"No Retreat, No Surrender" tells the story of a teenager, whose father is forced out of the martial arts business by a band of thugs, leading the boy to train even harder after they move to another town. When the thugs threaten yet another studio, the time has come for his revenge.
Yes, this movie is entertaining. But I guess you must have seen this as a kid in order to hype it as some reviewers do. As someone who watched this as an adult, I have to say that the plot is rather weak (I mean isn't it comfortable that the same thugs appear in this one town of all?), the paranormal element is pretty trashy (yeah.. he trains with his ghost.. right) and the characters are let's say interesting (what was this sidekick). No offense, as I said most of these elements are still entertaining and help to make this about more than just fighting scenes. However neither the plot nor the production are clever enough to give this some kind of legendary aura.
All in all this is an entertaining film that is in a way a portrait of its time and surely even more fun to watch for kids. It is however, not as big as some reviewers make it.
Yes, this movie is entertaining. But I guess you must have seen this as a kid in order to hype it as some reviewers do. As someone who watched this as an adult, I have to say that the plot is rather weak (I mean isn't it comfortable that the same thugs appear in this one town of all?), the paranormal element is pretty trashy (yeah.. he trains with his ghost.. right) and the characters are let's say interesting (what was this sidekick). No offense, as I said most of these elements are still entertaining and help to make this about more than just fighting scenes. However neither the plot nor the production are clever enough to give this some kind of legendary aura.
All in all this is an entertaining film that is in a way a portrait of its time and surely even more fun to watch for kids. It is however, not as big as some reviewers make it.