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      Hard Way Out

      R 1996 1h 25m Action List
      Reviews 39% 250+ Ratings Audience Score A teen (John Patrick White) learns his nerdy math-teacher father (Don "The Dragon" Wilson) is an ex-CIA operative hunted by assassins. Read More Read Less

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      Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 26, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member I would say this is the worst of the eight Bloodfists but its still not terrible. The Dragon is an ex-CIA agent who is targeted by crooked CIA members. The decision to film in Ireland seems to have forced budget cuts in other areas. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Bloodfist goes out on a whimper, this time the dragon with son has rescue his son who's been kidnapped by old friends.For some reason the action is moved to ireland?? not sure why but you can tell there in ireland as the music goes all irish style and all the actors have really bad accents. like the previous film this is totally forgetable where you'll lose intrest after about half an hour of some of the worst acting since no.6.The action scenes are pretty poor as well. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member good stuff this franchise has legs! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Well I finally made it , the final Bloodfist film to star Don "The Dragon" Wilson. I just find it amazing how many types of characters Wilson played through-out this series. He played a kickboxer in the first two films, a prisoner in the third, a repo man in the fourth, a amnesia victim in the fifth, a MP soldier in the sixth and a fugitive in the seventh. Well this eighth and final time we have Wilson playing a...high school teacher (?). Ok his character is a little more interesting that that as he is a high school teacher that's an ex-special forces agent. Right away it's easy to see the filmmakers are trying to take this entry extra seriously. Even the trailer makes it look overly serious. Right away this a bad move as Don Wilson, though he seems like a nice guy in real life, just doesn't have the acting talent to make a serious, emotional "action" film. Like I mentioned before he's a high school teacher who is having relationship issues with his son. That is until a team of assassins sent by an old enemy show up and mow down Wilson's house with machine guns. He goes to his old boss for protection but like any action fan can predict, assassins still track him down, kidnap his son and it's up to Wilson to get him back. For Wilson's final film in the series this was just lame. Everything about this film is forgettable. The first couple of films in the series were awful but at least they were fun. Hell I forgot about this film before it was even over. Though the film was only 85 minutes it felt like 160. The series should have died long ago and this should have been the final nail in the Bloodfist coffin but New Corcorde pictures forged on making Bloodfist 2050 without Don "The Dragon" Wilson. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member I would say this is the worst of the eight Bloodfists but its still not terrible. The Dragon is an ex-CIA agent who is targeted by crooked CIA members. The decision to film in Ireland seems to have forced budget cuts in other areas. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member 'Bloodfist VIII: Hard Way Out' really doesn't have much going for it. The acting is atrochious, the story is full of plotholes, and even at 85 minutes, the film just seems to go on forever. Perhaps the worst part is the terribly unfitting background music, which seems to be playing constantly throughout the movie. Sorry, but if this is an action flick, you need some music that feels like an action flick; not the Pure Moods soundtrack. Don "The Dragon" Wilson (Bloodfist) and John Patrick White (Tomcats) star, along with a number of no-namers who's voices feel dubbed. Avoid. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A teen (John Patrick White) learns his nerdy math-teacher father (Don "The Dragon" Wilson) is an ex-CIA operative hunted by assassins.
      Director
      Rick Jacobson
      Producer
      Roger Corman
      Screenwriter
      Alex Simon
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Action
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 21, 2018
      Runtime
      1h 25m
      Sound Mix
      Stereo
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