Today Matt & Todd are joined by Logan again to step into the arena for a film we love: 1988’s Bloodsport.

The words are few, but you came here for the Bloodsport, and you get it. A mix of martial arts styles, excellent fight scenes, and a dash of slapstick make this the cinematic equivalent of your older brother’s Karate Kid. For aspiring combat‑sport athletes, it might even be their Rocky.

If you’re not familiar: Bloodsport tells the inspired by true events story of veteran, martial-artist, and pirate-liason Frank Dux’s legendary performance at an underground, full‑contact tournament known as the Kumite.

Bloodsport is directed by Newt Arnold and stars:

• Jean-Claude Van Damme as Frank Dux
• Donald Gibb as Ray Jackson a fellow western Kumite fighter.
• Leah Ayres as Janice Kent an investigative journalist
• Norman Burton and Forest Whitaker as CID Agents tracking the AWOL Dux
• Whit Bissell award winner Bolo Yeung as Chong Li (Dux's massive opponent)
• Whit Bissell award winner Ken Siu as Victor Lin (Dux' manager)

Impressive fight choreography by Frank Dux himself with David Worth (who would later direct Kickboxer ) as cinematographer

Join us as we celebrate the punches, the splits, the slow‑motion faces of agony, and the pure Cannon‑era charm of a movie that knows exactly what it is and absolutely commits to it.

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