Bloodmoon (1997)

Bloodmoon (1997)

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(Foreign Titles)

Tagline(s):

You get one shot Before [sic.] he kills you.

Nomination Year: 2009

SYNOPSIS:

Yet another Gary Daniels movie ... Remember him from Fatal Blade and Black Friday?

Someone is killing former competitors from the "Challenge of Champions" -- a mixed-martial-arts event where boxers can fight kendo masters, judo experts can go against Kung Fu fighters, and so on, and so forth. An ex-stage-magician-turned-police-detective (and martial artist) must find the killer. Unfortunately, his captain (Frank Gorshin) wants him to take a new partner: a mentally traumatized ex-cop (and martial artist). Can he convince Daniels to come out of retirement, overcome his flashbacks, reconcile with his estranged family and still capture the bad guy?

Well.. Yeah. But it's gonna hurt.

Matt Quirk

Smithee Award Nominations

Deus Ex Machina

Ticker-Taping Timebomb

Ken is running to save his family from a time bomb, but he'll never make it in time! His wife is screaming at him to hurry, but although time has run out, he leaps toward them, all the better to die together. The timer hits zero, and there's a loud "pop!" as the sticks of 'dynamite' burst into clouds of confetti. A tape recorder left behind by the villain plays his maniacal laugh... "Ha ha ha!! I'm not a child-killer!"

"Cutting Butter With A Chainsaw"

That's Why He's the Master

The bad guy delivers the coup-de-grace to a sword master using an iron-finger chest strike that we've seen him use before. He then proceeds to slice the guy up, kick him through a paper screen, slam him into a wall, smash his face into a vase, flip him onto a desk and then jump up and down on on him, crushing his ribcage. And since that wasn't enough, he then blows up the building when Chuck arrives. You know. Just to be sure.

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Siu-Hung Leung	Also fight and stunt choreographer; Credited as "Tony Leung," "Leung Siu-Hung," "Tony Leung Siu Hung," and other variations of his name. Directed Insanity and Superfights.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Gary Daniels	Detective Ken O'Hara	Champion kickboxer and karate fighter turned (failed?) action star. Was in The Expendables, Tekken, Fist of the North Star, and many, many others.
Chuck Jeffreys	Detective Chuck Baker	Mainly a martial-arts stunt guy, he's been in a few things. Like as I-Ron in Rage and "Annoying Negro #2" in Flodder in Amerika!
Frank Gorshin	Chief William Hutchins	A true television and movie veteran, he is best known as The Riddler on the 1960's "Batman" television series. But was also Dr. Fletcher in 12 Monkeys and Iggy in That Darn Cat!
Darren Shahlavi	The Killer	Studied martial arts from a young age. He wanted to be a movie star...and got this instead. Was Cedric Mills in I Spy, Mr. Miller / Twister in IP Man 2, and Aladdin in Aladdin and the Death Lamp.
Nina Repeta	Megan O'Hara	Bessie Potter on "Dawson's Creek"; Sally's Mother in The Black Phone; and Sherry in Buried Alive II.
Keith Vitali	Terry's Friend	Fight choreographer on American Kickboxer 1, and co-produced Bloodmoon.


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