Bloodfist

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Bloodfist
DVD cover for BLOODFIST
Directed by	Terence H. Winkless
Produced by	Roger Corman Sally Mattison Cirio H. Santiago
Written by	Robert King
Starring	Don Wilson Joe Mari Avellana Billy Blanks Rob Kaman Kris Aguilar Riley Bowman Michael Shaner
Music by	Sasha Matson
Cinematography	Ricardo Jacques Gale
Editing by	Karen Horn
Distributed by	Concorde Films
Release date(s)	September 22, 1989
Running time	85 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
Followed by	Bloodfist II
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A martial arts movie starring Don Wilson. Wilson, playing a dojo sensei in California, who travels to Manila to avenge his professional kickboxer brother, who was murdered after a fight. It recieved a limited theatrical release from Concorde Films, opening on September 22, 1989 and ended up grossing $1,770,082.

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The film opens with a man severely beaten by his opponent, then after the guy finds out the game was rigged, decides to fight back. The opponent is dead on the floor, and the first guy is announced as the winner. On his way back to his home, he is surrounded by thugs and is killed.

Back in the United States, retired kickboxer Jake Raye (Wilson) and co-owner of Hal and Jake’s self-defense class receives a call from the Chinese department. The fighter who was murdered turns out to be Jake’s half-brother Michael, and must pick up the body in Manila. Jake travels to Manila and collects the body, but decides to stay there and find his killer. Jake gets training help from a man named Kwong (Joe Mari Avellana) and stays with local kickboxer Baby Davies (Michael Shaner), whom a local Chinese neighbor Angela (Marilyn Bautista) has a thing for, and his sister Nancy (Riley Bowman). Kwong tells Jake about a gladiator-like tournament known as the Red Fist Tournament where only one comes out alive, and his brother’s killer will likely be there.

Kwong trains Jake for the tournament and enters him. He manages to win all the fights and proceeds to the final match, where he faces off with Chin Woo (Aguilar). Kwong tells him that Chin Woo is his brother’s killer, and he also the fighter who put Baby Davis in a coma. Hal, who has come from California to watch Raye’s final bout, informs Raye that Kwong is the killer after Kwong drugs Raye. Angela comes in with a gun, but dies at the hands of Chin Woo. Woo is defeated by Raye, who sets off after Michael’s true killer. It is revealed that Kwong has a brother, who died at the hands of Michael that fateful night, and Kwong paid local villagers to murder him. Kwong fights Raye in the same alley where Michael met his fate. Jake is badly wounded, but finishes Kwong and impales him on a fence. Nancy and Jake walk off into the night.