Product: Bloodsport [VHS] (1988)
Rating: 5.0
an important jump for the martial arts world
I usually think of Van Damme as the prime example of a martial artists who puts minamal effort into his movies. Jean Claude Van Damme has the biggest muscles of any tv martial artist on tv that can still do the splits. no compromising.In this movie he seems to know he can't act, he knows what the audience wants and he delivers in high doses. only in "The Quest" does he ever again offer so much quality or quantity. His unlimited potential shines in this old eighties movie.This was a great way to leave back the old days of poorly dubbed people hitting each other with what sounded like whips. I think this is a prime example of a martial arts flick because thats all it tries to be.After this movie Van Damme raised his goals and thus drops his standard. So don't judge this movie off any of his other titles. This movie is one of a kind.