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Miami Connection

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Drug dealers get a free taekwondo lesson from a college band called Dragon Sound (Y.K. Kim, Vincent Hirsch, William Ergle).
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Jason Bailey Flavorwire 06/21/2016
Even now, all these years later, most of the parties involved are pretty clueless about how utterly, incomprehensibly bad their movie is. And that, truth be told, is part of its charm. Go to Full Review
Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle 11/09/2012
0/5
Nonsensical dialogue, painful acting, lots of strobe lights, and even more fighting -- what more could a person want? Perhaps a beheading? Miami Connection has that, too. Go to Full Review
Rob Humanick Slant Magazine 11/09/2012
3.5/4
Love it or hate it, it's doubtful you'll ever forget it, and it may just force you to redefine your definition of what constitutes "good" cinema. Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 01/02/2022
1/10
It isn't merely bad; it's so deficient in every moviemaking aspect that it's routinely hilarious. Go to Full Review
Tim Brayton Alternate Ending 08/29/2018
1/5
Anything can be this incompetently made - but this incompetently made and also this openly in love with filmmaking and humanity? That's a much rarer combination indeed. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand 03/02/2018
"[A] gonzo B-movie from the eighties created by Y.K. Kim, a martial arts instructor and inspirational speaker who took his talents to the big screen despite a complete lack of screen charisma or acting talent." Go to Full Review
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Ben W. @th3wol5f Oct 28 Accidentally pretty wonderful. Grade: 56 See more Brandon S Oct 14 Highlights of the movie include YK Kim pretending to play a guitar badly and a monologue with the only black character that seems to be so awkward even he can't believe the words he's clearly reading off screen. See more Bucky R 03/23/2024 Manos-level incompetence meets a musical Miami Vice for a Tae Kwon Do showdown. #friendsforever See more tbewin1 z 04/13/2023 I do not understand "so bad it's good". This movie is very hard to watch because it is plain bad...period. The "good guys" murder dozens of people and we are supposed to cheer for them? They also converse with each other like children even though they are adults (and you cannot understand Kim at all). See more DanTheMan 2 04/12/2023 Miami Connection has such a similar vibe to Rad in that it's extremely passionate and yet oh-so-delightfully cheesy, a killer soundtrack and lovingly 80s in action. Miami Connection was first brought to my attention due to the use of Friends Forever in Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and ever since that day 10 years ago, I've been itching to watch this. This isn't your typical "so bad it's good" type of movie, more like "so good it's surprisingly great" wherein we see everything and the kitchen sink thrown at the screen and everything sticking the landing in a way that's just so hilariously badass and utterly joyful. See more Jens B @Jens97 03/23/2023 ONLY THROUGH THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE CAN WE ACHIEVE WORLD PEACE See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Drug dealers get a free taekwondo lesson from a college band called Dragon Sound (Y.K. Kim, Vincent Hirsch, William Ergle).
Director
Y.K. Kim, Park Woo-sang
Screenwriter
Joseph Diamand
Production Co
P.J.K. Group
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 6, 2016
Runtime
1h 27m
Sound Mix
Ultra-Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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