No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)

Directed by

Corey Yuen

Genre

drama film, action film, martial arts film, ghost film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 639 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager in Seattle learns karate from the ghost of Bruce Lee. He must use those skills to fight a Soviet villain.

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What happens

No Retreat, No Surrender (Chinese: 就等這一天; lit. 'We've been waiting for this day';) is a 1985 martial arts film directed by Corey Yuen in his English-language directorial debut, based on a story co-written with producer Ng See-yuen, and featuring fight choreography by Mang Hoi. It stars Kurt McKinney as Jason Stillwell, a teenager in Seattle who learns martial arts from the spirit of Bruce Lee and is eventually matched up against a Soviet fighter, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme in one of his earliest film roles. The film was an international co-production between Hong Kong's Seasonal Film Corporation and the American company Balcor Films. It premiered in Italy on October 20, 1985, before being released in the United States on May 2, 1986. It received generally negative reviews from critics but has developed a cult following. The film spawned two sequels, No Retreat, No Surrender 2 and No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers, neither of which involved McKinney or Van Damme. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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