In New York City, Leroy Green (Taimak) is given Bruce Lee's medallion by his teacher. He is to seek out the Master to reach the final level. Sho'nuff (Julius J. Carry III), The Shogun of Harlem, is also after the final level and sees Leroy as his only competition. Meanwhile, video arcade king Eddie Arkadian (Chris Murney) is desperate to get his girlfriend Angela Viracco (Faith Prince)'s music on Laura Charles (Vanity)'s show. He threatens her manager JJ (William H. Macy). When she rejects him, he sends his henchmen to kidnap her only to be defeated by Leroy. In the chaos, Leroy loses his medallion and Laura picks it up. Eddie sends former fighter great white hope Rock (Mike Starr).This is exceedingly stupid and cheesy but it's loads of fun. It's basically a spoof but it undoubtedly loves the old Kung Fu movies. At its core, there is a sweet charm to Leroy. The stereotype switcharoo is hilarious. While the Master reveal has some fun, it should be more to teach him a lesson. If he actually fought his teacher, it might be a lesson on him being his own man. It does run on too long. It struggles to maintain the tension once the comedy runs out of steam. The final fight simply goes on too long.
... View MoreThe Last Dragon is just embarrassing. I'm embarrassed for the actors who are part of it, I'm embarrassed for the filmmakers who created it and I'm embarrassed that I watched it. Yes, it's very mockable, but it's also very painful to endure. I don't know if this movie is intentionally trying to be campy or terrible, but it's one I'll probably never watch again.
... View MoreThis movie is from 1985 and should stay there. Way back in time before any good music videos were made or vevo or Youtube..oh wait! it's not a music video movie? it's a martial arts movie? dedications to Bruce Lee? what an insult. A bunch of morons crash into a theater and start acting out and beating people up on the screen stage, are you kidding me.There is not one once of realism in this whole lousy film.All about a era we would much rather forget only because we can't deny because its recorded on film like this one.Classic is Bruce Lee and good old Godzilla made with effort to please audiences even if they only had plastic toy dinosaurs and a gift for action.Skip this guys video of his 14th birthday party and watch the Discovery Channel or something with some intelligence and meaning. No wounder UFO's wont land on Earth.
... View MoreThis martial arts movie is a true gem of the 80's. Lot's of magic, moves, and music to go along in the movie. The 70's was big with blaxportation. If you think "Black Belt Jones" was bad, you haven't seen anything, yet. In the movie "The Last Dragon", "Bruce" Leroy Green(Taimak) was a real bad cat. He idolizes Bruce Lee aka "The Dragon". He is so into his art that he pays little attention to the world. He would later help out a DJ named Laura Charles(Vanity) whom his brother has a thing for her. The one thing getting in his way of find the glow is a bully black belt named Sho'nuff(Julius Carry, 1952-2008). This martial artist is all bully and brawn and very little brain. He thinks he's all bad. But he's really all mouth! Another problem is is this shady promoter named Eddie Arkadian(Christopher Murney). He likes to give people opportunity, but the real deal is himself. The fight scenes are cool, the dancing everyone does is hot, and the videos are something else: DeBarge's "Rhythm of the Night" is tops. Great movie, great plot, Berry Gordy's film is a real gem! 4 out of 5 stars!
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