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  • 1988
  • R
  • Cannon Film Distributors
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 1988
  • R
  • Cannon Film Distributors
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary Frank Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), an American martial artist serving in the military, decides to leave the army to compete in an underground martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.

Directed By: Newt Arnold

Written By: Sheldon Lettich, Christopher Cosby, Mel Friedman, Frank Dux

  • 1988
  • R
  • Cannon Film Distributors
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 1988
  • R
  • Cannon Film Distributors
  • 1 h 32 m

Bloodsport

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
29
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 55 User Ratings
7.7
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Summary Frank Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), an American martial artist serving in the military, decides to leave the army to compete in an underground martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.

Directed By: Newt Arnold

Written By: Sheldon Lettich, Christopher Cosby, Mel Friedman, Frank Dux

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Hacking through the jungle of cliche and reservoir of bad acting in Bloodsport are some pretty exciting matches. It all boils down to a confrontation between a clean-cut noble warrior and a snorting, apish, dirty fighter. As usual, it's no contest.
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Bloodsport is strictly for martial arts buffs; little is offered here in the way of plot, dialog, or acting.
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7.7
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16% Mixed
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76% Positive
42 Ratings
16% Mixed
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TLOU2ISGARBAGE
Sep 28, 2023
It's one of the best and most influential Karate movies. Don't worry about the moronic critics. They wouldn't know a fun movie if it bit them in the a$$. They gave it a low score because they're jealous of Van Damme's physique. Anyone that gives this movie anything below an 8, can't see their own genitals because of their gut.
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Sebsebseb
Aug 14, 2023
Mon premier van damme vu a 14 ans loué dans un vidéo club revu plus de 100 fois depuis un chef-d'œuvre pour moi
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40
Forest Whitaker's cameo adds plumage to what is otherwise a well-plucked turkey, humourless and plagued by a script full of stilted mumbo-jumbo.
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Bloodsport offers some lurid but fascinating bits. Chief among them: Van Damme, his feet tied to two poles, performs horrifyingly painful splits. Otherwise, Bloodsport boasts bad acting, bad photography and a bad script. So much for the art of motion pictures. [03 May 1988, p.C4]
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The fight scenes are staged cleanly enough by Newt Arnold, a veteran assistant director (to Sam Peckinpah, among others) making his debut at the helm. But the contest format is hopelessly repetitive and inert, the characters would seem underdeveloped in a comic book, and the restricted setting ensures that the action will never develop any real scale or velocity. The Chinese may take it on the chin in Bloodsport, but their own movies are infinitely better.
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Adut
Nov 18, 2022
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Muzzy86
Jul 4, 2022
Who the flip rates this masterpiece such a low score, Bloody ridiculous this is one of the best movies out
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Gloom-shroom
Apr 4, 2022
I have never seen/felt such a satisfying Jean-Claude Van Damme movie before
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arostislavna
Jul 28, 2023
Awful acting, plot, script - but serviceable martial arts combat. Unfortunately not real combat, and certain cuts & camera angles make it apparent it is simulated. This is like many of the other poorly acted Kung Fu films of its predecessor.
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royalguy07
Jun 7, 2023
The JCVD "American" accent is pretty amusing. Main problem is Frank dux is just a very boring and uninteresting character. Almost all the sides stories (Besides Jackson) like, the cops, the love interest, etc. are very very bad. When they are kicking and screaming its fine.
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Production Company Cannon International
Release Date Apr 29, 1988
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating R
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Tagline The secret contest where the world's greatest warriors fight in a battle to the death.
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