Review of No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) by Harry W — 15 Jul 2012
Poor acting, Poor quality audio and some parts seem just uttertly ridiciulous. Luckily, Since i'm not a k*ntmuching critic, i've come to expect this from a low budget 80's fight film. Guess what? I liked it.
Borrowing themes from the karate kid, No Retreat, No Surrender is a piece of independent gold. The fight scenes were choreographed incredibly well, therefore giving the film a good name, because thats all a low budget fighting film requires.
Youngster Kurt Mckinney Shows promise as a different type of Daniel Larusso, and The creators of this film were smart enough to identify Jean-Claude Van Damme's peformace before he moved onto bigger budget films. The endless breakdancing and scenes training with the ghost of bruce lee (Yes, its quite odd at this point) turn it into a piece of teenage violence, romance and random other stuff.
The audio quality is rather poor though, in that you will be able to identify the film's low budget by listening to the film, rather than watching it. Still, awesome mainly because of the classic training montage and the song that went with it.
This review of No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) was written by Harry W on 15 Jul 2012.
No Retreat, No Surrender has generally received mixed reviews.
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