I remember when Gary Daniels was a rising star in the B movie industry in the 1990s. Since that period, I've hardly seen him in any movies at all, though he's kept working steadily. When I found this particular effort of his on Netflix, I decided to give it a look to see how he's been doing lately. Though judged from this movie, it doesn't seem like he's doing very well. I realize that Daniels is now in his early 50s, an age where it's harder for a martial arts actor to find quality projects, but he surely could have done better than this ultra low budget Mexican effort. It is a really crudely made exercise, with really bad cinematography and rock bottom production values. The script is even worse, with important scenes or linking footage missing, leading to a garbled story. Also, the so-called twists in the story will be no surprise to any viewer. As for the action, the martial art sequences are mediocre at best, and flat at their worst. The gunplay scenes are even worse. You'd be much better off looking in thrift stores for copies of Daniels' 1990 efforts instead of this absolutely pathetic effort.

RUMBLE is a very low budget martial arts film from Mexico which was designed as a vehicle for British martial artist Gary Daniels. Daniels plays the usual washed-up tournament fighter whose girlfriend is kidnapped by a sinister crime boss who then forces our hero to fight just to keep her alive. The first thing you notice about this film is the low budget, which means that it has a cheap, on-the-street look without much in the way of special effects. The second thing is that the action is pretty decent. Daniels is one of those reliable fighters who doesn't let the advance of years slow him down; he still looks great when fighting on screen and has obviously stayed in shape. The film's fight choreography is sufficiently brutal to be exciting, and there's rarely a slow motion despite the B-movie feel of it all.

The film opens with boxer David Goran (Gary Daniels) ruuning through the streets being chased by the Mexican police. He ominously proclaims it is "just as bad as it looks." He tells us "it's a long story" and we know no matter what, it will be less than 90 minutes, in fact it only takes us 18 minutes to get back to that point. David just won a fight and stiffs the bell-hop. It seems he has been as honest as a Jai-Alai player taking dives and creating odds. He has been trying to raise money to pay off a blackmailer. His girlfriend (Sissi Fleitas) and sometimes former prostitute killed a guy and he is making money to pay off her blackmailing ex-boyfriend. Yes, David has a capital "L" painted on his forehead. The film is overt in that it allows you to clearly see nobody is what they pretend to be. David gets forced into a fight to the death club in order to save his girlfriend...which I would have cut loose long ago. The film is low budget. The fight sequences are short and realistic, meaning they are not overly exciting and entertaining. Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

Not sure what is going on with Gary, this is what the third or fourth movie he plays a retired MMA fighter.... poor guy he hit the wall he is now what 55y old.While Jean Claude Van Damme was on the big screen, you had b movie actors like gary (never understood why he never made it main stream, the guy had it all too.) who was pouring b movie martial arts direct to video, i have seen them all.It was fun to finally see Gary as a bad guy in the expendables but after that things never picked up.This movie is yet again another sad attempt at action and martial art fights, to be honest they have been making those ever since bloodsport back in 1988 i have grown tired of them ever since 1995 it is now 2017 i cannot believe people still watch those type of movies.Do yourself a favor if you seen any martial art movies in the last 15 years there is no need to see this one.