Review of The Last Dragon (1985) by Michael T — 17 Mar 2009

Motown mogul Barry Gordy Jr. tried to become a film producer and the result was this martial arts movie. Barry should have stuck to record producing.

This review of The Last Dragon (1985) was written by Michael T on 17 Mar 2009.

The Last Dragon has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Last Dragon

Review of The Last Dragon (1985)

By Vaughan A (86) on 11 Sep 2015

Loved this karate kid rip off back in the day. been along time , but hey it's fun and has a cool sound track sonufff…

Read Review

Review of The Last Dragon (1985)

By Jay Carr (837) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 26 Apr 2018

It's slick Motown stuff, shrewdly kept on a brightly colored comic strip level, so that its silly plot and wild swings between dancing feet…

Read Review

Review of The Last Dragon (1985)

By Ryan V (1,568) on 26 Jun 2014

Awesomely cheesy stuff. It pulls together the loudest, most extravagant parts of 80s action movies…

Read Review

Review of The Last Dragon (1985)

By Sylvester E (218) on 10 Apr 2014

It's not the best film in the world....but, it's still really cool to watch…

Read Review

Review of The Last Dragon (1985)

By Alex G (1,313) on 30 Jul 2016

If I had seen this when I was a kid, I would have loved it. Unfortunately, its amazingness ifs contained to small bursts and ideas…

Read Review

Review of The Last Dragon (1985)

By Laurent B (115) on 18 Aug 2015

Very groovy and entertaining hommage to Bruce Lee, a must-see…

Read Review

Review of The Last Dragon (1985)

By Chase H (243) on 31 May 2015

Critics once again prove to be little more than a gaggle of anhedonic ostriches with their heads planted firmly up their asses…

Read Review

Review of The Last Dragon (1985)

By Mark H (1,764) on 04 Apr 2015

Characters like Bruce Leroy, Sho'nuff The Shogun of Harlem, a great cast and good soundtrack this Black Kung-fu parody was a.head of its time…

Read Review

Review of The Last Dragon (1985)

By Nathan V (80) on 25 Aug 2013

Suki yaki hot saki su, u saki to me.. I saki to u - awesome!! is there a better 80s kung fu mix flick? I love this movie…

Read Review

Review of The Last Dragon (1985)

By Johnny L (543) on 02 Nov 2013

It's really silly, but the originality of a black adolescent following the ways of Asian arts has garnered the film a cult following…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

By Broyax (884) on 29 Dec 2016

Je dis pas, Eddie Murphy est parfois drôle -enfin drôle, façon de parler, plutôt vaguement distrayant- à s'agiter et tchatcher dans tous…

Read Review

Review of Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

By Michael S (3,461) on 03 Mar 2010

Overall disappointing campy flick but with good passionate acting by Tura Satana…

Read Review

Review of Fargo (1996)

By Nazgulero (109) on 05 Jul 2011

This movie won two Oscars...it must have been a bad year at the movies. The movie never can decide if it wants to be a comedy or a thriller…

Read Review

Review of Batman Begins (2005)

By Micahelr (1) on 09 Nov 2007

Almost unwatchable.Christian Bale is an awful Batman almost as been as George Clooney.Morgan Freeman has no business being in a Batman or comic…

Read Review

Review of Lili Marleen (1981)

By Minna S (192) on 17 Mar 2010

Unbelievably and unbearably uninteresting. And it took about 10 minutes to realize this. So the 2 hours were more or less torture…

Read Review

Review of Mary Poppins (1964)

By Broyax (884) on 25 Dec 2018

Mary Popine, c'est ce que Disney sait faire de pire (à part les Staarr Waarzzz reboutés et déboutés) en matière de film gogol à chiards…

Read Review

Review of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

By Sahibkumarbala (2) on 20 Jul 2019

Indian Culture and Hindu Religion have been insulted in this Movie…

Read Review

Review of The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

By Sydmwswy (27) on 23 Jun 2022

Toxic movies that I hate forever I really believe that films like this harm not only the cinema but also our world…

Read Review

Review of Toscana (2022)

By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 28 Jun 2022

All Toscana has to offer is some decent (limited) scenery, a little taste of high-end cooking, and a love story that’s about as romantic…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews