Bloodsport is Jean-Claude Van Damme's Mortal Kombat - Cinemassacre Rental Reviews

[@JamesNintendoNerd]

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[@Destros2ndone]

mine is sitting in the shelf an absolut great doku whole i might say really was worth the waiting time

[@retroaesthetics3887]

I got the Elvira edition and my name in the credits! Would have been rad to see a Cinemassacre edition!

[@enochkilo5320]

Just in time

[@marcorizo1387]

Congratulations on appearing on a documentary James.

[@Mockingbird650]

What!?!? Now they throw in a soundtrack? I should've waited.

[@abeabeification]

I don't think people will appreciate his movies today but growing up Jean Claude was amazing for us, Cyborg was one of my favourites but Quest, Double team, Time cop, Universal soldier, Hard target,Maximun risk and Inferno were all great action movies of the time.

[@ricardonogueira506]

Universal Soldier love that movie growin up

[@Ryuujin1078]

orphanof CROM Double Impact was basically a Double Dragon movie.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Django Fett those movies are awesome. But personally I think JCVD is his best film

[@tzirufim]

Totally had the same experience. For me it was my older cousin who introduced me to all of those movies. Especially the Quest lingers on in my head as being one of those movies where we watched it an awe and came out as the biggest Jean Claude van Damme fans 😊

[@TheZerokool187]

Definitely loved his movies growing up !

[@kaisser8915]

Bloodsport unironically has one of my favorite movie soundtracks of all time

[@randomcharacter6501]

Fight to suuuuurviiiiiiiiiive! I still randomly listen to that song.

[@Pedro2NR]

Paul Hertzog - Steal the night

[@DSan-kl2yc]

Isn't that kickboxer

[@Pedro2NR]

@@DSan-kl2yc The song from Kickboxer you're thinking of is: Stan Bush - Streets of Siam Another great song 👍🏽

[@KwaIified]

I agree...the Kumita and training tracks I still play when I work out

[@JDjade1]

FYI: The guy who got his leg broken, he later came back to be Tong Po in "Kickboxer".

[@jackjohn9628]

Yes and one of the coolest things about this movie. I always wondered who would win, Tong Po or Chong Li

[@jakebohannan990]

Oh, I didn't know that!

[@dmdx6723]

yes he is a friend o jean-claude van damme and the bro of the "mongolian" in the quest

[@sparkyanddaisy]

@@dmdx6723 The mongolian was also Attila in awol/Lionheart

[@dmdx6723]

@@sparkyanddaisy belgians "from morocco".....

[@gokinsmen]

Bloodsport's training montage might be the best training montage EVER. The music, the editing, the visual storytelling... perfect!

[@mikerolfe1842]

Yes, with the exception of Rocky 4's montage!

[@kyrostick]

2nd best, nothing beats rocky montages

[@sethrobbins2067]

😮I totally agree

[@mikep6043]

If it wasn’t for Bloodsport there wouldn’t be a Johnny Cage split punch. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Ranuyasha]

Nor Street Fighter

[@lloydchristmas4547]

Absolutely

[@NecesaryEvil]

Or a Johnny Cage.

[@wackoyacko4541]

BIG TRU

[@moneymike5742]

And we wouldn’t of had ROB VAN DAM

[@mgloco88]

"Aren't you a little young for full contact?" "Aren't you a little old for video games?"

[@joedaniels9022]

mgloco88 Very good...but brick...not hit back

[@forsythejones2130]

@@joedaniels9022 "You break my record, now I break you! Like I break...your friend (thumb-points at Harley bandana wrapped around knee)!!"

[@trinity3422]

mgloco88 lol, not these days

[@delinkwent7375]

Movie had some grear lines

[@airbendingeagle2358]

*sees JCVD doing the splits* "That hurts me just looking at that"

[@RedWolfy7]

Next on TBS Bloodsport at 8 followed by Beast Master, then bloodsport at 10pm

[@Gideon_Judges6]

That's not nearly enough time for 2 movies, and with commercials.

[@zednotzee]

lol TBS introduced me to James Bond with that annual 24 days of 007 they used to do in december

[@TheOlympicHero1]

@@Danfrombackhome man, bringing back memories!

[@joshowens3593]

They had Godzilla weekends on tbs

[@MistaMaddog247]

You mean 8:05, we used to call it Ted Turner Time.

[@JohnnieFavourite]

This movie is pure magic and Paul Hertzog's scores for this and "Kickboxer" are up there among the very best 80s scores of all time.

[@Grewyn7]

This was my fathers favorite movie to watch as he was an over the road trucker. Filled a lot of time and gave comfort in a lot of loneliness. Will always remember watching bloodsport on VHS in a terrible TV/VCR combo that just barely fit into the one open void he didnt pack his semi sleeper full of essentials. May not be the best movie ever, but it's my favorite martial arts movie.

[@CarInMyAss]

I have a similar situation with best of the best. I feel ya

[@AdamAus85]

Nice story mate. Breakdown is my comfort film of sorts.

[@hp5469]

Should have been Over the Top.

[@gwaaar13]

No. It’s the best movie ever.

[@TomCruiseRisky]

Wholesome memory bro.

[@ZombieShobb]

"NEEEEEERDS!" - Ogre Are you kidding me? They talk about Donald Gibb and doesn't mention that he was in "Revenge of the Nerds"?! Come on man!

[@R0adsterr0land]

Probably still traumatized from having that yelled at them in high school.

[@crowjre00]

This review lacks actual Reviewers.

[@crush41gb]

Just saw him on Magnum P.I. yesterday!

[@shawnlusby1538]

Funny thing is, 👹 Ogre actually became a nerd by the end of the 2nd movie

[@aaroncostello8812]

I agree. That was a grievous omission.

[@LH2KPresents]

One of my all-time fav. Van Damme movies.

[@majeedmohammad3130]

Even hard target? that was an awesome movie

[@poet279]

Bloodsport is a masterpiece!

[@Bangyourbirdnumb]

A CHEESY masterpiece.

[@Mustangcrowd]

Yea

[@patrickx9865]

​@@BangyourbirdnumbChrist ,why u baning birds? I hope that's some British stuff cuz otherwise stay out of the aviary!

[@codystory8901]

I love this movie. The best thing is that the Kumite is supposed to be a huge secret but literally everybody asked JCVD if he’s in Hong Kong for the Kumite.

[@mcleb84]

Lol 👍

[@charleschamp9826]

It's almost like the story Frank Dux told, that this movie is based on, is bullshit.

[@charleschamp9826]

@King Delevingne Never said it wasn't.

[@zakwan10]

@Django Fett Seagal is also buddies with Putin who's been known to have people mysteriously disappear or die from suicide.

[@jsands7]

This review made me very sad. I’ve never heard so many negative things said about Bloodsport! You can’t say it has no story/plot and then also say the flashback scenes explaining the backstory went on for way too long lol. Also, he didn’t totally ditch the military, he was going on leave and they just didn’t like where he was going, but again that’s a bunch of plot and story added to the mix... so to say that there’s no story and it’s just a one vs one fighting move doesn’t make sense. Yeesh

[@mentalphilanthropist35]

I don't think they watched the movie, and they've never seen any of the old ufc bc there are plenty of nut shots.

[@0001captainawesome]

They didnt say that, they said it "didnt have MUCH of a plot" and "but it really doesnt need one". So theres no contradictions in what they said regarding that. Anyway have you ever seen Quest? Its another van damme movie thats basically the exact same as this movie just with more plot and better story, just a more flushed out movie. Its kinda ridiculous though how much the exact same things happen in both movies, even little things.

[@BotWhisperer]

Relax dude, during the Ernest Xmas special they had a problem with deer walking on the ceiling, and the runaway girl not having an intricate back story

[@wolflordbradley7353]

That flashback was hella long though. My girl and I were like wait we still in a flashback?!

[@keyaamabrahams7984]

They are not real martial arts movies.

[@mayzilla1174]

I watched Bloodsport just recently and I immediately knew why I loved that movie as a kid.....and I still love it.....it just has that 80's magic all over it

[@UserGuidesFTW]

"We're friends with a murderer now?" That cracked me up with that deadpan delivery.

[@TheRage1581]

" You Jackson? You look like a Jackson" I could watch Bloodsport every day with a smile on my face. The soundtrack for the movie is definitely awesome too.

[@mgloco88]

"That must make you Frank Ducks."

[@joedaniels9022]

No,no,no, it’s dux

[@jonathanredford215]

"Oh, like put up your dukes, right?!"

[@WJPimpaler]

"Hmph, I'll show your some trick or two"

[@Sirch100precent]

@@jonathanredford215 "Right"

[@jorgejugar8693]

I had heard Jean-Claude Van Damme was like super egotistical about his position in the process of making Mortal Kombat, so they turned Johnny Cage into a caricature of an arrogant celebrity

[@Teddy-ri2gu]

He had a period where he had soo much success and a strange Hollywood cloud chaser wife that he took a lot of cocain.. So maybe in that period, but exept that part of his life, he is one of the kindest and greatest actors in Hollywood that the world have ever seen ! Very humble and respectful too the entire world

[@MissMichSan]

He's in tostito's tortilla chips commercials now. 😆

[@ekathe85]

The part at 9:26 where he's screaming actually looks like Cage. Only Nicholas rather than Johnny, but that's odd

[@afranks8566]

He got big headed around that time. People that knew him said he wasn't an easy person to be around and started believing his own hype a little too much. He was young and dumb, I'm sure he's grown from it since then.

[@theberserker6000]

@@Teddy-ri2gu He had actually bipolar disorder thats why he acted either like a total egomaniac or a very gentile and chill dude around people.

[@johnmorey720]

Bolo Yeung escaped China by swimming to Hong Kong. Dude's seriously a badass.

[@AdamAus85]

Whattt, for realz?

[@leandrotarsia7212]

Good choice.

[@EDD8209]

Wasn’t he over fixity in this film

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

Bolo Yeung is also a super loved and a nice guy.

[@osurpless]

Joshua Thomas Edwards Not quite, 27 in Enter the Dragon, so about 43 when making this.

[@totalprocall6894]

FINALLY! I cant believe you guys took this long to get to van damme's best. Every kid who grew up in the late 80's and early 90's adored this film. Best soundtrack ever too.

[@thomassalas5191]

Yea I listen to the soundtrack at the gym

[@l-wook]

Did anyone else think that JCVD was the former kickboxing world champ when they were a kid, then found out later it wasn’t true?

[@MrTonyBones]

BLOODSPORT IS A GOD DAMN CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE AND ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS IN THE HISTORY OF FOREVER!

[@dailyrip]

The relationship between this movie & Kowloon Walled City always facinated me.

[@BaiLong45]

Daily RIP Me too. Unfortunately, the Kowloon Walled City has been torn down now. Replaced with a really nice park. Saw a couple get their wedding photos there.

[@dailyrip]

@@BaiLong45 I heard, I heard. Didnt know it was a park, that's cool. There's a fantastic 4-part youtube documentary on Kowloon in its day. Facinating

[@azard3]

I watched a documentary about the Walled City man after watching BloodSport I wanted to visit but it got torn down 😔. The stories, the people. They even mention this movie in the documentary lol

[@Shadurak]

Um, guys...wasn't Kowloon Walled City an absolute shithole? Isn't it a really good thing that there's a park now?

[@BlackLotusNinja]

@@Shadurak there are over 999 places in HK that look like Kowloon, so even tho its down, you still can feel the spirit!

[@michaelmurphy2786]

Here is how I know Tony didnt really go to a kumite - He didnt have a bag stuffed with something trophy sized before he went, to have an empty bag and a trophy when he returns with, even Frank Dux got that right.

[@themadplotter]

michael murphy ahahaha, excellent work.

[@CarInMyAss]

Hell yes

[@ArismeTal1990]

Didn't martial arts fraud Rafiel Torre pull off that very same bullshit

[@omgnumbers9944]

@@ArismeTal1990 yea the duffle bag story was torre, his buddy dropped him off next to the woods

[@ArismeTal1990]

@@omgnumbers9944 I remember there was this guy on youtube called thepinkman who made a very good video about Torre and Frank Dux. Sadly, he deleted them and started behaving... erratic... as a generous way to say it

[@Wolverine1987]

Guys like Bolo Yeung need more praise, guys like him made our favourite martial artists look great on film.

[@munkyzzb7504]

Tony should've came back at the end with a trophy in a duffle bag.

[@yourbigheadcousin5434]

I get that reference.

[@aaronmaxim]

Nice nod to the real, 100% true fact..frank dux

[@davymag3476]

Rafael Torre would be jealous

[@munkyzzb7504]

@@davymag3476 That's the guy! 100 points!

[@ve2430]

@@munkyzzb7504 joe hogan

[@Draikenx]

I wish they would bring people on that actually appreciate these movies. Kieran basically rags on the movie for most of the review. This was one of my favorite childhood movies. I would watch it over and over all the time. I know its silly now. But as a kid watching it I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

[@smhoneyjuarez2928]

I do this everynight as an adult

[@Wavetheory85]

One of my favorite movies as a kid for some reason. He just seemed like a real badass.

[@queevy]

The kid who grows up to be Jean Claude Van Damme is wearing a NY Giants t-shirt and a San Francisco Giants hat. He just likes sports teams named "Giants".

[@markshadows3667]

The friend always reminded me of Hacksaw Jim Duggan

[@JReed7560]

HHOOOOOOOOOO!!

[@shawnlusby1538]

He was actually the same actor who played 👹 Ogre in the Revenge of the Nerds movies

[@StarscreamvsMegatron]

Totally!

[@barryallen871]

@@shawnlusby1538 NERRRDDDD!!!

[@kh22912]

I AGREE

[@josephriedstra4024]

"You're Jackson, you look like a Jackson. And you must be Ducks" "No, Dux" "Oh, like put up your Dukes"😂😂😂😂😂

[@forsythejones2130]

"Son o'the bitch!" "Who cares if Bruce Springsteen's his Shidoshi?" Love that guy.

[@rs72098]

"O.K. U.S.A." 👍

[@NoirFan84]

I got all this film's soundtrack on my phone. So good. One of the best Martial-arts films of the 80's. Who'd want to get on the mat with Chong Li. Terrifying.

[@EasyCure0]

I still have nightmares about his pects flexing me to death

[@CarInMyAss]

And he's dirty af too

[@Friggle_Dee]

🎶I FIGHT TO SURRRRRRVIIIIIVE🎶

[@forsythejones2130]

He just has to give that crazy-eyed glare and I'd lay down and curl up like a bitch and give up immediately.

[@jtsleazeball2548]

The splits/ball punch is the best thing ever...how dare you, sir

[@nde1083]

The disrespect!

[@Scott86]

Wasn't Mortal Kombat supposed to be a Blood Sport based game with Jean Claude originally as the Johnny Cage character? Then they changed it I believe and then actually ironically put Jean Claude in the street fighter the movie/Street Fighter the movie the game lol

[@suspicioustesticles8948]

Yes but they later went with some myths John Tobias heard about Shaolin Monks.

[@jamierose9095]

MK1 was based on Enter the Dragon.

[@culturia3555]

Yes

[@Sirch100precent]

@@jamierose9095 and highly influenced by bloodsport.

[@airbomb34]

Imagine trying to pretend to be a man and not like this movie. This is one of the greatest action movies of all time.

[@excessmaterial]

"We're...we're friends with a murderer now?" Lol

[@mightygodhammer4696]

FYI: Paco’s real name is Paulo Tocha, Muay Thai expert and real fighter 🥊

[@aceattorneygeneral3922]

Damn right

[@tldogmeat]

Paco should've been the hero.

[@marcomorote2175]

He was in several 80s movies mostly always as a henchman or bad guy cronie

[@sammymitch844]

No shit!

[@mariopcastillo]

Paco was also in Blood In Blood Out

[@yourbigheadcousin5434]

At the end of the movie they mention that Dux holds the record for fastest kick with a KO. How do you measure the speed of a kick....in 1975...during an underground, illegal no holds barred tournament?

[@simondaniel4028]

It doesn't say those records were either obtained in the kumite. He may have went to some kind of performance tournament, I'm sure you could clock the speed of a kick.

[@yourbigheadcousin5434]

@@simondaniel4028 You can clock a kick...on Fight Science. Considering the movie doesnt specify and centers around the Kumite, I'm going with they mean the record is for the Kumite

[@LaughingOwlKiller]

Same way they measure how fast a pitcher throws a baseball. Radar guns have been around since the late 40s. While the Kumite was "underground" it wasn't some back alley brawl. It was funded by wealthy "investors"

[@cobracommander8133]

Your Big Head Cousin Frank Dux was fraud and made the whole thing up.

[@simondaniel4028]

@@cobracommander8133 there is a lot to read about that, I agree. Lots to say he was a fraud. After the behind the scenes shit with The Quest, definitely.

[@sirbrad4]

14:12 Little known fact that you missed is that one of the fighters in Bloodsport "Michel Qissi" is actually Tong Po from Kickboxer.

[@ENT-MyNiNja]

You're right

[@chzzyg2698]

I used to love this movie so much, and the lore behind it, that I wrote an essay on it in 5th grade.

[@FireTiger941]

This movie is PURE testosterone! A testament to manly movies from the 80's, that every guy should watch in their man cave LOL

[@shivasthong4924]

Agreed! It's one of my go to manly movies.

[@jonathanredford215]

Definitely a film with BALLS

[@ronaldtenayuca4418]

"MOVIES FOR GUYS WHO LIKE MOVIES!" AS THE OLD TBS-TNT NICKNAME FOR THE TIME SLOT THAT SHOWED THE MOVIES YOU JUST DESCRIBED. ... THIS WAS THE TRUE GOLDEN ERA OF TELEVISION!!!!!! I AM SO OFFENDED THAT JAMES HAS SAID THAT IT'S "CHEESY" THIS MOVIE IS A WORK OF ART AND CAPTURES THE TRUE ESSENCE OF FIGHTING AND JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME'S PASSION FOR HIS CRAFT. THEY DON'T MAKE MOVIES LIKE THIS ANYMORE!!!!!!!! THIS WAS A TIME WHEN MEN WERE STILL MEN AND THIS IS THE MOVIE THAT BEST REFLECTS THEM!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ronaldtenayuca4418]

@@jonathanredford215 LOL!!!!!!

[@malafakka8530]

@@ronaldtenayuca4418 I watched and liked this movie as well back then, but come on, it is cheesy. It is just cheesy in a way that we can't resist.

[@DrewKane]

It's legit one of the best movies of all time. As a youngster growing up in the 80s and 90s, Bloodsport holds a very significant spot in my heart.

[@faz6877]

Agree. An all time great. I have a rare Bloodsport art print / movie poster right above my desk.

[@whyismyeyetwitching]

There’s a place deep in my heart for this movie. One of my favorites growing up.

[@chakrazoo]

"The Quest" was a great Van Damme fighting tournament movie.

[@Dorkster81]

Chakra Zoo that was a horrid movie lol

[@minty-bird8663]

I loved the quest as a kid lmao Sick tournament

[@BraddahSpliff]

The Quest was basically 1920s Bloodsport with a treasure hunter as the MC instead of a military guy.

[@footiebloke]

That's because it's the same movie as Bloodsport. Just a reskin.

[@Darkdaej]

Which was nothing more than a way to remake BloodSport without having to give Dux any money :)

[@phantomrenegade7028]

fun fact, Zane Frazier earned his spot in UFC 1 because he beat up Frank Dux(the real one) in a street fight at a karate tournament where the ufc founders were scouting fighters

[@guilhermeulliana]

I can't believe nothing was said of the crazy meowing sounds on the final fight!!!

[@CarInMyAss]

😆 fucking love that

[@jonathanredford215]

You too?!? Lol i can never not hear those meows. Makes me think what were they doing back there, making chop suey like bill murray said in scrooged? Lol smh

[@forsythejones2130]

@Street Deacon I love that little guy. Cute as hell and (in-movie) the sole witness to the most epic Battle of the Martial Arts Titans of all time!

[@BluesElwoo2]

This is definitely a silly movie, but in the early 90's this movie was on TV constantly! This movie and Kickboxer was on a ton! Ill be honest though, I can't totally remember Kickboxer, but I totally remember Bloodsport. Something about this movie, its just a fun movie. Not great, but definitely fun.

[@TeejHero]

This movie rules. One of my favorite guilty pleasure flicks. Awesome action and a killer soundtrack.

[@VikingSamurai]

Confusing Bloodsport with Bloodfist is like confusing the NBA with the WNBA!

[@ujai5271]

Suggestion for next year: Jean-Claude-Van-Damme-uary.

[@chimchimcharoo56]

or Jean-Claude-Van-Damme-June

[@psychochicken9535]

June Claude van Damme

[@chimchimcharoo56]

@@psychochicken9535 Jean-Claude-Van-Damme--August

[@mattpike7268]

We need a seagalember 😁

[@chriswilson3126]

Jean Claude Van-damMay

[@hooksncrosses3419]

Young Frank rescues Shingo from bullies at school. "Some day, I'm going to fight in the kumite and make my father proud." That line always amuses me because it doesn't fit the situation at all. 🤣🤣🤣

[@xAngoryx]

I've seen Bloodsport probably over 9000 times, it was that movie I would always watch. It was so video game plot style along side Enter the Dragon, loved both of these flicks!

[@saltyschmo]

Guys.....it really takes a lot to get me to comment on a you tube video but the entire Tony at the Kumatai absolutely killed me. The absolute kicker was him dying at the end with shooting star playing in the background. I legit lol'd. Thank you guys! I needed that.

[@alex64gaming]

This is that one movie my mom got mad at my dad about for letting me watch it 🤣

[@CarInMyAss]

@Joe Blow i was the same age and saw that and Harlem nights 😆

[@faz6877]

@Joe Blow Ghostbusters? That's not rated R. I love Ghostbusters, but that's practically a family film. Of course plenty in there to spook a 4 yr old. The librarian at the beginning scared me as a kid. But my parents took me to see Friday the 13th 6 at the drive In when I was 6. I loved that stuff. Of course they played Fatal Attraction before Friday the 13th lol. That was not appropriate

[@combatrock81]

"That has to be illegal"... Check out Keith Hackney vs. Joe Son from the early UFC days.

[@forsythejones2130]

@@Radeo Hackney should have gone 100% full-on Giant-Killer shots to that degenerate's groin in retrospect.

[@chrislail3824]

This movie also has some of the only film footage from Kowloon, and takes place within the Walled City. Legend has it that they had to pay protection to get in there.

[@Stribog1337]

Kowloon Walled City, the surrealistic dystopian/cyberpunk city-sized city block, everyone should know about it, it's unbeliveable

[@DarthVader-1701]

@@Stribog1337 the walled city has been gone since 1993.

[@TetsuDeinonychus]

@@DarthVader-1701 Sad. :( Would have loved to see that place in its glory days.

[@user-si9fx4xb6v]

@@Stribog1337 the movie Crime Story (1993) starring Jackie Chan was the last movie to film scenes their prior its demolition. Hong Kong film historian Bey Logan mentions this on the audio commentary for the Dragon Dynasty DVD release of Crime Story.

[@__1201]

Blood Sport is amazing. All the negative comments are invalid.

[@hkoelmeyer1]

Good ol 80s martial arts movies. It just good fun overall!!! Such a classic. Thanks guys for breaking it down. Enter the dragon is timeless.

[@eddieperez8516]

Lionheart is JCVD real Street Fighter movie.

[@brucemoss632]

Lionheart and The Quest are the best.

[@faz6877]

Wrong bet!

[@forsythejones2130]

More like Pit Fighter but an attempt was made. My copy has Full Contact in the title credits instead of Lionheart.

[@forsythejones2130]

@@faz6877 "THAT DUDE'S GON KEEL YO ASS DON'T CHU KNOW DAT?!"

[@faz6877]

@@forsythejones2130 : I've never heard the Full contact alternate title. I know it's known as "Leon" in many parts of the world.

[@stonecoldku4161]

In the movie Frank Dux got leave approved from the military, it was only when they found out that he was going to the tournament did they try to stop him. So he technically wasn't AWOL?

[@AdamAus85]

Dude on the left is a real downer. JCVD was in Australia a week or so ago, I heard him speak with Alan Jones on talk back radio. He's a funny guy.

[@patrickbaker4537]

Jean-Cluade's character also deserts the military (french foreign Legion) in the movie Lionheart; which also is about an underground fighting tournament.

[@KurstKensei]

This was probably one of my favorite movies to watch with my dad when I was a kid.

[@greatonslaut]

Lol the part that always gets me is in the flashback when Frank helps the kid from getting jumped, he doesn't even say thank you. He just gets up and says "Someday, I'll fight in the Kumite, and make my father proud."

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

I was really into martial arts when this movie came out. I was like 12 years old and I loved this movie. I used to watch it everyday for months.

[@CLOWNBOT00]

True story: Jim Kelly said that his character wasn't supposed to die in *_Enter the Dragon,_* but John Saxon was. That's Hollywood for ya.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Oh man, that would have been better.

[@moriellymoproblems7842]

@@KasumiKenshirou How exactly? You can't have Saxon take out Bolo Yeung's character, then die.

[@onemuststand7353]

@@moriellymoproblems7842 Probably switched roles. Kelly would've been the one to take out Bolo while Saxon would've been the one to get drowned.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Akio Furukawa jim kellys other movies are awesome

[@unclecreed2986]

The Quest is like Bloodsport with a higher budget. And that is Oger from Revenge of the Nerds.

[@LaughingOwlKiller]

The Quest was also written by Frank Dux and Vann Damme

[@ShinSuperSaiyajin]

"What the hell is a Dim Mack?" "Deaf Tach"

[@sizzxrk]

John Belushis stunt double is great at playing Frank Dux, pretending he was in a Kumite.

[@HaerinPaul]

Bloodsport is the greatest martial arts movie!! Pure entertainment!! 10/10 🌟

[@ZeroJinKui]

i love bloodsport... i was actually watching it when this video got uploaded. regarding the fights... i'd say they're more realistic than what you'd get in other movies... i mean, a few hard blows, and someone's down... that IS a fight. real fights aren't gonna be like what you see in most martial arts movies, people aren't gonna be exchanging blows for large amounts of time, flying through the air, and all that stuff... they'll involve a few good blows to the the head or gut, and the person goes down. also, the part after frank is blinded, he freaks out cause he doesn't know what to do, but then he recalls his training, cause he was trained to use his other senses, instead of his sight... so once he calms down, he starts fighting back, when he spins his leg around and the girl laughs, that was frank basically taunting/messing with chong li, so that's why she was laughing. i don't really get why frank dux doing the ball punch makes you hate him... the whole thing he was trained for was "using ANY technique that works". if you watch the fight against that big guy, frank tries everything... he even uses the DEATH TOUCH... and that guy shrugs it off! the ball punch was his absolute last resort, even after a move that was supposedly intended to KILL your opponent... meaning he didn't WANT to use it, but he had no other choice to take that guy down, he was just too strong. what, are ya gonna tell me you hate johnny cage for punching goro in the balls, next? you know... an opponent who was too powerful to take down by normal means? dunno why you think it should disqualify him, either... considering chong li unnecessarily KILLED PEOPLE and he wasn't disqualified. as for frank leaving the military and beating those officers, etc... the whole reason he was SO intent on competing and winning the kumite was to honor his teacher, who was practically a father to him, cause he had no one left to pass his teachings down to after he lost his son, so he taught frank after some convincing. frank was doing all of this for his teacher, his honor was on the line... the more i listen to this, the more i have to wonder... did you guys even pay attention to the movie? >_> finally, the agents... they clearly knew frank well, they were already friends, that was made clear at some points... and they went to watch the kumite because they knew they couldn't stop him at that point, so they did the only thing they could, watch... that way, if it looked like frank might get seriously injured or killed, they could step in and save him. i've watched this movie countless times, every single thing you guys were confused about, has an answer within the movie itself... you just have to pay attention.

[@Badfinger4]

"I like Kickboxer better than Bloodsport." Almost stopped watching after that! No...just no.

[@faz6877]

As much as I love Kickboxer it is nowhere near the quality as Bloodsport. There is a big lull in Kickboxer. Don't get me wrong, it's an all time great movie for me. But Bloodsport is the definitive JCVD film

[@jonathanredford215]

I was triggered lol. Bloodsport FTW!

[@Sirch100precent]

There is better training in Kickboxer & the Thailand vibe is also pretty awesome. They're both on the same level. Bloodsport wins because it put JCVD on the map.

[@i3ar310]

Agreed, it’s a diluted Bloodsport

[@JMLRetroRoom]

They could of made reference to Hot Shots when they dipped their gloves in honey and into M&M’s and all the candy LOL!

[@MistaMaddog247]

That was also taken from the beginning of Rambo III where John. Rambo was in Thailand.

[@LeonGarnet]

Bloodsport, Kickboxing, Lionheart and The Quest... all starring Van Damme and they all are basically the same movie, but man do I love them!

[@jeremyzak654]

Frank Dux may be a complete fraud but we can thank him for Bloodsport and the Mortal Kombat franchise.

[@lloydchristmas4547]

No

[@melvinbutchhoot]

Mortal Kombat owes more to Enter the Dragon. Ed Boon and Tobias have both said that film was a huge influence on MK.

[@Sirch100precent]

@@lloydchristmas4547 Actually yes. Without Van Damme & Bloodsport there would have been no mortal kombat. It would have been a street fighter knock off.

[@Starfals]

I love this movie to bits :) Its one of the best oldschool movies

[@AceMcSch00ly]

The guy you made fun of fighting at the men's retreat is the same actor that plays Tong Poe in Kickboxer lol.

[@whispersignal1]

The end song is one of the best things ever. I love that the keyboard guitar patch sounds almost exactly like the patch they used in Street Fighter II.

[@xAngoryx]

OGRE from revenge of the nerds took up the Bloodsport lool

[@jbscotchman]

It still hard to watch when Chong Li stomped on his face. 😢

[@ghoulinthegraveyard399]

NEERRDDSS!!!

[@zednotzee]

holy crap, that's why he's so familiar.

[@xAngoryx]

@@jbscotchman Next time you fight... Try.. to keep your clothes on.. lol

[@forsythejones2130]

We all called him Orgre Jackson whenever we watched or talked about that movie.

[@Ninten70]

One of my favorite Martial Arts films ever. I would often compare this movie to the games, Mortal Kombat 1 & Street Fighter II

[@Mr2Reviews]

You can't talk about Kickboxer without mentioning the Hot Shots! Part Deux parody where Charlie Sheen dips his hands in sprinkles.

[@Dream0Asylum]

Isn't that actually from Rambo III?

[@Mr2Reviews]

@@jazzwebster9851 Yes, the movie was a parody of Rambo but there was a kickboxing scene where they dip their knuckles in stuff. You can look it up on KZbin.

[@bradsullivan2298]

I had to have watched this movie 300 times when I was a kid. One of my favorites and it definitely has 80's movie magic.

[@jamesh2514]

Kung Pow vs Kung Fu Hustle? That is going to be a good one!

[@thomassalas5191]

My name is Betty!

[@Themetalwookie666]

I need Gopher Chucks!

[@AloisWeimar]

Buddhist Palm

[@l-wook]

Awww, cute baby..

[@neoravencroft]

This is the greatest movie about one of Hollywood's greatest con artist.

[@akaglty]

You guys should do the Sho Kosugi Ninja movies from the 80's. Super fun cheese. Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, Ninja III: The Domination...

[@Madbandit77]

Enter The Ninja is fucking weird. Franco Nero wasn't a good martial artist.

[@leandrotarsia7212]

Ninja III, oh boy. Lucinda Dickey makes my mouth water.

[@faz6877]

Speaking of JCVD, No Retreat No Surrender. Nothing like a kid learning white guy karate from a Bruce Lee Poster that comes to life.

[@zackthebongripper7274]

Bloodsport: The greatest martial arts tournament film. Period.

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

The best van damme film.

[@Guerrilla_Grodd]

Hard Target!

[@conspiracycornerpodcast4302]

Agreed. I grew up on this.

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

@@conspiracycornerpodcast4302 me too. Good memories watching this on VHS when I was a kid.

[@conspiracycornerpodcast4302]

@@bigkmoviesandgames yep. I still have a VCR. My friends laugh at me 😝. I love it, old movies 50 cents. Still works.

[@faz6877]

Absolutely!

[@Alexinytown]

Bloodsport is a masterpiece in so many ways.

[@joeycook1724]

I just watched bloodsport last night😂 Badass movie, love it🤘🤘

[@Tenryuu19]

Same here, after several years, I popped it for nostalgia's sake and now this?

[@arnoldbliss6238]

One of the best!

[@Zuranthus]

Enter the Dragon + Big Trouble in Little China = Mortal Kombat, with cameos by Jean Claude Van Damme & Cynthia Rothrock

[@jojoface4940]

Well done

[@Gesuselsaviour]

"Some day I'll fight in the Kumite and make my father proud"

[@genuinegau5663]

This is my top material arts movie. I like how it show different competitors and fighting styles, which builds up suspense and matchups to look forward to. It was a sport tournament after all. I like variety so if the movie only shown Van Damme fighting, it wouldn’t feel as special. Missed opportunities for this rental review: 1) Skit of James and Kieran playing as Frank Dux and trucker guy (Donald Gibb). All Kieran needed was a hat, and it would’ve been gold. 2) The Karate Champ (arcade scene) 3) Mentos the Fresh Maker parody (chase scene) 4) Discussing about infamous Kowloon Walled City 5) Frank Dux seeing Chung Li in the glass reflection (mourning scene) Btw always look forward to these Rental Reviews. Keep up the good work and Kieran is very likable. Get him more air time!

[@basteagui]

and LIONHEART is his STREET FIGHTER, THE REAL ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jordannewthomas3293]

Man I loved lionheart haven't watched it in years but I always remember the fight in the parking garage surrounded by cars.

[@basteagui]

@@jordannewthomas3293 ngl it was my favorite movie when i was a little kid.

[@jasonshiers5771]

That film used to be called AWOL

[@johnstuartkeller5244]

KING OF THE JYNGUUUUUUUUUUUL!

[@Sirch100precent]

Lionheart is arguably Van Dammes best movie. It's slept on .. the story & score really tug on the heart strings.

[@trondwillyfry8000]

What Bloodsport got right vs. Mortal Kombat and Enter the dragon, is a real system for the fights, With quarter finals, semi finals and so on. Mortal Kombat kinda had some meaning, but in Enter the dragon it just seems random who fights who.

[@skijumpnose]

Awesome Van Damme movie, My Top 5 JCVD movies are 5. Double Impact 4. Kickboxer 3. Bloodsport 2. Timecop 1. Sudden Death

[@NFSox]

That's a good list. I probably have to get Universal Soldier in there somewhere.

[@endofanera1983]

I used to watch this movie all the time. It’s hilarious even though it isn’t meant to be. I think that’s why it’s so great. Movie review requests: The golden child, blood in blood out, universal soldier

[@Sirch100precent]

Look up Minty Comedic Arts .. He just did a Golden Child video .. He's got some awesome content.

[@Powwer69]

review "Only the Strong" 1993

[@nde1083]

Please no, these guys clearly don't appreciate old school martial arts flicks.

[@Diadin22]

I also liked the movie Showdown with Billy Blanks

[@luismartins3785]

Just saw Bloodsport and Kickboxer last weekend with both my sons, they LOVED IT !!! Very impressed with Vandamme acrobatics and kick. : )

[@byronchandler5000]

You are very cool, James. I love your Nerd persona.

[@conspiracycornerpodcast4302]

Have you checked out "board james"?

[@Eisenwulf666]

I am so glad you are supporting in search of darkness, such an amazing project !