No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)

Some would say the lack of budget, acting, story, equipment and ability would ruin a movie. Some might even say that using a very tired formula about the Cold War (and oh so blatant) would be rubbish. Some would say that a story that makes no sense is good. Some would even say that the lines "Hey Jayson, you look like you've seen a ghost" "I think I have" is stupid because the person in question never died or appeared to die or even got injured at any point. They might think it's just a cheap excuse to use an overused line to sound good.

To those people I say : How dare you

Jean Claude van Damme's career never went as high as this afterwards, it was all downhill (although some would argue that Streetfighter came close). Jason Stillwell was so good that he had to refuse offers later on from the makers of Blade, the Matrix, various Star Wars movies. Still, when you've been in a film this big where can you go from there. He decided to quit while he was at the top rather than fade away with lesser films. If anyone noticed, the REAL Bruce Lee is in this film. I don't know who that guy was in all those other films, but I know for sure this one was the real deal.

As for the story, it was a roller-coaster from start to finish. Friendship, love, gay sex, loyalty and black people were all discussed in this film which broke new artistic ground. To conclude, this film will spellbound and amaze. Anyone who hasn't seen it is missing out on a piece of culture that the whole world should share.

Fmovies: No Retreat, No Surrender was a fantastic film which is one my absolute favorites. It reminds of the equally great The Karate Kid and Rocky 4 starring Sylvester Stallone. These three films came out during the mid 80`s and as we know most of the finest film was made from 84 to 90, No Retreat, No Surrender was no dissapointment.

When i rented it the first time when i was 12 me and my brother watched it 7 times in one day. The film is full of comedy and moving moments and the subject of martial arts is right down my alley, all around this is an outstanding picture that has all the right elements. The fact that most of the players are unknown doesn`t make a difference, they fit right in this film.

Kurt Mckinney is very fine in the lead role.

Quite possibly the funniest film of all time. Outrageous performances from all of the cast. J.W. Fails as RJ is one of the most unmissable performances of the 80's. In terms of films that are so bad that they are good, it doesn't get any better than this. This film also has some pretty damn good fight scenes, with some nice choreography from the ever reliable Jean Claude Van Damme. It spawned a series of excellent sequels. 2,3,and 4 are all stupendously awesome, however, in spite of being sequels they have no ongoing story lines or characters. Number 5 is pretty good, but with no story line of any kind, it fails to be as satisfying as the others.

No Retreat, No Surrender fmovies. I don't know where to start with this cinematic masterpiece. When I first saw it(a million years ago) I thought it was so laughably bad that I enjoyed watching it. Then recently I had a few drinks then got the great idea of watching it again. I couldn't pull myself off of the floor from laughing so hard. Geez, the sound, video quality, acting, editing, EVERYTHING about this movie is bad. There should be a warning on the cover suggesting that viewers prepare themselves for the possibility of laughing themselves into a stupor.

Anyway, this movie is freaking great. Check this movie out without hesitation. If you watch it sober, you'll laugh at it normally, but when you got a few in ya, the laughs don't stop. You hear that punk, she KNOWS whos the best!!!

Just finished viewing no retreat,no surrender whom i borrowed from by good friend "Thorstein" today.The last time i watched it was approximately ten years ago on a lousy video tape,and seeing it on DVD gave me a hell of a ride.We all know that these movies lack about everything a movie lover craves,but the intensity and the choreography of the fighting is just plain awesome! I too see the similarities ti Rocky 4 with the Russian fighter etc,but remember that Ivan grabbed Jasons girl by the hair,wouldn't you step into the ring to defend your girl? Simultanously i have to say that our belgium phenomen has delivered the film-histories best side-kicks.Worth the whole movie by itself! Beside "American warrior" this is the greatest martial art movie of all time!Sorry Jet Li!And once again thanks to my dear friend Thorstein(who simply adores van damme)for lending me this one!

I most start this off by saying, I think this is one of the best movies every made, its in my top 10 favorite movies of all time. I watched this movie like everyday after shcool when I was a kid. its great.. its so entertaining, and never gets old. it has a great story, great action scenes, great music, and memereble lines and characters. I still watch this movie all the time. When lifes at its low points, and I'm feeling down, when I watch this movie, it gives me the inspiration to not give up and keep pushing on. I love this movie, its got me through some hard times.