Bloodsport (1988) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!

Bloodsport (1988)
Very good. But brick not hit back!
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[@TBRSchmitt]

Sometimes you just need a cheesy 80s movie to brighten up your day! Sam and I had so much fun with this one! What are some other Jean-Claude Van Damme movies we should watch!? Thank you all for the support!

[@augiemesa9429]

I'd say Kickboxer. Heh

[@dan0507]

Universal soldier

[@KIKO-xy8ix]

Timecop great sci-fi

[@pedanticperson1149]

Time Cop is one you have to have on the list of films to watch, good early 90s scifi.

[@dan0507]

Oh, and double impact! And kickboxer! And timecop

[@sonnieandjacob]

I once had a girlfriend who could quote this entire movie word for word. So I married her 😁 11 years later she is still just as awesome.

[@wampa25]

Dude, never let her go!

[@Hinshu85]

I beat she tells you everyday "Very good, but key not hit back" when you throw her the car keys.

[@Momsbasement354]

Total marriage material! You are one lucky man!

[@ianthomas1201]

They don't make em like that anymore

[@junzsi]

She had cool parents 😅 Never let her go

[@seanaugust]

I was so lost not remembering the whole flashback beginning, but then realized I was thinking of The Quest. Also, I believe Van Damme did ballet, which is how he was so flexible.

[@jakecleveland1051]

Universal Soldier is my favorite Jean Claude movie, you guys should really check it out

[@noobtuber9037]

He’s not be lying. Arguably the best one.

[@masamune2984]

“Aren’t you a little old…for video games?” And I took that personally. (Game Designer/Dev here🙂)

[@jasongilbert2379]

JCVD side kick… the big guy was OGRE on The Revenge of the Nerds!!! Worth checking out sometime:)

[@MrZampanov]

People say that Commando isn't the best Schwarzenegger movie but it is the MOST Schwarzenegger movie. I feel similarly about this. It's not the best Van Damme movie but it is the MOST Van Damme movie.

[@RitsychServare]

What IS the best Van Damme movie though? My first Van Damme movie was Universal Soldier

[@ToniMcGinty]

There is a Bloodsport 2, but sadly it doesn't tell the totally true story of how Frank Dux won World War II singlehandedly in 11 seconds, beating his previous record, armed only with a slinky and his bare butt. Then, he cured COVID by doing the splits.

[@wedgeantilles4712]

😂😂😂

[@crankfastle8138]

Frank dux was such a clown. Stolen valor, bullshit kumite stats.

[@anthonygillies3185]

Lol 😆

[@Ivy94F]

I love ALL of this!’ 😂😂😂

[@ToniMcGinty]

@@Ivy94F I'd thank you, but it's a totally true story, so I can't take the credit. He also interrupted a Kanye West acceptance speech, grabbed the mic and didn't say anything. He just stared at the crowd. The award committee took the award off Kanye, gave it to Frank, and threw in a box of chocolates. Then Forrest Gump turned up and Dux roundhoused him.

[@shainewhite2781]

I highly recommend more Van Damme flicks in the near future: Cyborg 1989 Kickboxer 1989 Lionheart 1990 Death Warrant 1990 Double Impact 1991 Universal Soldier 1992 Nowhere To Run 1993 Hard Target 1993 Street Fighter 1994 Time cop 1994 Sudden Death 1995 The rest are just terrible.

[@jayson21747]

What about the quest? That was ok!

[@nplindgren]

Cyborg!! Bwahaha!! There are pornos made with a bigger budget!!

[@victorsos100]

Excellent movie!!! I'm SO HAPPY you guys are watching this!! One of my all-time favorite martial arts films. Unfortunately Frank Dux lied about this story too bad though. I can recommend a few Van Damme films like Kickboxer, Time Cop, Double Impact, Lion heart, JCVD, Hard Target and Universal Soldier!! I forgot to mention that Johnny Cage's character and split legged nut punch was inspired from this movie.

[@TheMtVernonKid]

Bingo

[@stallion78]

Exactly Frank Dux was only a master of Bullshito

[@crankfastle8138]

The man lied about everything.

[@mariescott]

There are actually three direct-to-video sequels. The second one Donald Gibb who plays Jackson comes back not as a fighter but as like a handler. Van Damme doesn't come back for any of them. Instead they have an actor named Daniel Bernhardt who plays Alex Cardo in 2 and 3 and a different character named John Keller in 4. If you've seen Matrix Reloaded he plays Agent Johnson. He was also the Russian hitman Kirill in John Wick and had a cameo as a tribute from District 9 in Hunger Games: Catching Fire. For other Van Damme movies to watch I would recommend Hard Target (Van Damme with a mullet, American actor Wilford Brimley - who did the Quaker Oats and Liberty Medical diabetes commercials - with a cajun accent, Arnold Vosloo - Imhotep from the Mummy - as a henchman), Kickboxer, Universal Soldier, Lionheart (it's got fighting but it's also very heart warming), Street Fighter (the second movie made from a video game, lots of cheesy lines and a scene you might recognize as a meme) and for an unusual pairing Double Team with Dennis Rodman.

[@CaptainMauser]

My childhood hero Van Damme! There is a lot of fun hero to be done...Van Damme has altleast 5-10 movies that you should watch..I guess Kickboxer is next and Then Lionheart.. You will not regret it!

[@helicoptersrkool]

Great movie and reaction. This is one of a few movies that actually shows footage of the inside of Kowloon's Walled City (dark alley towards the Kumite) that was demolished in 1993. There are some documentary's about it but the quality is not HD like in Bloodsport. That place has always fascinated me. Anime like Ghost in the Shell heavily are inspired by the aesthetics of that place. Cyberpunk related games/movies are also influenced by it's architecture with Japan style neon added.

[@nawlsone586]

Living in Kowloon must have felt like living on a totally different planet. Its So interesting. I would have loved to see it when it was around.

[@STOCKHOLM07]

Yeah, I've been obsessed with Kowloon for years, and of course, Ghost in the Shell has been a favorite film for over twenty years now

[@Moricant]

Same - I visited HK a few times from 92-94 and could see the Walled City from the plane as we came in to land. Each time I came back they had gone a little further with the demolition.

[@georgeclinton4524]

Interestingly 'Bloodsport' is one of the few movies to feature actual footage from inside Kowloon Walled City before it was demolished in 1993. Also for there to be 56 consecutive knockouts in a single tournament would require over 72 quadrillion participants at the start, which is over 10 million times the human population of the entire Earth.

[@thetechsite9619]

"Interestingly 'Bloodsport' is one of the few movies to feature actual footage from inside Kowloon Walled City" -- wow, I didn't know that.

[@bad-people6510]

That presumes a double-bracketed tournament, which you can't prove it was, seeing as it never happened.

[@alucard624]

This whole story is a fabrication of the real Frank Dux's mind. That being said, it's still a very entertaining movie and my favorite of JCVD's followed by Lionheart and Kickboxer.

[@Fedorevsky]

lol, yeah, the tournament where he supposedly knocked 60 other fighters consecutively. Hahaha! The guy is a legend in his own head. His exaggerations when making up all these silly lies of his are truly something else considering a tournament where on man knocks out 60 men consecutively like that would be a mathematical impossibility. A contest like that would have to include several billion people. Guess Mr. Dux didn't pay much attention in math class as a kid.

[@ghostofyourmom]

> contest like that would have to include several billion people. Oh shit, you never got your official silver embossed Kumite invitation to compete?! We all did!! You missed out!

[@Fedorevsky]

@@ghostofyourmom Crap! Just my luck!

[@Srial3523]

Great movie and great review. I always love your discussions after the movies. In regards to Bloodsport whenever our kids fight in the house we always tell them "No Kumite in the house!" So yeah, my wife and I love this movie.

[@VonPunk]

I stayed up till 4am to watch this, never been so excited for a reaction, just one of my faves for decades. Bolo Yeung (Chong Li) does star in another film with Van Damme called 'Double Impact'. There's at least 3 Bloodsport sequels but they don't feature Van Damme, Ray Jackson is in one and Pat Morita is in a couple. They did sorta reuse this films plot for 'The Quest' starring Van Damme and Roger Moore, now there's a joyfully odd team up. :)

[@VonPunk]

@@dancarter482 I know. 🙂 I hope one day they react to that movie. I love all of Bruce's movies.

[@osez111]

Directed by Van Damme

[@nooneofconsequence1251]

This is based on the totally true story of Frank Dux winning the Kumite in the Bahamas one year where he beat something like 60 other fighters consecutively, knocking out every one, in a single elimination tournament. If you do the math on that it means that there were more fighters in that tournament than there are people alive on Earth today. Truly an incredible achievement.

[@augiemesa9429]

Haha

[@wolfgangkranek376]

Frank Dux was a fraud. But at least his stories made for a decent movie.

[@HkFinn83]

The guy really believed his own bs, at least at some point

[@arielfortes472]

as above...Dux was/is a self deluded man who claimed a lot of BS and basically sold the story...

[@HkFinn83]

@BATTLECAT5609 not true, he won a tournament of several billion people. OP said so and he seems confident so I believe

[@amariah1980]

Bolo Jeung who played Chong LI was in Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee. His line about bricks not hitting back referenced a line by Bruce Lee about boards not hitting back in Enter the Dragon.

[@alexescanlan]

Fun Fact: Van damme is the inspiration for the Johnny Cage character in Mortal Kombat. They have Johnny Cage do a similar nut punch to Prince Goro in the Mortal Kombat 1995 movie.

[@bigpace]

The 80s martial movies made me and my brother tough as hell. We used to chop ice cubes on the counter because of Karate Kid. We used to see who could last the longest kicking each other back and forth like in this movie. We practiced grabbing at fish in water and would see who could hold the spilts the longest. My kids do tik tok dances….

[@loft1152]

If you grow up in the 80s and you look up to Van Damme, Chuck Norris Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Lee as a kid you trained the way you saw them train in the movies I think that’s one of the things that made us one bad generation

[@davidtyler6571]

Did you ever sacrifice a broom when you were a kid and turn it into numchucks

[@jasonaugustine3370]

When I took karate as a teenager, the founder of the style was named Hidy Ochiai He won something like bloodsport called the all Japan open two years in a row He was a pretty amazing person

[@DavidGowers]

Fun fact: in the first fight at 10:53, the fighter in the blue trunks is played by a man named Michel Qissi, a friend of JCVD who came to America with him, and who would go on to play the main antagonist of the Kickboxer series

[@waterbeauty85]

For Van Damme, I recommend "Hard Target" (1993), "Kickboxer" (1989), and "Universal Soldier" (1992) as his essential movies. I highly recommend the critically applauded "JCVD" (2008) in which he plays himself and pokes fun at himself as a movie hero caught up in a real life hostage crisis and breaks the fourth wall with some serious and heartfelt reflections on the ups and downs of his career. Richard Corliss of Time magazine actually called Van Damme's performance in "JCVD" the second best of the year (behind Heath Ledger's Joker in "The Dark Knight Rises") and said that that Van Damme "deserves not a black belt, but an Oscar." I'd also like to recommend my personal favorite, the criminally underappreciated "Lionheart" (1990).

[@SeenGod]

hey don’t forget Cyborg (1989) 👍

[@dupersuper1938]

I'll add Time Cop.

[@despayre3914]

@@SeenGod YESSSSS!!!! Finally somebody else mentions that one! Imo his second best after Bloodsport.

[@carlosellis4932]

Fun fact. The actor that plays Chung Li. The current champ. He was in a movie with Bruce Lee

[@randallrutherford1384]

I love y'all's reactions to this great classic! Huge van Damme fan! My twin brother doubled for him in the last Universal Soldier film!

[@TheMick101x]

that can't be true! we found out in double impact that van damme has a twin brother. ;)

[@hariskolar579]

you should see his later movies and his acting range...like a movie about his life(that shit was crazy)

[@chrismcstu]

Interesting fact is Jean-Claude Van Damme and Bolo Yeung who played Chong Li, they became great friends after this movie

[@thaistomp]

Chong li

[@chrismcstu]

@@thaistomp Yeah I messed that up. Had Street Fighter on the brain

[@bluray76]

Blood sport is one of the best fight movies and quotable. This what ufc probably got the idea from. Cause it was mixed martial arts. Kickboxing vs karate, things like that. Glad you kids watched this. Saw this at 12 years old and loved it since, will show my son when he’s older

[@jayson21747]

Bloodsport,double impact,and the quest is my 3 favorite van-damme movies!

[@tristanjones7682]

The cool thing about the dim mak scene is that the test your might in the 1992 game Mortal Kombat takes inspiration from this considering johnny cage was based off van damme!

[@liyon316]

You can clearly tell all the kids that watched The Karate Kid in 1984 graduated to Bloodsport 4 years later!

[@sexistatheist6464]

As far as other Van Damme films go, I highly recommend watching _Kickboxer,_ _Universal Soldier_ and _Hard Target._ They're probably his three most iconic movies, aside from _Bloodsport._ _Double Impact_ is also a good one, with Bolo Yeung (Chong Li) in another role, and A.W.O.L. is a personal favourite of mine. Since you're getting into martial arts films now, you should also watch Bruce Lee's _Enter the Dragon._ It's the most iconic martial arts movie of all time, features Bolo Yeung in an early role, and was referenced in _Bloodsport._ (You'll probably get the reference if and when you see it.) As _Cobra Kai_ fans, you might want to take a look at _Shootfighter_ at some point; it's not a classic of the genre by any means, but it's decent enough, and features William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence), Martin Kove (John Kreese), and Bolo Yeung in major roles.

[@doctortimetv1577]

jean claude vandamme is trained in two martial arts . He holds a black belt in kickboxing and a black belt in shotokan karate

[@timothyrenar5498]

This movie also helped to inspire Johnny Cages character in Mortal Kombat where he punched goro in the family jewels.

[@axlslak]

I remember this guy. he was called cristian tosca. maybe he will read this and tell his side of the story. back in like 95 or smth, we were in the same class. he was into martial arts. I was into basketball. I remember it as it was yesterday. We were arguing. So we decided to fight. I think, he knocked me over the head 3 times in a row. Each time, it would be a foot slap. Not enough to get you to the hospital, but enough in kid circles to pass you out 5 seconds. he was surgical. It was humiliating for me. Everytime, getting a foot slap over my face. And then regaining consciousness while everybody was laughing. First time was ok. Fair game. Second time... I took personal.. On the third time, I caught his leg on my shoulder and punched him square in the balls. And that was all he could sing. He never ever wanted to do karate with past that point.

[@alejandroacosta1227]

Chong Li was played by Bolo Young he was the antagonist in Enter the Dragon and if you want to see a movie that he co-star with both Johnny and Kreese from Karate Kid, you can check out Shootfighter: Fight to the Death.

[@ericmartinez4897]

They dont make movies like this. One of my favs from the 80s. I love the background music.

[@jasonaugustine3370]

The guy who plays Jackson also played the character of ogre in revenge of the nerds

[@secretsofthepastsparahisto2993]

Hello from Ontario Canada as someone who takes and studies Aikido and who has studied Japanese culture for years here is a little synopsis of the Kumite Kumite Tournaments are still around it is all facets of Martial Arts from the different styles of Karate too Kickboxing and Mui Thai too the different styles of Jijitsu ( etc ) Kumite literally means grappling with hands ( te is hand in Japanese ) Karate means open hands the Kumite is just one of the three basic practices or techniques sub disciplines of Karate .

[@michaelgoodyear9369]

DOUBLE IMPACT staring Van Damme and Van Damme. Gotta check it out

[@jkhoover]

I'd love to see an Iron Eagle reaction too! Johnny Lawrence highly recommends it!

[@enzyme181]

Dont believe the ending lies, Frank Deux was a conman who convinced everyone he was a great fighter but no one ever witnessed it or took pictures or filmed his fights or accomplishments. Van Damme is an actual fighter and has actual competition wins and footage of his fights. But other than that this movie rules!

[@Reivanhist]

The film served as a great inspiration for Mortal kombat. Johnny Cage is so generally based on Van Damme, right down to the techniques.

[@xaviersinclair5798]

A few things. Van Damme got his start as a ballerina. I highly recommend Best of the Best (1989) it stars James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, and Eric Roberts. Since you need to do Chuck Norris. I recommend The Delta Force (1988) and Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), which is very very Cheesey.

[@Carandini]

Chong Li was played by Bolo Yeung... who you'll see in 'Enter the Dragon' when you dive into Bruce Lee movies.

[@adamhudson8162]

they're a bunch of straight to video sequels to Bloodsport (none haveJVCD in them). Kickboxer. Lionheart, Timecop, Death warrant, Cyborg, No Retreat no Surrender, Black Eagle, expendables 2. the Quest These are the movies that had theatrical release. he has a bunch of straight to video movies as well. John Cluse VanJohnson is a TV show Where plays himself but is also secret agent for the government.

[@adamhudson8162]

I lift a bunch Bgrade movies that made to the theater which I forgot, I saw them all but they ever all forgetable the one that I forgot that I did like Hard target

[@lordwilksy]

17:03 THAT is the funniest reaction to blood sport EVER 😂

[@AntiChannel1]

Finally someone is reacting to this classic action movie. (Yes, Van Damme was right after Arnold and Stallone) Maybe next movie will be with Steven Seagal- Hard to kill. 😁

[@despayre3914]

Out for justice would be my first choice then.....that movie is so ridiculously rude....I love it! 🤣

[@AntiChannel1]

@@despayre3914 Anybody seen richie?

[@despayre3914]

@@AntiChannel1 That alone puts a milewide smile on my face......I hear Seagal saying it. 🤣🤣🤣

[@15blackshirt]

Jean Claude Van Damme got his start in Hollywood after being recast as the titular creature in Predator. Other martial artists to watch are Bruce Lee, Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, Steven Segal, Jet Li and Jason Statham. This also stars a young Forest Whitaker. Jean Claude Van Damme was the main inspiration for the Mortal Kombat character Johnny Cage

[@2bemyownman200]

I recently found this channel and I'm in love 😆 🤣. I dont even watch reaction videos but I love movies...and I really like yall energy. Blessings to you both. 💯

[@jp3813]

It's crazy that these were the kinds of martial arts choreography that American audiences were witnessing while Eastern audiences were enjoying the fights of Police Story, Dragons Forever, Miracles, etc...

[@jesses5463]

Not just fight choreography but gun fights as well. My mind was completely blown when I first watched the Killer, which came out just a year after this movie.

[@jp3813]

@@jesses5463 True, but bigger Hollywood budgets could compensate for that. Martial arts fights heavily rely on choreography.

[@irvinstafford7780]

Another great 80s martial arts movie was Above the Law with Steven Segal, plus the Under Siege movies. So fun.

[@victorramsey5575]

I think Frank Dux still holds the world record for fastest knockout with a kick @ .04 seconds, according to him.

[@TheOneandOnlyJoeyPop]

It took me years to realize Ray Jackson is Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds

[@Mokoflama]

Frank Dux is a polarizing figure in the mixed martial arts world. He claims this is a true story but I’ll let you guys be the judge. Either way i watched this as a little kid and always had fun watching this movie

[@orlandoruizjr3834]

Watching this movie as a little kid back in the day, put some hair on my chest. I remember my cousin was heavy into martial arts and he introduced me to this and Kickboxer. That's another awesome Van Damme movie you too should check out. After watching these we would put on some gloves, feet and head gear, and we'd have our own Kumate in his garage. Great times.

[@freejfree9160]

Jean-Claude Van Damme one of my favorite actors grew up in the 80s on his movies he has a movie Double Impact when he has a twin brother which is his self and a movie called cyborg my favorite movie of him all time and another movie Universal Soldiers Dolph London another actor that will be in the incredible movie Jean-Claude has a lot of movies😂 really enjoying you guys' content nothing but the best for y'all keep striving peace and Wellness

[@marvellousmusic4336]

He specializes in karate, Van damme but also trained for Muay Thai in kickboxer I think.

[@sandplasma]

The character Johnny Cage from Mortal Kombat was based off Van Damme in this movie. Including the nut punch

[@mpgef]

2 Jean Claude Van Damm movies I remember from my childhood would be Time Cop and Sudden Death. You guys should definitely check these out.

[@Wolf-bz6kq]

Johnny cage from mortal Kombat was based on jcvd the nut shot is one of Johnny's signature

[@1gremlins2]

If you liked this, you’re gonna love Kick-boxer, it’s his most popular movie

[@26.2MilesOutsidePartsUnknown]

This is seriously the greatest movie ever made! I can watch it everyday and never get tired of it 😎

[@hannibal5009]

Universal soldier...van dam and dolph lundgren who is also in the expendables..good film...

[@JustEnjoyAll84]

JCVD was originally going play the creature in Predator

[@bvigil1888]

The villain of this movie always freaked me out as a kid. He did a fantastic job

[@Eddieboy1226]

This is the best action/ Martial art movie from Jean Claude Van dam out of all of his movies

[@MrQuaiven]

Little known fact, this movie is actually a true story but contrary to all the lies Frank Dux told you it was actually about Steven Segal.

[@mariogaona5081]

Hello guys, Need to see these other movies from Van Damme, 1 Lionheart (THE BEST Van Damme movie) 2 Double Impact (Van Damme at it's Best!) 3 Kickboxer (same story like Bloodsport)

[@PinkFloydsfan]

Best classical martial art movie. Already watched more than 100 times.

[@Wade978]

All it needs is The Boondocks editing of having a karate battle cry play out everytime the world Kumite is said throughout the movie. I would buy that copy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@user-bw4lb3py4t]

Kickboxer, Double Impact, and Timecop. There pretty good JCVD movies

[@lemmyhead8578]

This is one of my favorite movies of the genre. I love these 80's Martial Arts and Action flicks. So fucking awesome!

[@jasonbourne5142]

O cmon guys, Janice tried to stop him from fighting because she cared about him.

[@Sombergirl1979]

I was around 10 or so when I watched this movie thanks to my cousin Angie & my mom's brother Barry they kept on saying don't tell your mom we let you watch this lol 🤣

[@theriomrasputin8233]

The fella who plays Ray Jackson, had a defining character role back in the 80's as Ogre, a nerd hating jock, in the movie, "Revenge of the Nerds." There is another Jean-Claude movie where he is drunk and dancing and it became a joke, too. You might have to do a Steven Segal movie sometime. Probably "Under Siege." Then can talk about an actor who was full of themselves. Ha

[@JnEricsonx]

I love his character though. Brawler but a decent person.

[@crusher1980]

You guys should watch "Ninja in the Dragons den (this is in my opinion the best martial art movie ever made, its serious but also has great humor)", "Drunken Master (with Jackie Chan)" and "Karate Tiger 1 - No reatreat, no surrender (I guess thats the English title)".

[@dakingltroyproductofdade3579]

This was and always will be fav movie of mines !! Classic can watch this for ever !!

[@robertlawrence9000]

The fight scenes and characters are still pretty cool in this.

[@anthonycooks8853]

“Kickboxer” I like just as much as “Bloodsport”. It has a much darker tone and the training scene music is awesome

[@michaelwoods3651]

Great movie! Extremely, loosely based on the life of Frank Dux. Like Steven Seagal , many people doubt a lot of Dux,s story.

[@SkullAngel002]

8:45 - Chong Li was quoting Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon (1973) who said the same thing to his opponent who was trying to show off before the fight. The actor who played Chong Li (Bolo Yeung) also starred with Lee in Enter the Dragon.

[@coachmikesfilmroom3111]

he's a legend. friend of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan for that matter. Great martial arts actor.

[@32Omicron32]

Boards[Bricks] don't hit back.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

I beat him once!! And I’ll beat him again!!

[@B_Skeen]

Supposedly the fighter that played Chong Li respectfully challenged Bruce Lee to a fight on the set of Enter the Dragon and Bruce Lee won.

[@dperry203]

@@B_Skeen complete Bs. Bruce only had 1 fight his entire adult life and it was another 130 lbs Asian sensei. Fighting over stealing students. They basically fought like school kids with no apparent skill at all Bruce landed more punches and won. No knock out or any of the myths people created after he died. This being his only fight was confirmed by Bruce and his wife. Bruce was never a fighter. He was to small and had others who were fighters test his theories for him. His ideas and style was. It effective as we found out years later. Bruce was ahead of his time when he said practice everything and keep what works. But you need a system to test everything to know what works and that didn’t exist at the time. Bruce has no way to know what works expect his own logic without any fight experience to relate to. Not until the UFC in 1993 was a system of fighting created to test styles and techniques.

[@m1ghty_m1kk04]

"Jean-Claude retired from martial arts in 1982, following a knockout over Nedjad Gharbi in Brussels,Belgium. Jean-Claude posted a 18-1 (18 knockouts) Kickboxing record, and a Semi-Contact record of 41-4." Yeah, Van Damme was legit kickboxer.

[@ninjavigilante5311]

True fact, van damme started his martial arts film career with ng see yuen starring in no retreat no surrender, Ng also started Jackie Chan's career, Cory yuen and yuen woo ping!

[@bad-people6510]

He's very capable of hurting people. His co-stars can attest to that. And have. In court.

[@JT-Rebel]

"Van Damme was legit kickboxer"- They don't call him Nok Su Kow for no reason 😉

[@r0btech]

@@bad-people6510 Haters gonna hate.

[@bad-people6510]

@@r0btech It's understandable to be peeved at the guy who cost you an eye.

[@shainewhite2781]

The film received mixed reviews by Critics but became a box office hit, making $50 million dollars against a $2.3 million dollar budget.

[@tiananesbitt7156]

Been awhile. From the dancing to the lines we 😂 at everything.

[@TheJaghutWarren]

That makes it a box office success, but a hit?

[@russellward4624]

@@TheJaghutWarren surely made double that in DVD sales as well.

[@TheJaghutWarren]

@@russellward4624 probably more than that considering VHS movies were like $15 and theater tickets in the 80s were around like $4. But box office is only theater revenue.

[@joelwillems4081]

@x Film crickets don't know what movies are good or not. Box office and rentals (now streaming) show what movies are good. Audience numbers are the factor. It's like having sports "experts" determine who wins games. The games are played and the better teams win.

[@Doutsoldome]

Bolo Yeung, who played Chong Li, worked with Bruce Lee in _Enter the Dragon_ -- besides having had a long career in the Hong Kong's martial arts films. He's sort of a legend of his own. Great choice for the antagonist in this movie.

[@lowlygrinder2977]

I remember seeing pictures of him in real life, he was smiling and looked like a nice guy, I have a soft spot for actors who are known for playing great villains, I always love to see their softer side, they deserve to be seen as who they truly are. Also he looks really good for his age.

[@Rotherhamvanman]

Also his trainer Tanaka was the head monk in Enter the Dragon.

[@Rotherhamvanman]

Also the character who got his leg broke was Tong Po from Kickboxer.

[@W4rr4X]

@@Rotherhamvanman Another great villain, in my opinion, he scared me as a child, like Chong Li.

[@lsm.lucky92]

"but brick don't hit back" is from Enter the Dragon"

[@stonecoldku4161]

One of the best things about this movie is the fact that a future Academy Award winner for best actor Forest Whitaker, is in this as kind of comic relief.

[@bad-people6510]

The man has range. Nothing wrong with that.

[@stonecoldku4161]

@@bad-people6510 Exactly

[@AleksPizana]

He was also on Southpaw and that sucked. He's been in a lot of bad movies, anyway.

[@Cagon415]

​@@AleksPizanaI don't know how that means anything. A lot of great actors are in terrible movies lol.

[@AleksPizana]

@@Cagon415 I know, that was exactly my point.

[@shsrpr]

28:12 Yes! This movie is based on a true story, the true story of the true martial arts legend Frank Dux. It was absolutely 100% true and totally not in any way completely fabricated by a crazy liar/conman, who is also named Frank Dux.

[@crankfastle8138]

The milli vanilli of martial arts

[@adamoxen]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣true statement about a known liar...oh the irony🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nobodyyouknow6998]

I'm glad someone commented this so I wouldn't have to lmao

[@saagisharon8595]

minty from australia said otherwise

[@ashscott6068]

Shut up, hater! Dim Mak is real! If you don't believe me, look it up! Just fill out the form in the comic and order Count Dante's book!

[@mountainpeakcloud8442]

The Chinese who played Frank’s tour guide in this was an owner of a local video rental store in Hong Kong, and we used to go in there and chat with him about Blood Sport in the 90s as teens. He was really proud of his role in the movie. What I really like about 80s martial arts movies is they really focused on the different styles of martial arts, so the stylistic diversity always made them interesting, and back then there was still a lot of mystery around martial arts, so a movie like Blood Sport felt almost magical to watch (for an 11 year old boy). I find that movies these days that incorporate martial arts feel a lot more generalized in terms of style, which make all the fight scenes feel more generic and less interesting as a result… The acting was never great, but nobody watched these movies for the acting, even back then, but I think the bar was also quite a bit lower compared to today’s standard of acting. Regardless these were really great films to watch, and didn’t rely as heavily on special effects, so you know a lot of the people in this were real martial artists… and to that point, JCVD was a Karate expert, Chung Li whose name is Bo Lo Young was a champion body builder who also did King Fu, the Chinese guy in the gold pants they Chung Li killed was a well known Kung Fu teacher in Hong Kong. The place where the Kumate was held in the movie was in a place in Hong Kong called the Walled City (now torn down). It was a piece of land that was owned by the Chinese government and kept when the British colonized Hong Kong in the 1850s, but as the Chinese government changed hands to the Communists after WW2, nobody took ownership of the landed where the walled city was (back then it was a Chinese fortress), so all these illegal structures were built on the land which eventually formed into a crazy dense mass of concrete buildings and structures one of top of the other, which formed dark tunnels on the inside, like in the movie. Because neither the Chinese nor Hong Kong government technically owned the land, the Hong Kong police didn’t have jurisdiction over it, so it became a common place for criminals to escape to, and for the local mafia (triads) to hold illegal events like this fighting competition, in it without concern for the police. The Walled City was like a city within a city, with its own doctors, dentists, restaurants etc inside, but the Hong Kong government decided it was too dangerous due to the illegal structures, and decided to tear it down in the mid 90s… that was the official party line of the government, but the reality was they wanted to make room for new property developments, and they said they would relocate the people that were displaced by it, but only a small fraction of people managed to attain government assisted housing once they were forced to leave. Anyway, the Walled city is a very interesting and unique piece of Hong Kong history worth checking out. You can read about it on Wikipedia. Other Van Damme movies worth watching are Kickboxer, Lion Heart, Double Impact. If you want more 80s martial arts goodness, you should also check out Steven Seagal movies from that time (not his new stuff), like Above the Law and Marked for Death. There was also a huge Ninja with movies like Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, and the American Ninja movie series… the Ninja movies have probably the worst acting, but we’re super fun, and basically rode on the mystique of the Ninja.

[@9sunskungfu]

I heard that chinese guy you spoke about passed away a few years ago and i think Van Damme himself paid tribute to him on his facebook.

[@mjkjelland13]

Despite the fact that Frank Dux has been exposed as a fraud, I love this movie.

[@thaistomp]

I watch it for Van Damme, not that phony. Lol.

[@jeffstrom164]

So who here wants to see a fight between frank dux and Steven Segull

[@tortiecatman]

@@jeffstrom164 Only if Segal keeps his shirt on.

[@jeffstrom164]

@@tortiecatman I dunno, I hear old Stevie is sporting an impressive pair of man boobs these days. Maybe a wet t-shirt contest between him and Tampa bays offensive line?

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

@Jeff Strom.. Dux might have made up all those crazy stories, but ive actually seen videos of him training n stuff. Compared to Segal, he would definitely whoop Segals ass lol. Segal was always the worst and the most Un-official in terms of actual skill

[@youdoitillwatch]

Love the movie. It's a shame that the real Frank Dux was a liar and made up all of this. But just ignore the "true story" nonsense and it's an entertaining bit of '80s shlock!

[@domingorubies656]

It made for an awesome movie so way to go Frank xd

[@JDoe-gf5oz]

No proof he made things up. Some dudes wandered around Hong Kong and couldn't find Kumite HQ so they labeled him a liar.

[@Necrowolf81]

it is fact as stated in 1980 Blackbelt magazine that he won the 1975 kumite. As stated in that article "although there is no convenient way to verify each & every detail, the editors have verified enough of the basic facts that we feel confident in publishing it. Regarding Dux "Although the details of his story are impossible to check out completely, Black Belt has spoken with other IFAA members from the US & abroad who have privately confirmed that the basic facts are as Dux says they are." From Dux " There exists as public record eyewitness testimony of my winning made available through court proceedings." This is in addition to the research undertaken by print & broadcast media outlets & the fact finding done by the legal firms of the movie studio & the publishing house behind his book. He has a trophy which was proven to be real. The man who claimed it wasn't misquoted the trophy shop owner. That owner repaired another of Frank's trophies that was damaged in a break in. The people responsible for the break in were caught & convicted. It is on public record. The alleged trophy receipt was shown in a court to be a fabrication. The date on the receipt is 1979 which was 3 years after a photo was taken of him with the trophy. The man who wrote the article trying to smear him & faked the receipt was a friend of Dux's ex-wife. The article was written at the same time that Dux was embroiled in a divorce. You can find pictures of this receipt online & it is clearly a fake. The description of the trophy isn't even remotely similar to the actual trophy, the inscription says Frank DUKES & doesn't have the correct address on it.

[@jameyhej3]

There is no "proof" he made things up, except for all of the mounds of proof of a lot of stuff he made up. He claimed to have served in Vietnam, claimed to have been awarded a Medal of Honor, and claimed to have been trained by a Ninjutsu master Senzo Tanaka, and all of those things were proved false. As far as the Kumite and his claim of 329-0 record, there is no proof that he didn't make that up. It is _very unlikely_ but not provable as it is just his word. Due to his numerous proved incorrect claims, though, most people think it's likely that he embellished other things. So, _could_ the Kumite be real? _Could_ Dux have a 329-0 record? Theoretically yes, but based on his proven history of just making up his bad-ass-ness, it seems absurdly unlikely.

[@Aldo21574]

@@jameyhej3 Actually 329 fights in 5 years at the Kumite is mathematically impossible in a knockout competition as there would have to be tens of thousands of competitors at each Kumite to achieve such numbers and that is clearly not happening which proves Dux is full of bs!

[@KawaiiNeko333]

If this was your first JCVD movie, you gotta realize some tropes about him: he always does splits in every movie, his characters almost always have an in-universe reason for sounding French (either raised in Quebec, Louisiana, Belgium or France).

[@oscar7032]

I think he was raised in Belgium

[@foca2002]

@@oscar7032 He talks the reason he talk sounding french in a movie as the character.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@foca2002 that's his accent all along

[@AlternativePunkJo]

And he shows off his butt in every movie. 😆

[@tomhelmsjr]

Funny thing about the “Bad Guy”, Chong Li, The actor who plays him, Yang Sze (aka Bolo Yeung) is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. I only knew him from his roles in Bruce Lee films and from Bloodsport, so I half way expected a villain, but the dude is super chill and humble.

[@JnEricsonx]

I am so mad that there was a con near me that I keep forgetting about, that he was at, along with several other people I'd like to meet.

[@gregc5316]

To men in their 40s this movie is everything. An era of their life know word for word. My aim was to go to Hong Kong and re-enact the steal the night scene...never got to, did Kickboxers streets of Siam in Bangkok instead.

[@MrBreezeLI516]

😭😭😭!!!!

[@jamesjoseph1249]

This is the movie that made me fall in love with martial arts movies. There were a lot of late-80s, b-movies that focused on martial arts (Best of the Best, Van Damme, Seagal, etc.)...even as a little kid I could tell they were cheesy, but I watched them often.

[@matthewbrennan4032]

I love best of the best one and two

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

Best of the Best was awesome. That was the one that got me.

[@thefallenfaith1986]

They should watch Gymkata on the channel.

[@sircdrom]

Best of the Best

[@richardcarpenter24]

The actor who played Chong Li also starred in Enter The Dragon with Bruce Lee. When he tells Frank Dux very good but brick not hit back, He took that line from Bruce Lee who told a fighter very good but board not hit back.

[@bad-people6510]

He was also in Double Impact with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Jean-Claude Van Damme.

[@kennethreedy5258]

His best role was when he portrayed Bubba in Forrest Gump.

[@Energetiker]

Speaking of 80s movies: is there a chance for "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Police Academy"?

[@brucechmiel7964]

What about Revenge of the Nerds?

[@SilentBob731]

@@brucechmiel7964 Funny movie but the peeping and rapey ending do put a damper on that one these days.

[@clevelandcbi]

@@SilentBob731 "This movie is an SVU episode just waiting to happen." - my daughter

[@VegasGlaive]

One of Van Damme's ABSOLUTE best movies EVER!!!

[@thaistomp]

Fax

[@renemies78]

Both of you guys had some of the funniest commentary during the reaction and especially at the end. Made me laugh so much. This movie is 80s cheesy fun and I'm glad you guys finally watched it. Great reaction.

[@404RACER4]

I was thinking the same thing .. LOL