I must've watched this scene a 100 times on VHS as a kid. (Bloodsport, 1988)

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Dude I went to the library and got books on Dim Mak and karate and set up my own station to make my hands tough by punching into a bucket full of sand and all o ever did was get bloody fists. 13 was an amusing year for me. Loved Bloodsport.

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jbp84@reddit

SAME. Goddamn the public library was amazing, especially for a nerdy lonely kid in pre-internet days (or at least when it wasn’t as accessible as it would eventually become)

But yeah…my pudgy self was convinced I was going to become some kickboxing ninja badass. I even ordered grappling hooks and throwing knives and other “mall ninja” shit from US Cavalry catalogs lol

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dunnkw@reddit

100%. Ordered Tabis and throwing stars and I was just going to be hiding in trees waiting for the forces of evil.

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jbp84@reddit

Oh man then you might appreciate this story…me and some friends were sledding on a big hill that probably had too many trees to be safe to sled on. But…ya know…dumb thrill seeking teenage boys without full formed prefrontal cortexes…

My genius self had the idea to use my grappling hook as a “safety”…yes. I thought I would be able to toss my grappling hook to bail off the sled and avoid hitting a tree. Again…wannabe ninja, right?

I’ll let you guess how it turned out, but I still have a giant indentation in my left thigh from where I hit a tree cross-ways. I don’t know how my femur didn’t snap.

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Dark_Shroud@reddit

I remember all the kids who had ninja shit that was made just well enough to injure ourselves.

I hit myself in the eye with one end of a set of bolas.

My parents didn't trust me with rope let alone a grappling hook. Someone would have gotten killed with a grappling hook. Either falling while trying to climb on the house or climbing in trees.

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DinosaurForTheWin@reddit

That's the most ninja thing I've ever read.

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HendrixHazeWays@reddit

Plot twist: He's the best ninja who ever lived and he doesn't know it

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jbp84@reddit

So…like Mr. Bean or Insoector Gadget…but a ninja version?

Outrageously inept but always comes out ahead from sheer dumb luck or other people’s unrecognized help

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HendrixHazeWays@reddit

The nunchuk scene would be amazing

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jbp84@reddit

Hahaha dude it would be.

And I’m sitting here stoned out of my gourd trying to noodle out some Hendrix solos on my Telecaster and old school tube amp. Based on your user name we could definitely be homies lol

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HendrixHazeWays@reddit

Um, yeah you just nailed the perfect sentence to make me agree with you lol. Got a Tele, Love Hendrix, Love soloing, Got a tube amp

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jbp84@reddit

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HendrixHazeWays@reddit

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jbp84@reddit

Dude…do you live remotely close to the St. Louis or Southern/Central Illinois areas…?

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HendrixHazeWays@reddit

Sadly, no. Otherwise we'd be exchangin' solos and enjoyin' some bud

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jbp84@reddit

Ah man. . Well if ever do get out this way give me a shout! Even if you’re just passing through.

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HendrixHazeWays@reddit

I will 100% shirt brother!

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jbp84@reddit

Thank you for the validation. Even all these years later…it’s soothing to my current midlife crisis lol

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dunnkw@reddit

The theory was sound though. Give how it works in the movies.

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jbp84@reddit

I need you to tell my mother and our traumatized babysitter that…wherever either of them are now.

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dunnkw@reddit

Nah you give them my number man, I’ll put em on ice.

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excreto2000@reddit

I envisioned you as Chris Farley in Beverly Hills Ninja

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jbp84@reddit

I mean…I was a chubby funny kid who used humor to deflect depression and anxiety from childhood trauma so this is more accurate than you realize lol. Farley is still one of my heroes

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

Oh my god I always wanted a grappling hook. I don't know what I would have done with one since there's zero chance I'd be able to climb a rope.

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Key_Surprise2818@reddit

Seriously, these mfers had grappling hooks!?!?! I had a bola made out of tennis balls and a sweatshirt string. I'd kill for a grappling hook.

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Dark_Shroud@reddit

My friend some how had bolas that were made with stiff rubber balls on the ends. The first time I used one it slipped in my hand and I hit myself in eye.

When we were finally allowed to play with them again a pair got tangled on the power line leading to the house and another pair disappeared into the neighbor's tree.

A grappling hook would have gotten one of us killed.

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Fockewulf8@reddit

US Calvary....man this took me back. Loved that catalog when I was young!

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jbp84@reddit

My mom wouldn’t let us get the internet for our home PC because of how dangerous she thought it would be…perverts on-line or whatever moral panic she watched Dateline stories about.

But letting me use her credit card numbers to order knives, swords, and all the other goofy shit teenage boys loved? Not a problem. Boys being boys and whatnot

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mcjon77@reddit

I remember when I got my ninja uniform for Christmas in the mid-80s it came with a free grappling hook.

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TheLostWoodsman@reddit

When I was 13 or 14 (30+ years ago) I invented my own martial arts system “Tactical Fighting Defense System “ aka TFDS. I created my logo and typed everything up in a document.

All my techniques were basically just stolen from various martial arts books that I had. I organized the techniques alphabetically and numerically from the books. A few years ago, I was downsizing my book collection and saw my 30 year old notes in some books. It was great going down memory lane.

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

I truly think that every 13-year-old boy believes in his heart that he could be a ninja if he were just noticed by an old, wise master. I know I did.

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EffectiveProgram4157@reddit

Yup, we all believe we'd give everything up and suffer whatever torture we must to become a ninja master. The great mind of a kid.

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SlackerDS5@reddit

All we had was cinder blocks for shelving. One swing was enough for me to learn I wasn’t gonna learn that technique.

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dunnkw@reddit

Nothing like a cinder block to remind you of your place in the world.

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ForGrateJustice@reddit

I roughed up my palms by slapping a smooth, large river stone for years. It sorta worked.

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fistedwithlove@reddit

did almost the exact same thing expect with a bag of black beans hahahaha

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lemonylol@reddit

This actually is a legitimate practice though. What you're doing is basically deteriorating your bones so that they heal with a higher density. It's the same thing the Bride was doing for Pai Mei in Kill Bill 2. Afaik it happens naturally by just practicing impact martial arts, but hardcore like monks and stuff will hit wood, metal, or rocks to do this.

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dunnkw@reddit

Yeah I knew I was doing it right because the Dim Mak book laid it out matter of factly. But I was just fooling around in my back yard, I never actually learned how to break anything or blow out the bottom brick and do some Van Damage.

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Big_Slope@reddit

Van Damme made me think I had to be able to do splits before I could sign up for karate classes.

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Covid_ice_cream@reddit

Ogre you asshole!

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sowokeIdontblink@reddit

I always loved that everyone in the movie immediately calls JCVD American after hearing his thick Belgian accent.

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buddachickentml@reddit

Well. Now I'm watching Bloodsport. Again.

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Fortestingporpoises@reddit

Him and Arnold. "Hi I am an American man from America" with their very specific accents. "Hi American man."-Everyone in the movie.

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tip0thehat@reddit

I love Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery both giving zero shits about their accents in The Highlander.

Also, I never understood wtf was going on with Peter Stormare’s character in Windtalkers.

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Fortestingporpoises@reddit

Let’s be real, that’s batshit. Lambert, a Frenchman playing a Scott with a French accent and Connery, a Scot playing a Spaniard with a Scottish accent.

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ThunderDungeon02@reddit

Nothing will ever top this. His character's name was Juan Sanchez-Villalobos Ramirez for fucks sake. But it doesn't stop there, because he didn't play a Spaniard but rather an Egyptian.

My second bit of trivia is that he turned down Gandalf because he didn't understand it. Let that sink in. Highlander...yep perfect sense. LoTR..."thish sheems weird"

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ThailMalish@reddit

🎮 Come play Live Trivia & Games on Reddit with others in real-time! It's fun and competitive!

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zanypeppers@reddit

Ahh, it's the American that makes tricks with bricks!

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greenhaaron@reddit

I always wished I could break the bottom brick.

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IWouldlikeWhiskey@reddit

First I'll make a quick trick brick stack.

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lemonylol@reddit

Or the totally Asian Iraqi guy named Saddam.

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tktytkty@reddit

Funny thing is, Indonesia is majority Muslim and apparently has a lot of Saddams 😂

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HavingNotAttained@reddit

The Kuala Lumpur Macy’s even has a Saddam Claus at Christmastime

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malln1nja@reddit

Ah yeah, the Macy's in the famous Indonesian city Kuala Lumpur!

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HavingNotAttained@reddit

Ha, you’re absolutely right, read too fast, had it in my head that he wrote Malaysia

Time to put away the phone for today

Not that I will

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cannibalpeas@reddit

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Mudassar40@reddit

That's the sort of stuff which made this movie awesome.

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TheRealDylanTobak@reddit

All I see is Ogre asking "What if C A T realy spelled dog?

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BuddhastashinHash@reddit

HALLLLTTTTT

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semper-gourmanda@reddit

he said son of the bitch

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909ProbsButBassAint1@reddit

Is that Ogre from Nerds? Never seen Bloodsport.

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PJMfromQnz@reddit

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bornontour81@reddit

Steal your face

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Bald_Nightmare@reddit

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aphex978@reddit

Nnneeerrrrdddss !

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chocki305@reddit

"What if C A T, really spelled dog."

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calbearlupe@reddit

You should definitely watch it.

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grunkage@reddit

I really liked that part of it, because his character was a good guy in Bloodsport

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_deep_thot42@reddit

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kaizencraft@reddit

This gif was a staple of early internet memeing. It's beautiful.

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Separate-Succotash11@reddit

Impressive you recognized him through his beard.

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WhoStoleMyJacket@reddit

NEEEEEEEERDS!!!!!!

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Flimsy_Imagination86@reddit

Thanks! I knew I’d find someone who recognized him. I was thinking it was Mick “Mankind” Foley.

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Jonestown_Juice@reddit

The most fascinating thing about this movie is the "true story" it was based on. Frank Dux is a notorious con-man and habitual liar who had everyone believing he was some super secret CIA agent ninja in the 80s. Turns out he's a complete charlatan.

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supernovice007@reddit

The Black Dragon Society is a real thing. It’s just a whole bunch of Frank Dux’ fraudster colleagues trying to sell people Bullshido lessons.

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lemonylol@reddit

Well you have to consider at the time people thought Steven Segal was a totally legitimately lethal weapon and master martial artist. It wasn't very difficult to pass the bar.

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Lostinthestarscape@reddit

"And here is the art of submissing 22 assassins so long as they choose to attack you from the front, one at a time, with bare hands."

"Wouldn't it be more effective to not be sitting in a chair?"

"It's integral to the technique!"

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DaoFerret@reddit

Sort of like the story behind “Catch me if you can” … where it’s mostly all made up?

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brainfreeze77@reddit

Just like The Art of the Deal.

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Just_Normal888@reddit

Just like The Lone Survivor

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Govt-Issue-SexRobot@reddit

Just like the Lord of the Rings

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Drewbeede@reddit

You cannot pass!

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TK-385@reddit

Gas?

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cortesoft@reddit

Who is a more impressive conman, the character in “Catch me if you can” or the guy who made millions convincing the world he did all the things in “Catch me if you can”?

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palmerry@reddit

I guess that makes a lot of sense why the tagline for this movie was:

"It's just like catch me if you can but with NINJAS!!!"

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hambergeisha@reddit

It's been almost 40 years, I think we're aware. Good movie, killer soundtrack.

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SusanMilberger@reddit

I was unaware…

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hambergeisha@reddit

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Fockewulf8@reddit

Bolo Yeung, the fucking GOAT

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ihavenoidea81@reddit

He was a BAMF

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Stompedyourhousewith@reddit

i wasn't even aware it was based on a "real" story

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lemonylol@reddit

It says that at the end of the movie

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Stompedyourhousewith@reddit

Funny cause usually "based on a true story" is usually put at the beginning

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lemonylol@reddit

It's an epilogue

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CaliSasuke@reddit

Killer soundtrack indeed! Every time I listen to the soundtrack or watch the film I get psyched!

🎵“I fight to survive!

Kumite!

Kumite!” 🎶

I feel like I can run for miles or fight in the Kumite and make my father proud.

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lemonylol@reddit

The other great song is Steal the Night, but for whatever fucking reason it's the only song excluded from the soundtrack.

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CaliSasuke@reddit

Yeah, “Steal the Night” is awesome too! Has some fun synth work. Paul Hertzog certainly created some magic.

I’ll play the soundtrack on the background when I am working. Off of YouTube. So the track is included. Disappointing to hear they excluded it from the physical soundtrack. I’ll never understand decisions like that.

Paul Hertzog should have done more scores for for more films.

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lemonylol@reddit

Yeah I play that youtube version in my car at night sometimes lol

You actually can add local songs to Spotify if you have premium but it's so finnicky.

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CaliSasuke@reddit

That’s awesome. What a vibe! Cruising at night with the Bloodsport soundtrack playing.

Yeah, that’s why I tend to just stick to playing it on YT. No real issues other than commercial interruptions.

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lemonylol@reddit

The soundtrack is phenomenal, I like to listen to it while driving in early in the morning or late at night. Like it's crazy that they wrote entire songs just for it.

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SporesM0ldsandFungus@reddit

Dux claimed the Kumite was a 60 round tournament. A tournament with only 33 rounds would require the population of the entire planet to participate. There's a reason the March Madness is only 6 rounds.

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ferminriii@reddit

2 to the 60th =1,152,921,504,606,846,976 participants

That's if it were single elimination though. (yes, I know he's a known liar)

But, if it were gauntlet style, you'd only need 61 fighters. :)

Also, if he meant the entire Kumite tournament had 60 matches then you'd still only need 61 fighters.

I want to meet the person who can do 60 fights. LOL

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IanCrapReport@reddit

Great story teller though.

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palmerry@reddit

One of the main requirements for a charlatan.

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HendrixHazeWays@reddit

Oddly enough the other requirement is that they make great mac and cheese. So random, I know.

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ForestElvenKing@reddit

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Nuffsaid98@reddit

Most of his stories were very poorly told. This one, given the Hollywood treatment, was solidly entertaining. Most of his stories were not convincing or fun, just BS.

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lemonylol@reddit

What's more funny to me is The Quest, which is almost literally the same tournament plot wrapped around a straight-to-DVD adventure story.

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boulderama@reddit

The quest IS a sorta remake of Bloodsport. JCVD had a legal battle with Dux so he made that shitty movie.

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AlphaDag13@reddit

This movie is really the 80's Catch Me if You Can. All the way down to the fact that it didn't happen. I fucking love both movies though!

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Czar_Petrovich@reddit

That and that it features one of the only times that part of the interior of Kowloon Walled City is captured on film in a movie.

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mrjowei@reddit

I’ll cut him some slack. Had he not been a liar we wouldn’t have had this gem of a movie.

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Swagtagonist@reddit

It’s still real to me dammit

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PotentialWonderful79@reddit

Hey hey now let’s not bad mouth frank dux. The man traded the sword he won at the kumite to save a boat of orphans!

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Deesmateen@reddit

No shit he’s a charlatan

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honestrade@reddit

I dated a girl whose dad claimed that he took a martial arts class from him in LA way back when. He said on his first day Dux asked him to volunteer for a demonstration and then demonstrated several techniques (not the Dim Mak apparently) that roughed him up quite a bit. He said he cussed out Dux and stormed out of the dojo. I guess Dux isn’t a great shidoshi.

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dunkzilla@reddit

What’s the difference if Bruce Springsteen was his shidoshi?!

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disinaccurate@reddit

A whole bunch of people back then, especially in that “tough guy” space, really built their reputation on complete bullshit.

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Jonestown_Juice@reddit

100 percent. It was just a bunch of dudes with subscriptions to Black Belt magazine blowing each other.

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cavscout43@reddit

This scene is as real as Dux's "career"

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CaptinEmergency@reddit

Is it pronounced like ducks or dukes? Maybe some French silent x shenanigans?

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senorglory@reddit

Daisy Duke or Daisy Dukes?

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_Mr_Nice_Guy@reddit

Dukes

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crikker444@reddit

Oh I get it… as like in put up your dukes

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im_wudini@reddit

I always thought John "Four-Leaf" Tayback was based on Dux.

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lemonylol@reddit

That's more of a generic stolen valor thing.

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KevinStoley@reddit

Not sure how true it is, but I've heard a similar thing about Frank Abignale (Catch Me If You Can)

Supposedly the vast majority of the stories in the movie which his was based off his life are fabricated bullshit.

If true, it's kind of funny. To pull of a con of making people think you were this legendary conman if you actually weren't.

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RefraggedDefrag@reddit

Yet, think of how many people got into martial arts be abuse of this movie. Gotta love it.

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VincentMac1984@reddit

I loved this movie as a kid

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Corbotron_5@reddit

Is this from the Frank Dux documentary?

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mrsiesta@reddit

Hell yeah, this movie is a classic! That scene where he shaves off the dudes calf seemed to really stick with me lol

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Apprehensive-Seat639@reddit

Ok USA!! 👍

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hambergeisha@reddit

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palmerry@reddit

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adamg6160@reddit

That’s kickboxer

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skyHawk3613@reddit

Wearing almost the exact same outfit

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Worstenbroodje22@reddit

Nok Suu Cow

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NiagaraThistle@reddit

But still some epic dance moves by Mr. Silk Underpants.

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Addbradsozer@reddit

Black silk aaahndurwear

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ack_84@reddit

I would never in my life wear black silk underwear; look at him, he’s a faggot!

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NiagaraThistle@reddit

lol...that's it "underwear'!

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Addbradsozer@reddit

Lmao I remember it because of the ridiculous accent (and I rewatch the big Van Damme classics quite often)

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NiagaraThistle@reddit

My sister quotes it all the time for the exact same reason. I really can't believe i forgot

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unicorn-beard@reddit

lol and same exact outfit

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NiagaraThistle@reddit

oh my god it is!!

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Chefkush1@reddit

You of all people should know that never in my life would I wear black silk underwear.

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palmerry@reddit

Well la dee da Mr fancy pants!

Hey everyone look at this comment or over here he doesn't understand the JCVD timeline!

What are you, some kind of Time Cop?

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Fosterbudding1@reddit

Wish I had an award to give.

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LBichon@reddit

His drunk acting is legendary

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ferminriii@reddit

I say this phrase regularly. Everyone in my family has heard me say: "OKAY USA!"

I know I'm the only one in our house who's ever seen this movie.

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Acrobatic_Internet69@reddit

We rewound that so much I’m surprised the tape wasn’t eaten!

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nakedcellist@reddit

Belgium!

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Codenamehardhat77@reddit

So many Quotables for me on this one. My buddy Chris and I used to watch this ALL the time. Along with a few others. His parents had a Lazer disc player and a fancy TV. Great memories! "Son of the bitch, is that good enough guys?" "NO SHIT you honor his invintation" "What's the matter honey? Too handsome for you?" "What the hell is a DIM MACK?" "If you don't want to shit sparks, then you stay put!" "YOU cannot earn the Tanaka sword by stealing" "You didn't flinch...YOU have fighting spirit" "Do you sleep with your eyes opened?" and the one I have been telling my son since he was little in my best Chong Li voice "YOU ARE NEXT!!!" I could go on and on. But I think I need to watch this movie instead. LOL.

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DiggityDanksta@reddit

BUT BRICK

NOT HIT BACK

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BigBadBootyDaddy10@reddit

Got hit in the junk playing ball. I used the Bloodsport line “I might wanna have kids one of these days”.

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jtavares85@reddit

Same , love it 100 % question......do u ever hear cats meowing in the fight scenes ??? I know it's a part of the crowd audio but it happens a few times throughout the movie.....

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FestivusErectus@reddit

Came here for the same.

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CaliSasuke@reddit

One of my favorite bits! I still recall the first time I watched Bloodsport. It was with my Grandfather.

This seemingly unfriendly guy quickly changed his demeanor with the jovial, “Okay USA!” Got a laugh out of me and smile on my face every single time.

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Sure_Rooster1267@reddit

Like “put up your dukes,” right?

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Krazylegz1485@reddit

"I got no fucking dukes..."

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Possible-Tangelo9344@reddit

I'm a goat, I got fucking no dukes

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PerriwinklePortal@reddit

They fuckin’ superimposed me!

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lurker512879@reddit

oh whats superimposed?

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CollinsPhil3rd@reddit

Hey goat!

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notthatryan@reddit

or as Bobby Lee says: Duke 'em up!

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dirtydragondan@reddit

PACO 4 lyfe

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MonsterBluth@reddit

great, now i have to rewatch Bloodsport

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catchinNkeepinf1sh@reddit

I introduced my 10yo to frank dux. She almost died laughing.

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mangoxjuice@reddit

the bottom one,my favourite film too when I was a kit watched maybe more than 100 times

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Accomplished_Pen980@reddit

I always wondered how the denim jacket guy got there. He is probably an above average bar brawler but he doesn't seem skilled, strong or capable at the level of anyone else there.

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WorgRider@reddit

When I first heard about Mixed Martial Arts becoming a thing, I had pictured it would be just like Bloodsport. Was dissappointed when it turned out it was mostly strangleholds.

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Fearless-Fart@reddit

That outfit would be totally in for women not hahaha! High rise pants and a tank top.

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Scorpion2k4u@reddit

The coin trick was far more impressive in that movie.

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Go-to-helenhunt@reddit

Is that Ogre?

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Complete-Check5027@reddit

I just made my teenage girls watch this 🇺🇸

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Ok-Satisfaction1940@reddit

Son of the bitch!!

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Street_Peace_8831@reddit

I’m must have watched the scene where he did the splits a little a 100 times. I’m gay, so that made sense.

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Sfdatx@reddit

I smell nerds

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brc6985@reddit

My nieces and nephews used to love when i did the coin swap trick. Played out just like it did in the movie, they thought i missed until i told them to open their hand, and then gasp when the see a nickel instead of a quarter.

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Cael_NaMaor@reddit

Loved this movie growing up...

Pisses me off all the bs that came out about the guy lying about it all.

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CLUTCH3R@reddit

Sunovthebitch

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sexquipoop69@reddit

Dude at least a 1000 times

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roBBer77@reddit

yep

i had this and ninja in the dragons den on the same vhs. it was running all day long when i was at home. ;-)

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ThePizzaNoid@reddit

I love this dumb movie so fucking much. That Stan Bush song from the film lives rent free in my head.

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Furrrmen@reddit

Kickboxer was better! Loved Bloodsport, but Kickboxer was the better movie.

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JoeyBombsAll@reddit

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Palocles@reddit

Who’s the big hairy guy?

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boulderama@reddit

“HA! You lose, American asshole!”

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Effective_Poetry_960@reddit

I still say "bottom one" every now and then.

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

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lurker512879@reddit

I break you, just like I break your friend

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CaliSasuke@reddit

Did anyone else find the young Frank Dux to be a bit odd?

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Smokeythemagickamodo@reddit

Omg yes. I actually thought he was a, ugh…a bit slow if you catch my drift lol

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lurker512879@reddit

it certainly wasnt Up Syndrome

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CaliSasuke@reddit

Yes, I feel like most of us suspected something was afoot.

It was certainly jarring. Here is this very odd kid. But then adult Frank Dux is guile and nimble.

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Smokeythemagickamodo@reddit

I guess katanas and having your legs stretched like rubber bands turns your balls to steel

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CaliSasuke@reddit

Haha, I thought the forced splits would have torn his nuts. I guess it had them drop and become fortified.

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Smokeythemagickamodo@reddit

Lol secret kung fu powers

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amberrelic@reddit

Yur naht gunna call de cahps?

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CaliSasuke@reddit

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Haha, I can hear that line perfectly. You have magnificently phonetically typed out that dialogue!

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ShenmeNamaeSollich@reddit

I wasn’t going to steaaaal it!

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CaliSasuke@reddit

Haha, exactly what young Dux says in the gif. I can hear that line!

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capitangrito@reddit

It’s Billy Madison!

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lurker512879@reddit

very good, but brick not hit back!

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Objective_Problem_90@reddit

Van Damme had a ton of solid hits, kickboxer,universal soldier, time cop, Lion Heart. Those were great times in my childhood. We all wanted to be like him.

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Warm-Comfortable501@reddit

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ovenmit_@reddit

is… is that a halter top?

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t_scribblemonger@reddit

It’s a onesie but bottom part covered up by pants

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ovenmit_@reddit

look, i’ve already committed to watching the non-bodysuit movie… don’t make me regret my choice.

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_deep_thot42@reddit

Yes 😎

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ovenmit_@reddit

is it worth watching a movie for a fashion choice?

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Warm-Comfortable501@reddit

What more funny is that those are two different movies with the same outfit. Kickboxer and Bloodsport.

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ovenmit_@reddit

if i had to choose one to watch, which should it be?

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DwayneDaRockSwanson@reddit

Bloodsport no question

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_deep_thot42@reddit

Absolutely 😎

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ovenmit_@reddit

on it. will report back.

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FOMOerotica@reddit

Rock Chalk.

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

nobody wore pleats like JCVD and AC Slater.

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LastCallKillIt@reddit

The legendary Kickboxer dance scene

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SectorAppropriate151@reddit

This whole thread had me chuckling...yall are some funny mfkrs.

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wearechop@reddit

Upvote for recognising a classic, movies nowadays don't hit the same as the 80s movies

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flowinh2o@reddit

You lose American asshole. Now I show you some trick or two.

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CaliSasuke@reddit

If Senzo Tanaka is his shidoshi, then show us the Dim-Mak.

What the hell is a Dim-Mak?

Death touch.

Love this scene and love this film! Bloodsport remains my all time favorite Van Damme film.

Forest Whitaker is in this film too. Can’t use chopsticks. Offers the dog his meat. The dog politely declines.

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ShenmeNamaeSollich@reddit

You don look like a Tanaka …

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CaliSasuke@reddit

What’s the difference if Bruce Springsteen is his shidoshi?

I liked Victor Lin. A spunky sidekick/handler.

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lordhumongous40@reddit

I was obsessed with this movie for a time. Wore out that VHS.

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Puzzled-Fly9550@reddit

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gaarkat@reddit

Now try to do one in the middle, lol.

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doc8@reddit

Brick don’t hit back

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ranting_chef@reddit

V”Brick not hit back.

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ForGrateJustice@reddit

Very nice, but brick not hit back.

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CHL9@reddit

Inspired to watch this again

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digitalHalcyon@reddit

Lest we forget Enter the Dragon and The Raid: Redemption. All three movies in a day/night makes for a radically hellatious experience! Great flicks all!

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TryItOutHmHrNw@reddit

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CriscoCamping@reddit

Very good. But brick... Not hit back

Thanks! Good to see it. this is my brother's favorite movie he's been gone since 1992

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AbbreviationsNo4089@reddit

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Chade_X@reddit

What the hell is a dim mack?

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Dense_Surround3071@reddit

Death Touch

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journeymantorturer@reddit

*Def touch

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jttam@reddit

Oh yeah, like the Leppard, right?

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Apprehensive_Bit_176@reddit

More like Def Jam

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jlfern@reddit

No. Bottom brick.

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kingSliver187@reddit

Brick not hit back

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Apart-Feeling1621@reddit

Whats a demac?

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LeModderD@reddit

In late 80s-early 90s there wasn’t MMA/UFC (or at least it wasn’t a broadly known thing). But there was Bloodsport and the alleged kumite it was based on. I think it made the whole thing that much more intriguing.

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PrintsCharminggrunt@reddit

SON Of the BITCH

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fullgizzard@reddit

Still makes me get the goosebumps. Good movie.

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MongolianChickenLOL@reddit

Kumite! KUMITE!!!

That music lives rent free in my head and is most welcome

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Voidsong23@reddit

Really the only JCVD film that should be watched.

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Kato2460@reddit

Tong Po!

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JuniorBarnes@reddit

NERRRRRRRDS?

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Easy_does_it78@reddit

I was 10 years old when I first seen this movie at my best friend’s house during a sleepover. We watched “Bloodsport” and played “Mike Tyson’s Punch 🥊 Out” on the original Nintendo. We dressed up in karate gear and beat each other up the next day. Absolutely epic weekend 👍 I watched this movie on Amazon Prime a few nights ago. Classic

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thrilla703@reddit

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I_MADMAN@reddit

I remember my mom buying my ticket at the ticket stand for me so the staff knew I had parental permission to watch this movie. The sorrows of being a teenager, but I got to watch it.

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birdiebogeybogey@reddit

Brick no hit back

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1AML3G10N@reddit

yea the skipped the best line of the movie!

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C0gD1z@reddit

One of the best movie villains of all time!

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lemonylol@reddit

And he only has like two lines lol

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wolfman2scary@reddit

But this is one of them and it’s perfect

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313ctro@reddit

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313ctro@reddit

https://i.imgur.com/6WUznev.jpeg

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DaoFerret@reddit

Now that’s just a damn lie.

If you fail a break, the brick most DEFINITELY hits back (and yeah … wet bricks are tougher to break than dry ones)

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Fun-Preparation-4253@reddit

“Anytime. Any place.” THAT sequel needs to be made

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Powerful_Wombat@reddit

Kumite! Kumite! Kumite!

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VirtuaKiller76@reddit

Fight to survive! I still workout to this song.

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Odd-Lingonberry-2031@reddit

Heck yes. Half the time I’m in head down work I put on the bloodsport soundtrack. Had that bad boy on for about it 3 hours on loop once, totally in the zone.

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vaultdweller1223@reddit

Same, brother.

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tgold77@reddit

NERDS!!!!

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Medialunch@reddit

Would that be actually possible to do it intentionally?

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takeyoufergranite@reddit

Very good, but brick not hit back!

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cute_polarbear@reddit

Haha. That line was so cheesy but so good.

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DayzedNAmused@reddit

Ray Jackson... Best hype man ever

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alexmehdi@reddit

White guy AMAZES martial artists with perfect brick break

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CompetitionNo2477@reddit

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ScaryGarry_SG1@reddit

Don't go ninja'n nobody don't need ninja'ed!

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Azaroth1991@reddit

To this day I quote Bottom One!

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patrad@reddit

it's time to protect your nuts, guys.

I think this was in my top 5 of 100s of times martial arts along with: Enter the Dragon Iron Monkey Marked for Death Big Trouble in Little China

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mr_booty_browser@reddit

This, predator, and top gun. So many times. My cat is named Frank Dux

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Kade7596@reddit

"Bah... should have said middle one."

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Dinglehouser@reddit

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doublediochip@reddit

Watch it?! I fucking memorized it.

To this day if I stub my toe or get something in my eye I drop in to that stance, look around and cry out in slow mo just like when he was blinded!!!

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patrad@reddit

lol amazing

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Sufficient_Clock_784@reddit

If you believe in yourself it can be done 👍. 1988 if you're thirsty go drink out of the water hose. And remember be home before dark.

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DirtbagNaturalist@reddit

Frank Dux baby! Fucking classic hahaha.

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0peRightBehindYa@reddit

Bro, when you saw this curiously rippled and chiseled Asian dude flexing maniacally, you fuckin knew some crazy shit was gonna happen, and it was gonna happen with epic music and in slow motion.

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No_Cow_4544@reddit

Funny I was just out getting a few things at target and I was wearing the exact same outfit.

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Mission_Fart9750@reddit

My favorite part was the compound leg fracture during that one fight.

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unicorn-beard@reddit

I'm gonna break your record like I break your friend *blows snot rocket*

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Redditbeweirdattimes@reddit

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its_raining_scotch@reddit

I have a Bloodsport Tshirt

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unicorn-beard@reddit

can i see

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Gh0ulian@reddit

You know when JVD has them crazy eyes up it's about to go down

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Babyspiker@reddit

Brick no hit back

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Mel_bear@reddit

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BloodyPaleMoonlight@reddit

Is that Ogre?

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Itsnotsponge@reddit

Is it bad that i just realized i have juen claude van dams bloodsport haircut

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headhurt21@reddit

Van Damme's movies were corny and fun. Time Cop was my most favorite.

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Wizzle_Pizzle_420@reddit

Greatest movie ever made. I’ll die on that hill.

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ScrambledNoggin@reddit

Whenever I see that big dude all I can think of is Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds

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TK-385@reddit

In Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Lionheart and The Quest, JCVD basically played the same character. However he actually moved around and did his signature splits which he can still do at his age.

In Time cop, Street Fighter, Universal Soldier and Hard Target, he didn't necessarily play the same character but he played "American" in Street Fighter, Universal Soldier and Hard Target. At least his character's accent was passed off as Cajun in UniSol and Hard Target to explain why he did have a typical American accent.

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MudAdvanced4355@reddit

I told my kids that I’ve watched either this or Tremors more than any other movie. Thank you 90’s cable television

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SnooPaintings5597@reddit

Nerrrrrrrrds!!!!!

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ToddWilliams5289@reddit

Great movie. I quote lines from this all the time.

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BrianOconneR34@reddit

Long standing rule when flipping through channels was a thing, nobody passed over bloodsport or kickboxer. House rule #43

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RealCakes@reddit

Holy fuck is this what beerfest is parodying??

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pctimes@reddit

This scene was originally in Buce Lee's Enter the Dragon. In the original scene it's Bruce that says Boards don't hit back. The same villain actor are in both movies and in each scene.

boards don't hit back

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lemonylol@reddit

Yeah but every single tournament-based, movie, manga, anime, and tv show is based on Enter the Dragon.

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pctimes@reddit

Sure, but I was relating to the fact that they said the same line in both movies and the villain was present in both scenes.

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lemonylol@reddit

True

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Fair_Blood3176@reddit

One of the greatest movies ever.

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fanman3174@reddit

My friend had this on VHS we’d watch it all the time and then play fight in the den choosing different characters. The monkey style fighter was always fun to be.

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Funkycoal@reddit

He's just a gymnast, I can kick his ass

https://i.redd.it/6z7ro7n8n4cf1.gif

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Shpadoinkall@reddit

I don't care if Frank Dux is a complete and utter fraud, I still love this movie.

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SFBaysportsfan@reddit

Ok USA

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IgnisFulmineus@reddit

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Lazlo_Hollyfeld69@reddit

If Senzo Tanaka is your shidoshi, show us the Dim Mak.

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Austaras@reddit

Same boat watched this movie so many damn times because my father was OBSESSED with fighting movies. Had a customer at a tech job like 15 years back who's name was "Bong Lee" and bro would come in like once a week breaking shit so whenever he rolled up I'd start chanting "BONG LEE! BONG LEE! BONG LEE!!" and only the guys my age and older had any idea what I was on about.

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Classic_Engine7285@reddit

Sorry, are we saying that’s not real?

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addictedtolife78@reddit

This movie is stupid and a guy that is loosely based on a liar. the fact that the person who played the character in the movie isn't even the same nationality. And didn't even try to change his accent. Should tell you all what you need to know.

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wynnduffyisking@reddit

Dude. You are missing the point of these kind of movies. They are supposed to be entertaining. That’s it.

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addictedtolife78@reddit

yeah, this movie is only entertaining if you're either 10 or spending half the time opn your phone.

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wynnduffyisking@reddit

Most of us watched it when we were 10. Its called nostalgia.

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addictedtolife78@reddit

ok so its a movie that 10 year Olds would like. I personally find most of the stuff that 10 year olds like, including stuff that I liked when I was 10, to be stupid. but thats just me. you do you, I guess.

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uselesschat@reddit

I wonder: the judge stopped him maybe because he knew Frank could break the brick but he wanted to throw him off by sending over closer inspection. Then Frank changed his way of hitting the stack of bricks. Instead of just standing still and meditating/focusing he went through the physical motions of preparing the punch, showing the judges that he isn't just strong or lucky but formally trained and worthy of the other kunite fighters

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AncientBaseball9165@reddit

"Brick no hit back...."

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AquaValentin@reddit

I saw this in the theaters twice. The second time was my first and last double feature

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NODES2K@reddit

watching and doing it are 2 different things.....did you succeed?

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Narradisall@reddit

I must have watched this film so many times with my dad. Great times. Feel I need to watch it again now.

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just-concerned@reddit

Bricks don't hit back.

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GearJunkie82@reddit

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birdinbynoon@reddit

Jesus. This meme is like 20 years old. I came here just to see it again. Thank you.

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Smokeythemagickamodo@reddit

Lmao. His face is the stuff of legends here. There really should be more memes. I still make this face as a joke when I pretend to carry something heavy. Nobody gets the reference lol

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AmbitiousBall9571@reddit

One of the BEST martial arts, action movies ever made. Iconic.

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DisMayhem404@reddit

Peter Jackson was tall in 1988

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Townsiti5689@reddit

It's incredible that you can just about always tell something was made in the 80s from the ridiculous hair. The big glasses too, but the hair, man.

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Aestheticoop@reddit

Daaaaamn this takes me back

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Smokeythemagickamodo@reddit

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Lou_Polish@reddit

We all could use a little more mystical 'Dim Mak' music in our lives

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lateral_moves@reddit

Very good. But brick, not hit back.

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Mudassar40@reddit

You lose American asshole!

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karateorangutan@reddit

100? That's rookie numbers.

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No-Distribution2043@reddit

It's Booger, ”I smell Nerds!”

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defiancy@reddit

Bloodsport and Best of the Best, two martial arts movies I never get tired of

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

I just find it funny that Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds ids there…

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

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senorglory@reddit

This is what I came for. NERRRRRRRRDSSSSSSS!!!!

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Robocup1@reddit

They don’ make ‘em like they used to.

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limelight022@reddit

I love this movie. And Kickboxer.

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SanchoPandas@reddit

Oh snap! I'd forgotten about this awesome-ass movie.

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PallbearerOfBadNews@reddit

How many of us thought we were going to be Frank Dux when we grew up, but we ended up being Ray Jackson. Don't get me wrong, he is still a badass.

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Atillion@reddit

It's time to watch this with my kid.

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katapiller_2000@reddit

My dad and I always bonded over this movie when it came on tv.

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GhidorahtheExplorah@reddit

Do you guys hear the cat meowing during the Kumite fights?! Tell me I'm not crazy.

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rynosaurus03@reddit

Fun fact: the guy with the broken leg is Tong Po.

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lemonylol@reddit

That makes sense, I always wondered why he has insane prosthetics in Kickboxer.

I think like most of these guys are also in Kickboxer though, and some might even be in The Quest.

iirc a few of them are just straight up martial artists going at it, like Paulo Tocha and Michel Qissi

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NiagaraThistle@reddit

THe next scene when animal says he can do the same thing and gives them the bottom brick but it is unbroken always made me laugh as a kid.

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qualityskootchtime@reddit

He only broke one brick tho 🤔

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lemonylol@reddit

That's the point, he was able to break only the bottom brick while keeping the top intact.

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gullyfoyle777@reddit

Omg this movie was one of my favs growing up! On VHS tape #7 was Bambi, The Little Mermaid and Bloodsport. I would watch the whole tape all the time. Anyone who knows me has seen that line up and goes... "Yeah I can see how that shaped you" lmao.

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lemonylol@reddit

On VHS tape #7 was Bambi, The Little Mermaid and Bloodsport.

lol there was something so special about having the little commercials in between for upcoming movies on PPV that you never watched.

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Lost-Effective-1835@reddit

Cocaine is a helluva drug

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Abagofcheese@reddit

"Very good. But brick no hit back."

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NoOutlandishness906@reddit

Man Ogre has really gone all out to find those NEEERRRRDDS!!

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Wizard_of_Ozymandias@reddit

Love it, but I have to give the nod to the ice scene from Karate Kid II

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Oblique_Strategy@reddit

All 6

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lemonylol@reddit

I rewatch this movie at least 3 times a year. It might honestly be my favourite movie even though quality-wise it's terrible. It just so strong in every other aspect that it somehow assembled together a great movie. Like one thing to particularly note is that many of the fighters are actual legitimate martial artists just going at it with no stunt work lol And then you have the fact that every single side character is memorable, from their guide dude to that one betting guy, to the fucking guy who cleans up the ring lol

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ToughWide1987@reddit

The DIM MAAk

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ShootingTheIsh@reddit

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See I was introduced to Don Gibbs by this.

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copenhagen_bandit@reddit

I absolutely loved Van Damme in the 90s. Wish I had kept all the VHS tapes

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Pure-Shoe-4065@reddit

This was on literally every Friday night on TBS, I know because I watched it almost every Friday night hahaha 😆

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dennishoppersballs@reddit

Ogre! Ogre!

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wearamask2021@reddit

Donald Gibb played a great sidekick in this.

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crikker444@reddit

What the hell is a dim mack

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gramslamx@reddit

I would have ruined everything by saying “second-from-the-bottom one”

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shotintheheadguy@reddit

NO…BOTTOM ONE

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moarlo@reddit

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Grandeftw@reddit

The fun part about his movies were even if you saw it only one time you saw each move at least 3 times

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drimmie@reddit

It's OGRE! 😂

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RefraggedDefrag@reddit

"HA! You lose, American asshole." points to hand

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wraith1984@reddit

The original "Test Your Might"

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thetoadking13@reddit

Bottom one!

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LeftHandofNope@reddit

Very good, but Brick don’t hit back

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Jokierre@reddit

Magical movie

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1ndr1dC0ld@reddit

He makes tricks with bricks

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MaxHeadroomba@reddit

Guess the Kumite starts one day earlier this year, huh fellas?

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a-type-of-pastry@reddit

Heh, I recently rewatched this. First time I saw it I was like 9, my dad had the VHS, he was a huge JCVD fan. Either way, this film is still a great, bad film. Top tier, will watch again.

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