Story: Tommy Lee Phillip Rhee comes to visit his sister and finds that the town is being overrun with members of the Arian brotherhood. But when Phillip Rhee got a hold of the script, he liked it so much that not only did he produce it, he wanted it to become a new entry in the Best of the Best 1989 series. With the power of the supremacist cabal defused, the townspeople soon restore order. Tommy is basically given reason after reason to take on guys of 4 or more and throw them through various fruit stalls, ticket offices, coffee tables, and french windows. The matching attributes are highlighted in bold. .
After sparing the life of a new racist recruit, Owen Tucker Peter Simmons , Tommy Lee knocks the daylights out of, but no sense into, Donnie Hanson. Not surprisingly, this also proves to be its greatest weakness. These Arian brothers certainly weren't expecting a Taekwondo expert to show up. Pursued by motorcycling rednecks, Tommy Lee rescues Margo from gang rape but can't prevent the kidnapping of Justin and Luther. Karen Banning as Cristina Anzu Lawson. The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Cast Cast overview, first billed only:.
Tommy and his sister's husband played by Christopher Mcdonald team up to stop the racism. Although specific martial arts sequences e. So he asked Deborah Scott to rewrite it with Tommy Lee as the main character. Although it earnestly targets the seduction of impressionable folks by White Supremacists, this action picture fumbles by portraying the encroaching Aryans as right-wing cartoons. When Hanson cowardly attempts to assassinate Tommy Lee, Owen shoots down his former wizard like a dog.
ยป I picked this up 2nd hand and really enjoyed it, in a campy way. Those action buffs in the mood for mindless body-bashing should steer clear of this martial arts anomaly, which sorely tries to temper its violence with a contemplation of the side effects of misguided testosterone, hate, and racism. The cast, awkwardly headed by leading leg-man Rhee who also directed , lends the ideal of tolerance a vital dimension, but can't help but emerge as paper-doll figures. Although it earnestly targets the seduction of impressionable folks by White Supremacists, this action picture fumbles. The acting and direction are seriously questionable but this film is obviously about fight scenes and they are entertaining enough, from the moment we see Gershon's house is full of glass tables, flimsy bookcases and china filled cabinets we know we are in for a treat.
Not surprisingly, this also proves to be its greatest weakness. Tommy turns up in some rural town and steps right into a race war. While finding time to woo the town schoolmarm Margo Preston Gina Gershon , who obstructs the militia's land expansion at a town-hall meeting, Tommy spearheads the campaign to douse the rising fires of the burning-cross mentality. Terrible, patronising attitude toward racial issues but, hey, its got a rocket launcher and plenty of flying kicks. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about martial arts, rivalry, hand to hand combat, fistfight, crimes, violence and tough guy mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres.
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