Cinepals - BLOODSPORT (1988) Movie Reaction & Review!

Episode Date: May 16, 2024

Achara & Vivian watch "Bloodsport," an 80's classic that follows martial artist Frank Dux as he competes in a brutal, underground fighting tournament in Hong Kong, aiming to honor his mentor and prove himself against the world's toughest fighters. This film stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme (Kickboxer & Universal Soldier), Donald Gibb (Revenge of the Nerds & Hancock), Leah Ayres (The Burning & All That Jazz), Bolo Yeung (Enter the Dragon & Double Impact), & Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland & Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) You can watch the cut down reaction to this movie (and many others) on our YouTube channel https://www.YouTube.com/@Cinepals and the full length reaction is available on our Patreon page https://www.Patreon.com/JabyKoay SOCIAL MEDIA ~ACHARA KIRK~ Twitter & Instagram: @AcharaKirk   ~VIVIAN DAY~  Instagram: @DarlingVivling ~CINEPALS~ YouTube: @CinePals Insta: https://instagram.com/TheCinePals Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCinePals

Senna. Pals. We're checking out Bloodsport, starring the Mussels from Brussels himself, Jean-Claude Van Dam. Oh, wow. I'm so ready for this movie. I hope you guys are too. Let's jump into it. Here we go.

I told you, this Kumite thing is real. I did not know that. It is. so that's great okay let's see what wow that's insane that's insane oh my gosh okay who is this man wow like i knew the kumite was real but i didn't realize that this was actually based on a real guy yeah ninjitsu oh my god i want to that's why What we're going to do. I want to study this now.

That's what we're going to do. Ninjitsu for like a few weeks. Yeah? Yeah. Only just because I was like, oh, ninjitsu, that's what ninjas do. My childhood dream was to be a ninja. And so I was like, yeah. But oh my gosh, how cool.

Do they even have that around here? Ninjitsu? It's not the most popular over here. I feel like I've never seen a dojo or whatever you call. Yeah. We had a. We had a club at my university, and so I was just like, yeah, let me join for a minute, but then... That's so cool.

Yeah, my problem is discipline. I have none. Well, you know. But this was fun. You just need to watch this every day. Yeah, I just need to watch this every day and be like, yeah, Nenjitza is awesome. Martial arts are great. I just need to pick one and commit to it.

Yeah. This was fun. I mean, there were definitely things that were, like, maybe a little cheesy. But overall, like, I thought it was really, really great. And I think Van Dam is awesome, especially when he's fighting. Like, some of his acting when he was not doing fighting stuff, I was kind of like, oh, it's not his strongest. It's not his strongest, but obviously we're here for his moves. And when he's, like, delivering the action and when he's acting in the action, I buy him.

100%. Like, he's so good. amazing smooth yeah swat yeah cool you see why people

throw money at him yeah it makes sense yeah it makes total sense classy he's so handsome was he yeah I don't notice

yeah no I'll have to watch it again especially yeah that one scene we just need a big like print out you know we should replace this

with just his his his discipline oh yeah I didn't mind the cheesy at all. It was so much fun. The scenes between him and Chong Li were

so palpable. Like they really had that rivalry or whatever. They were just like good deal. Yeah, yeah. Some of the choreography was really beautiful. Yeah. So fast. Impressed. Impressed. Hated the girl. Yes. Yes, we hate her.

She was just annoying though. The characters. Yeah, just the character. Do you know what I mean? Like, she comes in here, meets the guy, and then thinks that she can tell him what to do in a matter of like a day or two. Wait, hold on. Maybe that's just what women do.

Anyway, I don't know. But in, I'm joking. But in this situation, it's just like, no, you have no right to tell him what to do. Like, he's here doing his thing. If you were a long-time girlfriend, then fine. Maybe you can kind of try and talk some sense into him. I don't know.

But just let the man do what he wants to do. I mean, we're going into this, but I feel like if it was us, we've seen fights. So once you're there, you understand what's going on. Yeah. And that's at stake. And all the work that's poured into that discipline or whatever, they're fighting. And you see that it's not just like, oh, I'm a brutish guy. Yeah.

She didn't get it, obviously. But, you know. Do better. Yeah, exactly. She was annoying But I love the bromance though Between him and his friend That was really cute

Unexpected Yeah Super cute It was really nice I like the camaraderie Like the brotherly love Between them was just really Really refreshing

And it was just It was nice to just see two guys You know Just be friends and supported And respect each other Exactly They're skillable I really like to

That they didn't make The relationship between His sensei and him corny like super corny you know it was yeah like you could tell the validation was worth it it wasn't just like a easy write-off you know like it felt really good and genuine for me yeah and the way that they explained everything too because like at first i did have questions i was kind of like okay so obviously we know that jean claude van dam is belgian right and so he's got an accent can't hide that no how are you going to explain that this guy is in the

military for the U.S. I was kind of like, okay, a little bit of suspension of disbelief here, but then you know, when they explained his backstory and whatnot of like, oh, his parents moved here and the backstory with how he ended up with a sense

and like everything just added up. It all made sense and like losing the friend who was like a brother who was a sense's son, all of that. I was like, yes, on board, a hundred percent. I buy his motivation. Yeah. Yeah. Do we know how? he died, by the way?

I'm still in truth on that. So I thought it was because he went to the Kumite and then he was the guy that got killed last time by Chong Li and the throat punch. That changes everything. Yeah. And so immediately it kind of sets it up as like, that's the guy to take out.

Got it. So when he did, it was like satisfying on so many levels because it's like, that's the guy that took out his bro. That's the guy that hurt his friend. And also that guy's a dick. He's just a big dick. Yeah. Like, he needs to go.

But, like, as far as playing the villain, the actor who played him was really great. So good. And hinged on a great level. And, like, amazing pet control. Oh, my God. But after a while, it's like, we get it. That's, you can do that. Yeah, like, that's pretty cool.

I would love to see behind the scenes. Like, I'm about to go down a rabbit hole here. Yeah. Because it's always interesting to see the relationship between two, physical actors like that when they have to go through choreography or a fight scene or whatever. It's so cool to see them come together. Yeah. Even though they're like rivals, you know.

I would love to see how that look like. Yeah, because I would imagine knowing nothing about this film and not having done any research on it beforehand, but I would imagine that there would have been a lot of like very talented martial artists working on this movie as the various different characters because it was fun to kind of get the showcase of, like, all the different fight styles that they were showing. Obviously, we're going to make the lead character look the best. Of course. But, you know, it was just fun to see all of the different styles of martial arts and movement represented in the match.

Like, it felt really cool. Yeah. Yeah. This was really, really awesome. Such a fun movie. Anyway, you guys, let us know your thoughts in the comments below. Any fun facts? I love to read them.

And we will catch you next time. I'm a Chara Cook. This is Vivian Day. Ciao.