Anomaly Presents: Bloodsport: Fighting for Glory with JCVD!

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Anders, are they.

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No, but they are standard.
Standards are standards, andthat's what we.
We live by.
So, yes, this is the AnomalyPresents podcast.
We are talking about.
The podcasts are talking aboutthe podcast that inspired genre movies.
No, it's the other way around,isn't it?
It's the movies that inspireda genre podcast.
Yeah.
We've been doing this for six years.

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I still can't get the fuckingintro right.
Anyway, tonight we are talkingabout jcvd, baby.
We are doing our second JeanClaude Van Damme 3rd Jean Claude
Van Damme movie, right?
Yes.
Because we've done StreetFighter, Target, Street Fighter,
and.

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And now Bloodsport.
So I forgot Hard Targetbecause, like, I was like.
No.
One of my favorite.
I'm ashamed.
As an aside.
Mullets.
Roundhouse Kicks.
Oh.
So everybody watch it, thenlisten to our episode about Hard
Target.
Somewhere in the deep depthsof the Internet, I found the work

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print for that movie.
And I will be happy to sharewith anybody on this, the show.
Currently, I think I'd getsued if it was anybody outside of
this immediate circle but kp.
Meg, if you ever want to seethe work print for Hard Target, I
allegedly have it on a harddrive somewhere.
Just.
Why am I not watching it right now?
I feel like you failed me.
Because we have to talk about Bloodsport.

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That's why.
Oh, okay.
Okay.
That's.
This is one of the few things.
The few things, I'm like, all right.
Number one, I enjoy carrotmore than stick.
So we're gonna do this, andthen I will share that with you.
If it was stick, it would beTime Cop.
Anyway.
Wow.
But true.
I mean.
Yeah.
Under.
Yeah.
Or would just go Seagal.

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Oh, that's a.
You know what?
I'm ready.
It's different energy.
Yeah.
Like, very different energy.
Do you know, Seagal, like,everything is blue screen now.
Like, if he's driving, it'slike a Seinfeld episode in a movie
now.
Because he doesn't.
Yeah.
Oh, it's real.
Yeah, that just real bad dubbing.
If they can cover his face inany way, all of a sudden he's 20
pounds thinner.

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And it's amazing because hecan't kick.
About knee height anymore.
Yeah.
Keeps on taking dubbing.
What was happening with someof the dubbing at the beginning of
this movie?
What are you gonna do.
When the.
I don't know, who, thecolonel, the.
Chief, whoever, the generalthat was wrong.

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When he dips, I'm like, whatis happening?
Because the movie knows.
Like, you know what?
It's fine.
None of this matters.
This doesn't matter.
Don't worry about it.
We're not.
We're not going back to filmthat again.
Come on.
Kum.
To film.
Exactly.
So, yeah, this is Bloodsport.
It's 1988's Jean Claude VanDamme Opus featuring Bolo Young.

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Shout out to our buddies overat Punches and Popcorn.
Bolo Young, the patron saintof punches and popcorn.
We love him here, too.
Do you guys want to watch thetrailer of this with me?
Yeah, let's see if we can do it.
We're going to try.
I don't know if it'll work,but we're going to try.
I believe in you.

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Thanks.
I believe in me, too.
And that's all that counts.
Worst case, I'll just wash itin your glasses.
There you go.
This is the thing.
Complete aside.
Next time I get glasses, Ihave to get the AR reflective.
Yeah.
Because this time I was like,I don't need that.
And then I realized I spend acouple hours on video every week,
and I'm like, oh, shit, thisis terrible looking.

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I cheaped out.
And I'm very sorry that youget to see whatever's in my frames
if you're watching on video.
If you're not, you're missing out.
Yo.
Anomaly Film Fest on Twitch.
Sometimes we'll pop up andwe're live recording.
And then you won't hear this again.
This will not be released atthe podcast for at least a month.
That's right.
How could you wait?
How could you wait?

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Also, our faces are delightful faces.
Yeah.
Which.
All right, I'm gonna pretendI'm at work.
Can everybody see my screen?
Yes.
You're muted.
You're muted.
Okay.
Can everybody hear me?
Okay.
Okay.
So here we go.

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For centuries, the Society ofthe Black Dragon has sanctioned an
ancient right of combat knownas the Kumite Open Only to the world's
most lethal warriors.
It has never been won by a Westerner.
You are not Stepp.
I can do it.
Now, for the first time, thetrue story of America's super agent

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Frank Dinks can be revealed.
Uncle Sam can't afford to letyou get hurt.
I'm going to.
Uncle Frank is going to fightin the kumite and we're here to stop
him.
An awesome human weapon.
There.
It's me, just looking at it.
Who infiltrates the Chinese underworld.
I did not come this far tostop now.

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Take him to enter a forbidden competition.
Couldn't you just get me in straight.
Strict rules, no press.
You telling me you never break rules?
Wear every fighting style,every worthy opponent, every deadly
technique.

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Clash in savage combat.
Time to separate the men fromthe boys.
And only one will triumph.
Now I break you.
International martial artssensation Jean Claude Van Damme.
End.
Blood.
Blood sport.
The true story of the ultimate champion.

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The way I have been just chanting.
Go, right, I feel like really,any situation can be made better
by just a.
Oh, yeah.
You want to go out to eat test today?

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What's the worst of all thelies of that trailer?
No, Dukes is Canadian.
Yeah.
Canadian American.
I thought.
Yeah, Canadian American.
I feel like, as Rochesterians,aren't we all Canadian American at
a certain point?
Well, I mean.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Salute to our.
Our proud friends across thegreat lake.

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We love you, we love your guests.
And Tim Hortons and hockey.
Thank you so much.
Great.
I won't get into it now, butI'm like, oh, God.
They repeated it twice.
The true story.
Yes.
Based on true story.
As much as anything FrankDukes ever said.
Oh, my God.
I rewatched this on Sunday andI remembered a lot of it.

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I think some.
I did get confused withkickboxer because it had been so
long.
Yeah.
And I was waiting for thesexual assault.
Then I was like, oh, thank Godit's not this.
This is what.
One of the many reasons that Iwas like, I like bloodsport better.
And it's because, hey, nosexual assault.
Thanks.
Movie.
It wasn't needed.
And you made like.
No, there's no time.

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Yes.
And stakes are already there.
And when it got to the end, Iwas aghast.
I.
Because I.
I said, there's no way this is real.
And then immediately went to Wikipedia.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
This is one of those films and.
And not in the Coen brotherssense where they say based on true
stories.
But, you know, they're just,like, doing, like, the, like.

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No, no, they're.
They're Joking.
And you know they're joking.
This movie at that moment verymuch meant that this was based on
true things that actuallyhappened to martial arts hero, honorary
ninja, CIA assassin, secretman, Frank Dukes.
Yeah, Frank Dukes.

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Do you wanna.
Do you want to take a coupleminutes before we.
We jump into the movie to talk about.
Yeah.
Our good friend Frank Dukes.
I got so excited I dropped my pen.
Okay.
Yeah, let's do this.
Because I love this.
A lot of this information I'mgoing to highly recommend and I'll
put a link in our.
Our podcast episode page comesfrom the fantastic YouTube channel
Napoleon Blown Apart.

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And he does a lot of like kindof like videos and documentaries
about.
Well, he does some MMA stuff,but very interested in what we would
called martial arts fakes.
Folks who have built careerson saying, like, I'm an amazing person.
And to warm up to this, theBlack Dragon Fighting Society and
the Dim Mock were completelycreated by a.

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An insane man named CountDante, who but also was an actual
martial arts instructor.
He did have a black belt, I'mgonna give him that.
But he was also a little bit nuts.
He tried to blow up a rivaldojo at one point.
He had been a hairdresser andI think a car salesman and then became
a martial arts instructor.

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But this is the interesting.
He also like knew how to makea book.
Right.
Like he was very good.
And what he had found out isif you put an ad in the back of magazines.
This is about 1970s.
Yeah.
What said.
Do you want to know about thekilling move that you can make with
your hand for five?
You know I do, yeah.
This brochure will tell youabout the Dim Mock, which is a killing
technique only known by theBlack Dragon Fighting Society.

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All absolute and all stuffthat Frank Duke said.
Oh yeah, I know what he'stalking about because those.
That's who runs the kumite.
An actual factual thing thathappens and not just built on.
So anyway, we have someoneaccount Dante who can actually fight.
Just, you know, he's nuts.
Right.
There's a whole video on him too.
Frank Dukes.

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Okay.
Our.
Our boy Frank Dukes.
He says this is somewhat based.
He says yes.
When he was a young boy hecaught the attention of Senzo Tanaka,
a very real person who doesn't share.
It's odd that he shares a namewith a James Bond character.
And Frank Dukes was a big fanof James Bond, though his argument
later was oh no, no.

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He was just so amazing thatpeople knew about him.
So Ian Fleming just had heardthe name about not.
He really liked you only live twice.
So already fantastic started.
And he said, yes, he trained me.
In fact, he trained me becausehe's part of an ancient ninja clan,
that he trained me.
And then he took me back toJapan to fight in the.
In the city which is the homeof the ninja.

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And I was accepted as part oftheir clan.
This is the beginning.
This is all like before he's20, so he already has this.
And because he was so good atthis, and because Tanaka himself
had fought in the kumite, helearned about a super.
The super secret fightingtournament that also everybody knows
about and happens all the time.
But also it's super secret andno one's ever caught any footage

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of it.
And it just happens that he's,like, undefeated every time.
Was amazing.
In fact, he got one of those swords.
And later, the reason hedoesn't have the sword anymore.
Guys, guys.
The reason that Frank Dukesdoesn't have the kumite sword anymore
is he traded it to Somalipirates for kidnapped kids years
ago.
Anyway, not to lose track ofthe very important story of Frank
Dukes the kumite, he thenlater said that apparently he did

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serve with the Marine Corpsbriefly, though he makes it sound
like he was in Vietnam whenthat timeline doesn't work.
But this is the important thing.
He didn't just lie about that.
He lied about gettingrecruited by the CIA because he's
such a good fighter that hetaught them his own secret, like,
martial arts moves.
But also he was in disguiseand, like, he just had all these

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things, but there's no recordsbecause they had to keep it secret.
And in fact, it was so secretthat he wrote an entire book called
the Secret man.
And he played she, publishedand then went on talk shows about
how it was so secret that theycouldn't give him all the words.
They wanted to give him aPurple Heart.
They can't.
Even though that's not howcommendations work, which they're
supposed to be public, butthey just couldn't.
Not him.
Now he'll tell you he's gonnaget it.

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That's fine.
No worries.
Anyway, Frank Dukes, who heldthis, has, I think, has held this
story that, like, oh, no, youcan't find any records of anything
I say that you can't findrecords of because it's top secret.
Also, I'm James Bond, but I'malso a ninja.
And also I'm so amazing.
Look at this movie.

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Later, he sued John Claude Van Damme.
So.
And Sheldon Lettich, thescreenwriter of Bloodsport, said,
yeah, he told me a lot of tall Tales.
But turns out it was all.
So anyway, the hero,everybody, Frank Dukes.
Right.
That he was coached on what to say.
Oh, he had a friend.

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Yeah, yeah.
Like.
Like, yeah.
Because Dukes brought a friendwho said, oh, I witnessed all of
this.
Then later, they had a falling out.
Weird.
Why can't Frank hold any friend?
Who knows?
And he basically told, like,Sheldon, like.
Oh, yeah, he just told me whatto say.
I didn't see any of that.
There was always that kidgrowing up that would say, like,
somebody famous is related tome, you know?
Right.
Or spinning tall tales.

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And then I don't know if theyjust never got the shamed enough
to stop.
Yeah.
And then now how would you.
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, it's just.
It's amazing because it justkept going.
Like, you think one of those.
One of those things would beenough of a lie to build on?
But no, no, he was like.

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And then.
And then I fought Santa, andthen all the gifts, I became Santa.
I traveled back in time and.
Exactly.
Oh, so.
But here's the thing.
I can't be upset at FrankDukes because we have Bloodsport,
one of my favorite movies.
So end of the story is, Iguess you can get away with it.

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You can make it.
You can inspire somethinginteresting, and I didn't have to
personally deal with you.
Okay.
Also, if we get mad at FrankDuke Dukes, his mom won't let us
swim in the pool.
So, like, yeah, we got friendswith him because, yeah, it's getting
to be summertime, and we needto be able to get in Frank Duke's
mom's pool.
So you can't really call himout on his lies.

(16:07):
Yeah, this man looks wild.
Just look at pictures of him.
You can find.
Yeah, yeah.
You can find via Wikipedia,like, the original article from a
black belt magazine, which Iremember as a kid.
Oh, nice.
Karate.
Yeah.
I used to go and look throughthe black belt magazine while I was
waiting for class.

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I love that.
I love that you rememberseeing Frank.
There was a lot of mustachioed men.
So I may not have realizedthat it was Frank Dukes, but, yeah,
y' all.
KP knows Dim mock.
I don't want to blow up yourself.
All I'm saying is, like, don't.
Don't step to Kpop.
Also, in a world of FrankDukes, always be the Gene labelle.

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Always be Gene labelle.
Take that, Steven Seagal.
We'll go into that later.
I love that story.
Oh, my God.
You can look it up now orwe'll talk about it later, y' all.
Google it.
Great story.
Look it up.
Eventually, when we get to aSeagal movie, we'll talk about it.
But you do judo.

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Gene LaBelle, name amongst names.
Yeah.
So anyway, the movie which issupposed to be the life, the early
life story of Frank Dukes,which starts with about a 20 minute
mini movie.
Yeah.
Of a flashback before he opensthe door.
But you know what?
I appreciate the movie's like,we got a lot to get into.
Let's just.
We'll just show you.

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Don't worry.
We'll just show you.
Yeah, it does.
It does a great job of show.
Don't.
Yes.
Yeah, I listen, the.
The kid who's playing youngFrank maybe can't convey the emotion,
Any emotion he's supposed to.
No.
Because I don't think Frank'ssupposed to be just someone who just
never reacts because it's.

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He and his friends arebreaking in to Tanaka's house.
Right?
This is how they meet.
And like, oh, they're gonnatake the sword.
But, oh, they hear a sound andthey run and they're like, frank,
run with us.
And like, I don't know if it'ssupposed to be that he's not scared
or what, but he just standsthere as if our hero just doesn't
know enough to leave when he'sbeen caught breaking and entering.

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Yeah.
You know, like, he just stands there.
He's like.
And then, you know, like, so.
And I guess that's how hebecomes in this movie.
He just stands there longenough that Tanaka's like, I guess
I can train you too.
Dumb kid who broke into myhouse and tried to steal my kumite
sword.
Because you can see by notbeing able to see what he would see
in this blank board of a kid.

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Yeah.
So then he doesn't react.
Anything.
No reaction.
But then he talks to theparents about martial science.
And then dad's like.
And he is martial science.
He.
He doesn't explain it, which I love.
He goes into why, like, oh,well, you know, like a young man
needs that.
But he doesn't say what it is,which is like, just tell them it's
martial arts.
Tell them.
Just tell them it's likephysical activity.

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Please.
The parents want some answers.
Yeah.
And then they just hand overtheir kid to be a punching bag.
Yep.
Yeah, there you go.
We never see his parents again.
They're alive.
We just never see him.
No.
He has a new dad now.
Yes.
Senzo Tanaka.
Yeah, but he has enoughgetting beaten up and not taught
anything.

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It's.
It's very parallel to Kung Pao.
You.
Know, we Trained him wrong.
As a joke, though Frankie getsquite a break when Tanaka's son,
Shingo, is killed, whichreally helps Frank, because then
Frank is able to slip intothat son thing again.
He is a living father at thispoint, as far as we know.

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But no, no, no.
He wants to be, you know,Tanaka's son and be trained.
And then we get an awesometraining montage.
Oh, my God.
One of the greatest trainingmontages in history.
Yes.
Yes.
Did you know, John, Claude VanDamme can do a split?
They'll remind.
Wait, what?
Oh, yeah, don't worry about it.
We got you covered so manytimes throughout the movie.

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I mean, I expect it.
I'm not gonna complain.
I'm like, listen, I guess if Icould do that, I'd be doing it all
the time, too.
Oh, this went over here.
Hold on.
Let me just reach this down here.
Pick it up.
The mail.
Full split, grab.
Pick them up.
Like the Barbie that you givethe splits, like.
And it's.
It's one of my favorite kindsof, like, training montages.

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Especially, like, a martialarts one where at least half of it
is, I'm gonna beat the out ofyou with, like, a stick or I'm gonna,
like.
And.
And you just have to deal withit, which I love.
I feel like maybe that's for acertain audience, and that's awesome.
But also, I just love the ideathat, like, I'm just gonna hit you.
Take it.
Take it.
I'm just gonna string you up.
But, you know, focus.
I'm like, you sure he's notstill messing with you?

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But I.
I love it.
It does set us up for thefinal fight, and it's one of my favorites
where it's like, I'm gonna.
I'm gonna mess with you foryears, and that's training.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But it sets.
It.
It sets up that he knows howto fight without seeing.
It sets up that he can centerhimself when he is confused, is in
pain.
Like, the more it serves a purpose.
It does.

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Yeah.
It is.
It is.
Yeah.
Chekhov's training montage,where everything you set up in the
first act comes through in the third.
It's very, very good screenwriting.
Shout out to our good friendsSheldon Lettich for coming through
the movie.
And it's telling us everythingwe need to know.
Okay, don't worry.
Here you go.
This will come up again.
Don't worry.
We got you.
And I was like, yeah.

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So it just sets up that entirerelationship as he opens the door
and, oh, no, Tanaka's dying.
Oh, yes.
Poor Tanaka.
Oh, oh, we did skip a quick thing.
I'm going to tell you why Iskip it.
Because I forget it every time.
Yeah, I forgot.
Yeah, he works for the US armyand apparently super, super important.

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But I don't remember and I'veseen this movie several times.
If they ever verbalize exactlywhy he's so important that they need
dudes to go get him from thekumite, they.
Said that they put too muchmoney into him.
So the implication is probablythat he's like an agent or important
and like, he's Frank Dukes.
You're right, Katie, what am I saying?
Why are you asking questions?

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He's Frank Dukes.
I love the movies.
Like, yeah, like all you knowis he's just super, super important
to the army.
So they're going to wastethese two agents time because he's
on furlough.
Like he's on vacation.
But they can't risk it.
Wasn't he supposed to.
I don't know if you'resupposed to like actually check out
when you go on leave.
And then he just never did.
So he technically.

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That guy.
He technically went awol.
That's awol?
Yeah, because they weren'tgoing to let him leave.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, I mean, you got to catchhim first.
Yeah, he's quick, even in loafers.
And let's take a moment tothink about this here.
He's going to put in hisrequest for leave, and what is he
going to say?
I'm going to go join anillegal martial arts tournament in
Hong Kong.
I need the week off.

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Well, here's the thing.
Of course he could.
He's Frank Dukes.
What are they going to do,stop him?
He's the golden boy.
The entire military is basedon his training and his inspiration.
Yes, salute.
That's important because thatsets up when he's there.
So he's that.
And then we learn that Tanakais dying.

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So that's why he's come tosay, basically he's like.
He wants him to know that hewon the kumite because Tanaka always
wanted his son.
Which is kind of a wildthought process to want your son
to do that.
But doesn't he explain itlater kind of to the journalist?
Kinda.
Yeah, yeah.
Like I think it's about.
But it's, it's.

(23:31):
Yeah, it's.
I mean, it's that whole.
Her whole story aboutunderstanding what the.
Which.
I mean, it's dudes, you wantto fight dudes.
And it's okay, isn't it?
Showing the setup of thekumite with him getting Ready?
I'm trying to remember whereit's interlaced.
Oh, okay.
So, well, actually the movie begins.
Begins with a montage ofdifferent fighters training for the

(23:54):
kumite.
Yeah.
So we get a brief setup forlike, okay, there's mixed martial
arts.
It's all these different styles.
Yeah.
Then we go to.
The government doesn't wanthim to go.
Then we get to him going toTanaka and he's going to go to Hong
Kong because that's where thekum is happening.
So I think about that time weget a setup because that's when.
About when so he meets hisfriend Ray.
Not to skip ahead too much, Ithink when Lynn shows up, who's the

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guy who's like, hey, I'm hereto take care of all the, like, the
western fighters.
And that's when he lays outlike, no fighting outside.
It's like a three day event.
There's three ways to win.
Like three days to win is whenthey're watching the first match.
Right.
It's like that's all part ofthat same thing where he's kind of
guiding them through.
And.
Yeah.
And I think about that firstday is where we get like the setup,

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like the basic rules.
Yeah.
Also Rey, you may recognizehim if you are an 80s kid from revenge
of the Nerds.
Yeah.
I mean, I'll be honest.
Yeah.
I was Ogre.
I was like, oh, ogres in this film.
Yeah.
I had cable.
Too young, y' all.
Yeah.
Especially now I've been watching.

(24:57):
Yeah.
If you are on the young sideof our demographic and are curious
about Revenge of the Nerds,don't watch it.
You know what?
Yeah.
It makes you feel kind of ick.
Yeah, it's an ick in there.
Unfortunately, it's pretty yucky.
Yeah.
Pretty.
Oh, watch Real Genius instead.
Yes.
Watch that twice.
Yeah.
If you want an 80s collegecomedy that holds up, Real Genius

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is the one you want.
Yes.
But he is a prolifictelevision actor.
You'll see him in a bunch ofmovie or TV shows from the 80s.
He was an episode of Benson,an episode of the A Team, Night Rider.
If they needed a big guy, he.
Was your man hanging with Mr.
Cooper.
And he's very charming, whichI think is needed for this film.
I mean, listen, I love jcvd,but like, I.

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He's not like a quick wit.
He doesn't.
He's not warm.
Right.
He's not.
Doesn't have the warmth thatlike Ray has in this, which is like,
oh, this big O of a guy.
But I like him like.
Like, you Instantly kind oflike him.
Ray is fun as hell.
All that blush on John ClaudeVan Damme doesn't make him warm.
I love him.
This is not a strength.

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And that's okay, that's.
I think it was super smart tohave the friend who is like, he's
the.
Yeah.
Plus he also has some knowledge.
More knowledge of the kumite.
So he can kind of like they.
As they talk, we get a little more.
Plus they play a video game.
That's how they bond.
Yeah.
Cute.
Who am I?
Yeah, he's just a.
He's just a beer drinking bigdude who can slam people.

(26:27):
That's all he needs.
What's his specialty?
Big dude.
Yeah.
They said we're not gonna evenbother to give him anything.
Just smash.
Yeah.
If he does.
Doesn't matter.
They might have.
It might be somewhere in the movie.
But I'm like, big dude.
No, they just had him punchinga bag.
I think America, they justsaid we need one guy who is American,

(26:51):
can be charming, can kind ofbe fun.
And then.
Yeah.
Everyone else just not sayanything or barely talk.
Yeah.
But he's also like, not athreat to jcvd.
Like, you need someone who, like.
But you know, here's the thing.
You know, the good guy's gonna win.
You need someone who can fightsomewhat, but he won't make it to
him.
But that's okay.

(27:12):
Yeah.
So, yeah, I thought that that would.
That, that was fun.
I love Lynn, their.
Their connection guy with thesunglasses and the hustler energy.
I love it.
I love that.
You know.
Great.
And then.
Okay, so we have.
That we have.
We got for the first date, Ithink is that when we meet the.
Reporter, she's at the bar.

(27:35):
Oh, the bar first.
Right.
Because they, they protect her.
Yes.
So, yeah, because I don'tthink she.
Shows up at the kumite yetbecause she's still trying to get
in.
That's why she.
Yeah, yeah, right.
You are correct.
She was trying to talk to theone guy and you know, I got.
Yeah, yeah.
Did they go to the bar?
Are they at the bar first andmeet her before they go?

(27:56):
Because then he's surprised onthat when like.
Yeah.
And then they meet and thenthey end up going on a day and.
No, not even that.
I mean, like, they go to thekumite and have to show their invitation.
Oh, yeah.
Well, this is importantbecause this establishes the dim.
I think.
I think that's first.
Right.
They do that first becausewith them.

(28:21):
Right.
And so Frank has.
They walk through the walled city.
Yes, very cool.
Yes.
So I Like that they'd spendtime in that, like in those alleys.
It gives you this feeling ofthis is somewhere else, even though
it's happening in Hong Kong.
Like, this is.
This is kind of like anunsanctioned little extra space where
anything goes.

(28:43):
Yeah.
And then, yeah, they show upbecause then they're like, hey, you
have to show your invitationand they have to accept it to the
very real black dragonfighting society.
And why would you question meabout it?
And then they don't.
They don't believe Dragon VanDamme because his shidoshi is Tanaka
and he's like, this is a whiteman, basically.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Who is this sort of Belgian American.

(29:05):
Who'S this rosy cheeked white man?
Get.
Get out of here.
So they hit.
Make them do the.
The very real death hit there.
It's so fun because like, youknow, it's like, okay, I'll.
You choose which brick you'll break.
And at first, like that, likethe top one.
And they're like, no, thebottom one.
Just the bottom one.

(29:26):
My God, that's impossible.
No, not if, you know, if youknow the dim mock.
Yeah.
So that was.
That's a nice thing becauseit's a nice setup because they're
trying to set up like, yo,Frank is so amazing and unique and
amazing.
He's so talented.
I don't know if you know.

(29:48):
I'll tell you that.
This is the first scene whereI saw my new favorite character.
Someone who flew under theradar the first couple times.
The gambling guy.
There's the gambling guy.
He's right there taking notes.
And then like, I saw him andall of a sudden I just started noticing
him out through the movie.
I'm like, he's my new favorite character.
He's the bookie.
He.
I think he's like a bookie.
I don't know.
You know, he's great.
He's.

(30:08):
I loved him.
I saw him and he's like, he'sgetting right in there with like,
what's, what's going on?
Can this guy break a break?
Like, you think?
I.
I love it.
I love it.
It was great.
But that's when we use him, right?
Because they could have justhad like random.
Yeah, well, she's the reason.
He's the reason the reportershows up.
Yes.
Not the set, but like.
Yeah, yeah, but this is, thisis where Chong Lee, played by Bolo

(30:31):
Young, gets like that firstlook at Frank's.
At Frank and he's like, I see.
You know, he's just likesizing up because he's the champion.
He killed a guy last.
The last time, as Lynn says.
He has the.
And the most important.
He has the world record.
He has the record for.
I guess, world record.
Even though this is secret.
Doesn't matter.
The record for knockingsomeone out the quickest.

(30:53):
And he's killed a dude, so.
Yeah.
But the record's the mostimportant, especially to Chongley.
Yes.
And then now they.
Oh, go ahead.
No, go ahead.
You're good.
Oh, no, because then I wasgonna say, then they go to the bar
afterwards, so.
Yeah, yeah, you're right.
Yep.
So then they go to the bar.
That's where they meet Janice,who is a reporter who is trying to
get the scoop on the kumite.

(31:14):
And she is talking to.
Was it Hassan?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Something important toremember about this movie is the
racism, is having a good time.
Everyone's kind of wherethey're from.
Yes.
Their character is wherethey're from.
Yes.
It is 100 1988.

(31:35):
Yes.
Yeah.
You could be like, this islike the movie house where the girls
don't have real names.
Their name, you know, like,Syrian man.
That is.
Yeah.
Basically.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's the world of the kumite.
Yes.
Where you're from and yourfighting style.
Yes.
And he's not being very politeto Janice, who's trying to get that

(31:56):
information.
And so if we didn't thinkFrank was cool enough.
Oh, right, right.
He basically gambles, youknow, because they can't fight or
else they'll get thrown out.
Yeah, yeah.
So he tells Hassan, well, I'llgive you this coin if I can take
it from your hand faster thanyou can close it.
She's mine.
Yeah.

(32:16):
And so he.
He does it, and it's even alittle bit more cheeky where he leaves
a different coin.
And of course, he winks at Janice.
So, you know, and in case wedidn't realize, this is from his
training.
They put a little flashbackthat we had just seen about 10 minutes
ago about, like, him snatchingthe goldfish from the pod.
I like the movie's like, youknow what?
Just in case you wander offfor a second.

(32:37):
Yeah.
Don't worry.
We've got.
The movie's got you.
It is holding your hand, like,don't worry, baby.
There's an explanation for this.
This very real thing thatFrank Dukes did.
No, but I like.
It's all cute.
I want to say cute character stuff.
Not in a diminutive way, butin, like.
It's all like, oh, thatexplains who he is.
Plus, we're gonna see thisdude later at the tournament and

(32:59):
there'll be an extra reason tonot like him.
They do.
This is going to be shockingbecause it.
It's one of the things they dobetter than Enter the Dragon, which
basically.
This is just a cover of Enterthe Dragon, if you really look at
it.
Yes.
Yeah, 100%.
But yeah, it's one of thethings they do better is kind of
develop the characters becauseyou really only get the John Saxon,

(33:20):
the Jim Kelly.
Jim Kelly and Bruce Lee of it all.
You really don't get any ofthe other guys.
Right.
This one kind of takes is 30% turtleneck.
Yeah, that's true.
That's true.
USDA.
Yeah.
I love him so much in that.
But most of it's fashion.

(33:42):
Oh, yeah.
No, John.
John Saxon.
That's the only thing he'sthere for is just to look cool in
a.
Like a leisure suit.
Somebody has to serve.
Looks okay.
All right.
Nancy's dad started somewhere,then he became a police officer.
That's right.
And they saw a dream.
All movies are connected as italways goes.
You go from FBI agent, slash,you know, martial arts legend to

(34:05):
local police officer.
That'll happen.
But, yeah, no, you'reabsolutely right.
And I think that's part of.
Probably one of the reasons Ilike this movie so much is I'm a
sucker for a martial arts tournament.
Yeah, great.
It's great.
I'm like, good.
And the fights are good.
They last just as long as theyneed to.
You get just enough of like,oh, this guy's a high jumping guy.
Oh, this guy's kind of a tumbler.

(34:25):
Oh, this guy's a puncher.
Like, I don't need to know thenames of the different kinds.
I'm sure.
I'm sure they thought about ita bit.
I don't need to know.
Sure.
I don't need to know.
I just go, oh, is that capoeira?
I don't know.
He's jumping up high.
Is that jiu jitsu, maybe?
Who knows?
I like it.
Yeah, yeah.
It.
It's flippy guy versus Big Hoss.
It's the same reason I likewatching wrestling.
You know, it's that same.
Exactly.

(34:45):
And I think that first day isset up very nicely in that we get
like, it's the lower stakes,but it's getting to feel like, okay,
oh, you know, we.
We see.
We see our buddy Ray, his style.
We see Chung Lee's and his likeness.
Boom.
Yeah.
New, new record.
And then we set up why hereally doesn't like Frank Because

(35:06):
Frank goes in there, beats his record.
Boom.
And that's the thing thatpisses him off.
Not like, oh, he's achallenge, or he said something.
No, no, he broke his record,and now he'll break him.
Which.
I kind of love the simplicityof that.
I'm like, yes.
And then peck.
Twitch.
Oh, that's the best way topunctuate a sentence.

(35:27):
Bolo Young's twitch is world class.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It belongs in a museum.
It belongs in a museum.
Yeah.
It's another part of how thismovie is just, I think, set up really
well.
It's like, okay, we know howit works.
We see how it works.
Okay.
We're gonna.
Basically.
Because now we can see when itgets wrong, when it goes serious.

(35:49):
We see how it goes when, like,nobody's killed and all the people
we, like, have made itthrough, you know?
Yeah.
Y.
Y.
He was.
Bolo's preferred martial artsis Tai Chi.
Former Mr.
Hong Kong Bodybuilding champion.
That makes.
Oh, he held it for 10 years.
Yeah, that makes sense.
That dude is, like, 50% chest.

(36:11):
Yeah.
Oh, I love it.
From the jump, you can tellhe's just having a good time, which
makes us have a good time.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
He's smiling like, I like avillain who likes being a villain,
you know, like, oh, no, this is.
This is me.
Is it revenge?
No.
Like, do I have a dark past?
Who knows?
Who cares?
He's just having a good time.
Yes.

(36:31):
He wants the tears of the crowd.
He loves Chong Leaf.
Yeah.
He will pause and not finish amatch until he gets his cheers right.
Love it.
Again, perfect professional wrestler.
He looks for.
He gets his in, he looks forthe pop, and then that's it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Which wrestling would havebeen popping off at that time, right?

(36:55):
Yeah, yeah.
This would have been.
Yeah.
This late 80s.
So this would be kind of justas it's cresting right before it
gets into, like, that realweird thing where all the wrestlers
just had jobs.
Yes.
Wait, they're not supernaturalbeings anymore?
No.
Yeah.
Yeah.
A little bit.
It feels like that sometimes.
Like you're watching awrestling match.

(37:16):
I was like, why would I watch wrestling?
For it to be real.
Not real, like Frank Dukes.
But this is also the precursor.
Yeah.
Because I think UFC startedmaybe a couple years later.
Yes.
It's very interesting.
Like, bloodsport is, like,before ufc, like, they had tried
another Napoleon blown apart thing.
He has a whole history videoabout the origins of, like, mixed

(37:39):
martial arts fighting and someof the stuff that came before.
Like, what we understand isUFC stuff now.
And it's so interestingbecause, like, for kind of inspired
some of that.
There's stuff that existedbefore, but it was inspired by that,
which then inspired others tolike create the, the modern version
of that.
Because, like, the idea of allthese different styles combined,
it's just.

(37:59):
Listen, I grew up on Street Fighter.
Yeah, look.
Oh, God, look, look.
She kicks, stretches.
I grew up on Street Fighter.
And also we would rent the UFCtapes from the, the video store all
the time.
And UFC 1, if you go back andwatch like UFC 1, 2 and 3, it's just
real life bloodsport.

(38:20):
Like, it's all these different styles.
They could still have just big dudes.
In the beginning of ufc, therewas still a place for dudes who were
just very, very big because,like, yeah, style had to come in.
Yeah, yeah.
Like, as UFC continued on, youhave more like a, a concentrate,

(38:40):
like what exactly works.
But before they knew kind ofwhat worked, they tried everything.
And sometimes it was big dudewith beer against Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Right.
That that was what it was, isthat it was just, it was.
There wasn't mixed martial arts.
It was, okay, this is the kungfu guy and he's gonna fight the jiu
jitsu guy and see what happens.

(39:01):
Yeah.
Or they have like a sumo guy.
It was fascinating.
Yeah.
If you go back, I'm not gonnaRecommend you watch UFC 1 because
it's, it's wild, but I thinkif you look, there's a recap.
Yeah.
Or, or I think if you lookonline, the Sklar brothers did a
series of them watching thefirst couple UFCs, and it's kind

(39:24):
of condensed in 30 minutes.
It's great.
You'll see.
Yeah, you'll see.
Like, what was it?
The Hoist Gracie vs ArtJimmerson, where he just goes in
and Art Jimmerson was justlike this 190 pound dude and, and
hoist Gracie just goes in andchokes him out in like minutes.
Like, it's just than I need to.
And again, about Brazil,Brazilian Jiu jitsu and, and how

(39:47):
it wanted to be the best in alot of a modern UFC is based on a
family trying to prove thatBrazil, specifically Brazilian Jiu
jitsu.
Yeah, was the best martialarts, particularly for mixed martial
arts.
I don't need this knowledge,but I went down the rabbit hole and
here it is.
The Gracie's absolutelydominated for like the first 10 years
of USC.

(40:08):
Ish.
But yeah, if you go back andwatch those first couple of UFC again,
I recommend the Sky Brothersversion just because it's, it's easier
to watch.
You got things to do.
Yeah.
So it's called the nosebleeds.
If you get.
Get a chance to check it out,it's on the UFC YouTube channel.
Okay.
But yeah, yeah, the.
They do UFC 1 specifically,and it's 20 minutes long.

(40:30):
It's great.
If you enjoyed ESPN the Ochoyears ago.
Another.
Yeah.
Another thing I love aboutbloodsport is that it gets in and
gets out.
Yeah, I forgot.
I said it's a lean movie.
It is.
It's like, boom.
First day happens, we have.
And then the evening's like.
And now, like, it's.
It's a thought thing.
Like, ooh, what kind of, like,character arc stuff has to happen?

(40:52):
Well, our man Frank has tolike, his date, Right?
A date with the reporter.
And she's like, well, I like her.
Then I don't like her.
Then I like her again.
Let me explain.
As.
As.
As the lady female characterin an action film.
Right.
I like that she has her ownthings she's trying to do.

(41:13):
Yeah, yeah.
She has her own motivations.
It's the report on the kumites.
Like, oh, that's great.
I love that.
Right?
I love that.
Like, at the end of this date,I guess.
Spoilers.
They sleep together.
Of course they do.
She gets to see his butt.
It's great.
But I like that that's.
The movie took the time.
The movie took the time.
Okay, so quick pause aboutthat, because that sex scene kill.

(41:35):
Well, the.
After.
The morning after kills me.
Because typically when you'rewatching these action movies, right.
Like, I.
I get.
It's like a male powerfantasy, right?
What?
What?
They're all oiled up.
They're.
Whatever.
It's muscles, you know?
But usually right in themorning, after you're going to have
a sex scene, it's like shewould be the person kind of getting.

(41:56):
And she's literally pullingthe blanket up and her.
And she's wearing, like, a nightgown.
You.
You can.
Guys.
Yeah.
She's fully covered.
And he's like, I just need youto know, here's my butt in this underwear.
Like he is in another thing.
He gets sluttier this whole movie.
He does.
And then he starts with his D,and by the end of the movie, he's
got nothing but those type ofshorts on.

(42:16):
It is.
Not.
Not a side quest to the sidequest there.
But that's part of the reasonwhy canon films, like, because this
was like, his first big film.
Yes.
Part of their whole thoughtprocess is he appeals to the men
and the Women.
So for sure they put thatscene and make sure they had that
seat in there because theyconsidered him to be like, you know,
a fourth quadrant star.

(42:38):
Yeah.
And I'm not gonna complain.
Okay, so.
So yes.
And then I like her and they.
Sleep together and I like that.
Like, that's not her instant ticket.
Because I was like, that'd begross either way.
He's like, I'm sorry, but Istill can't.
I'm like, that's fine.
And I love that she shows uplater with the gambling guy.
I love him.
And she's like, I goundercover and it's not like they
don't like each other.
It's like, okay, you did whatyou had to do.

(43:00):
I'm doing what I have to do.
I love that.
Right here's where it fallsapart a second for me.
Now all of a sudden, she'scaught feelings.
And even though her entire,like, reason being there was to write
about the kumite, as soon asshe thinks Frank might get hurt,
she like runs to the Hong Kongpolice and it's like, this is where
the kumite is.
The man I.
This man there, Frank Dukes.
Right?
So I'm like, oh, come on now.

(43:20):
Like, why would she do thatwhen her whole reason to be here,
like, I wish she was a littlelike, you know, she could still care,
but also want to continue herlike her mission.
Right?
Yeah, yeah, I will.
I will give the movie this.
So at that one, like,obviously he knows that she told
the Hong Kong police becauseshe's right there for some reason.
I don't know why she came withthe police and the army guys.

(43:42):
Weird idea.
But later when she's there,know when the.
The army guy's like, I guessFrank's doing it.
And she sit down.
Like they meet the eyes andthere's not that like, I hate you
for this.
It's just like, understandlike, you did what you thought you
had to do.
So I go back to like, allright, movie that could have been
worse.
I still wish that it wasn't.
Like all of a sudden, thisdude I slept with once, I'm blowing

(44:04):
up my entire big report for.
But at least it didn't becomea thing with them.
I would say middle tier femaleco lead sorta in an action film from
the 80s.
Yeah.
Right there.
Yeah.
Worse.
I've seen worse, but I seen better.
Yeah.
And then.
I'm sorry.
Anyway, so that's the end of day.

(44:25):
Yeah.
Start on day two.
Oh my God.
JCVD butt.
I'm sorry, I can't Take you, baby.
And she's like, don't worryabout it.
I figured it out.
And it's basically favorite guy.
Yeah.
And this is where the stuff.
Stakes rise.
Day two is when gets real.
Yes.
Because now Rey ends upfighting Chong Lee.

(44:47):
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I guess I wish.
And all those big men thatthey had there, if they had.
Had just.
It's the only fight scenethat, like, kind of stinks.
Yeah.
It's.
Yeah.
You know, just because they.
They don't give him anythingto do other than his little hulk
smash thing.

(45:08):
So.
Yeah.
I don't know if they couldhave played it off with Chong Le
a little bit more like, makeChong Lee do.
You know, make bolo.
Bolo.
Do more of the heavy liftingin that.
Yeah, it was.
Yeah.
I don't know how that's the.
Yeah.
Because I think what it comesdown to is, I think Ray's actor.
I don't know how much he was aathlete, so.

(45:31):
Yeah, so he doesn't.
Basketball.
He played football.
Football.
He was supposed to.
I think he was about to getdrafted for the Chargers.
I looked him up quick.
Oh, nice.
So there.
There is.
There.
There is an athlete there, nota martial artist.
So, yeah, that is the.
The downside.
Just that because, like, dude,why are you cheering?

(45:51):
This man has killed somebody.
We know this.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's what.
You know, I mean, I think theytry to set it up a little with Frank's
telling him, hey, hey, hisguts, his weak point, stay away from
his right leg.
But, yeah, I think visually,because I think there is some really
good fight choreography in here.
Yeah.
But I don't know there wasmuch they could do in this fight,
except I guess they kept it short.

(46:13):
So there's that.
Because I'm like, listen, I know.
I know something's got to happen.
Like, you know, the stakeshave to be raised.
Sorry, Ray, you're the friend,not the star.
Yes.
He gets his brain smashed in.
Yeah.
And Frank's like, no.
And I guess holding him back.
Hilarious.

(46:35):
I'm like, what, five foot Nothing.
Listen, I like the guy.
He's a little dude.
I'm a little person.
I understand.
He's trying to ride him like a backpack.
He's like, please.
No.
You know what?
Here's.
Here's a thought.
Maybe.
Maybe he loses money if thepeople he's responsible for mess
up.
For sure.
Like, for sure.
Like, I don't think it's like,oh, I'm buddies with these people.

(46:56):
It's like, it's my job to makesure that The.
Yeah, Yeah.
I.
Which I like.
I'm like, no, no.
Like, this is business for him.
Thank you very much.
Yeah.
Because he.
Yeah.
So gives.
Oh, he.
He'll give, like, Frank a hardtime for not showing up.
Or like, what are you doing?
Or you're not.
You're like.
You're not paying attention.
I need you to be locked in.
You're my responsibility.

(47:17):
Yeah.
I need you here and focus.
Exactly.
Oh, wait.
And we forgot that this isChong Lee takes a raised bandana.
Oh, yeah.
Like, yeah.
Man with two bandanas.
And you're just rubbing it inour faces.
He's bandana rich.
Yeah.

(47:40):
See?
He's truly a villain.
Yeah.
He's like, I got you.
Yeah.
And it's also a message to Frank.
Like, it's not even like, Ibeat Ray to beat Ray.
He's like, I beat Ray for you,Frank, you know, which I love.
I love that.
Like, again, kind of a petty.
And I love that because hebroke his wrecker.

(48:00):
Chung Lee is full on a pettythrough this whole movie.
Yes.
He's the best.
Yes.
And I think that's basically.
That's the most importantthing that happens in the second
round, because then we go tothe hospital, and it's okay.
Everybody raised alive, andhe's gonna be okay because his head's
like a rock, which I love.
It's his superpower.
But he's gonna.

(48:20):
He's out of the tournament,and he's got to recover.
And also, he's missing abandana, y' all.
I mean, here's the thing.
If I remember right, his headis still bandaged, so it's kind of
like the.
The medical bandana, butstill, he's got the head covered.
Yeah.
Because I think it was like aHarley Davidson or one or something.
Yeah.
How do we know he's American?
How do we know he has no identity?

(48:42):
With white gauze around hishead, he could be anybody.
He's been robbed.
And I think that's when Janiceis like, no, like.
Like, you're gonna getyourself killed, Frank.
And they have that.
I think that's when they havethe discussion, because she's like,
I'm doing this because my dadwas a reporter.
And he's like, I'm doing thisbecause, like, his father figure,

(49:02):
my kindness father, who'sstill alive, as far as we know, I
must go back to his father whocame to the States to open a vineyard,
to work in a vineyard.
But whatever.
Frank's not interested in that.
That.
Accents thinking about that.

(49:24):
I was like, yeah, yeah.
That's gotta have been, like,dubbed over.
Dude, try to do Belgian.
What?
It's not French.
I think I'm gonna kind of do abad French.
Is that Belgium?
So I looked it up in Brussels.
They.
It's a bilingual country, sothey speak French and Dutch.
Okay.
So, yeah, who knows?

(49:46):
Maybe that's an accurateaccent and I'm being an.
No, it could be, like, younailed it.
The way you could.
Like, you know, he does.
Oh, yeah.
That is speaks French and themom speaks Dutch, and that's how
we get Frank.
I mean.
I mean.
I mean, listen, like, ifGuile's American, I think we're fine.

(50:08):
Right?
You know what?
At this point, JCPD iswhatever you want him to be.
Yes, yes.
He's played an Americansoldier or cop so many times.
Yeah, I'm to that point.
Like, not.
I think that's just a regional accent.
Well, I think I've heard that.
Here's the thing.
It's the Schwarzenegger corollary.
Yes.
Where.

(50:28):
Yeah.
How many times didSchwarzenegger play guys like John
Kimball, you know, like.
Yeah, Peterson.
Like an all American dad.
Jingle all the way.
What's more American?
Right?
No, I think there was the 80s action.
We're like, you know what?
Nothing in this movie is realistic.
Why do we care?

(50:49):
It's fine.
He's American.
He's American.
But this is based on a true story.
I don't know if you heard, jp.
You're right.
Oh, my God, I'm so embarrassed.
I forgot he wrote a whole bookabout this.
Oh, and there was an.
Oh.
Article in Black Belt magazine.
Ah, the egg on my face.
Y' all right now.
Sorry, Frank.
Frank would be the type of guywho would make up an accent, just
pick one up one day and actlike it was normal.

(51:10):
Just.
Just an accent no one's ever had.
I feel like I want to go backand watch some more footage and see
if it shifted.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.

(52:17):
Probably.
Oh, no.
Yes.
But anyway, so the stakes areset because then she goes off to
the police.
Yes.
The Hong Kong police, who havebeen working with the army.
Like, you get this idea thatthe Hong Kong police try to stay
hands off on the kumite.
Yeah.
Because, like, it's thecriminal underground runs it.
But, like, the army guys, oneof whom's Forrest Whitaker, who I
always forgets in this movie.

(52:37):
And I'm always pleasantlysurprised that he's in this movie.
So anyway, she goes.
And that way.
Now she goes to the Hong Kong police.
And when she says Frank Dukes.
Oh, well, I Guess we gottadeal with this and get the army off
our back.
Yep.
So they set it up so they knowwhere it is on here the third day.
And then we have one of myfavorite scenes, which is sad Frank.

(52:58):
And the music comes on.
It's like one of those, likelow key numbers and nights falling
on Hong Kong.
And he's sitting in the busand he said.
And then he looks, he sees a reflection.
He thinks it's like Chong Lee,like winking at him.
And then he turns around, it'sjust an old dude next to him, but
he's haunted, y' all.
All night he's haunted, buthe's trying to keep it together.
And as the music fades out,he's again doing another split, but

(53:21):
on the roof of a buildingoverlooking the sunrise.
And it's inspiring.
I want a poster of it.
I just want to say, hang in there.
What is Jean Claude Van Dammedoing to split over a Hong Kong sunset.
Like an acrobatic Batman.
Yes, exactly.
He's gonna save us all, y' all.
Yes.
I love that because it's very80s and there's like neon and there's

(53:44):
the.
I love the music in this, which.
Which is music I can neverreally remember except for the kumite
part, but it sits where it'ssupposed to, so.
Yeah.
I don't know if you realizethat's Stan Bush.
Oh, I feel okay.
Okay.
You've got the touch.
I know.
Stan power, which, I gotta behonest, I mean, the only reason I

(54:08):
remember that is I was theright age for Transformers.
Yeah.
That'S the more memorablesong, the Transformer song.
By the way, one of the morebizarre moments in film history is
when Dirk Diggler startssinging that in Boogie Nights.
It blows my mind every single time.
Oh, my God, I forgot.

(54:29):
Yeah.
You know, it's an era defining anthem.
And I'm only half joking.
No, because it's like thatmovie's traumatizing.
I rewatched it recently and itpulls no punches.
Yeah.
It's a generation destroyed.
Yeah.
So I'm sorry, did Optimusprime just.
Sorry.
Spoilers, y' all, for theTransformers animated movie.
Yeah.

(54:50):
Optimus prime dies.
Dad Truck dad died everybodyand messed us up.
And I almost said 30 years.
It's been 40 years.
It's been 40 years.
I liked.
I liked 30.
In fact, if you went 20, Iwasn't gonna say anything.
And going back to professionalwrestling, Stan Busch came back in
the early 2000 and tens 2011to record a theme song for professional

(55:12):
wrestling promotion, Chikara.
Which sounded just like thetheme song to the Cartoon Mask Ambush
has a sound, and every songsounds like the Touch, and it's always
fucking cool.
I mean, once you.
Once you hit that level, justkeep going.
Yeah, yeah.
He nails it.

(55:33):
I mean.
Oh, wow.
He had a song in the.
The American Voice dub ofSailor Moon.
He did Kickboxer.
Yeah, yeah.
It's so funny because it's like.
I would say it's before animereally hit in America.
We had an anime song, and it'scalled you've Got the Touch.
Yeah.
Called the Touch.
And I love that.
I was like, yeah, we weregetting ready.

(55:53):
We were.
We were getting primed.
The generation getting primed.
Yes.
Optimus primed.
Oh, damn it.
Oh, I.
I'm proud of you.
And I'm upset and I'm proud.
Dim mock, baby.
That was a verbal dim mock.

(56:17):
A Dimock.
That absolutely inspired the.
Was it the Five Finger Death?
Yeah, yeah.
From.
From Kill Bill Part two.
Yeah.
I was like, that's a Tarantino.
Yeah, Yeah.
I was like, there we go.
And I'll.
I'll give it to him there.
He.
He gave it a little more drama.
He gave it that, like, oh, ittakes a second.

(56:37):
And he knows that.
He just got dim mocked.
Yeah.
What is it, five paces?
Yeah, that's right.
Yeah, I got like, you know,I'll give it to him.
That was a really good use of that.
I was like, there we go.
There we go.
I had to give it to Tarantino.

(56:58):
Did Tarantino make some good movies?
Is that.
Is that what you're trying tosay right now?
Listen.
Okay, like, sometimes he was cooking.
Okay.
Sometimes he cooked.
All right, I'm.
There.
I said it.
Am I happy about it?
No.
And every time you're like,yeah, he cooked that, it's like,
it got a little weird, but hestill cooked.
I said, I saw a foot and Iremembered who made myself.

(57:20):
Right.
Yeah, there's some foot stuffin there.
There's some stuff that feelreal uncomfortable a lot of the time,
but, I mean, there's a goodmovie in there somewhere.
Yep.
Anyway, the third day.
Man.
We're still at the beginningof the third day.
Yes.
Holy.
Watch.

(57:40):
Shout out to punches and popcorn.
We're gonna make this longerthan the actual movie.
Yeah, I believe it does.
So, yeah, he's.
Oh, that's where we see one.
My.
The.
The.
The.
The.
The.
The last kind of.
Not the last time we seegambling guy, but the last time he
does the thing I love, whichis like, okay, so Frank's late because
the Police waylay him, andhe's gotta, like, obviously take

(58:02):
them out because he's FrankDukes and what are these mooks gonna
do?
Nothing but get punched in the face.
So, yeah, so Lynn's theregoing, hey, hey, you know, don't
worry, he's coming.
And then, like, the BlackDragon Society guys are like, no,
it's too late.
And then gambling guy comes upand, like, slips money into one dude's
pocket.
Like, what's a couple minutes?

(58:23):
And then Frank walks in thatexact minute.
And the guy yoinks the moneyback and walks off.
Because he's a professional.
Yes.
And you don't have to bribesomebody if something's already working.
Yes.
Yeah, but I was like, I love him.
I always focused on his job.
Yes.
And Frank at this point islike, his, like, investment.

(58:44):
He's all in on Frank, baby.
Right?
Yes.
How you feeling, Frank?
Oh, I'm feeling good.
Yep.
That's how it goes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Love that dude.
But yeah, so we get that last.
Two matches kind of right.
We're in the.
I guess, is it the semi finals?
Is that.
Yeah, yeah.

(59:05):
Oh, and then.
So the army guys have finallygiven up.
They finally given up.
And they're with.
Yeah, they're with Janice.
And she, like, just of kind.
Come sit.
We're just gonna sit and watchwhatever happens because you can't
stop it.
Which I appreciate.
Just sit and watch the show.
Gentlemen.
Forest Whitaker finally getsto have a hot dog and a beer.
Yes.
Yeah, he was.
He just wanted to enjoy thefood and relax.
He's like, this is.

(59:25):
What are we doing the entire time?
He's like, I don't think we'recatching him.
No.
I don't know why this older,like, his older, like, partner dude,
I'm like, you're too focused.
Like, it's.
This isn't.
This is where we were alwaysgonna end up played by Frank.
You can't stop Frank Dukes.
You can only contain him.
So let's just stop him whilewatch the show.
Yep.
He promised he would be therewhen the tournament was done.

(59:48):
So.
Yeah, he kept telling them.
I was like, I'll be at theairport no matter what.
I'll be at the airport whenthis is over.
You can waste your time, oryou could just have fun in Hong Kong.
And they wasted their time, mostly.
Yeah, sure.
But yeah, so they're there.
She's there watching.
You know, he goes against thebig guy.
So Frank goes against the big dude.

(01:00:09):
Right.
For his semi finals.
I think that's right.
I forget, like, everythingbefore that final.
Yeah.
It's like.
It's like just business.
They're doing just like he does.
Yeah, he does the move, right.
Yeah, he does, like, the slow mo.
Like the cool, like.
Yeah.
And then.
And then he does what JohnnyCage became famous for and does the

(01:00:33):
spirit split and thenuppercuts the guy in his privates.
So the nut punch.
Hey, everybody, you ever in akumite, which is very real.
I want you to know that it'sno holds barred.
No holds barred.
One of the holes.
You can do nut punch.
It's on the table.
Yeah, punch him in the ding.
Remember, Remember, It's.
It's on the table.

(01:00:53):
Yep.
And then Chong Lee goesagainst a guy we haven't really seen
before.
Or not.
He's not, like, so much.
Original cast of characters.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I don't remember him having ahook, a reason or any.
Yeah.
Which for good reason.
Because he gets.
Yeah.
He gets absolutely murked byour good friend.

(01:01:16):
And I just have to remind everybody.
Yeah.
Right in the Gooch.
You know what?
I couldn't have put it more poetic.
Yes, yes.
Van Damme, king of the Gooch bunch.
Yes.
But nobody did split the sametime, so it's really hard getting
the razzle dazzle.
Yeah.

(01:01:38):
Yeah.
But of course, we're all built.
And what I appreciate, again,about this movie is, like, the last
15 minutes or the final fight.
It knows how to, like.
You need a little more time.
That fight has to breathebecause we've been leading up to
it, you know, treat it.
It's special.
Best John Claude Van Dammeface acting we've ever seen.
Oh, my God, that man's mug.

(01:02:00):
Holy.
Because here's the thing, andwe haven't seen this before, so we
don't know if Chong Lee hascheated before or just this one time.
Because we see in thebeginning his, like, little.
His, like, ring dude.
What would you call that?
The person who has.
Yeah.
Like, slips his thumb thinginto, like, Chong Le's like, like,

(01:02:21):
belt area.
You're like, oh, what's that?
I don't know.
Because the fight starts normal.
Like, oh, crap, look at Frank's.
Frank's doing it, and he knowswhere his weak spot is.
His gut.
And he knows to stay away fromthe right leg.
So it'll be no problem.
Plus, you know, super interesting.
This is the only time thatthe, like, the floor they have set
up, it must be just for thefinal fight.
They have it.
So it's like a V with a flatbottom part.

(01:02:43):
Like.
Oh.
So they get f.
Funneled In.
I like this.
Well done.
Black Dragon Fighting Society.
They have a sense of drama and flair.
I don't know if you know this,but they've been doing it for quite
some time.
Yeah, right.
Like, it's so weird everyoneknows this, even though nobody knows
it, because it's a secretfighting tournament.
But I like.
So they start, like.
You had that first part of thefight where like.
Okay, yeah, Frank.

(01:03:04):
Frank.
Frank knows what he's doing.
Yeah, Frank.
Yeah, Frank.
Right?
Yeah.
But damn it, Chong Lee.
When he gets knocked down, andhe's not gonna take this.
Knocked down.
So he, like, reaches in and hegoes, oh, my God.
It's something.
He.
He crushes it and, like, oh,whatever it is, he blows it into
Frank's eyes.
Oh, no.
I think they said Frank can't see.
It's a salt pill.

(01:03:25):
Yeah, yeah.
Something like pocket sand.
That's all you need.
Yes, it is pocket sand.
Yes.
Gay be.
I'm like, oh, no.
But we've never seen him fight.
Not be able to see.
See.
But wait, but have we.
Before we go further.
Yeah.
This is the same thing thathappened in WrestleMania 9.

(01:03:45):
Is that.
Which.
What year was WrestleMania 9?
1993.
Okay.
God, they copied Bloodsport.
What?
What a surprise.
They knew it was in the.
Wait, who did it happen to?
I have no memory of this.
It's.
It's my.
My brother's favoriteWrestleMania at Caesar's Palace.
WrestleMania 9 it is.

(01:04:07):
Brett the Hitman Hart versus Yokozuna.
Okay.
Gas.
Bret Hart gets the better ofYokozuna, and it's about to go his
way.
And then Mr.
Fuji gets up and throws ahandful of salt in Brett the Hitman
Heart's eyes.
Are you telling me a wrestlingmanager did something untoward in

(01:04:30):
a fight?
Mr.
Fuji.
Never.
Mr.
Fuji.
Wait, wait.
The ref didn't see anything?
No.
Yeah.
No, he did not.
He did not.
That's wild.
That's wild.
A quick moment for a sidestory about Mr.
Fuji.
Mr.
Fuji like, to play pranks onpeople backstage, like, in real life.
Amazing.
So there was a guy that had tomake his next town, so he rented

(01:04:53):
a car.
He had to make his next townwithin, like, six hours.
So while the guy was outwrestling, Mr.
Fuji hired some guys to go tohis rental car and completely dismantle
the man's engine and take it out.
Like, got the hoist, pulledthe engine out and left.
So the guy got out to hisrental car, tried to start it.
It didn't start.
He opened the hood.

(01:05:14):
No engine.
That's Mr.
Fuji.
I feel like, that's beyond a prank.
Yeah.
I mean.
Here'S a bus ticket, buddy.
Or, like, here's.
Here's a nicer car.
On the scale of wrestlingpranks, there's no poop involved,
so, like, that's.
That's pretty.
Okay.

(01:05:34):
Thankful, I guess.
You're right.
You know what?
You're right.
Thanks, Matt, for reallybringing us to what really matters.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He wasn't that bad.
No.
If you really want to knowwrestling pranks, look up the British
Bulldogs.
It's terrible.
Anyway, I would like to sleep tonight.
Peacefully, so we gotta focus.
Anyway.
Almost done.

(01:05:54):
Yeah.
Yes.
So he throws the salt pill,and he's.
Then we remember.
He centers himself.
He's been prepared for this.
And then the movie reminds us.
Yeah.
Taught him, though.
We do get.
I think this is someone wherewe get some of the best patented
face acting.
Oh, yeah.
It's like when he has his,like, palms and he screams, like,

(01:06:19):
frustration.
Yeah.
But it screams into serenity.
Yes.
And he's like, wait a second.
I was taught by my teacher whothis is all about.
And 10, Chong Lee tries to goin for a head hit.
And he's like.
No, he catches it.
You're like, oh, here comes.
The turn has come.
And now Frank.
In fact, my.

(01:06:39):
Yeah.
My favorite movie is Chongleyactually pushes the ref at Frank,
knowing that he can't see.
Yeah.
That's okay, because Franksenses this is a different person.
Another classic wrestling maneuver.
Yes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
No.
And then we have triumph.
Because nothing's gonna keepher boy down.

(01:07:01):
That's right.
But the most important thingis, like, so we were told there's
three ways to win, right?
Either a knockout, you throwthem completely off, like, the fighting
area, or you get them to saymate, which means I give.
And if I remember correctly,we don't see that at all during bloodsport.
Not at one point.

(01:07:21):
Except Frank, who's angry.
He's trying to do her teacher.
He's doing it for Rey.
So he doesn't punch out Tongley.
He doesn't throw him off.
He puts him down.
He puts him in, like, a.
Like a headlock.
And he's like.
Submits him.
He gets here in that Rearnaked choke.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He say it.
And then, of course, for athird time, say it.
Ah.

(01:07:42):
And a movie.
Yay.
So cathartic.
So good.
You're right.
He takes the bandana.
Because this is what this hasbeen about.
Yeah.
And I appreciate the movie.
Then wraps up real quickbecause, like, boom.
Yeah.
Boom.
To the hospital.
Hey, Ray, I.
I beat that guy.
In fact, I made him submit.
Oh, here's your panda.
Stop losing your clothes, your fights.

(01:08:04):
What I love about this bit isthat they have the intense long goodbye
ends, eye contact locked in,and they.
Almost do that forehead toforehead thing, which I love is for
bro energy.
Yeah.
Yes.
I like that.
Yeah.
Because we're too scared to kiss.

(01:08:24):
That's really what that is.
Exactly.
I was like, this is gay.
But Janice is just like, thisis so lovely.
And here's.
And I'm glad the movie doesthat because I would not have bought
a long, lingering goodbye from.
From those two.
No.
Like, I'm like, it hasn'tbuilt to that.
They had sex.
They had a good time.
All right.
But, like, the relationship isFrank and Ray.
Like, they have a.

(01:08:44):
They're pros, man.
Yeah.
They got pro energy.
However you wish to define that.
I mean, he did smooch a homie,Just not on the lips, on the cheek.
A spirit.
I think it's a spiritual smooch.
Listen.
Yeah.
If I still.
I should go sail the high seasof fan fiction.
Because it's there.

(01:09:06):
Hasn'T it?
Yeah, you're probably right.
And then I appreciate.
Yeah.
And then they.
They bring home the whole I'llmeet you at the airport joke where
you have.
The army guys are waiting,like, outside the airplane.
Like, oh, man, he played us again.
You're always late.
He's already in the plane.
And he comes out, y' all late.
And I was like.
And then shows up and justwaves goodbye, and they do their

(01:09:29):
little, like, thing.
And then she does a whole,like, I.
And I'm like, another reason why.
I'm like, okay, I like her again.
Right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
And she didn't get all like,you can't go, or, I'm gonna go with
you.
I'm like, they just.
They're.
They just met.
It's fine.
Yeah.
She's got a.
You know what?
She's got an article or a bookor whatever to write.
Write a couple letters, see iflong distance works, and take it

(01:09:52):
from there.
They hooked up and they don'thave to really put any more on, and
it's fine.
And then you get the funniestpart of the movie, which is the words
that come up on the screen.
This is based on the truestory of Frank Duke.
There's like, two or three.
Oh, yeah.
That are telling you all abouthow amazing Frank.
How many slides about how coolFrank Dukes is.

(01:10:13):
Yeah.
Literally, it's a paragraphabout how many matches he had, how
long he fought.
For, and 300 and some odd.
Yeah.
Okay, buddy.
And then it's the.
All these world records.
Yeah.
Amazing that he got that in there.
Like, I'm sure he insisted.
Hey, you know what?
Just make sure that everyoneknows this is a true story.
Sheldon and I need you to putthis part in.

(01:10:35):
Yes.
Amazing.
Amazing.
His record.
321.
1 and 7.
He did say in 2014 that he.
He retired with a fight recordof 329 wins in zero losses.
Lies a little believable.
No, never a loss.

(01:10:55):
He stopped.
He was also in the CIA,although that was news to Robert
Gates, the guy that ran the CIA.
Yeah, it was.
It was news to the CIA.
Yeah.
He also worked for Storm andNorman Schwarzkopf, which was also
news to Storm and Norman Schwarzkopf.
He worked for the Mossad.

(01:11:19):
Yeah.
Anybody?
Yeah, yeah, no, this.
I think I forget.
Did I say this, like, before recording?
Where, like, really towardsthe goal.
The end of the.
A golden age of a certain kindof con artist, where it was still
kind of harder to look stuff up.
Like, you couldn't just as a per.
You know, you'd have to doextra work.
You'd have to get microficheinvolved and maybe call a phone or

(01:11:40):
two to check stuff, you know,so he.
He really rode that wave ofpeople who kind of wanted to believe
it, because I think hisaudience was dudes who also kind
of thought that.
Oh, my God.
The only thing that kept me.
Yeah, I got.
I wish I had met a ninjamaster when I was 11 and my whole

(01:12:01):
life would be different.
I'd be cool.
Like, it's that he.
There's a certain fantasy thathe, you know, I think, fulfilled
for a certain kind of person.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So.
Yeah.
But now we can just enjoy itand go, dude.
Bless you, Frank Dukes.
Yeah.
Thank you for giving us Bloodsport.

(01:12:21):
Oh, weird.
I was gonna go look at hiswebsite, officialfrankdukes.com but
it doesn't work anymore.
You probably have to havemoney to continue rolling in, and
I think he's a certain agewhere he stopped.
Go, daddy.
And yeah, here we are.
Yeah, you know what?
Like, there's nothing.
You know what he got.
He.

(01:12:41):
He got to ride the wave, andhe also got some of the consequences
later.
So.
Yep.
You know what you.
What are you gonna do?
Oh, wow.
So he was fight choreographeron this one also.
Lionheart, another JCVD joint.
I'm sure he was full of veryuseful information.

(01:13:02):
Only the Strong featuring Iron Chef.
Mark Dacasko's.
Okay.
The way my brother and I usedto Watch the heck out of that movie.
It's a damn good movie.
I think of the song.
We'll have to do that one eventually.
That one's fun.
Yeah.
The.
The only Hollywood movie thatshowcases Capoeira.
Yes.

(01:13:23):
Shout out to our friend ChrisThompson on that.
And then the Quest, the JCVDdirectorial debut, which was actually
the end of the relationshipbetween JCVD and Frank Dukes.
Dukes sued JCBD for, I don't know.

(01:13:45):
Stealing his idea or something.
Yeah, for being cooler than him.
Yeah, It's.
It's too close to themanuscript that he wrote.
But he also wrote it.
You wrote them?
I don't understand.
Yeah.
So he lost the case becausethe jurors found the testimony less
than credible because audiotapes with the agreement with JCVD

(01:14:06):
were destroyed in theNorthridge earthquake.
Yes.
Oh, my God.
What?
I mean, listen.
Wow.
God, I love poor, poor Frank.
Like, none of his records exist.
Nobody knows how cool he was.
They have to.
Government has to keep some ofit secret.
God, it.
He has just carries this weight.
Yeah.
He also wrote a book andpublished it.

(01:14:29):
He did do that.
He also had a book writtenabout him called Stolen Valor, so
that's not great.
No.
All this sounds about right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So Frank Dukes.
Fascinating and exhaustingbased on a true.
Story as far as you know.
Yeah.
But this was really kind of the.

(01:14:50):
The rocket ship for jcvd.
This is where it kind oflaunched, right?
Yeah, yeah.
Because then we had CyborgKickboxer, Lionheart, which I do
want to say, out of the JCVD movies.
How is it the kickboxer is theone where he rolls his hand in the
broken glass and not block.
Bloodsport.

(01:15:11):
I feel like they almost didn'thave, like, Bloodsport was, like,
lean and they didn't have roomfor it, so they're like, you know
what?
We'll.
We'll.
We'll breathe later.
Yeah.
Hey, don't forget DoubleImpact, where there's two John Claude
for the price of one and one one.
He had a nice, rich life andhe wears pastels and he's cool.
And the other guy.
Oh, no.

(01:15:31):
He had to live on the streetsand his hair slicked back.
Hey, do they have to pretendto be each other once?
Maybe.
That.
That's another Sheldon Lettich film.
I, I, I.
That's genuinely fun.
Is it good?
I don't know how to definethat word.
I enjoyed it and I'd watch it again.
Bolo.
Young pops up in there again.
Yeah.

(01:15:52):
And.
What other jcvds are wetalking about here, huh?
Huh?
Huh?
Okay.
Well, then we get kind of.
Oh, you know what?
Double team.
Yeah.
Well, let's go back, because Ido want to say Double Impact also
features Julie Strain, whichfor a certain contingent of us who
grew up on USA Up All Night.

(01:16:12):
And Early Internet.
And early Internet.
That's a name amongst names.
Also six foot something andworth the climb.
Yeah, exactly.
And married to one of the TMNT creators.
Oh, yes.
And it was in a Andy Sedaris film.
Yeah.
Oh, God.
We're connecting it all.
Yes.
I remember this.
He.

(01:16:33):
She's in some of his later films.
And then Kevin Eastman isactually in one of them.
And I think it's just becausehe was on set with his wife at the
time.
Yep.
Hey, guess what?
You're in the movie now.
Yeah.
Because she was in.
Oh, geez.
Which one was it?
Lethal Ladies Return to Savage Beach.
Oh, you're right.
That's why I thought.
Because I was watching thesequel to Savage Beach.

(01:16:54):
Yep, of course.
So I could know what happened.
It was important to know.
Yep.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
And yeah, I love Double Teambecause that's the one with Dennis
Rodman.
Dennis Rodman.
That's very good.
And Mickey Rourke.
And it's okay if you want anover the top action finale.
Would you like when thathappens at the Coliseum?

(01:17:16):
That involves tigers andlandmines and a baby.
Yeah, that one's fun.
All of these things arehappening at the same time.
But here's the thing aboutthat one, because I feel like it's
just kind of a redo of suddendeath where it's in the.
In.
In Pittsburgh, in.
In the arena there.

(01:17:36):
I just.
I like a movie that's, like, realistic.
This is an action film.
Why would I bother?
Yeah.
But, yeah, jcvd.
I celebrate his entire careeruntil about 2000.
Yes.
I have not seen.
I know that he did that wholeseries that was kind of based on
him being Jean Claude VanDamme, but also like a secret agent.

(01:17:57):
I haven't seen it, though, soI can't tell you.
You know, you want to know what?
It's kind of fun.
It's kind of.
Okay.
You get to a point where it'slike, you stop taking yourself so
seriously.
Maybe then you just have agood time.
Yeah, yeah.
There was one of the UniversalSoldier movies that was really good,
too.
I mean, I'll never be upset.
I'm always happy to see him.

(01:18:19):
You know, I.
You know, he had a certainsomething that was unique for the
action stars at the time, you know?
Yeah, yeah.
Like, he wasn't like a bigdude, he was like a quick dude.
A flexible.
Incredibly flexible dude.
In case you weren't sure.
Just go back and watch that trailer.
You don't even have to watchall the bloodsport.

(01:18:41):
Got you.
He was the star of the sequelto Kill Them all that came out last
year.
I didn't even know that was a thing.
I.
I have not kept up with hislater career, and that's.
Okay, here's the thing.
Oh, okay.
Not that.
Kill Them All.
Okay, cool.
There was a different one, because.

(01:19:01):
Am I thinking of the rightmovie with Paul Giamatti?
Oh, God, I don't know.
I got.
Oh, no, that would shoot himup, which is a movie we should do
at some point.
All right.
I like how we are also doingsome podcast business.
Maybe we land the ship and.
Probably a good idea.

(01:19:23):
You know what?
Let's get out of the split.
Yeah, let's pop up out of the split.
By the way, there is aweightlifting move called the Van
Damme Press, popularized byRob Van Dam, professional wrestler,
where he's in a full split andhe's doing curls kind of in between

(01:19:44):
his legs up to his chest.
So if your name Van Damme, youcan do a split.
I think that's how Rob VanDamme got his name.
Yeah.
Except he's V A, N, D, A.
N.
I just want to believe this, man.
I just want to believe that ifyou're called Van Dam, you are given.
The gift of split, that Ithink that's how it happened.
Like, he wasn't Rob Van Dam.
And then they saw him do thesplit, he's like, oh, you're a Van

(01:20:05):
Damme for sure.
That's.
That's.
That tracks.
Yeah.
But the differentiationbetween the two of them is JCVD allegedly
real into coke, whereas RobVanam real into weed.
Oh, hey, a quick little note here.
Okay.
If when we do a Seagal one, wehave to talk about the fact about
him and JCVD almost coming toblows at a party.

(01:20:27):
Anyway, yeah, one of them ran away.
Guess which one.
Do that.
We talk about judo.
Gene labelle making Seagalpoop his pants.
And then.
Yeah, yeah.
Anyways, everybody, that's a teaser.
We'll see you in the next one.
Thank you.
KP wants to go to bed, and sowe're good.
Well, we're talking aboutthings we're gonna.

(01:20:48):
Do in the future.
So it's like.
Yeah, you're right, you're right.
Gotta leave them wanting more.
This is how the sausage getsmade, kids.
This is what we usually doafter we stop the show.
But we just wanted to give youa little peek behind the curtain.
Energy that Bloodsport willbring into your life.
Hey, turn it on one night.
Have a good time.
Why not?
Why not?
So, yeah, this has been theAnomaly Presents podcast.

(01:21:10):
This has been a showostensibly about Bloodsport, the
Jean Clyde Van Damme classic.
We love action movies.
We all love all kinds of genre movies.
And you'll find that out inperson November 5th through the 9th
here in Rochester, New York,at the Little Theater at the Dryden
Theater.
Come check it out.
Anomalyfilmfest.com AnomalyFilm Fest on all the social medias.

(01:21:35):
Check us out, won't you?
Also, yeah, we're in the midstof trying to figure out what we're
going to show.
We've got a bunch of cool submissions.
We're on film Freeway.
If you've got something thatyou want us to watch, send it our
way.
We will watch it and we willjudge you fairly and potentially
put you up on the screen in.
In November.

(01:21:56):
Yeah.
So we have been kp Hi.
We have been Megan Chong LeChang Lee Chong Lee Kuma.
I have been Matt, you havebeen amazing for listening to us
talk about this for the lasthour and 20 some odd minutes.

(01:22:16):
Thank you.
And we will see you next timeon Anomaly Presents.
Thank you.
Good night.
If I can find the button withthe outro, which is this one.
This has been a presentationof the Lunchadore podcast.

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