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Bloodsport [1987] | ![Bloodsport [1987]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JD6783G1L._SL75_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Newt Arnold
Actors: Jean-claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton, Forest Whitaker
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: Video
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 5645
Format: Hifi Sound, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 88
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
EAN: 5014780370999
ASIN: B00004CIBU
Theatrical Release Date: February 26, 1988
Release Date: October 1, 1999
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Amazon.co.uk Review
A well-oiled Jean-Claude Van Damme makes his starring debut in what may be one of the few kickboxing films to be based on a true story. The Muscles from Brussels plays Frank Dux, the first Westerner ever to win the extreme "whupfest" known as the Kumatai (a long-running, no-holds-barred fighting tournament in Hong Kong). While a bit deficient in the script department (to say the least), this undeniably exciting flick succeeds by letting Van Damme play to his strengths: namely, minimal acting and a lot of impossibly acrobatic splits while kicking people in the head. Bloodsport is a guilty-pleasure testosterone blast of the highest order, with a memorable villain (the massive Bolo Yeung from Enter the Dragon) and a multitude of well-choreographed fight scenes. An embarrassed-looking Forest Whitaker cameos as a hapless (and non-kickboxing) cop. --Andrew Wright
Amazon.co.uk Review
A well-oiled Jean-Claude Van Damme makes his starring debut in Bloodsport, which may be one of the few kickboxing films to be based on a true story. The Muscles from Brussels plays Frank Dux, the first Westerner ever to win the extreme "whupfest" known as the Kumatai (a long-running, no-holds-barred fighting tournament in Hong Kong). While a bit deficient in the script department (to say the least), this undeniably exciting flick succeeds by letting Van Damme play to his strengths: namely, minimal acting and a lot of impossibly acrobatic splits while kicking people in the head. It's a guilty pleasure testosterone blast of the highest order, with a memorable villain (the massive Bolo Yeung from Enter the Dragon), and a multitude of well-choreographed fight scenes. An embarrassed-looking Forest Whitaker cameos as a hapless (and non-kickboxing) cop. --Andrew Wright
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 awesome family watching March 10, 2008
ok so it might not be a typical family watching film, but i grew up watching this film with my dad and it never bothered me or gave me nightmares or anything. It has now become an absolute favourite of mine and i make my fiance watch it over and over again when we rent it constantly from the video shop. I have to buy it...this film and of course kickboxer, another family favourite. The music throughout these films are awesome. Such feel good films and who doesnt love to watch jean claude van damme in that leotard. haha.
Jean-Claude Van Damme in top form! January 11, 2008
I am a firm favourite of Jean-Claude Van Damme and his films. This was no exception. Frank Dux (Van Damme) is trained in the martial arts and enters an illegal fighting competition called the Kumite. There he must battle his way to be the top fighter.
This film shows many different fighting techniques by different people and it is good entertainment, but only if you like that kind of thing.
 The Different Fighting Styles and Van DAmne...enough reasons !!! December 12, 2007
The movie is good fun at its best. The storyline is average, the acting is okay, but I had a good time watching it, and that is what counts. As Frank Dux,Jean-Claude Van Damme , enters the Kumite, an illegal martial arts tournament. The police are after him, his competition is fierce and there is no mercy where he is heading. Each fighter has his own style of fighting. This is what makes this movie the most interesting. Being a martial arts film, this is probably one of the most famous ones, and for Jean-Claude Van Damme, his best movie. Well recommended if you are a fan of the genre, other wise you might be disappointed. This is Jean-Claude at his best!!
Quick Reviews! September 3, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
Although it has aged quite badly (as most films of this type from the eighties have), Blood Sport is a favourite from my youth and is one of Van Damme's best early efforts. There are no strings and no CG here so the fights are all the more impressive, and it is always refreshing to return to those days. The plot and characters may be simple, some of the acting may be amateurish, and the music may be dodgy but Bloodsport remains an enjoyable no-brainer for fans of the star or genre.
Van Damme stars as Frank Dux, a soldier in the US Army. He has been trained by Tanaka all his life in martial arts, and wishes to travel to the infamous Kumite tournament in Hong Kong to avenge his friend's death. The Kumite is a tournament which attracts the best and most vicious fighters from around the world, many of whom are seriously injured or killed while taking part. Dux breaks orders and travels to Hong Kong, but two soldiers follow him in an attempt to bring him back. There he meets Ray Jackson, a fellow fighter and Janice Kent, a reporter trying to get an inside scoop on the tournament. From there we see many fights as Dux progresses in the tournament whose defending Champion Chong Li (Bolo Leung-50 years old!!?) is a deadly killer. Naturally they meet in the final.
Once the plot devices of revenge and honour are put in place all we have to do is sit back and watch the fights. They are well-staged, there is a fair amount of violence, some humour, and the main cast do as well as could be expected. This is a must for Van Damme fans, but there will be little for anyone who does not watch martial arts movies.
VAN DAMME DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST April 29, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bloodsport opens with a montage of fighters preparing for the Kumite, an illegal full contact mixed martial arts tournament held in Hong Kong. It gets the viewers for the bloodiest cultural display of martial arts combat in decades.
A clean shaven United States military officer Frank Dux (Van Damme), after going A.W.O.L from his post (and two officers including Forest Witaker are dispached to bring him back) and using his superior combat training he gets ready for the Kumite.
Once in Hong Kong, Dux befriends fellow American Ray Jackson, also a Kumite fighter and the two prepare for the tournament. There is a lot of mystery that surrounds the illegal tournament - nobody will talk about it. Nobody can pick fights outside the ring which will result in an automatic DQ.
When it comes time for the action of the Kumite, 40 or so fighters look over one another eager to jump into the ring and fight it out. But nothing can prepare Ray and Dux for the hulking South Korean fighter and current Kumite champion Chong Li who has a reputation for fighting dirty and is rumoured to have once killed one of his opponents.
Bloodsport is a perfect star making film for Van Damme, although some studio execs didn't think so. Van Damme had to fight like there was no tomorrow to get Bloodsport released and I think its nowhere near as bad as people made it out to be.
Once the fights start the blood flows as one fighter is knocked out after the other.
Even in recent years Bloodsport is still a decent affair that gets bogged down by some cheesiness and bad dubbing at the beginning but its still a good watch.
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