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      Bloodfist II

      R Released Oct 12, 1990 1h 24m Drama List
      Reviews 41% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings The world kickboxing champion (Don "The Dragon" Wilson) retreats to Manila, lands in a mess and fights his way out. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member The Empire Strikes back, The Godfather Part II and The Evil Dead II are just a few in a short list of films that sees the sequel better than the original. Bloodfist II is also one of them rare flicks that exlipses teh original. Jake Raye is back and this time he is tricked into coming to the far east to help out his former trainer. Upon arrival it is evident that he has been set up and it is not long before he is kidnapped with all the finest martial artists known to man and shipped off to this mysterious island, where they are held like gladiators in ancient Rome and forced to fight some drugged up fighters who inject a steriod that makes them immune to pain. The evil master mind behind this scheme must have invested all his money in his sialnd and his arena, as his private army consists of just one fire arm. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Don "the Dragon" Wilson is kidnapped along with a handful of other fighters and forced to fight chemically enchanced fighters in death matches for gamblers to bet on. Slightly better than the original. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Due to the tremendous success of Bloodfist, thousands upon thousands of fans demanded another chapter into the saga. Too many questions and emotional ties were left without answers and fans were begging for more. Roger Corman finally gave into the demands and unleashed Episode II of the Bloodfist legacy only a year after the first film. To be honest though, despite the fact that Don "The Dragon" Wilson returns as his character Jake Raye from the first film, this doesn't feel like a sequel. He may have the same name but his character seems completely different. We no longer have the shy, apprehensive kickboxer. This time we have an arrogant ass that doesn't want to be bothered. They could have called this film any other title and it wouldn't have mattered. Ironically though this is the only sequel of the entire franchise that has "connection" to the first film as Wilson again plays Jake Raye. Since this is a Roger Corman production and a Bloodfist film, you got to know that the plot is going to be a knock-off of a more popular film. This time it rips-off none other than Enter the Dragon. The film opens with Wilson in bed with a whore when he gets a call from his best friend who needs help. Wilson, after getting in a badly acted pissed off argument with his friend then heads down to the Philippines...again. I don't know but if I was a vacationer I would stay far away from that country as it only seems that people get killed or kidnapped down there. Soon after arriving he, not surprisingly, gets kidnapped. This sequence has a scene where a kid kicks a soccer ball into the face of Don Wilson. I found that very funny. Low-brow humor but funny. I even saw a freeze frame of this scene of his head getting kicked as Don Wilson's picture profile on wikipedia for a while. Sadly Wikipedia didn't find the screen shot so funny and it was removed. After being kidnapped he, and about two dozen other fighters, are taken to a secret island and forced to take part in do-or-die matches. The film rips off Enter the Dragon so much that if you haven't seen that movie and have seen Bloodfist II, you might as well say you've seen Enter the Dragon. Every major note in that film is touched upon here. As a matter of fact if you haven't seen Enter the Dragon, please do so before viewing Bloodfist II. You'll thank me later. As a sequel to a film called Bloodfist you get exactly what you expect...another bad kickboxing film. Were you expecting anything else? On a technical level I would say this is a better film than the first as it flows a little smoother but it's just not as entertaining in a B-grade way. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member The Dragon is kidnapped for gladiator-style tournament to showcase a powerful new steroid for prospective buyers. One has to assume that reps for Major League Baseball players were present. Jake Raye should have known better than to go back to Manila. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Don "the Dragon" Wilson is kidnapped along with a handful of other fighters and forced to fight chemically enchanced fighters in death matches for gamblers to bet on. Slightly better than the original. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member top quality bad martial arts film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis The world kickboxing champion (Don "The Dragon" Wilson) retreats to Manila, lands in a mess and fights his way out.
      Director
      Andy Blumenthal
      Producer
      Roger Corman, Cirio H. Santiago
      Screenwriter
      Catherine Cyran
      Production Co
      Concorde Pictures, New Horizons
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 12, 1990, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 21, 2018
      Runtime
      1h 24m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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