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Overview

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Director:
Newt Arnold
Writers:
Christopher Cosby (screenplay)
Mel Friedman (screenplay)
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Release Date:
26 February 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Biography | Sport more
Tagline:
The secret contest where the world's greatest warriors fight in a battle to the death. more
Plot:
Frank Dux has spent most his life being trained by Tanaka to participate in the Kumite, the ultimate martial arts tournament... more | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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High kicking martial arts action more (171 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jean-Claude Van Damme ... Frank Dux (as Jean Claude Van Damme)
Donald Gibb ... Ray Jackson
Leah Ayres ... Janice Kent
Norman Burton ... Helmer

Forest Whitaker ... Rawlins
Roy Chiao ... Tanaka
Philip Chan ... Inspector Chen
Pierre Rafini ... Young Frank
Bolo Yeung ... Chong Li
Ken Siu ... Victor Lin (as Kenneth Siu)
Kimo Lai Kwok Ki ... Hiro
Bernard Mariano ... Sadiq Hossein
Bill Yuen Ping Kuen ... Oshima
Lily Leung ... Mrs. Tanaka
Joshua Schroder ... Chuck / Older Boy
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Additional Details

Runtime:
92 min | Finland:71 min (video release) (1991) | Finland:89 min (DVD release) (2006)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (TVC)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Certification:
Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1991) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2006) | Canada:14A | South Korea:12 | Australia:R | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 | Poland:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:18 | UK:15 (video re-rating) (2003) | UK:18 (original rating) | UK:18 (video rating) (1989) | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Iceland:16
Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, China

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Trivia:
Even after it was filmed, the movie was almost never released, but Jean-Claude Van Damme helped edit the film so that it could be. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Right after the shot of the sumo fighter falling to the mat after being defeated by Dux, there is a cut to Ray and Lin cheering him on. However, the sumo fighter is seen still sitting behind the two of them in the upper right corner. more
Quotes:
[Jackson is getting ready to fight Chong Li]
Frank Dux: Go for the gut. He's soft there.
Ray Jackson: What the hell are you talking about?
Frank Dux: Chong Li's weak in the gut. That's how Parades surprised him.
Victor: [nods curtly with a look of grim encouragement]
Frank Dux: Hey. You listening to me? Go for the stomach. And stay away from his right leg.
Ray Jackson: Will you stop worrying, Frankie? I've got it under control. You sound like my mother. Man alive.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "A Touch of Frost: Unknown Soldiers (#4.2)" (1996) more
Soundtrack:
FIGHT TO SURVIVE more

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13 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
High kicking martial arts action, 2 November 2002
Author: soranno from Las Vegas, Nevada

In his film starring debut, Jean-Claude Van Damme portrays a martial arts expert who decides to compete in the Kumite, a no holds barred martial arts competition in Hong Kong. This film has plenty of the well staged fight scenes and martial arts sequences that would be evident in Van Damme's later films. A fair entry in the genre.

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