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Kumite (The Real Bloodsport 2!!)
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PRODUCERS:
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Richard Rionda Del Castro
CO-PRODUCERS:
Blair Reekie
Rainer Bienger
WRITER / DIRECTOR:
Jean-Claude Van Damme
PRODUCTION DESIGNER:
Tony Devenyi
LOCATION:
Vancouver
GENRE:
Action
CAST:
Jean-Claude Van Damme as VIC “THE CAJUN” LATOUR
Jerome Lebanner as THE WOLF
START DATE:
August 8, 2004
DELIVERY STATUS:
March 2005
BUDGET:
USD $14 million
LOGLINE:
“Kumite” is an action-packed story of courage, friendship, and redemption, set against the backdrop of the most brutal and elite fighting tournament in the world, The Kumite. Vic Latour (Jean-Claude Van Damme), the only westerner to ever win the Championship of the Kumite, returns to defend his title after years of alcoholism and despair, overcoming great odds to achieve greater glory.
SYNOPSIS:
Since achieving the heights of victory, Vic has experienced the depths of despair. The Kumite trophy, a sleek sword, hangs on the wall of the gym he calls home, a relic and a reminder of his former glory. He’s an outsider in his South Central Los Angeles neighborhood, and has become a drunk. Vic’s only friend is a kindly neighbor he calls MAMA. One night in a bar, Vic confronts two redneck gang members. Instead of fighting them, however, he smashes their prized automobile. In the dead of night, the gang members show up at his gym to exact their revenge. Vic unleashes a fury of rage upon them, striking them down with the very sword he won as a trophy in the Kumite. One of the thugs wears a tattoo that Vic recognizes from the fateful shootout in the streets years ago, during which his precious daughter BIANCA was killed. Since that day, his wife JANICE has been confined to a mental institution, a vegetable. A ghost. Vic calls a friend, TAO LON, and asks for help in seeking revenge for his daughter and wife. Tao Lon gladly accepts, tracking down the gang members for Vic and accompanying him to a hangar in the mountains.
After a bloody fight in which Tao Lon and Vic defeat dozens of men, black cars swarm the airstrip. Out of a private jet steps LEE COOPER, a wealthy Texas oil tycoon. He offers to clean up the mess at the hangar, but asks a favor in return. Vic will enter the Kumite and finally defend his championship against the greatest fighters in the world. Vic has no choice but to accept, and he’s off to Belgium, to train with his old master.
The news of his entry excites and thrills the fighting community, and investors eagerly bid on seats for the event. The tournament organizer, OKORAMI, wants to ensure this year’s Kumite will be the biggest ever, the “Super Bowl of Kumite.” He gets his wishes when Lee Cooper agrees to pay millions of dollars to host the Kumite on American soil. Okorami’s own fighter, AKIRO YAMAMOTO, wants nothing more than to face The Cajun and inflict pain and humiliation upon him for winning the Kumite eighteen years before.
While the investors have billions of dollars on the line, the fighters have more at stake than monetary gain. Some fight for love, others for freedom. None of them have more at stake than Vic, who fights for all of these things and more. The brutal training behind him, Vic now faces the toughest part of his journey.
He returns to America to face the greatest fighters in the world, fighters of unmatched skill and raw brutality, including a Russian named THE WOLF (Jerome LeBanner), who keeps pet wolves in a cage near his corner. With everything on the line, he braces for an inevitable showdown with Akiro Yamamoto, a fighter so intense that he kills a man in the ring. Vic is dangerous in his own right; he’s a fighter with nothing left to lose. The fans scream with anticipation as the final match approaches. Two men, with everything to gain, facing each other in a fierce battle of strength and will.
*note that Van Damme and Frank Dux are not at good terms so the name "Frank Dux" cannot be used for this movie! And yes, the character Tao Lon is Chong Li! |
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| UWM |
Frank Dux was the ing man! And Chong Li!
Ahahaha I might actually go out and see this. |
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| Emil |
| ^^^^^ Nice sig. :stongue: |
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| MERLIN |
| YOU LOSE AMERICAN !! |
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| torontotrance |
But now Van Damme is over the hill...trying to bring back the high point of Bloodsport LMAO!
tho I loved the original. |
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| Emil |
| But seriously now. If you guys google "Frank Dux" and "Kumite" you will find out that the Dux guy is a total fraud. He was claiming he won the Congressional Medal of Honor at one point, till he found out it's a federal offense to claim to have won it. :rolleyes: But ya, the Frank Dux guy is a nut job. |
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| trancendental |
| quote: | Originally posted by Emil
But seriously now. If you guys google "Frank Dux" and "Kumite" you will find out that the Dux guy is a total fraud. He was claiming he won the Congressional Medal of Honor at one point, till he found out it's a federal offense to claim to have won it. :rolleyes: But ya, the Frank Dux guy is a nut job. |
Yep. Fraud. Totally. |
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| th0m |
| quote: | Originally posted by Emil
But seriously now. If you guys google "Frank Dux" and "Kumite" you will find out that the Dux guy is a total fraud. He was claiming he won the Congressional Medal of Honor at one point, till he found out it's a federal offense to claim to have won it. :rolleyes: But ya, the Frank Dux guy is a nut job. |
You guys with your federal offenses. Next thing you're gonna tell me its a criminal offense to make fun of Bush. Ohwell, luckily I'm not a US citizen. *gets out his Medal of Honor and hangs it around his neck*
j/k :p |
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| Vigilante |
The original Bloodsport was awesome! I hope this one is decent.
I might be going to Vancouver at the end of the year, so maybe i could see them filmimg?
They could have some badass outdoor fight scenes in Stanley Park.
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| MaDDHatteR |
| has Van Dame done anything "decent" cinematically speaking since the orignial Bloodsport? I don't know, but there something that just hints to me that this film will fall ever so slightly short of being "decent." |
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| AnonymousRacer |
I liked Hard Target...
but most of his recent movies I could care less for.
Might check out Kumite because Bloodsport is a favorite of mine... I'll never forget the shin bone breaking through the leg!!! OUCH!!!:eek: |
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| Trancealot |
| quote: | Originally posted by MaDDHatteR
has Van Dame done anything "decent" cinematically speaking since the orignial Bloodsport? I don't know, but there something that just hints to me that this film will fall ever so slightly short of being "decent." |
watch the movie "in hell" its one of those prison type movies though but worth watching.
if you like the movie "in hell" then watch "Lock up" with sylvestter stallone also. |
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