Plot & Details
Jean-Claude Van Damme makes his starring debut in the aptly titled Bloodsport. An American soldier at large in Hong Kong, Van Damme becomes involved in the Kumite (also spelled Kumatai), a highly illegal kickboxing competition. Whoever survives the bout will be crowned Kumite champion of the world-a title that has plenty of challengers with homicide in their hearts. The finale offers a duel to the death (or near-death) between Van Damme and reigning Kumite king Bolo Yeung. The script is based on the real-life exploits of martial arts champ Frank Dux (who serves as the film's fight coordinator). Denied such niceties as production values, Bloodsport scores big-time in the violent action department. A sequel followed in 1995, inventively titled Bloodsport 2.
- MPAA Rating: R
- Genre(s): Action
- Run Time: 92min.
- Theatrical Release Date: 02/26/1988
- DVD Release Date: 10/01/2002
- Distributor(s): Cannon Group
- Director(s): Newt Arnold
- Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme , Don Gibb , Leah Ayres , Norman Burton , Forest Whitaker
- Themes: Underdogs,Race Against Time,Heroic Mission
- Tone: Forceful,Rousing,Tense,Visceral
- Keywords: bad-guy,competition,good-guy,kickboxer,martial-arts,sports,tournament
- Country of Origin: USA (02-26-1988)
- Language: English
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