Bloody Sport (1989) and other martial arts movies

I tracked down two killer scenes from Bloody Sport starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Check them out. If you haven't seen this flick yet, let me know what you think—or if you have, weigh in too.

Hands down, the best martial arts movie ever made. 🙏🙏🙏

The training montage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qknZ8ISUPps

The final showdown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0YDuSLXcX8

Yeah, the legendary Fred Duke🙏🙏. I remember being a kid and thinking if I had even a tenth of Duke's strength, I could take on anyone😁. But we were just young and stupid. Honestly, the movie is excellent. I actually rewatched it a few nights ago. Van Damme is a true master of martial arts, and in my opinion, this is his best work. I’ve always liked films centered around tournaments and stuff like that. As far as newer movies go, I think Never Back Down is pretty good.👍

Has anyone seen anything similar come out in the last three or four years?

Which one are you talking about?

Look, I haven't been watching much lately either, but from what I've seen, movies like this are rare. The one I mentioned is actually great. It's about a kid growing up without a father, constantly getting into trouble, until he moves to a new town and everything changes.

Never Back Down—That's the one. I highly recommend you check it out. You won't regret it.

Richard Wilson4 said:Has anyone seen anything similar come out in the last three or four years?

Which one are you talking about?

'Damage' (2009)

Solid movie, honestly haven't seen it in ages. Wait, hold up—is that Japanese guy training him actually the same dude from Kill Bill who’s all like, "you want this?"

Joshua Doyle75 said:Solid movie, honestly haven't seen it in ages. Wait, hold up—is that Japanese guy training him actually the same dude from Kill Bill who’s all like, "you want this?"

Nah, it's not him. Look, I know how that sounds, might come off a bit weird, but they look incredibly similar, especially once they hit a certain age...

PS
So that final scene takes place in 1989. Anyone know how old the bad guy (played by Bostie Yeung) actually was in real life back then?

He was 51 years old at the time.

In my opinion, the absolute peak of martial arts cinema has to be Enter the Dragon.

Karen Ward2 said:He was 51 years old at the time.

Believe it or not, he was actually born in 1938, which makes him 61!

Richard Wilson4 said:Has anyone seen anything similar come out in the last three or four years?

Which one are you talking about?

Blood and Bone...

Richard Wilson4 said:Believe it or not, he was actually born in 1938, which makes him 61!

Wait, hold on... if he was born in '38, then he would've been 51 back in '89.

1989
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51

Richard Rivera6 said:Wait, hold on... if he was born in '38, then he would've been 51 back in '89.

1989
-1938
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51

Oh yeah... 🙈

If you check the IMDb message boards for this flick, there’s an entire thread dedicated to how old Boulder was when they filmed it. Some people are claiming the movie was actually shot back in 1986, even if it didn't hit theaters until later. If that's actually the case, Boulder would have been 48 years old at the time.

Richard Wilson4 said:Has anyone seen anything similar come out in the last three or four years?

Which one are you talking about?

Scroll through this thread... you'll find some similar titles... especially if you look at the newer stuff...

http://www.forum.com/showthread.php?t=502539

REDBELT

wanderingridge said:REDBELT

Great movie—though it leans more toward drama than pure martial arts...

Seriously, what is with all this talk about Blood and Bone or Never Back Down? Does anyone here actually have experience training any kind of martial art??

Without a shadow of a doubt, for the last decade, Ong Bak has been my absolute favorite—it’s a martial arts movie that simply has no competition.😉)

I used to be obsessed with bloody sport; I watched it every single morning. It was trying to pull double duty like Jean-Claude Van Damme, but looking back at it today, I realize Van Damme is really just a ballet master who took a wrong turn into a gym.😉)

Man, what an absolute joke of an NGO. You're seriously better off just sitting down and watching Ip Man, you know, that movie about the legendary Wing Chun master. It’s actually based on true stories too, so it's way more legit than all this nonsense.

Man, I’ve had this movie on VHS since I was about six or seven years old. If my math is even remotely close—and it usually is—I must have watched it at least 120 times. God knows what kind of obsession carries a kid through that many viewings, but honestly, it was never enough. Especially once you hit that part at the end where you realize the whole thing was based on a true story😲.
Though, looking back, it turns out Frank Dux was basically just spinning tall tales about his fights and records—the guy was a total fraud, to be blunt. Then you’ve got the legendary Bolo Yeung, who seriously looks like he hasn't aged a day—he was a multi-time bodybuilding champ back in the day, and his son eventually took over the mantle
. The fight choreography is totally unrealistic, sure, but man, it is visually addictive. At the end of the day, it was actually this exact movie that inspired Mirko to get into combat sports in the first place