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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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