for the most part it's incredibly bland (Bruce's slow-mo jump kick being a case in point) and the actor playing the villain is just too slow and unconvincing. Unlike Bruce's other films (e.g., "Way of the Dragon"), they had other credible stuntmen and martial artists in this movie. Why not choose a more athletic lead antagonist (Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, etc.) to provide for some sparks? As is, it's a decent but disappointing scene that's very drawn out with lots of unnecessary slow motion.
   
   Now, I'm familiar with the dangers of expressing an unpopular viewpoint in the realm of movies, and I am convinced that Bruce Lee fanatics have unknowingly established an organized religion of sorts that will stop at nothing to insult and demean anyone who doesn't like Bruce's movies - one may as well call it the "Cinematic Inquisition." Don't misunderstand me though. I have a great deal of respect for Bruce Lee as an intelligent person and an exceptional martial artist, but whether or not his movies are entertaining is a completely different issue altogether. The fact still remains that we have an incredible martial artist in middling action films.



2. Bruce lee's creative and outstanding performance is highlighted in this extraordinary movie. This is his finest quality performance exhibiting his Legendary skills which were ahead of his time and even to this day still inspiring and engaging. The beginning of the film where he spars Sammo Hung is an awesome setting for what is to come in the movie. What sets Bruce a part from all of the rest is his character energy and his extraordinary power and speed from such a small framed man. Now that Enter the Dragon is in Blueray, it is sheer pleasure and excitement as on the big screen! What a legendary Martial Artist, actor and human being!!!



3. I finally saw Bruce Lee's acting!!!
   That's what impressed me the most with this movie. Bruce Lee was not just the martial arts pro in this one. I saw a quality ACTOR. Kudos!!!



4. My Dad is going to love this when he comes back to visit in Dec. 2008. He took us to the movies to see this film in 1973 or 1974 can't pin point it I was about 7 or 8yrs old. My kids say whose better Bruce Lee or Jet Lee? My son said Bruce of course, so I said lets have a history lesson. Classic good digital color and sound. Must have in your library.



5. To reviewer anticlamagus: YOu think wire-fu is better. Thats all you have to say, theres no need to write an entire page to express that,and call people who doesnt share the same view lunatics.
   Bruce written,directed,and choreagraph most of his movies. Which means
   all his movies are will be influenced by his own personal beliefs and philosophy.One would probally be his ideal of the ultimate
   warrior(very obvious in the game of death, when he had to overcome various and very different styles to reach the top) and most importantly
   JKD, which literally translates to method of the straight fist( because the straight line is the most direct and quickest route from point a to point b). So his movies does not really contain longish types of choeagraph action. If thats what you want, you need to look elsewhere.

5 comments about Bloodsport (Spanish).

1. i orded a dvd from gohasting i wanted to return it n when i called them back to have my money refuned they refuse to give it back they will lie to u n take your money i dont recommend anyone to buy anything from them.



2. I am perfectly aware there is no good acting of any kind and the fighting is sub par. This doesn't change my opinion for some reason. I can watch this movie again and again, more so that any modern day action film. When it comes on TBS or TNT I simply can't turn it off and 2 hours of my life go by. When I was a kid i used to watch this every weekend over my friends house on VHS. You simply can't beat a classic and anyone from the age of 19-30 knows they feel the same way I do.



3. This is one cheesy movie that anyone can enjoy and wont ever forget.
   It is so stupid, yet it comes off fun and hilarious to the point where if you even watch 10 mins of this movie you will see it to the end everytime. Even people who take movies seriously will enjoy this.



4. "Bloodsport" is a milestone for Jean-Claude Van Damme: much like "Conan the Barbarian" for Arnold Schwarzenegger and "Rocky" for Sly Stallone, the dramatized kinda-maybe-true tale of Frank Dux's winning of the enigmatic Kumite tournament proved to be his stepping stone into mainstream cinema, and would help secure him as one of the biggest action heroes of the late-80s/early-90s period.
   Like most action films of its time, "Bloodsport" is technically and theatrically flawed, but unlike most other action films, it fails to cover for its mistakes effectively; leaving cool, violent combat outweighed by an unpolished story and some of the worst acting seen this side of the 80s.
   
   Like any tournament-centred action film, the weakness of "Bloodsport" lies in the fact that all of its fighting is restricted to pre-assigned "fight times" and appears nowhere else in the movie. Granted, the choreography and intensity of these fights is infinitely superior to many a commercial beat-`em-up flick, but the fact that they are so very designated leaves the rest of the film without much excitement at all, because you know that nothing is going to happen until Van Damme steps into the ring.
   
   And concerning Van Damme...
   The film begins with several shots of the diverse fighters training for the contest: a monkey kung fu fighter chops coconuts in half, a giant tosses huge sacks, bad-guy Bolo Yeung ("Enter the Dragon") breaks blocks of ice, etc.; I can't help but imagine what this film would've been like if it followed the paths of more participants than just Van Damme, whose personal odyssey is just a tad boring. Would it have been better than the star's early attempts at acting, the meaningless love story between him and Leah Ayres ("The Burning"), or the absolutely atrocious flashbacks of Dux's supposed childhood? - I don't know, but nothing about the given plot, besides the fighting, is in the least bit intriguing, even for an action movie.
   
   To be fair, this is a genuine cult film, and is standard viewing for any fan of action movies...if only for the rough half hour devoted to the fights. Give it a rent if you haven't seen it, and buy it if you're a fan of Van Damme or Bolo Yeung...but if you have a phobia of lousy acting or melodrama, steer clear.



5. The Jean Claude Van Damme Review Matrix (JCVD-RM)
   
   1.Who is he? Frank Dux, American martial arts expert
   2.Which family member/friend must be avenged? His friend Ray gets beatdown and ends up in the hospital
   3.Does he take his shirt off? He has his shirt off nearly the entire movie
   4.Does he have sex with a C-List actress? Yes. Some cute, but anonymous blond.
   5.Is there a tournament? Only the baddest tournament in the world: The Kumite
   6.Is training needed for this tournament? No...he's already awesome
   7.Does he do the splits in training or in the tournament? Several times
   8.Does he punch someone in the balls? Let's just say he puts an unfortunate sumo wrestler's balls about a foot higher than normal
   9.Does he do a series of flying or 360 kicks? Yes, and nobody dodges them
   10.Is his enemy unbeatable? Chong Li (Bolo Yeung) holds all the records, has killed people in the tournament, and makes other black belts wet themselves...so, yeah
   11.Does he overcome an injury or other hindrance? Chong Li throws salt in his eyes and Dux is blinded
   12.Does he win? Not only does he win, but he forces Chong Li to say matte
   
   This one has it all folks, and it's probably JCVD's best movie. He broke on the scene, showed moves that no other action star had at the time. This movie is an action classic, inspired by Bruce Lee's phenomenal Enter the Dragon, and a must-see every time it's on TV.

5 comments about Young Bruce Lee (Dub).

1. This is for hardcore Bruce Lee fans only.
   It has over an hour of childhood footage that is charming,but no action(the fights are supplied later by Bruce Li).
   The English dubbing is excellent though.

   Bonus materials are another story.
   Audio commentary by Jesse Glover,Bruce Lee's first student is excellent.Audio qualty is not good though.
   Mini docus on Lee's Seattle years and his ancestral home in China are different and absorbing.
   Bruce Lee as Kato on the Milton Berle show is the stand out of this DVD.Amazing footage,but short.
   I would recommend Death by Misadventure over this one.




2. This DVD offers long segments of footage from Bruce Lee's movies from his youth. Interesting to see for the first time, but not very entertaining to watch more than once. One of the reasons for this is because the audio is just horrendous. Bad English dub and it's hard to understand. The original Cantonese version (with optional English subtitles) should of been used instead of the dub. Picture quality is bad too, it has a yellow tint, probably needs to be remastered. Also, lot's of Bruce Li (most popular Bruce Lee immitator) footage scattered in between early Lee movie segments. Seems like the production team use the Bruce Li footage to maybe try and fool people into believing that they are actually seeing the real Bruce Lee in action. The extras are pretty good and probably the best part of the DVD. One extra has Lee's students talk about Lee's home and daily life, while filming Lee's hang outs with a camcorder. A good presentation of the Bruce Lee museum in China at Lee's ancestral home. Rare footage of Bruce Lee as Kato with the Green Hornet, and Batman (Adam West) at a Hollywood type tv show. Entertaining to see but, the picture quality and sound is horrible. Last extra, is a demonstration of Lee's power demonstrated by a possible JKD student. I wasn't too excited about this one. Overall, the DVD is good to see, but it may not be worthwhile for everyone. Needs work in quality and presentation.



3. The Young Bruce Lee is nothing more than a ridiculous movies made by Bruce Li, the phony Bruce Lee 'wannabee.' The only real Bruce Lee footage in this film are some still shots of Bruce Lee in his coffin at the end of this terrible movie. How the hell can you all post your comments about this film?? There is no footage of Bruce Lee childhood movies, etc... Is there another version of The Young Bruce Lee which actually contains the footage mentioned in the reviews posted on this page? This is nothing but false advertising. I purchased this DVD based on the several reviews posted on Amazon.com by individuals who supposedly own this product. If Amazon.com cannot check the validity of reviews that it posts, I guess it's safe to say that Amazon.com has lost me as a customer.



4. I unfortunately own this movie on VHS. It is the most HORRIBLE movie I have ever seen. It is a complete waste of life to watch a second of this movie. The information in the movie is conpletely wrong and the movie doesn't even make sense half the time. The movie is absolutely rediculous and is sure to induce a migraine to all who view it. So, I suppose if you enjoy popping pain relief tablets, this is the film for you.



5. Considering how notorious my man Bruce Li is for starring in B-F grade BRUCEploitation flicks, the Young Bruce Lee impressed me for a good 85-90% of the film. It was unique in that it dramatized Bruce Lee's relationship with 2 other central characters from childhood to adulthood, and contrary to some other posts, I found the action/fight sequences to be impressive on Bruce Li's part, considering that there are so many other BAD movies he's starred in, in which he'd take beatings of 'Passion of the Christ' proportions before mounting a defense. While I felt that he did a much better job at portraying Bruce Lee's character this time around, and while there was mention of his early film career, wife and kids,etc...the movie falls off at the end in that one moment Bruce Lee is streetfighting in the mountains somewhere with a group of martial artists avenging the beatdown of one of there comrades, Bruce wins, and then after a long hiatus, the film jumps to his childhood friend holding a paper announcing Lee's untimely death. And what REALLY made me want to sidekick a hole in my TV screen was the fact that they alleged that Lee's wife collapsed and DIED at the funeral and that both bodies were flown to Seattle for burial. WRONG,WRONG,WRONG...Linda Lee is alive and well! TERRIBLE! But while I would recommend this movie a million times over Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story(BOO!), I strongly recommend Chinese Connection II over the Young Bruce Lee, because in my opinion it's Bruce Li's greatest performance hands down(it's a REAL sequel to Bruce Lee's Chines Connection in which he plays the brother of Lee's character and is pretty much being Lee Roy Lung...being himself as opposed to attempting to be another Bruce Lee).

5 comments about Breathing Fire (Dol).

1. Charlie Moore is a Vietnamese teenage being raised in the lap of Southern California luxury togeather with his American brother, Tony. What they don't know is that father ex-GI Michael, is the ring leader in an armed bank robbery.

   All hell breaks loose when the bank manager, a reluctant participant in the robbery, is murdered - a bloody event witnessed by his daughter, Annie. Now the focus of the gang is turned toward this lone eye-witness, and Charlie and Tony find themselves pitted against their own father and his gang in an effort to protect the young girl. The action culminates in an explosive final battle that gives new meaning to the word "KICKBOXING"!
   Starring: Bolo Yeung . Jerry Trimble . Jonathan Ke Quan




2. BREATHING FIRE tells the story of two young martial arts masters, Vietnamese Charlie (Johnathan Ke Quan) and Tony (Eddie Saavedra) who live together as brothers, but actually are not. In truth, Tony's father, Michael Moore (Jerry Trimble) killed Charlie's mother back in 'Nam, and his brother David (Ed Neil) gave Michael a nice guilt trip and forced him to to raise Charlie, then an infant, as his own son. That has been kept from Charlie long into his teen years.

   In fact, Michael hides alot of things from his family. He and his chopsocky gang have robbed a bank of several million dollars. It was successful in part because the bank executive Peter Stern (Drake Diamond) is on their side. After locking up their stolen haul, the bad guys destroy the keys to their vault, but not before making impressions of them in a plastic pizza and dividing it equally to keep the honor amongst themselves.

   After Stern decides to turn himself and the gang into the cops, the gang shows up and kills him and his wife, but thier daughter Annie (Laura Hamilton) escapes with her father's slice of the pizza and heads to David, Charlie, and Tony, who agree to protect her.

   BREATHING FIRE, like so many other "kickboxing" martial arts movies, has a cast that is composed mostly of real-life martial arts champions. That's a wise choice to satisfy martial arts fans. Those in search of riveting, oscar-worthy performances, however, I would advise to steer clear. PKC Kickboxing Champ Jerry Trimble may have a well-molded physique and that overall look of pure evil, (He was also the bad guy in the kick-{ing}Jet Li 1989 Hong Kong movie, THE MASTER, which is now finally seeing a stateside release) but it doesn't much help him. Trimble is so lacking in any acting ability, his performance in BREATHING FIRE achieves somekind of benchmark : it may not be possible for another martial arts champion to give a worse performance.

   However, who does watch these movies for their crummy dialouge and tacky acting? Not me, but we do watch for the martial arts action, which BREATHING FIRE has plenty of. It's so loaded with hyperactive karate mayhem, it more than makes up for the lousy acting. BREATHING FIRE certainly lives up to it's title.




3. This film deserves 1 star or even 0 stars if there was such a rating. The storyline is corny, unbelievable and lacks common sense. The acting is terrible and the direction is worse. I suppose the martial arts is mediocre. But seriously, there are WAY better kickboxing movies out there.
   Don't waste your money on this one. Go buy yourself a couple slices of a REAL pizza...



4. The 2 kids is this movie are absolutely horriawful. But the way they beat down Bolo is the worst. The white kid is kind of good and their white guy teacher is even better. But the movie hampers itself by having him get injured and then he can't fight. WHAT?!?!?!?! But when little kids write movies, what do you expect? Look out for the secret pizza keys and a brilliant war flashback sequence with Jerry Trimble and you may be able to watch this movie without fastforwarding for 60 minutes. I know I laughed very hard in the 30 minutes I made it through.
   
   Picture quality is bad, but watchable for a home movie.



5. Breathing Fire is a super cheesy martial arts films, set in the tradition of the "No Retreat No Surrender" movies. There is the similar poor acting, cheesy characters, cheap music, cheesy sound effects, and actually lots of cool looking cheesy fights. Breathing Fire though still doesn't feel as enjoyable as No Retreat No Surrender, and ends up just being rather cheesy in a bad way. The fights are not as fun and the charcaters are not as enjoyable. The only two standouts that are memorable, are of course Bolo Yeung and Jonathan Ke Quan - simply for his famous role as Short Round in Temple of Doom and his role in The Goonies.
   
   This movie is basically inconsistent. It has an original story that actually has a bit of a complex plot for these types of movies. It is about 2 brothers - Charlie and Tony - who live together with their father (Jerry Trimble) who is secretly in the business of robbing and stealing. We know this in the beginning of the film, but they do not learn about it till much later. In the meantime, one of the men that worked for their father, decides he wants out, and in return the rest of the gang kill him and his wife, leaving an orphaned daughter. She seeks out help from a man who is actually the father's brother, and he takes her to live with the 2 brothers and their father. While the story is a bit interesting, it is filled with goofy moments throughout, as well as horrible acting that is some of the worst I ever seen. Fights are good, but in the cheesy manner, as most look very fake, but still manage to entertain.
   
   As for Bolo Yeung's performance, his first appearance in this film is classic - dressed like an old lady while he and the rest of the gang are ready to rob a bank. He has a few fights in this movie, but most are dissapointing and weaker than in most of his films. He doesn't really get enough chances to make his presence known, but he is still fun to watch when it is his turn.
   
   Basically and over-all supercheese-fest that is not the classic fun-filled cheese like No Retreat No Surrender. Its still fun at times, and it does have Bolo Yeung and everyone's favorite boy from the Temple of Doom who is now an older teenager. Expect a movie with no realism whatsoever.