No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)

PG05/02/1986Action1h 34m
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Tonight, He either fights for his life or he'll be running for the rest of it.

Overview

Young Jason Stillwell moves with his parents to Seattle, where local bullies harass them without mercy. Jason's father Tom does not believe in violence, so the family takes it on the chin. One day Jason enrolls in a martial arts class and quietly rises in rank to be a major contender. His mettle is tested in an international match against Ivan, a Russian champion.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Kurt McKinney

    Jason Stillwell

  2. Cast 1

    Jean-Claude Van Damme

    Ivan Kraschinsky "The Russian"

  3. Cast 1

    J.W. Fails

    R.J. Madison

  4. Cast 1

    Kathie Sileno

    Kelly Reilly

  5. Cast 1

    Kim Tae-Jeong

    Sensei Lee

  6. Cast 1

    Kent Lipham

    Scott

  7. Ron Pohnel

    Ian Reilly

  8. Cast 1

    Dale Jacoby

    Dean Ramsey

  9. Peter Cunningham

    Frank Peters

First of all, I believe the word for this is "Bruceploitation" and you can't walk into anything with a "sploitation" at the end of the genre title with expectations of things like production value, or great special effects or a decent plot. Mostly movies like this are void of those things and in the rare times that you actually get them they should be viewed as an added bonus. Technically speaking, the film is a train wreck, it looks bad, the writing is horrible, and the dialogue largely stinks... ...but all of that adds to the charm and ultimately what you have is a very dated and ex...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget-

Revenue $4,662,137.00

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