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
2 жыл бұрын
I'd say Kickboxer. Heh
@dan0507
2 жыл бұрын
Universal soldier
@KIKO-xy8ix
2 жыл бұрын
Timecop great sci-fi
@pedanticperson1149
2 жыл бұрын
Time Cop is one you have to have on the list of films to watch, good early 90s scifi.
@dan0507
2 жыл бұрын
Oh, and double impact! And kickboxer! And timecop
@sonnieandjacob
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
Dude, never let her go!
@Hinshu85
2 жыл бұрын
I beat she tells you everyday "Very good, but key not hit back" when you throw her the car keys.
@Momsbasement354
2 жыл бұрын
Total marriage material! You are one lucky man!
@ianthomas1201
2 жыл бұрын
They don't make em like that anymore
@junzsi
2 жыл бұрын
She had cool parents 😅 Never let her go
@SkullAngel002
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
he's a legend. friend of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan for that matter. Great martial arts actor.
@32Omicron32
2 жыл бұрын
Boards[Bricks] don't hit back.
@genghisgalahad8465
2 жыл бұрын
I beat him once!! And I’ll beat him again!!
@B_Skeen
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@shainewhite2781
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
Been awhile. From the dancing to the lines we 😂 at everything.
@TheJaghutWarren
2 жыл бұрын
That makes it a box office success, but a hit?
@russellward4624
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheJaghutWarren surely made double that in DVD sales as well.
@TheJaghutWarren
2 жыл бұрын
@@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
2 жыл бұрын
@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.
@m1ghty_m1kk04
2 жыл бұрын
"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
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
He's very capable of hurting people. His co-stars can attest to that. And have. In court.
@JT-Rebel
2 жыл бұрын
"Van Damme was legit kickboxer"- They don't call him Nok Su Kow for no reason 😉
@r0btech
2 жыл бұрын
@@bad-people6510 Haters gonna hate.
@bad-people6510
2 жыл бұрын
@@r0btech It's understandable to be peeved at the guy who cost you an eye.
@mountainpeakcloud8442
2 жыл бұрын
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
4 ай бұрын
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.
@shsrpr
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
The milli vanilli of martial arts
@adamoxen
2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣true statement about a known liar...oh the irony🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@nobodyyouknow6998
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad someone commented this so I wouldn't have to lmao
@saagisharon8595
2 жыл бұрын
minty from australia said otherwise
@ashscott6068
2 жыл бұрын
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!
@Doutsoldome
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
Also his trainer Tanaka was the head monk in Enter the Dragon.
@Rotherhamvanman
2 жыл бұрын
Also the character who got his leg broke was Tong Po from Kickboxer.
@W4rr4X
2 жыл бұрын
@@Rotherhamvanman Another great villain, in my opinion, he scared me as a child, like Chong Li.
@lsm.lucky92
Жыл бұрын
"but brick don't hit back" is from Enter the Dragon"
@gregc5316
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
😭😭😭!!!!
@stonecoldku4161
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
The man has range. Nothing wrong with that.
@stonecoldku4161
2 жыл бұрын
@@bad-people6510 Exactly
@AleksPizana
9 ай бұрын
He was also on Southpaw and that sucked. He's been in a lot of bad movies, anyway.
@Cagon415
7 ай бұрын
@@AleksPizanaI don't know how that means anything. A lot of great actors are in terrible movies lol.
@AleksPizana
7 ай бұрын
@@Cagon415 I know, that was exactly my point.
@mercturq
Жыл бұрын
"I feel like that guy is just here to party". Most accurate description of that character ever.
@jamesjoseph1249
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
I love best of the best one and two
@DoremiFasolatido1979
2 жыл бұрын
Best of the Best was awesome. That was the one that got me.
@thefallenfaith1986
2 жыл бұрын
They should watch Gymkata on the channel.
@sircdrom
2 жыл бұрын
Best of the Best
@VegasGlaive
2 жыл бұрын
One of Van Damme's ABSOLUTE best movies EVER!!!
@thaistomp
2 жыл бұрын
Fax
@tomhelmsjr
2 жыл бұрын
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
Жыл бұрын
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.
@KawaiiNeko333
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
I think he was raised in Belgium
@foca2002
Жыл бұрын
@@oscar7032 He talks the reason he talk sounding french in a movie as the character.
@lexkanyima2195
Жыл бұрын
@@foca2002 that's his accent all along
@AlternativePunkJo
2 ай бұрын
And he shows off his butt in every movie. 😆
@willthorburn1985
2 жыл бұрын
Bruce Lee’s ‘Enter the Dragon (1973)’. Bolo Yeung (Chong Li) is in it and that’s where most first noticed him. He does have a greatly intimidating screen presence
@earth7551
2 жыл бұрын
Bolo Yuong was a badass in Double impact
@profshad3429
2 жыл бұрын
He was coined The Chinese Hercules
@jakecleveland1051
2 жыл бұрын
Universal Soldier is my favorite Jean Claude movie, you guys should really check it out
@noobtuber9037
2 жыл бұрын
He’s not be lying. Arguably the best one.
@michaeldavis2969
2 жыл бұрын
Kickboxer, Lionheart, Double Impact, Universal Soldier. All his best work! IMO
@richardcarpenter24
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
He was also in Double Impact with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
@kennethreedy5258
2 жыл бұрын
His best role was when he portrayed Bubba in Forrest Gump.
@masamune2984
2 жыл бұрын
“Aren’t you a little old…for video games?” And I took that personally. (Game Designer/Dev here🙂)
@jasongilbert2379
2 жыл бұрын
JCVD side kick… the big guy was OGRE on The Revenge of the Nerds!!! Worth checking out sometime:)
@MrLovegrove
2 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who's favorite part of all of these videos is when Samantha says hello? I love that little sing-song she throws on it.
@ericdwills14
2 жыл бұрын
✋ hello 🤗
@youdoitillwatch
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
It made for an awesome movie so way to go Frank xd
@JDoe-gf5oz
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@Azurantine81
2 жыл бұрын
I have no idea why but ever since the very first time I watched this film everytime Jackson says "You know you better stop doing that stuff, you might wanna have kids one of these days", I just crease up with laughter.
@RitsychServare
Жыл бұрын
He thought all that splitting might cause some infertility lol
@mjkjelland13
2 жыл бұрын
Despite the fact that Frank Dux has been exposed as a fraud, I love this movie.
@thaistomp
2 жыл бұрын
I watch it for Van Damme, not that phony. Lol.
@jeffstrom164
2 жыл бұрын
So who here wants to see a fight between frank dux and Steven Segull
@tortiecatman
2 жыл бұрын
@@jeffstrom164 Only if Segal keeps his shirt on.
@jeffstrom164
2 жыл бұрын
@@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
2 жыл бұрын
@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
@andrewbothwell6963
2 жыл бұрын
Started watching this and my son says " Watching TBR?" I always reply Hello to Samantha without even thinking about it. He's used to it now and knows who I'm talking too.
@samantha_schmitt
2 жыл бұрын
Haha aww hi!
@ToniMcGinty
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@crankfastle8138
2 жыл бұрын
Frank dux was such a clown. Stolen valor, bullshit kumite stats.
@anthonygillies3185
2 жыл бұрын
Lol 😆
@Ivy94F
2 жыл бұрын
I love ALL of this!’ 😂😂😂
@ToniMcGinty
2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@rafm3068
2 жыл бұрын
You guys made me laugh so much. I didn't realize how cheesy this movie was. But this is an 80s classic and one of my favorite movies growing up.
@kennethreedy5258
2 жыл бұрын
Great fight scenes but the dialogue is horrible.
@RDSports5
2 жыл бұрын
@@kennethreedy5258 The audio dubbing was so bad.. wish that had not been done, especially in the scenes with young Frank and his friends
@GeneralBuckNaked
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite line is.. OK USA!
@dtnetlurker
2 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this in theaters back in the 80s with my Dad. Great memories. It was one of the most fun films, but you had to kind of be a fan of martial arts films to enjoy it. For a kid of the 80s, it didn't get any cooler than Jean Claude Van Damme.
@seanaugust
2 жыл бұрын
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.
@Ant-bm1qk
2 жыл бұрын
I really needed this guys… My 5 year old has Covid and now my 9 year old isn’t feeling good… a movie reaction like this give me a small window to relax
@nammis77
2 жыл бұрын
Same here. Got it a couple of days ago. Been a couch potato since, it really sucks.
@samantha_schmitt
2 жыл бұрын
Oh no!! I hope your kids feel better soon and you too, Nammis ❤️
@nammis77
2 жыл бұрын
@@samantha_schmitt Thank you so much🙂
@adamromero
2 жыл бұрын
Best wishes! 🙏
@chequehook68
2 жыл бұрын
Hope your kids get well soon. This is great medication for them.
@shainewhite2781
2 жыл бұрын
This is the movie that put Jean Claude van Damme on the map!
@30noir
2 жыл бұрын
Hmm No Retreat No Surrender kind of did that.
@fashizzle78
2 жыл бұрын
@@30noir Bloodsport got Van Damme roles as a lead character in future movies
@jesses5463
2 жыл бұрын
@@30noir I've seen like 15 Van Damme movies, mostly in his heyday (late 80s to mid 90s) and I've never even heard of that movie, so I have a hard time believing it put him on the map. Bloodsport was his first starring role.
@renemies78
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing .. LOL
@Grand_Rizzard104
2 жыл бұрын
When Frank said "This truly is a Bloodsport" I got MAJOR chills.
@ChrisMillerCrazyHouse
2 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the 80s soundtrack. Fight To Survive is one of my favorite workout songs
@shainewhite2781
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
What about the quest? That was ok!
@nplindgren
2 жыл бұрын
Cyborg!! Bwahaha!! There are pornos made with a bigger budget!!
@Energetiker
2 жыл бұрын
Speaking of 80s movies: is there a chance for "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Police Academy"?
@brucechmiel7964
2 жыл бұрын
What about Revenge of the Nerds?
@SilentBob731
2 жыл бұрын
@@brucechmiel7964 Funny movie but the peeping and rapey ending do put a damper on that one these days.
@clevelandcbi
2 жыл бұрын
@@SilentBob731 "This movie is an SVU episode just waiting to happen." - my daughter
@totalprocall6894
Жыл бұрын
This is without doubt the greatest martial arts movie ever made. Made on a lie, but the creativity of the fight scenes, setting(kowlon walled city which no longer exists), characters, music, story of tanaka's family loss etc, were all inspired. The soundtrack is one for the ages.
@lexkanyima2195
Жыл бұрын
It is very great
@ennuieffect
2 жыл бұрын
Frank Dux’s sensei was the legendary Tiger Tanaka, who trained the real James Bond in the art of ninjutsu. Later, the two of them teamed up to fight Spectre, the terrorist organization led by the mysterious Blomfeld. Tiger taught Dux everything he knew, including the skill of not really existing at all.
@JES408
2 жыл бұрын
Some of his better movies to also check out are Kickboxer, Timecop, Double Impact, and Universal Soldier that also has Dolph Lundgren in it
@wedgeantilles4712
2 жыл бұрын
Well, timecop is a movie I suppose.
@NoirFan84
2 жыл бұрын
How can you not include Hard Target?
@andrewtillman7605
2 жыл бұрын
These are all great movies to see, and Hard Target. Also “No Retreat, No Surrender” is pretty good, one of JCVD’s earlier movies where he plays the main villain.
@capt.badmindon2391
2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewtillman7605 Belgian playing a Russian. Classic hollywood.
@athens_1psvr31
2 жыл бұрын
I forgot Hard Target and No Retreat (lol) on my list. His first on screen scene was dancing in the crowd on the beach in “Breakin”. That was hilarious to come across after he became an action star.
@jthompson7175
2 жыл бұрын
Expendables 2 kind of convinced me that Van Damme would be an excellent bond villain. Also Universal Soldier, Time Cop, and Kickboxer are all fun.
@namelessjedi2242
2 жыл бұрын
They actually wanted Van Damme as the villain in Rush Hour 3.
@jthompson7175
2 жыл бұрын
@@namelessjedi2242 I could see it.
@shaggycan
2 жыл бұрын
This film has no right being as good as it is. One of the really cool things is that some of this film was shot in the Kowloon Walled City, one of the few films ever to be filmed there. Especially since it no longer exists.
@stressfreepaperchase3215
2 жыл бұрын
Unreal it is now a park.
@ShortyLongstrokin
2 жыл бұрын
Came here to mention this too. If people are interested in learning more about it, there are plenty of videos online of what life was like living there in the 1970s and 1980s, when there was no law governing the place and gangs ruled from within.
@RossWrock
2 жыл бұрын
At the time, this movie was loosely based on real events. Frank Dux is a real person, an American-Canadian fighter who claims to have been trained as a ninja in his youth, served as a US Marine, awarded with a Medal of Honor, worked for the CIA, and won the underground martial-arts tournament Kumite in 1975. It's amazing what people believed before the internet. After over a decade of working in Hollywood as a fight choreographer and stunt coordinator, it all came out that it was a lie; Dux's entire claim was a fabrication. If you read any info on him now, with actual research and military records, the guy is President of crazy-town.
@dewaynejelks9088
Жыл бұрын
Jean-Claude in "Timecop" (1994), "Double Impact" (1991), "Lionheart" (1990), "Universal Soldier (1993), "Nowhere to Run" (1992), "Hard Target" (1993). To name a few.
@MrZampanov
2 жыл бұрын
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
Жыл бұрын
What IS the best Van Damme movie though? My first Van Damme movie was Universal Soldier
@thetruej7872
2 жыл бұрын
I miss martial arts movies like this
@ginabeck79
2 жыл бұрын
I love how you two are willing to still like a movie that has acting flaws. Lionheart is my favorite Van Damme, followed by Double Impact. Both with dubious acting/writing, but still so good! Instead of actors doing iffy martial arts, you get martial artists doing iffy acting. Love it!
@TheDeadStretch
2 жыл бұрын
Idk it's just something about those 80's-Early 90's Martial Arts movies where it's more about character development then it is about linear story. It's similar to Spy movie formats. lol
@daga11
2 жыл бұрын
What do you think about his movie Time Cop?
@gregc5316
2 жыл бұрын
Acting flaws? This movie was robbed at oscar time.
@baronvg
2 жыл бұрын
I think Lionheart is Van Damme’s BEST role. His character in that one is so good.
@sam12six
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDeadStretch LIONHEEEEEAAAART!!!!!!!!!
@leebentz6358
2 жыл бұрын
Kick boxer, Double Impact, LionHeart, Hard Target, Nowhere to Run, Cyborg, JCVD...... he has so many good films.
@dts51sound
2 жыл бұрын
"Rough" acting and "when did she eat buns?" Lol!! You're killing me TBR!! I saw this film in 1988 in the theater so I was pumped to watch you 2 see it. Good fun! Thanks.
@righdowncharlie
2 жыл бұрын
Also loved Samantha’s reaction. I was like TMI guys! 😁
@johnberg9497
2 жыл бұрын
I saw it too in the theaters, I was 13 at the time and snuck in with my buddy. We loved the 80 martial arts cheese movies!!
@victorsos100
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
Bingo
@stallion78
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly Frank Dux was only a master of Bullshito
@crankfastle8138
2 жыл бұрын
The man lied about everything.
@captjackp
2 жыл бұрын
I love watching people react for the first time to this classic 😆😂👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@iaincowell9747
Жыл бұрын
The Asian guy with glasses who is with Frank & Ray is actually the assistant director Ken Siu. He also worked on anther Van Damme movie Kickboxer, Rush Hour, In The Mood For Love, Forbidden Kingdom
@mariescott
2 жыл бұрын
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.
@nooneofconsequence1251
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
Haha
@wolfgangkranek376
2 жыл бұрын
Frank Dux was a fraud. But at least his stories made for a decent movie.
@HkFinn83
2 жыл бұрын
The guy really believed his own bs, at least at some point
@arielfortes472
2 жыл бұрын
as above...Dux was/is a self deluded man who claimed a lot of BS and basically sold the story...
@HkFinn83
2 жыл бұрын
@BATTLECAT5609 not true, he won a tournament of several billion people. OP said so and he seems confident so I believe
@jamesjoseph1249
2 жыл бұрын
Despite some of the claims at the end of the movie, Frank Dux is quite the storyteller. There are some pretty good videos on KZitem that break down just how ridiculous of a fraud he is.
@Ammeeeeeeer
2 жыл бұрын
No need for videos on KZitem, the statistics at the end of this movie perfectly illustrates his bull crap lol
@ExUSSailor
2 жыл бұрын
"Quite the storyteller" is an extremely charitable description for Dux! He's a straight up liar, and, bulls**t artist.
@quintoblanco8746
2 жыл бұрын
Frank Dux is the real deal! I had the honor to see him fight in his prime against Brian Boitano, and Brian Boitano got beat so bad that he retired and became a cook.
@finnsamju
2 жыл бұрын
Frank's transgressions are unforgivable. A duck of death I say.
@robertcampbell8070
2 жыл бұрын
The fact anyone older than 12 ever believed anything he said (and there are people who will defend Dux to this day) is amazing.
@anouar3194
2 жыл бұрын
This right here is my childhood movie, Van damme is the best, you guys should watch more of his movies.
@borisdelic3379
2 жыл бұрын
just 90's please... The quest is the last good one...
@evilalex87
2 жыл бұрын
@@borisdelic3379 the bouncer is a good one came out some years ago
@thefallenfaith1986
2 жыл бұрын
@@borisdelic3379 Nah, Cyborg came out in the eighties and it's Van Damme's best, IMO.
@BJ52091
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies! So much 80's cheese, nostalgia for an era I never lived in.
@ProdSangreNueva
2 жыл бұрын
The greatest fake real live movie ever made. Frank Dux is a mythomaniac. Still best martial arts movie ever.
@andrewsawyer1375
2 жыл бұрын
Good martial art movie. You should watch Kickboxer as well, Death Warrant, Double Impact. Of course you should watch Enter the Dragon.
@TheMtVernonKid
2 жыл бұрын
And timecop
@TheMtVernonKid
2 жыл бұрын
Cyborg
@BK_gamer_
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies when I was a kid. It offers a rare look inside the Kowloon Walled City, which has an interesting history and was torn down in the '90s.
@EchoFoxtrot21
2 жыл бұрын
Okay I've been watching you guys for awhile and Samantha's reaction to the splits ball punch is my favorite moment on your channel ever. I'm dying laughing here. I haven't seen this movie in forever but I swear to God when I was a kid my older brother watched this like every other day so I've probably legit seen this movie like 50 times.
@georgeclinton4524
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
"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
2 жыл бұрын
That presumes a double-bracketed tournament, which you can't prove it was, seeing as it never happened.
@dianefeinstein8951
2 жыл бұрын
This film was made 12 yr before my birth. I met Van Damme when I was 14 yr old running laps on my high school quarter mile track. I ran on one side of the oval and he on the opposite side. The centre of the oval was a lawn and I had a habit of placing my backpack and water bottle there so I could see it from the perimeter. This was like 07:00 am. Suddenly this fellow sprints out of nowhere and grabs my bag running off with it and this really fit and muscular guy yells in a French accent (actually Belgium) "He's got your bag!" I hesitate in shock for a second and start chasing the thief, but I wasn't fast enough when this "French" guy just takes off after him. The thief, realizing he would be caught, tosses my bag and ends the heist. The French guy picks up my bag and brings it over to me. It was then I realized it was the martial artist/actor, Van Damm. "I've seen your work in the theaters. Why you here?" "Scouting for locations in the city to film...but here...I am just training. Here's your bag." "Thanks Jean, I'm Diane. I go to school here in the Autumn." "Pleased to meet you, Diane." He begins to walk away and turns abruptly..."Hey, the next time, tie a long rope to your bag and the other end to the fence. Guy snatches bag and runs. Rope runs out and snaps bag out of his arms. If he holds on too tightly then the suddenly stopping bag takes the running guy down with it." "It works?" "I saw a video where they attach these bicycles to trees with a really long rope. Bike thief thinks he's got a good catch, rides off with bike at full speed. Rope runs out and snaps bike right from under them. They face plant in the ground. Very funny. But not for the thieves. Hey, have a good morning!" "Hey, thanks for the bag and lesson!" He waves and walks off. Really polite fellow. -Diane,Vancouver, Canada. SnJL31/22 02:41 am
@wampa25
2 жыл бұрын
Finally! The film that made Mortal Kombat possible! Great film with some of the best martial arts action ever. I know it's probably Cobra Kai that put this on your radar. You should check out what I believe is Van Damme's first film, No Retreat, No Surrender. Basically the Plan 9 From Outer Space of martial arts films. And it's a blatant rip off of The Karate Kid. It's L.A. karate vs. Seattle karate. Seriously. It's so bad, it's good. The final fight is really good, though.
@dsmkrotj4990
2 жыл бұрын
Mortal Kombat was loosely based off of Enter the Dargon since they have too travel too a mysterious Island like in Enter the Dragon.
@wampa25
2 жыл бұрын
@@dsmkrotj4990 Enter the Dragon was an inspiration, but Mortal Kombat was originally going to be called Bloodsport: The Game. Jean Claude Van Damme was originally sought to play Johnny Cage (he was the inspiration for Johnny). They had a bunch of legal issues that caused them to change the direction of the game.
@namelessjedi2242
2 жыл бұрын
Enter the Dragon and Big Trouble in Little China may have had something to do with making Mortal Kombat possible, too.
@StCerberusEngel
2 жыл бұрын
@@shawnpatrick1877 Correct on all points. Also, man...Cynthia Rothrock...not the best actress, but gotta give respect to the martial arts babe of the 80s.
@alyberop1
2 жыл бұрын
Accurate description of the movie, with an appearance of the ghost of Bruce Lee being the trainer 😁😁
@30noir
2 жыл бұрын
If you like martial arts flicks you really need to see Ip Man with Donnie Yen and Ong Bak with Tony Jaa. Now I think about it Jet Li did an underrated gem called Kiss of the Dragon and if you're too young to have seen any Bruce Lee you might enjoy Enter the Dragon or some of Jackie Chan's early stuff like Police Story and Project A. For more JCVD you can watch Kickboxer, another 80's classic, Universal Soldier, Hard Target (directed by John Woo!) or... JCVD.
@DSmith264
2 жыл бұрын
Seems inevitable that homage must eventually be paid to the legendary forefather of martial arts cinema.
@Cagon415
2 жыл бұрын
"What are you even doing here?" "Later!" "Snitch" 🤣 That's the funniest reaction I've ever seen. You two were so invested by the end. This is why I love this movie. It's like watching a video game lol.
@havok6280
2 жыл бұрын
"I like that we got to see his... finesse..." Not how I thought that sentence would end... Buns for breakfast indeed...
@alexescanlan
2 жыл бұрын
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.
@Srial3523
2 жыл бұрын
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.
@alucard624
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
> 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
2 жыл бұрын
@@ghostofyourmom Crap! Just my luck!
@Alan-qw6un
2 жыл бұрын
Love seeing you react to this movie. I met Donald Gibb at a beer tour, the guy who played Jackson in this. Really nice guy.
@Swordsfor200Alex
2 жыл бұрын
Also known as “Ogre” in Revenge of the Nerds
@CrayCruz
2 жыл бұрын
Dude, that's so awesome. You met "Ray Jackson."
@Alan-qw6un
2 жыл бұрын
@@CrayCruz Yep, he was there promoting his Ogre beer lol.
@Veritas1980-Chill
2 жыл бұрын
the villain in this is Bolo Yeung. fantastic martial artist
@didiportia4995
2 жыл бұрын
This is 80's cheese at its finest; gloriously hilarious as well as genuine, with heart. The fighting was entertaining, fast-paced and very well choreographed, to the point where you find yourself wincing as though you were the one getting a flying, spinning roundhouse heel to the face! "Lionheart" is another great 80's action movie by Van Damme. Great reaction guys! ( :E
@sabrecatsmiladon7380
2 жыл бұрын
Heck yeah! We didnt know it was so cheesy back when this came out
@helicoptersrkool
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
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.
@fuelman1391
2 жыл бұрын
I forgot just how awesomely 80's this movie was. ❤️ My suggestions for more of his films are Timecop and Universal Soldier, which would also get you another Dolph Lundgren movie. And speaking of Dolph Lundgren, my favorites of his' are Red Scorpion and I Come In Peace (this may have been renamed Dark Angel).
@steamro11r
2 жыл бұрын
ahh you cant leave out He-Man and Showdown in Little Tokyo with Brandon Lee
@matthewbrennan4032
2 жыл бұрын
OK I don’t like your Jean-Claude Van Damme recommendations that’s just my opinion they renamed I come in peace because I actually do love that movie that’s messed up they’ve done that to a couple movies and I can never like prove it you’re good though I just think there’s some other ones that are better than those movies kickboxer cyborg
@Cbricklyne
2 жыл бұрын
Bolo Yeung telling him, :Very good,....but brick....don't hit back"....was a nod to 'Enter The Dragon' where Bruce Lee's character said the same line (only it was a board and not a brick) to a guy right before he kicked his ass. Bolo Yeung was also in that movie.
@kennethreedy5258
2 жыл бұрын
The fighter who got his leg broken was portrayed by Michael Qissi, a childhood friend of JCVD. He has roles in several JCVD films, including the fearsome Tiger Tong Po in Kickboxer.
@despayre3914
2 жыл бұрын
Correct. And wasn't he the bad guy in Wrong bet too.....if I'm not mistaken?
@kennethreedy5258
2 жыл бұрын
@@despayre3914 He portrayed one of the Legionnaires sent to recapture him after he arrived in LA.
@despayre3914
2 жыл бұрын
@@kennethreedy5258 I never looked into it.....but yes, of course! Somehow I guess I read somewhere somebody mentioning he was that bad guy....already had my doubts as the guy was quite a bit more sizable, but these things can stick in your mind. Thanks for setting me straight.
@digitalintent
Жыл бұрын
@@despayre3914 You're actually close without even realizing it. The huge bad guy with mutton chops in Wrong Bet/Lionheart is actually Abdel Qissi, Michel Qissi's brother.
@jimtatro6550
2 жыл бұрын
This was definitely the first JCVD movie I ever saw back in the 80’s. A lot of his movies are terrible but a few are awesome. Check out Hard Target, Timecop, Lionheart, Nowhere to Run and Sudden Death for some good ones.
@athos1974
2 жыл бұрын
"Timecop" 👍
@jh5131
2 жыл бұрын
Timecop is awesome!
@TboneTenEighties
2 жыл бұрын
Double Impact Universal Soldier The Quest
@JES408
2 жыл бұрын
Also Kickboxer
@briguy399
2 жыл бұрын
Yep I totally agree with your list. Good movies. Love Van Damme.
@wolfcorpse
2 жыл бұрын
Gotta do more martial arts films, I highly recommend Above The Law (Steven Seagal). The plot is interesting and Seagal's fight choreography was innovative, added a new dimension to hand to hand action. Classic
@namelessjedi2242
2 жыл бұрын
I’m waiting for KZitem film reactors in general to discover his films. Particularly the first several he made.
@wolfcorpse
2 жыл бұрын
@@namelessjedi2242 yeah the first 5 Seagal films are some of the best Martial arts films of the late 80's/early 90's
@chrisleebowers
2 жыл бұрын
ATL is Seagal's best movie, and it's really his only good one. Directed by Andrew Davis (The Fugitive) and also starring Sharon Stone, Pam Grier, and Henry Silva. There is literally no other Seagal movie I can recommend. "Under Siege" was a big hit, featuring both Gary Busey and Tommy Lee Jones as villains, which makes it suck the least out of all his other movies, but it's still pretty bad.
@wolfcorpse
2 жыл бұрын
@@chrisleebowers no way, Out For Justice and Marked For Death are brutal classics
@borisdelic3379
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he did something never seen before on screen. awesome fighting scenes and story is on point.
@VonPunk
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
@@dancarter482 I know. 🙂 I hope one day they react to that movie. I love all of Bruce's movies.
@osez111
2 жыл бұрын
Directed by Van Damme
@stefanbuzea9744
2 ай бұрын
Great people,great movie,great actors=JCVD!Much respect guys!❤❤
@bigpace
2 жыл бұрын
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….
@robertmccauley754
2 жыл бұрын
This movie defined the term “guilty pleasure”. But I feel no guilt, this is awesome every time.
@weescamp
2 жыл бұрын
19:05 was the direct inspiration for Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat. It is believed that this film was also a big influence on the rest if the game too. Also check out the Revenge of the Nerds films specifically the character Ogre, he may look familiar 😁
@krono5el
2 жыл бұрын
Bloodsport is legit classic silly badassery, but for me growing up Kickboxer was playing nonstop whenever it hit hbo and instantly recorded. was just jamming out to Streets of Siam. JCVD and Stan Bush rule : D
@kennethreedy5258
2 жыл бұрын
I'll watch Kickboxer just for the dancing.
@Bassclaiborne0311
Жыл бұрын
From the top of my head Jean-Claude Van Damme specializes in shotokan, Muay Thai, taekwondo, and some jiu-jitsu. He might know more than that
@ProdSangreNueva
2 жыл бұрын
Most influential martial arts movie ever
@MitchClement-il6iq
16 күн бұрын
Nope, enter the dragon, or sidekicks... jk 😅
@gamerbear84
2 жыл бұрын
I'd recommend JCVD's The Quest (1996), which in some ways is an IMO improved version of this one. Though you're hard pressed to find a powerhouse villain more charismatic than Bolo.
@waterbeauty85
2 жыл бұрын
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
2 жыл бұрын
hey don’t forget Cyborg (1989) 👍
@dupersuper1938
2 жыл бұрын
I'll add Time Cop.
@despayre3914
2 жыл бұрын
@@SeenGod YESSSSS!!!! Finally somebody else mentions that one! Imo his second best after Bloodsport.
@jayson21747
2 жыл бұрын
Bloodsport,double impact,and the quest is my 3 favorite van-damme movies!
@jahrolo
2 жыл бұрын
These movies were our thing in the early 90s - watch Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Rocky etc and then either train or fight with your friends :D My mom actually didn´t let us go to the video store by our own because after we got a movie one of us would always be injured :D :D :D
@AtomikFajita
2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Johhny cage attire in the first mortal kombat video game was inspired by Jean claude Van Damne. The last fight he wore was black tights with a yellow belt. In the video game mortal kombat johnny wore the same attire but instead with a red belt. Van Damne was offered to play the role Johhny cage in the first movie Mortal Kombat in 1995. But turned it down because he was already set for the movie street fighter to play as Guile.
@logankerlee
2 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah! I've loved this movie since I was a little kid.
@logankerlee
2 жыл бұрын
This is THE favorite.
@logankerlee
2 жыл бұрын
I remember recommending this sometime ago. So very happy that you both enjoyed this!! :)
@Ammeeeeeeer
2 жыл бұрын
Same. Now I feel old 🤪
@logankerlee
2 жыл бұрын
@@Ammeeeeeeer xD Don't feel bad. I watched this when I was a youngster. I'm 33 now. This is a big time fave for me. :) I'll be resubbing to the Patreon early next month so I can watch the full reaction! Really looking forward to that.
@logankerlee
2 жыл бұрын
There are SO MANY Van Dam movies to watch. This one's it and I'm thankful. I do not want a series of movies or a show based on this. I feel that it would take away from the magic or whatever. I'm super biased because this was a childhood favorite of mine - so I don't know.
@Harri927
2 жыл бұрын
You should watch Hard Target which is my favorite Jean Claude Van Damme movie. It has action, guns, and a really good cast.
@annbowen9656
2 жыл бұрын
Mine too!
@Ammeeeeeeer
2 жыл бұрын
Easily the best JCVD movie evar!!! It feels more like a Street Fighter movie than the actual crap Street Fighter movie. The appearance of young Forest Whitaker playing his typical government/law enforcement agent role is just icing on the cake. Also looove the campy soundtrack 🤣
@namelessjedi2242
2 жыл бұрын
Campy? You misspelled awesome. 😎
@thaistomp
2 жыл бұрын
More like Mortal Kombat.
@Jekyll_Island_Creatures
2 жыл бұрын
Kumite or Mixed Martial Arts fighting goes back to the late 1800s and early 1900s. Mitsuyo Maeda was trained in Judo and Jiu-Jitsu and went on to do hundreds of challenge matches in North America, he would later end up in Brazil and one of his students was Carlos Gracie. Going back further, Jiu-Jitsu was used on the battlefield by weaponless samurai. It's theorized the martial art was brought to Japan via people who interacted with Alexander the Great's armies in the Middle East and India. At the time it would've been called Pankration and was actually an early Olympic sport. So Mixed Martial Arts type fighting has been around in some form for about 2700 years.
@catcherinthesky4106
2 жыл бұрын
For the rational folks - 'Writing in the book Actions Speak Louder, Eric Lichtenfield said that, when his exploits are questioned, Dux counters by "actually exploiting his lack of substantiating evidence, and spinning it" into even wilder stories.[33] Dux says that the reason he no longer has a sword he was presented with at the Kumite is that he sold it in a failed attempt to buy the freedom of a boat of orphans whom he later rescued from pirates,[2][33] and that he once stopped a plot to assassinate Steven Seagal.' 😂
@McPh1741
2 жыл бұрын
“ My body is ready, my heart's on fire I'm gonna push it over the wire Perfect timing, tight as a drum The final battle's already won.” Nobody did 80s movie music like Stan Bush.
@brucechmiel7964
2 жыл бұрын
You got the Touch Da da dun da dun You got the Powwwwwwahhhhh
@McPh1741
2 жыл бұрын
@@brucechmiel7964 Megatron must be stopped. No matter the cost.
@brucechmiel7964
2 жыл бұрын
@@McPh1741 One will stand the other shall fall.
@CarlLepeltier
2 жыл бұрын
What a pure blast... ✨🥰✨ Bloodsport is for sure a cult classic from the 80s, still to this day I enjoy it so much because it has all the exciting ingredients and fun bits that make it so mesmerizing from beginning to end... 👊🥋🐉🔥 What a breath of fresh air ! 😍 You guys are gonna love the 1989's Kickboxer movie, which also is very very much martial arts centric, but focuses much more on the in-depth training (mentally, philosophically, and of course physically)... It is catchy and has some epic training moments. And 1990's Lionheart is another JCVD movie that offers some great cheese and typical Hollywood ingredients we oh so love from the action movies of this era, and this has a nice heart to it, the honorable hero and his hero's journey... Numerous Jean-Claude Van Damme movies are charming and so catchy, that's for sure... And he has this unique presence on screen. These three movies (Bloodsport and the two I mentioned) clearly offer this specific atmosphere from this 80s/early-90s type of cinematic experience that works so well... Good vibes ! 😃💖 PS : I've seen Timecop being mentioned and it clearly is a very cool movie/ride that both of you are gonna love for sure !
@despayre3914
2 жыл бұрын
CYBORG!!! People always forget that movie......totally awesome!
@ansoni4828
2 жыл бұрын
Total 80s cheese! Love this movie and fun fact this movie was in one of Cobra Kai's episodes. Love you guys reaction as always, so entertaining.
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