4 stars for the kumite
Added 9/3/2006
Following the previous 2 all-around excellent Bloodsports, part 3 is a sad disappointment in terms of any excitement until the last 30 minutes of the film, where it all makes up for it with some of the best fights ever.
Bloodsport 3 has a few returning characters from the 2nd film, including the main character, Alex Cardo (Daniel Bernhardt). The other 2 returns, Lueng (Pat Morita) and Master Sun (James Hong), have maybe 2 minutes of screen time combined. Bloodsport 3 does get a new charcater, Mr. Devalle played by John Rhys Davies - Indiana Jones and Lord of the Rings movie, who has decent acting talent. Mr. Devalle is the center of the story, encouraging Alex to fight in his tournament so that Devalle can place a successful bet on him. Refusing to enter the kumite, Devalle murders Master Sun so that Alex will change his mind, but he still refuses. Devalle enters a new competitor, The Beast, in hopes that he will prevail. After extensive training, Alex surprsingly enters the kumite to avenge his master and defeat The Beast.
Unfortunately, the story is boring and been done a hundred times, but fortunately it doesn't matter once the kumite begins. The kumite literally lasts for the last 3o minutes of the movie straight, with fight after fight of beautiful choreography and great editing. The Beast is definetly a great villain in the kumite, but unlike Chong Li and The Demon in the previous Bloodsports, he only has 3 fights in the entire kumite. His 3rd fight is against Alex, which lasts a good 4-1/2 minutes and is the best fight in the movie. I actually liked it a lot more than Alex's fight against Demon in the previous Bloodsport.
Bloodsport 3's only bright spot is the fights, which are not disappointing at all. The first hour of this movie is all around bad, but buying this movie for the kumite alone is still well well worth it.
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Dumb and Boring!!!!
Added 4/14/2004
I just want to say, if u wanna see a great Bloodsport, get the 1st, its the best one.
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Bernhardt needs work up his upper thighs.
Added 9/27/2002
I'm not gay but Yeah, the plot was okay. However, Daniel Bernhardt was far too lanky and his upper thighs were very weak especially for his long legs. He can't keep his legs up in the air very long.FURTHER, his chest muscles hardly rippled. They were big chest muscles, but he never flexed them (if he could). email me: nbs124@bigfoot.com
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I AM WITH YOU
Added 12/9/2001
AFTER MENTOR AND FATHER LIKE FIGURE SUN IS MURDERD, ALEXS TEACHER.ALEX SETS OUT TO FIND THE JUDGE(FROM LAST KUMITE,BLOODSPORT II)THE TRUE JOURNEY OF THE WARRIOR BRINGS HIM TO UNIQUE SURRONDINGS, TO THE JUDGE,WHERE HE BEGINS TO TRAIN .THE FIGHT IS MORE OF A THING WHEN THE LAST SHOWDOWN ARRIVES BETWEEN ALEX CARDO AND THE BEAST,BUT LETS LEAVE IT AT THAT...BLOODSPORT 4 SETS U OFF!!
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a truly spectacular film with great action
Added 10/16/2001
While the plot isnt the best, nor the acting the fighting rules and can compete to any martial arts film in the world. Get it now!!
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Bloodsport 4: The Crap Kumite
Added 1/5/2009
This movie after watching it was surprisingly a poor sequel because i was expecting a good kumite like the first 3 bloodsport films.
First of all the lighting in this movie was very bad and very dark, no wonder why this movie was called the dark kumite, because i couldn't see a thing.
Secondly, bloodsport IV has a very strange twist to it, its more like a crime thriller like hellraiser inferno. And the story was very hard to understand, if you watch it for the first time (or maybe im stupid).
This is one of those movies you need to watch a few times to pick up what you missed out on. What i did pick up on by watching this movie the first time was that the character alex cardo (the champion from bloodsport 2 & 3) is replaced by a new character called john keller.
After watching this movie a few times i figured out that detective john keller "WARNING: spoiler alert.........................." shoots 2 police officers to go deep, "DEEP" undercover to solve a case of a number of prisoners who have mysteriously left the face of the earth, but have really been selected to participate in a kumite, the dark kumite.
As a stand alone movie i would give it an 8/10, but because it has the name bloodsport attached to it, this movie has nothing to do with the series and gets a 1/10 from me, and is awarded as one of the worst sequels of all time.
In addition to that, other worst sequels include:
Best of the best 4 (worst of the worst)
Kickboxer 5
red scorpion 2
rocky 4
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its hard for me to not like even the bad martial art movies
Added 9/6/2006
Why???? Why must sequals always be so bad, especially when you get to something like a #4 in a series. There is nothing good about Bloodsport 4 except the couple of fights. The acting is so bad that its hard to enjoy this. High school students could act this one out much better. What's with Daniel Bernhardt? He's not playing Alex Cardo anymore but a cop named John Keller. Apparently, Keller's character calls for bad acting because Bernhardt sure provides it. He did so much better as Alex in Bloodsport's 2 & 3. But in Bloodsport 4, everyone else still can't act 1/2 as good as Bernhardt in the movie. Yep, its that bad.
Ok, so the acting stinks. The story does too. There is no in depth to this movie at all, no surprise, no twists, nothing. The only thing that gets 2 stars for this movie is the fights. There are several, actually pretty decent. Compared to the first 3 Bloodsports, the kumite is dissapointing. After 30 minutes of fights in the first Bloodsports, filled with lots of fighters with tons of techniques and styles, Bloodsport 4's kumite is a let down. To be honest, its not even a real kumite. Compared to some movies, they are good fights, don't get me wrong, but again compared to the first 3 Bloodsport movies, its a let down. The villain is one of the only cool character in the movie, played by Stefanos Miltsakakis (who also appeared as a fighter in Best of The Best 2 and in a few Van Damme movies). The other decent guy is a semi-villain fighter, played by David Rowe (an extremely cut fighter). Keller and Schrek (Miltsakakis) get the final fight in the kumite,which lasts for only a few moments.
The fights is all this is honestly good for. I'll still watch Bloodsport 4...when I get tired of watching the 100 other martial arts movies I own.
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LET ME BORROW YOUR PEN
Added 9/10/2005
The frivolous use of writing instruments is the only original idea in this tired kung fooey saga. Although physically imposing, Daniel Bernhardt's acting range is that of a rutabaga, and even though the fight scenes are reasonably well choreographed, they are not enough to overcome the basic lucidcrous plot. The other actors in the film are lifeless and dull; the movie's thin plot has been done in hundreds of karate classics, so there's little to recommend this film; I give two stars for its sheer existence.
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