Bloodfist 3: Forced to Fight [VHS]
by Oley Sassone
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Actor: Don 'The Dragon' Wilson, Gregory McKinney, Richard Paul, Richard Roundtree, Rick DeanDirector: Oley Sassone
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 92 minutes
Release Date: 1996-10-29
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: New Concorde
Studio: New Concorde
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Movie Review: A Good Don Wilson Movie? - That's Still Not Saying Much...
Summary: 3 Stars
That's it - I'm done with Don Wilson movies. Nothing against Don or even his movies, but I've simply come to learn that they are not going to get much better than everything I've already seen. For the layman, if you've seen Red Sun Rising [VHS], Bloodfist, and/or Bloodfist IV: Die Trying, then you've seen everything that the man has to offer as far as commercial value is concerned. For certified fans, this is in fact one of his better flicks - probably the best of the three self-starring vehicles he got to release theatrically - but it pretty much goes for you too when I say that there's not much new to see here.
The story: Wilson plays Jimmy Boland, a Japanese/American kickboxer falsely accused of manslaughter and sent to prison. Inside the cruel walls operated by a self-absorbed warden, he finds himself caught up in a war of racial hatred; only through a chance meeting and eventual friendship with an enlightened ex-lawyer (Richard Roundtree, Shaft) can he hope to attain the strength and will to survive his term.
Yes, yes, I'll write about the fight scenes right away. Plainly, these may be some of Wilson's best moves ever - he performs kicks galore, including some complicated combos and an impressive flying kick - but they're thoroughly undermined by unnecessary quick-cut editing that removes any ebb or flow that they fights might have had. There are about four of these hand-to-hand encounters, some of them longer than others, but none that really stand out among anything else that martial arts enthusiasts will have already seen.
More than anything, "Forced to Fight" does a good job at telling a story, acted slightly above-average for this kind of movie. Richard Roundtree steals the how from his very first scene as a Malcolm X-inspired fight-the-system motivator and the sole voice of reason in the prison; he even seems to bring out a little something extra in Wilson, whose character is darker, more intense, and more legitimately acted than the types he usually plays. Rick Dean (Carnosaur II) and Gregory McKinney (who played Jax for a few seconds in Mortal Kombat) are opposite white/black bad guys largely responsible for causing the prison violence who have it out for Wilson, and even they don't do particularly bad. Co-stars include Richard Paul (The People vs. Larry Flynt) as the apathetic warden, Charles Boswell (Hard to Kill), Brad Blaisdell (ten episodes of "Three's Company"), and kickboxing champion Stan Longinidis, all who fail to stand out but don't do poorly...and in this case, not sucking entirely is worth a plus point.
"Bloodfist III" isn't a very realistic prison movie: it seems the only time that the prisoners are not walking around unhindered (or even supervised by security) is when the script calls for it, and apparently good behavior buys you your own outdoor garden, as is the case with Richard Roundtree's character. With that being said, incarceration is never made light of or softened (the film opens with a rape/murder), and for that, I can easily dub this Wilson's most mature movie to date. It's as good a place as any for new Wilson fans to start watching, but as is the case with me, it's easy to see why this was the last film that Don would release through theaters.
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