Bloodsport III (1996)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Alan Mehrez

Writer:

James Williams (screenplay)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

The Fight For Justice & Truth Continues...

Plot:

Bloodsport III brings us back to the world of Alex Cardo. This time he must battle in a fight to end all fights - The Kumite...

Plot Keywords:

Mixed Martial Arts | Underground Tournament | Martial Arts | Underground Fighting | Tournament

Cast

Daniel Bernhardt	...	Alex Cardo
John Rhys-Davies	...	Jacques Duvalier
Amber Van Lent	...	Crystal Duvalier
Uni Park	...	Shari
James Hong	...	Master Sun
Pat Morita	...	David Leung
Rajiv Chandrasekhar	...	Franco / Voice of Shopkeeper / Kumite Announcer
David Schatz	...	Jason Cardo
Steven Ito	...	Yoong (as Steve Ito)
Master Hee Il Cho	...	Judge Macado
Gerald Okamura	...	Voice of the Judge (voice)
Nicholas R. Oleson	...	The Beast (as Nicholas Oleson)
Marcus Young	...	Bandit #1
Charlie Chen	...	Bandit #2
Gary Lai	...	Bandit #3

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:15 | New Zealand:R18 | Germany:18 | Norway:15 (DVD uncut version) | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:18 | Australia:MA | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Central Province, Sri Lanka

Company:

FM Entertainment International N.V.

Goofs:

Continuity: JJ Tucker has a shaved chest in scenes where he is on the bleachers, but a hairy chest during his fight scenes right after.

Movie Connections:

Follows Bloodsport (1988)

Soundtrack:

Clair De Lune

Inferior to the first two, but delivers it's promise

You should watch Bloodsport III if you have enjoyed the first two, but know that it is inferior to those movies.

First of all, the narration style is the same as in the second one(told by flash-backs). This is not bad, but it doesn't bring anything new to the franchise, and the between flash-back scenes in B2 were arguably better. Secondly, the main villain (who somehow looks like Vince Vaughn). His name is "The Beast"...OK, the name of the bad guy in B2 was "Demon", so does every bad guy now have to have a weird name like "Evil Guy" or whatever? Also, and more importantly, he really isn't that impressive, and doesn't look like he poses a threat to the hero. Finally, all the other Kumite fighters sucked. Some of them had funny names (Lima Lama, JJ Tucker), but none of them were sympathetic, rather super annoying (except for Lima Lama).

Now for the good. The movie was a shot in Sri Lanka, which makes for an interesting change of locale. A lot of the team behind B2 is back for this one, and it's nice to see actors like Pat Morita and James Hong don't mind coming back for just one scene. It's also nice to see actors like John-Rhys Davies, who played Sallah in Indiana Jones, and Gimli in Lord Of The Rings, will also act in movies like Bloodsport. Also, and importantly, though handled somewhat awkwardly, the underlying storyline in B3 is deeper and has more meaning than all the other Bloodsports.

All in all, while inferior to it's predecessors, Bloodsport III is a movie for which one should not have high expectations, and with Daniel Bernhardt in the lead, it delivers it's promise.