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After his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible.After his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible.After his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible.
Amber Kelleher-Andrews
- Crystal Duvalier
- (as Amber Van Lent)
Steven D. Ito
- Yoong
- (as Steve Ito)
Nicholas R. Oleson
- The Beast
- (as Nicholas Oleson)
Sidney S. Liufau
- Kimo Lima Lama
- (as Sid Liufau)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaDaniel Bernhardt revealed in an interview with Scott Adkins on web-camera (available on YouTube) that Van Damme was initially considered to reprise the starring role.
- GoofsIn Bloodsport II Master Sun is shown as an old man retelling Alex's story to his students in the future, but in this movies he is killed making that impossible.
- Alternate versionsThe scene, where "The Beast" kills a fighter during the Kumite was cut from the German Video-Release.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Bloodsport: The Dark Kumite (1999)
- SoundtracksClair De Lune
by Claude Debussy
Performed by Stephen Edwards (as Steve Edwards)
Courtesy Six Feet Five Music
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I knew that this 1996 movie existed, though I never got around to watching it before now in 2023. I can't claim that I was overly interested in "Bloodsport" without Jean-Claude Van Damme. But having just sat through the "Bloodsport 2" movie prior to watching part three, of course I opted to continue on watching the movies.
The storyline in "Bloodsport III", as written by James Williams, was a pretty straightforward and generic one. This time, Alex Cardo (played by Daniel Bernhardt) is out camping with his son Jason (played by David Schatz), when he tells his son the tale of how he won his second Kumite. Yeah, that was about the essence of this movie. Pretty weak storyline actually, but of course writer James Williams was boiling soup on a broth that was already watered down.
Initially I was thrilled to see John Rhys-Davies on the cast list, however his talent was not utilized at all throughout the course of the 91 minutes that the movie ran for. Instead, we get to watch Daniel Bernhardt take on a heap of fighters once again and emerging victorious, all the while doing his best to look like Van Damme in the original 1988 "Bloodsport" movie. Actors James Hong and Pat Morita show up for short appearances in the movie, which was a nice touch. A shame that they didn't opt to give actress Uni Park a bigger part to play.
The fighting in "Bloodsport III" is definitely what keep the movie afloat and keeps it semi-watchable. But of course you know the outcome of the entire ordeal prior to sitting down to watch the movie, so there are no surprises along the way from director Alan Mehrez.
The "Bloodsport III" movie is an archetypical example of a franchise that should have stopped when the going was good.
My rating of "Bloodsport III" lands on a bland five out of ten stars.
The storyline in "Bloodsport III", as written by James Williams, was a pretty straightforward and generic one. This time, Alex Cardo (played by Daniel Bernhardt) is out camping with his son Jason (played by David Schatz), when he tells his son the tale of how he won his second Kumite. Yeah, that was about the essence of this movie. Pretty weak storyline actually, but of course writer James Williams was boiling soup on a broth that was already watered down.
Initially I was thrilled to see John Rhys-Davies on the cast list, however his talent was not utilized at all throughout the course of the 91 minutes that the movie ran for. Instead, we get to watch Daniel Bernhardt take on a heap of fighters once again and emerging victorious, all the while doing his best to look like Van Damme in the original 1988 "Bloodsport" movie. Actors James Hong and Pat Morita show up for short appearances in the movie, which was a nice touch. A shame that they didn't opt to give actress Uni Park a bigger part to play.
The fighting in "Bloodsport III" is definitely what keep the movie afloat and keeps it semi-watchable. But of course you know the outcome of the entire ordeal prior to sitting down to watch the movie, so there are no surprises along the way from director Alan Mehrez.
The "Bloodsport III" movie is an archetypical example of a franchise that should have stopped when the going was good.
My rating of "Bloodsport III" lands on a bland five out of ten stars.
- paul_haakonsen
- Aug 20, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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