10 Things You AINT Know About The Last Dragon

Hi, this video documentary takes you through 10+ facts you didn't know about the film The Last Dragon. This film is very Under-rated in comparison to most action movies. It was a hit within the Black community but neglected by mainstream America. Join me in celebrating such an inspirational Cult Classic and soak in a few facts that you probably did not know... *This video is actually my 1st edit of the channel; I will continue to improve and bring you info on great movies like this. Please support, share, Like & Subscribe..
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[@brucefisherakadjphatkat279]

Sho nuff only had the glow on his hands and only had a boost in strength. Leroy had the glow around his whole body and had a boost in speed,power, and recovery,. Also he was able to catch a bullet with his teeth. Therefore Leroy was the first to go super saiyan.

[@raphaelgoins2276]

Facts

[@stigtuneback1966]

you discussing this movie and get stuck on catching bullets with your teeth and having glow around the hands , this movie is nothing but a huge joke , why dont you go see a real martial arts movie with people who practice martial arts . i mean comon , amongst really good martial arts movies today and even going back in time , this TLD is nothing .

[@LOUCABRASI]

Catching bullets....with his teeth?? Nigga please!!

[@oneyeseesin3D]

Sho nuff's glow was red, making it kaioken rather than super Saiyan

[@canidsong]

I always wanted to know the backstory about the bullet catching rumors Sho Nuff had already heard in the first act.

[@Nelson_Swamp]

Bro, you don't EVER have to apologize for giving Vanity screen time. She was one of the most beautiful women I had ever seen as a teenager. I bought both "The Last Dragon" and "Action Jackson" DVDs because of HER. Rest in peace, angel.

[@Jaystarski]

Faxt!! 🫡

[@barbarianhub]

Loved the movie and had a crush on Vanity.(Who didn't?) I'm sorry to hear of her passing. I didn't know and she went young.

[@milesbeyondmedia]

I was just thinking how, even today, not many broads can touch her, if any at all

[@thetruesoulofanaquarius9302]

And not many guys today can touch Taimak and he is still fine. ​@@milesbeyondmedia

[@keyopronin4134]

Damn, I would love for this movie to get a streaming series like Cobra Kai.

[@Nisa50417]

And just like I watch Cobra Kai, I would definitely watch that too. I watched this movie has a kid and now my kids watch it too. It's funny that everyone is talking about how Leroy turned Super Saiyan. When my kids first watched this my son was like Mom, he just turned into Goku. 🤭 This movie is timeless! 😊🥰

[@Aioki.Germany]

I just want to remember it like this and not into a series but I would probably break down and watch it

[@keyopronin4134]

@@Aioki.Germany The series would need a damn good script no Tom Foolery.

[@Aioki.Germany]

@@keyopronin4134 right. This is such a classic and brings feelings of my childhood they can’t mess it up!

[@thalastpoet]

Heck yeah!!!

[@justinrpool]

Sho' nuff was always my favorite! I've grown up watching this film and I still watch it on a yearly basis. This film was genius! The characters the music all just hit right. This was also one of the movies that influenced me to do martial arts along with street fighter 2. This movie is still underrated but, it's gold.

[@TheFeralAero]

"So you still haven't found the master you seek? You're looking in a fortune cookie with no fortune, written by a master that doesn't exist. To find a solution for an answer you already know. There is one place you haven't looked and only there will you find the master." 🥰 This movie has soooo many gems if you pay attention 🐉

[@lorenzoramirez3063]

They were telling you God the great I Am is the Master" look inside only there Will you find the Master" ppl missed it or it went over their Head when he said I Am" same thing in Lion King, they said he lives in you.

[@kevinrandolph8729]

​@@lorenzoramirez3063🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cassandrawilliams7572]

You have just opened a fortune cookie without a fortune

[@milesbeyondmedia]

@@lorenzoramirez3063 Interesting POV. 🤔

[@BongDonky]

Im dying sir. You used the term Oriental. I immediately had 80's flashbacks. lol! Cheers@@milesbeyondmedia

[@partybusexperiance3289]

The Last Dragon is great for so many reasons and introduced us to so many people even if we didn't realize back then. Having said that, The Last Dragon was Vanity ( Denise ). I am very much into martial art movies so I am sure I would have seen it no matter what. I saw it quick fast and in a hurry because of Denise. And I saw it 10 times after because of Denise. She was the perfect casting choice. What a show of respect you did by calling her Denise. That hit me like a brick. Never thought of that before.

[@chifinest9493]

This was so enjoyable and entertaining while gaining unknown knowledge of one the greatest Black Action movies of the 80’s . Which I never get tired of seeing

[@DjTractus]

This movie is so ashamably 80's it's awesome! Plus I really like how Bruce Leroy was a true Kung Fu practioner he refused to let Sho'Nuff goad him.

[@paulcoulonjr]

Bruce Leroy’s character having a Asian accent covered a lot of his acting challenges

[@thesecondcoming2022]

That was cold...😁 Let's just be grateful that it wasn't El Debarge or Eddie Murphy...🤣🤣🤣

[@Robdoesitall]

Willie Hutch’s “Tell Me Why Has Our Love Turned Cold” is the sample Three 6 Mafia used for their smash hit “Stay Fly”… The more you know.

[@milesbeyondmedia]

Wow. Thanks for sharing that. I love Willie Hutch. I thought he was a Temptation until I didnt see him on the Movie. My fav songs are "Easy Does it", "A love thats worth Having", "Brothers gonna Work It Out". Many others. Featuring him on this video was my way of Honoring him. Im doing "The Color Purple" next and in the music category Im honoring Rod Tempterton, a song writer. You should research all his hits if you're unfamiliar 👍

[@Robdoesitall]

@@milesbeyondmedia his being sampled on hits from this generation is what turned me on to him and researching his career. Thank you for those songs! I’ll look them up! 🙌🏾

[@timtaylor1483]

@@Robdoesitall that's because three six own the rights to Willie Hutch that's why they made so many samples of his songs.

[@Robdoesitall]

@@timtaylor1483 oh damn! I ain’t know that! They not dummies. They stay getting a bag. Ownership is where the money is at. 👏🏾🫡

[@timtaylor1483]

@@Robdoesitall international plays ball by Outkast produced by Three Six a Willie Hutch song went multi platinum their on top of their game lol.

[@andrehenfield4718]

"Leroyyyy, you warmed up yet?" I still repeat these words today

[@travistucker4067]

That and "Yeah. Junior!"

[@jinneasbushindo7554]

Shonuff didn't go Super Saiyan. His ki was RED, which is a version of King Kai's kai-o-ken and is weaker than Super Saiyan. Kaioken was able to be achieved by anyone who trained in it under the right conditions. Super Saiyan was a whole different level of strength, speed & awareness. It's easy to mistake it b/c in DBZ it looked like it was turned on by Goku & Vegeta via rage (obviously not b/c Vegeta couldn't master it by just raging the 1st time; he had to achieve spiritual defeat & let go of his ego for it to open up for him). Super Saiyan required a different type of emotional or spiritual awareness, which is what Bruce Leroy was being told by his master. So Bruce Leroy truly was the first to go Super Saiyan and MAYBE the real world inspiration for the character of Uub. I still think it would've been a killah idea if Toriyama had been a fan of the movie and directly introduced other characters directly ripped from the movie. People think Mr. Satan is Hulk Hogan, but he's really more like a goofy version of ShoNuff.

[@brianbattle4246]

Couldn't have said it better.

[@backroadchronicles2476]

If I would have saw this I would've saved my comments! Well said sir

[@URBANDRAGON999]

Yea exactly....i think they were just making fun of him. Anything that shed's light on our consciousness of who we are as a people, they will do everything in their power to destroy it. This is the perfect example, by creating an anime that they knew they could do anything with, and literally steal the light from the concept and give it to DBZ. That's what they do with everything.

[@princeben7544]

I hope you know consciousness and awareness is real. Not Super Saiyan right? Nobody cares.

[@depletable]

Dragon Ball Z has shxt to do with this. This was about the "glow" - not Super Saiyans. df

[@ericshelley7241]

Oh an vanity was so beautiful,A perfect 10. I’m glad she was saved before she passed away.

[@youngkelz21]

Great Video I enjoyed this to the fullest. The Last Dragon was such a big movie for me and my cousins growing up. My favorite part of the movie is when Leeroy says Hey my man, what it look like? With the high-pitch voice 😂 Gets me every time.

[@VIRGOLEGACY]

I must say brotha this is the BEST and most informative video on the last dragon on KZbin I have to salute you….you shared facts I didn’t even know so you definetly earned my subscription

[@Red_Black_Key]

Everything in this vid was Excellent!!!! You went above & beyond in a REAL way, Brotha! Thankyou. 🙏🏾

[@pdxtom]

I'd heard of this movie but had no idea it was a comedy. I just watched the trailer and almost spit my soda out thrugh my nose...now it's on my "must watch" list!

[@strauqq1]

Thank you for covering such a great movie that is not only a cult classic, but also a big part of my childhood. Great job brotha

[@dalodo3511]

I appreciate this video. I love in depth reviews like this. One thing I'd like to point out, though, is the part where you mentioned Ron O'Neal. The movie "Superfly" is about a dope man named Priest (Ron O'Neal) trying to exit the dope game...his name isn't Superfly in the movie, it's actually the name of his cocaine. Folks who never actually watched the movie think it's about a Superfly pimp 😂😂

[@michaelbeliveau2194]

I'm a 49 yrs old. This is one of the most awesome, inspiring, action packed movies from my childhood. I met Taimak in 2013. Very nice guy.

[@danielankers-lg9vu]

As a white person and a kid when this came out, I saw myself in Leroy. I never cared about his color. I just thought his character... and this movie... was amazing. It was so perfect. I've watched this movie dozens of times throughout my lifetime, and I watch clips of it for both nostalgia and to psych myself up for the gym, regularly

[@milesbeyondmedia]

That's interesting. I explained it in the video, but I still don't understand how so many other white people missed it. I use to see it on HBO frequently. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@theodorewiltrout4749]

I have this movie on DVD. It's a great action movie with good guy overcome the bad guy to some good music.

[@ElFantastico23]

Great content on an all-time classic movie! I learned lots of new stuff. I think your channel has a bright future. Constructive feedback--- cleaner sound on the narration via your microphone, etc. will level things up. That said, I'd bet that's in the plans. Either way, I just subscribed to the channel. Also another fun fact about Ron Van Clief... he fought Royce Gracie at UFC 4.

[@tyreecottle4770]

The Gracie's are fighting royalty

[@GRANDPRIXDUVAL]

This is great. I have seen plenty of “things you didn’t know” about movies but none of them discuss what happened to our favorite characters after. You got a new fan.

[@laticiadavis8627]

This is a movie I love and grew up with,I watch it every chance I get.I introduced my daughter to this move when she was young.

[@blcolon]

Thanks for taking the time to put this together. One of my favorite movies as a kid.

[@sagittarius420cheefie]

I loved this movie as a lil kid. Surf Ninjas was silly but enjoyable as a little kid as well, even though there was ish that made absolutely no sense 💯😂 As little kids in that era, we didn't care or even pay attention to certain details.😂😂😂

[@deqota]

Surf ninjas was my joint and 3ninjas

[@sagittarius420cheefie]

@@deqota Yup💯 #MotoSurf

[@darrionreed1240]

@@deqota Surf Ninjas vs 3 Ninjas in a verzuz battle

[@historysmysteriesunveiled8043]

@@darrionreed1240 Probably depend on the layout/battleground

[@darrionreed1240]

@@historysmysteriesunveiled8043 true but got 3 Ninjas

[@rogerstephenroth8073]

The Last Dragon is an awesome 1980's martial arts movie for sure. It has awesome fights, music and comedy and great story as well iconic characters.

[@JRBONDABEATS]

That Denis passing hurt me bad we all love that woman

[@finalthought3888]

My favorite movie of all TIME. It has so much more meaning than just entertaining purposes. It's a deep philosophical movie that anyone can take with them in day to day life!

[@Joe_334]

I still can't believe I saw the actor of Sho nuff, as a completely tame person leading a track team, in this other Richard Pryor movie called, "Moving".

[@tygenuine9953]

The last dragon is one of my favorite movies!!!! I watch it often still to this day! Bruce Leroy is me

[@realmuziq]

I really enjoyed this video man, it was one of my favorite movies and your thoughts and info were on point and very enlightening . I learned a lot from it. Awesome job!!!

[@christopherbrownmaaga4668]

Did you know comedian John Witherspoon brother work with Motown.

[@avace917]

Vanity WAS signed to Motown. She went there after she quit Purple Rain

[@nathanwheeler9129]

Great take. The Last Dragon is one of my all time favorite movies. It’s a timeless classic.

[@TheHistorybear]

This is among my all-time favorite movies. I have seen it many times and still enjoy it.

[@katsterling2226]

Loved how around 7:40 you have “Hot Music” in the background! 🔥 Definitely a movie Fav!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@carltaylor5251]

Taimak still looks young for his age. And he could still play a leading man role. If he ever gets the opportunity. In fact they should write roles specifically for him. He could play Doctors, Lawyers, Business Executives and Military Officers etc. There's still time and he has a lot of life left in him.

[@1888swordsman]

Loved this film, remember seeing it on the big screen as a kid. Sho Nuff!!!!!!!

[@christopherramon-reid2000]

You won me in your intro 😎👍😎👍😎👍 You went deep with your research. Compared to other videos like this (on this movie) yours is the best!

[@RobbyRetro]

Loved this!! Absolutely love THE LAST DRAGON & VANITY!!

[@azlin0077]

This is playing tonight at my local Alamo Drafthouse Cinema! Haven’t seen since I was a kid and never seen in theater. I am pumped!

[@Bruce_Yen_Jaa]

Great video. Love this film, learned alot. Thanks man.

[@warnutztheloser]

Great Fax Didn't know Leo was Master Gee's brother wow

[@TheAutumnWind_RN4L]

Leroy! man, you come right out of a comic book. ~ Jim Shonuff Kelly

[@thekeshkesh]

Definitely enjoyed this video. Can't wait to see more. Thanks!

[@samuelstrickland2848]

I TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME FOR GOING THUR THIS MOVIE, BECAUSE THIS MOVIE, PART OF MY LIFE LIKE IT WAS MANY TEENAGERS AND SOME YOUNGER,IM SORRY FOR THE LOSES THE MOVIE TOOK BUT VERY GRATEFUL I WAS THERE TO WITNESS ITS GREATNESS, I KNOW MY FRIENDS AND WENT EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT,TIL THESE FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS I WATCH IT AT LEAST 4X A YEAR, I JUST GOTTA NO ?. NOW THERE THING'S I KNOW ABOUT THIS MOVIE PERSONALLY, I JUST LOVE IT!!

[@davidk9018]

You the truth for this video ,much needed and appreciated. Thank you brother 🫡

[@miguelvera9706]

I enjoyed the content. Thank you. The last dragon is a classic from the 80’s and it deserved to be heard as one of the greatest movies of its time.

[@powerzonestrongkosch9635]

Yo man I love this video!!! Bring the noise gotta give you props on that!!💪🏾💪🏾

[@kngfstgaming]

This is a great vid came up randomly in my recommended. I subbed can’t wait to see more!!!🥶🥶🥶

[@torrencemack894]

Your video was entertaining and informative. I hope your subscription starts to increase. Keep making this content and it definitely grow in no time. Keep up the good work.

[@IronMikeDyson1979]

One of the greatest soundtracks of all time blessed by motown!!!!!

[@stevenforte4159]

Great content bro, just subscribed.

[@tracyleesmith781]

Damn the way how u held ur breath for Ms. Denise Matthews, respect & i would never call her Vanity again. Thank u for that. I need to read her book bc she was a very beautiful woman in the 80s. And at that last scene when she dressed in sparkling with her white outfit on the Last Dragon, she reminded me of Barbie, the first black Barbie of the 80s. She was very beautiful. Thank u for taking ur time for acknowledging her. ❤❤❤ Respect & im very grateful of ur commentary.

[@kanokadafi]

Really enjoyed the video, awesome job!

[@rosalindcooper79]

Great video. This movie is a classic and you’re right it’s for everyone to enjoy. By the way the pizza shop that was used for Daddy Green’s Pizza was on the lower East side of Manhattan, now called the east village I think.

[@Yourfavoritesage]

Eddie Arkadian wasn't really a music producer. He was a businessman who wanted to break into the music industry by getting his girlfriend's pop music played on a successful 1980's Dance show.

[@MsAngie-he5uv]

Bruce Leroy was the FIRST BLACK MAN and HUMAN PERIOD who went Super Saiyan.... Sho Nuff was my uncle 🙄🤦🏾 seriously. No 🧢!!! Give that man his flowers 🌸🌹🌸🌹!!!

[@ellieellieonthewall9189]

This man deserves more subscribers

[@bruceleroy8063]

Nobody but Julius could've pulled off such an over the top character as the Sho

[@geraldford9266]

Sho nuff had that Saiyan hair too!!!

[@katsterling2226]

Ernie Reyes Jr went hard in that movie with the Rock! I forgot about that! Wow

[@morfealesteban8333]

If this show came out in this era, it will be called out for cultural appropriate. Well, as an Asian I don’t really care, just glad the culture is spread around.

[@ventionsx7779]

Great research on one of my favorite movies! There's no need to join the others on the whole "1st Super Saiyan" thing. I think you know now...

[@TAURUSHILL]

I had to subscribe…GREAT video‼️💢

[@spacelinx]

I feel your pain about Surf Ninjas. My kids love that movie so I’m constantly tortured with it. ☹️ Sho’Nuff is one of my favorite all time bad guys, complete with total bad a$$ery quotes. The two things I really enjoyed about the movie is how Bruce LeeRoy’s students never gave up on him, and how he achieved the glow by looking within and believing in himself.

[@erikrichardgregory]

Hey we need to cover the greater line in cinematic history when Leroy’s kid brother screams, “Get your hands OFF MY WOMAN!!!”

[@wingchundragon]

Great video. Editing is fire. Good job. Get a better mic and its perfect

[@chaunceybillips2533]

Yo, rewatch and listen to description of what a true master can attain. The glow Bruce Leroy searched for was total thus total glow, shownuff never stated he wanted total mastery of form only Leroy and Harlem. Partial understanding of martial arts. Short term goal attained, partial glow, just the hands

[@EricaYE6]

13:14 Dude, I LOVE "Surf Ninjas"! I own the DVD and everything.

[@mctrell8989]

Good shit bro! Especially the ending with michael jai white.

[@cherylsaliens5451]

Great job sweets very entertaining and whimsical, I feel the strength of your knerdforce is high yurimeshi...use coordinate and strengthen the strike of your force power's intensity 🌄🙏

[@poisticink193]

This movie was my joint + Denise Matthews was my back in da didayz crush. True classic that I still watch till this day, "Whooo is the Master, I can't hear you Leroy"!

[@robd1329]

Had no idea so many dudes had her... no wonder she got hooked om drugs. Nice to know she turned to god in the end

[@poisticink193]

@@robd1329 I also was truly glad myself that she turned her life over to GOD.

[@micmaliss]

I remember seeing this in the theater. This is our classic.

[@AnthonyThomasLim]

Hey Chris, it was nice meeting you at Four Seasons. We should keep in touch.

[@guywgane3]

Excellent movie that I've watched at least 30 times since it first came to VHS. On a technical note, please invest into a lav microphone as it's hard to hear you when you're further away from the camera. Other than that, great work! Great editing, too!

[@horrorluvernyc]

Growing up I never thought of this as a " black movie" or a black community movie. I watched it for the martial arts and Ernie Reyes jr. Feel in love with it as a kid. And fell in love with Vanity . lol Still a great movie.

[@myronvalentine889]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time 🕰️ I still have the DVD 📀

[@mogunloye]

Love the content Salute King!@@

[@ranger51262]

I got to see Taimak, Ernie Reyes Jr and Glen Eaton at ComicCon in Detroit about 10 years ago

[@Its_Easy7115]

That was totally entertaining, thank you.👊🏿

[@elevatedconsciousness5946]

Probably my favorite movies of all time and the only movie I pretty much know word for word lol. Not to mention vanity "miss Denise" was my very first crush as a young man.

[@shelydon78]

Hey man. Such a special gift this was. Thank you so so much....but I must ask you, where did you get that red shirt? I gotta have it!!!!!!! (The dragon one with Bruce Lee on it)

[@Romne]

On a side note Taimak was half Italian which explains his multi-cultural background.

[@NatureBoii99]

Classic!!! We need a sequel. Chris Brown can play the new Leroy

[@raisingthebar5766]

Chris Brown? Wtf... Um no thank you

[@vincentkass5102]

We need someone to save the girl, not beat her up

[@BwAaS]

I think it's great that you were able to see people who looked like you on screen. However the true power of this movie lies in the fact that a little white kid in Riverside California Could watch it, And never see anything other than "bad-asses" I never thought the Shogun of Harlem was anything other than a bad dude! Also to piggyback on Julius' lack of Martial Arts experience. His Physicality the way he moved being such a big guy, That is what really gave Sho'Nuff his Believability. The scene where he standing jump kicks leeroy in the face. And he lands really low on the ground, Or when he actually touches the ground when he kicks Leeroy through the wall. That stuff as a kid made me think Sho'Nuff could really beat ass if he had to.

[@janzaclipz]

Great job broski!!!

[@gwankenobi4503]

This movie was the inspiration for one of my best Friends and I to lean Martial Arts.

[@nktwrk73]

Great video my good man..no this is a masterpiece! Puerto Rican is a black person that speaks Spanish. Ask a Spaniard if Puerto Ricans are Spanish and they will laugh you off the planet.

[@bachelor3000]

One interesting fact was that Chaz Palminteri, aka Sonny from A Bronx Tale, played a small role as the limo driver that took part in Laura’s kidnapping attempt

[@thomascampbell4251]

Great video very informative

[@daoppgrvyrd777]

My favorite movie from my childhood

[@DroidLocks6971]

You Got That Glow Now GLOW NUFF

[@ryanmonahan1336]

This movie was the bomb ish growing up especially being from NYC ,,,BK,, . Living quotes for decades running when LIFE WAS REAL ,,GET OUT SIDE GO LIVE ,,one LUV

[@videomega396]

Man... My Mom is 100% Gypsy, and my Dad is White, So I'm mixed race. But since I was 4 years old when that movie came out, my parents told me I watched it nonstop. I remember being 10 years old and acting out Bruce Leroy's moves while I watched it. Then I passed the movie onto my little brothers in the late 90s and they did the same things I did lol. The last dragon is my favorite Martial arts movie of All-time.. And Bruce Leroy is my favorite Martial artist. I love that dude.

[@XNOW716]

Love the video but you're wrong! Lo Lieh as "Chao Chih Hao" in 1972's "5 Fingers of Death" used the "Iron Palm/Fist" technique where his hands developed a Red Glow!

[@rartu]

really good research man!

[@marklayne1781]

Sho' Nuff: Tell me Jada, Who's the master? Will Smith: Keep my wife's name out your forking mouth! Sho' Nuff: I'm not talking to you "Sucker", I'm talking to your wife (Jada). Will Smith: Keep my wife's name out your forking mouth.