UnowPriceless
hyped garbage
BoardChiri
Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay
Bob
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
a_chinn
Pretty awful Eastern European production continuing the Bloodsport franchise that's strayed quite far from the original film. This one starts with a conventional martial arts film plot of a cop being sent to prison trying to avenge his partner's death, where he has to fight in the ring. The story takes a bizarre turn when with the prisoners tied to hospital beds and flanked by lingerie wearing ladies guarding them. This film is really embarrassingly bad and not even all that enjoyable on a so-bad-it's-good level of entertainment. Don't bother with this one.
garfielddurang
Warning: this review might contain spoilers. This c-grade martial arts flick is deliciously entertaining. Beautifully filmed in Bulgaria 'Bloodsport IV' has a distilled plot, melodramatic acting, homoerotic dialogue and some very interesting visuals. The movie reminded me of classic Paul Morrissey movies such as 'Blood for Dracula' and 'Flesh for Frankenstein' because of the way it takes all of its clichés and plot shortcuts to such over-the-top extreme it becomes almost artful and clever. Filling the movie with superficial Christian iconography, one-dimensional characters and various fetishistic imagery, director Elvis Restaino created a surrealistic fantasia that transcends its genre. We follow our hero (agent John Keller from the previous Bloodsport movies) and Blaire (his loyal partner and lover) one night as they discover that a very dangerous and supposedly executed criminal named Shrek is in fact alive and free. After they witness Shrek murder a fellow cop, Keller decides to infiltrate Fuego Penal (from where Shreck has escaped) to find out how Shrek was able to escape the death row without anyone noticing. Blaire agrees to pose as a nun to keep Keller in touch with the world outside. In Fuego Keller has an eclectic bunch of prisoners to keep him company, including a psychotic killer named Dr Rosenbloom (think Dracula's Renfield), another undercover agent named Winston, Jesus-crazed thug named Billings who wants to kill Keller for getting him imprisoned and Keller's arch-nemesis himself -- Shrek. But these inmates are not our hero's worst problem. As it turns out, Fuego Penal's administration has made a deal with a very mysterious and very wealthy man who calls himself Caesar and who likes to watch martial arts tournaments where prisoners are forced to fight each other to the death. The surviving champion gets to live and go free with a plane ticket and a generous amount of cash. Will Keller be able to overcome his principles and kill his opponents in order to survive? Will this be the end of Keller or will his kick-ass girlfriend save him in time? Why do Caesar and his entourage look like they've come to a Renaissance fair? Why do Fuego wardens dress like SS guards? Is there a point to Caesar's girlfriend having wild monkey sex with Keller in the middle of the movie? What's with all the ecclesiastic imagery? Don't expect answers to most of these questions but do expect to be entertained as long as you like campy 'bad' movies.
mark_e
Stefanos Miltsakakis is awesome. Unfortunately even he cannot save this horrible movie. Stefanos plays a villian named Schrek. He's a huge hulk of man who can take a beating and keep fighting. He's appeared in five Jean-Claude Van Damme movies including: Maximum Risk, The Quest, and Lionheart. This movie, unlike some of his other projects, is just one major cheese fest. The plot is thin, the acting is wooden, and while there are some good fight scenes (with Stefanos, of course) it's just not enough. The main bad guy, the prison warden, is totally laughable. So, if you're forced to watch Bloodsport: The Dark Kumite I recommend you fast forward to the fight scenes because you won't be missing much.
fojar
OK, first off, I didn't understand this kumite business. What is it? Is it like a flavour of ice cream? People kept saying it, but I just didn't get it. Also, where were the ninjas? When I think action I expect ninjas, and this film disappoints. Finally, how the heck do they explain the guy in the clown suit?
