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Jason Stillwell, a Bruce Lee fan, is beaten numerous times and trains from the ghost of Lee. Jason then must use his newly acquired skills to save Seattle from a crime syndicate, whose top martial artist is the deadly Ivan. If i'm not mistaken this is JCVD's first film and damn was this fun? Actually i didn't know what to expect exactly but it was kind of Kickboxer meets Karated Kid meets Bloodsport and it's just as fun as all those movies combined plus evil Jean Claude Van Damme is always the best thing that we're ever gonna get. Totally Fun!!!! (10/10)
ThreeThumbsUp
To say the acting in this movie was bad would be giving NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER a huge complement. It was just about the worst I have ever seen, and I don't think it's even close. If you want a few laughs, put this one on -- it's as bad as it gets. Interaction between characters was a joke. The fight scenes were slow and predictable and contained no serious action or authenticity. But the the downright awful acting takes the cake. Just over-the-top terrible. Unbelievable.Van Dam doesn't show up until the middle of the film and plays a bad guy...what?
Jetset971
I recently caught this movie on you tube and must have blocked it out of my mind for the last 27 years. WHAT A CORNBALL, CHEESY, CONTRIVED PIECE OF DOO-DOO!!! This wasn't a B-movie this was a Z-movie! Who in the name of all that is holy produced, directed and wrote this cinematic suppository? Not to mention the horrific acting that i am sure nobody would even dare put this on their resume, especially Van-Dame who's acting was so bad in this movie it makes his turn in "Cyborg" look Oscar worthy. You know a movie is beyond redemption when they not only have a uber hokey title like "No Retreat, No Surrender" but has an actor shouting it throughout the movie. I swear, every time that line was uttered, i could feel the bile rising up from my stomach. Do yourself a MAJOR favor and avoid this movie like the freaking plague.
Glen McCulla
This film has long held a pride of place in my personal pantheon of classic '80s action flicks, alongside other luminaries such as "Bloodsport" and "Deadly Prey". In fact, i think a great night in with beers 'n' snacks with all three of these bad boys is long overdue - though i may well die from an overdose of pure unadulterated genius.Basic kung-fu revenge plot involves a young man called Jason (although for some reason for years i remembered him as being called "Dan"... i have no idea why, unless i'd somehow conflated this with "The Karate Kid". Which seems impossible, what with this being 5000 times better!) avenging the crippling of his karate sensei father (the appalling acting stylings of Tim Baker, take a bow!) at the hands - and indeed feet - of martial arts gangsters. The twist here is that the inevitable training montage in order to take vengeance is aided not only by bizarre break dancing Michael Jackson impersonator R.J., but by the ghost of Bruce Lee (played by Kim Tae Chung himself, the not very Bruce Lee Bruce Lee from "Game of Death")!!! After a gruelling training regime involving quality '80s music and some terrifying homoeroticism with R.J., Jason / Dan takes on the high-kicking, splits-performing Jean-Claude Van Damme himself. Though whether or not JCVD is playing 'Ivan Krezinsky the Russian' or 'Carl Brezdin' depends on whether you believe the dialogue or the credits!! Either way, Jason / Dan vs. Ivan/ Carl is a true clash of the titans that fans of hokey genius cannot afford to miss!!
