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No Retreat, No Surrender

Name: No Retreat, No Surrender
Director: Corey Yuen
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 1986-05-02
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Kurt McKinney, Jean-Claude Van Damme, J.W. Fails, Kathie Sileno, Kim Tae-Jeong

1986 · 1h 34m · Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama

IMDb 5.6 Metacritic 30 RT 80%

Skip it—this 1986 Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle is a clunky, low-budget martial arts flick with a tired underdog story and wooden acting that hasn't aged well. Unless you're specifically hunting for nostalgic 80s B-movie cheese, there are plenty of better action-comedies out there.

Plot

The mob is trying to strongarm local martial arts schools, forcing young Jason Stillwell and his family to move after his father is injured defending their dojo. With his father now rejecting violence, Jason is forced to train on his own to protect himself and his best friend from the members of a rival karate school.

Director: Corey Yuen

Cast: Kurt McKinney, Jean-Claude Van Damme, J.W. Fails, Kathie Sileno, Kim Tae-Jeong

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