Bloodsport
Jean-Claude Van Damme makes his starring debut in the aptly titled Bloodsport. An American soldier at large in Hong Kong, Van Damme becomes involved in the Kumite (also spelled Kumatai), a highly illegal kickboxing competition. Whoever survives the bout will be crowned Kumite champion of the world-a title that has plenty of challengers with homicide in their hearts. The finale offers a duel to the death (or near-death) between Van Damme and reigning Kumite king Bolo Yeung. The script is based on the real-life exploits of martial arts champ Frank Dux (who serves as the film's fight coordinator). Denied such niceties as production values, Bloodsport scores big-time in the violent action department. A sequel followed in 1995, inventively titled Bloodsport 2.
| Director: | Newt Arnold |
| Producer(s): | Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan, Mark DiSalle |
| Cast: | Forest Whitaker, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton, Bolo Yeung, Roy Chiao, Philip Chan |
| Writer(s): | Sheldon Lettich, Christopher Cosby, Mel Friedman |
