Directed by: Paul Ziller
Starring: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Catya Sassoon, Amanda Wyss, James Tolkan, and Gary Daniels
Danny Holt (Wilson) is a good,
hard-working guy with a tough job. He’s a repo man, constantly having to
deal with irate car buyers who’ve lapsed on their payments. One day he
repo’s the car of evil gangsters Weiss (Browne) and Scarface (Daniels).
These dudes are so miffed about it, they go down to Danny’s place of
employment and mow down the entire staff with their machine guns.
Naturally, Danny was out getting lunch, and missed it all, so the cops
think he did it. Seeing as how these gangsters are hiding some nuclear
triggers inside a box of bunny-shaped Easter chocolate and Danny has it,
he’s now on the run from the gangsters, the cops, the FBI, the CIA, and
everyone in between. Weiss has also kidnapped his daughter and won’t
release her until he gets the “box of chocolates”. With no one to
trust, can Danny use the help of Shannon (Wyss), a schoolteacher
accidentally thrown into this mess? Will Danny get to the truth?
Perhaps as a reaction to the somber tone of the previous Bloodfist movie, this one has a much lighter, and at times even goofy feel. Just check out the opening scene between The Dragon and a man who looks like he could be the father of Wendy of fast-food chain Wendy’s fame. But the overall tone goes back and forth between silly and serious with relative ease.
Perhaps as a reaction to the somber tone of the previous Bloodfist movie, this one has a much lighter, and at times even goofy feel. Just check out the opening scene between The Dragon and a man who looks like he could be the father of Wendy of fast-food chain Wendy’s fame. But the overall tone goes back and forth between silly and serious with relative ease.
Apparently, this movie was remade, again with Wilson, as Moving Target (2000). I guess Don the Dragon had been in every type of movie ever made so the only option left was to redo THIS movie. Seems odd. Of all the movies to potentially remake...Bloodfist 4: Die Trying?
Bloodfist 4 is a great choice for Don the Dragon fans. If you don’t consider yourself one, don’t “die trying” to pick this one up, but if you see it somewhere, get it.
Comeuppance Review by: Brett and Ty
15 comments:
Great review. I'm sure I've seen 1 Bloodfist film but it wasn't this one.
Thanks, Ricky! I wonder which one you watched?
The plot synopsis alone would make this one a must see regardless of who was involved. Rampaging and illogical gangsters with nuke switches and chocolates? Count me in ...
Sadly I have fond memories watching Bloodfist I with my college buddy.
Dr. Blacksteed: Haha, it is a pretty ridiculous plot! Would be interested in your opinion.
Copyboy: Hmm, why was it sad? Bloodfist 1 is one of the best Bloodfists!
This was one of those cases where the flick starts off just fine but then it runs out of steam about the halfway point and never recovers. I really wish Daniels' role was beefed up more and that his and Dragon's fight had been saved for the climax. The Daniels Mullet was impeccable however.
Totally agree with you! Daniels should have been in it more. His mullet was awesome!
I'm guessing that there were many unanswered questions from "Bloodfist" III, II, and I that needed to be answered. You know I don't think I've ever watched a Don Wilson movie in its entirety.
Haha, they unfortunately didn't answer any questions from the sequels! Which ones did you try to watch?
I liked all the US Seals films, though the the 3rd one was my personal favorite, interesting theat they tried to market part 2 as a sequel to the Sheen film though(which I also liked)
I agree with you. The U.S. Seals movies were a lot of fun! We are going to watch U.S. Seals II soon for the site.
Ty I think the one I tried to get through was called Futurekicks or something like that.
Haha, oh yeah, Futurekick. That was pretty bad. I can see why you couldn't get through it!
I enjoyed this one too. Nothing spectacular, but enough action-- and a great fight between Daniels and Wilson-- to get me to the church on time.
Definitely agree. The Wilson-Daniels fight was a lot of fun. Daniel's mullet was hilarious too!
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