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Good prompt delivery.a film I have not seen in years .excellent value thank-you

This film has changed my life. It is one of my favorite martial arts films till this day and have watched it countless times throughout my life.Eric Roberts is a very talented actor.N Phillip Rhee is one of my all time favorite martial artists.Daniel Snailham

Nearly twenty years old.Not much of a story, but the matches are very good indeed. James Earl Jones plays the coach of a team setting out to take on five of Korea's best in a sort of mixture of martial arts.There are loads of emotional, weepy and thoroughly soppy moments, but nevertheless it is a film that maintains ones interest throughout.The Koreans are a joy to watch. I certainly would not have wanted to go up against them.A very good effort.A must-see for any fan of tae kwon do.

I've just finished watching this and have to say I'd forgotten how good it was. A trail from selection to the Olympics tournament makes an excellent martial arts movie - with a little family heartache thrown in for good measure. Really enjoyable to watch - even with all the crying (the film's not mine!😼) The film is not in widescreen and doesn't seem to have been upgraded from the VHS quality, as far as I can tell, and the dialogue near the start isn't that clear in places - no added subtitles - but it's still definitely worth having in you collection. [Although I'm a bit miffed that the 1-4 box set is available again at a cheaper price than this one alone!😾 Ah well. ] The yumptious Eric Roberts & Phillip Rhee and favourite James Earl Jones help make this a great blast from the past. Hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I have.

I haven't watched this since I was a kid. but last night I did and it was just as cool now as it was when I was a kid.if your into good martial arts films then this is the film for you.just going to order part 2 now.

Sound quality isn't very good.. have to have it turned up loud to even get average sound... snd being my favourite film... im disappointed

I've been trying to find this DVD for a while as it's one of my all time favourite films it cam in a speedily Manor and I've watched it numerous times already

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super film

Esta película es la que me animo a ser practicante de Taekwondo,.

I've started to write this review several times but aborted the attempts when I found myself unable to convey the quality of this movie. Mind you, I'm not necessarily talking about its theatrical value - that part's good, too, but relative - but as its quality as a genuine martial arts movie, opposed to just an action movie with kicks. It's not the only film to attain this distinction, but the fact that it manages to do so on an adult level with a mixed cast of both acclaimed and (at the time) forthcoming stars qualifies it as the grown-up version of The Karate Kid. If this means little or nothing to you, I advise you stop reading this review, but if you, like me, believe that the fighting arts can positively affect your life and that a good movie can be made of this concept, read on.The story: a team of professional martial artists - bearing no common ground but brought together through talent - must master themselves under the tutelage of a tough coach (James Earl Jones, The Great White Hope) en-route to representing the United States during the national championships and an all-or-nothing battle against the formidable Korean national team.I won't deny that the movie strays into B-grade territory every now and again. Though the rest of its fights take place on the mat in a professional capacity, the film affords itself one bar brawl, similar to something you'd see in a Van Damme movie (albeit with six Jean-Claudes instead of one). The script seriously neglects at least one of the main supporting characters (David "Sonny" Agresta), and the inclusion of one main character (Sally Kirkland of Anna as James Earl Jones' co-trainer) is unnecessary (or at least the size of her role is, in comparison to the work she does onscreen). With that said, the movie features surprisingly strong acting for any kind of martial arts film. The cast list includes no less than three Oscar-nominees in pivotal roles (Jones, Kirkland, and Eric Roberts of Runaway Train), and while they're not giving the performances of a lifetime, they and the others - including Chris Penn of Reservoir Dogs - are way beyond adequate. James Earl Jones' booming voice and Eric Roberts' emotional mini-speeches readily stand out as things that would have been difficult to pull off with a lesser cast and script and immediately set it apart from wannabe films that focused more on fighting.The fighting is worth more than half a glance, however. As the freshman outing of fight choreographer and quasi-villain Simon Rhee, the series of matches are a celebration of traditional tae kwon do, emphasizing forms which are realistic even if their application isn't (though they're still more true to life than almost all other blockbuster material of the time). The fighters are all real-life practitioners and collectively good (the Korean team especially is made up of recognized masters like Ho Sik Pak and Ken Nagayama), but I find myself appreciating the husky and uncharacteristically-cast Chris Penn almost more than the rest, as he goes to show that you do not have to be physically toned to excel at throwing kicks. There are a couple training scenes about, with the fights polarized to the first and fourth quarters of the film, and yet the martial arts are the subliminal driving point of the story. Each of the major characters has clasped onto a single aspect of them - for Phillip "Tommy" Rhee (all further sequels) it's personal desire and suffering, for John "Virgil" Dye (The Perfect Weapon) it's the spiritual aspects, for Chris "Travis" Penn it's the building of confidence in one's self, and so on - and throughout the movie they grasp additional aspects, therein becoming better people regardless of whether they win or lose their end matches. Some of the situations these concepts are demonstrated in may be hammy, but the emotional truth is untainted. The movie sets an upstanding example.Director Robert Radler would dedicate a good number of future martial arts flicks, but none at least with the emotional and dramatic worth of this, his magnum opus. I can honestly say that I can't think of a serious karate film buff who ought to be without this little gem; it's that good, even after twenty-two years of future films to compare it to. Buy.

Film molto veritiero e in cui si comprendono bene le attitudini di auto controllo che le arti marziali devono trasmetterti; l'unica cosa ormai non si trova più in italiano.