willhaskew It's a fairly simple story with a single premise, a heroic martial artist searching for the ultimate technique and or enlightenment. In this case, it's Harlem Goju Ryu practitioner "Bruce" Leroy Green, Jr. Leroy is a Bruce Lee fanatic who loves Enter the Dragon and Fists of Fury, hence the nickname given to him at the beginning of the movie. When he's informed by his sensei that he's learned all that there is to be taught, he asks he's not surrounded by the sublime glow of the "final level." His sensei sends him on a journey to find a wise reclusive master named Sumdumgoy. While seeking the final level, he runs afoul of Sho'nuff, the self-proclaimed Shogun of Harlem and avowed kung fu master, and Eddie Arcadian, a showbiz wannabe and wealthy owner of a successful chain of video game arcades who wants to break into pop music by turning his Cyndi Lauper-lookalike girlfriend Angela Viracco into a pop star. Arcadian hopes to achieve his dream by having Angela's video for her single played on 7th Heaven, a video countdown hosted by beautiful female veejay Laura Charles. Leroy foils Arcadian's initial attempts to kidnap Laura, igniting a strong attraction between the two. It also sets up a final confrontation with Sho'nuff and Arcadian, when the latter enlists the Shogun of Harlem's help to gain revenge on Leroy.This was executive produced by Motown founder Berry Gordy, directed by Krush Groove director Michael Schultz and the soundtrack itself is a lot of fun. It features "The Glow" by Motown artist/producer Willie Hutch of the 5th Dimension and "Rhythm of the Night" by DeBarge along with appearances by Smoky Robinson and Stevie Wonder. Taimak does a decent job here considering he had virtually no acting experience before this movie, he seems just a little innocent and altruistic enough to play the role of a humble martial artist. Vanity plays...well herself, enough said. She's okay. Prolific character actor Julis J. Carry's performance as Sho'nuff truly makes this film memorable. He's a larger than life, martial artist-wannabe and bully who also happens to steal every scene he's in. It's something that should be considered essential hip-hop cinema, with even rapper Busta Rhymes dressing like Sho'nuff and quoting the film for his "Dangerous" music video.

Woodyanders Mild-mannered martial arts student Leroy Green (likable Taimak) yearns to obtain an all-powerful force known as "The Glow." Leroy faces opposition from evil king-fu warrior Sho'nuff (broadly played with fire-breathing fearsome brio by Julius Carry) and has to rescue beautiful singer Laura Charles (Vanity at her most radiant, appealing, and flat-out gorgeous) from the vile clutches of unscrupulous two-bit record producer Eddie Arkadian (a gloriously hammy portrayal by Chris Murney).Director Michael Schultz maintains an engaging lighthearted tone throughout, stages the chopsocky fights with considerable aplomb, and keeps the entertaining story zipping along at a brisk pace. The game cast gleefully go to town on the blithely inane material: Faith Prince brings a sweetly ditsy charm to her role as bubbly airhead Angela Viracco, Mike Starr snarls it up nicely as brutish goon Rock, Leo O'Brien provides plenty of swagger as Leroy's jive-talking' little brother Richie, Ernie Reyes Jr. busts some impressive karate moves as fierce little squirt Tai, and Glen Eaton contributes an amusing turn as smartaleck Johnny Yu. William H. Macy and Chazz Palimenteri pop up in nifty small parts. James M. Contner's glittery cinematography gives this film a sparkling neon look. Both Misha Segal's funky score and the soulful rockin' soundtrack hit the right-on groovy spot. Best of all, this movie totally eats up the 80's: We've got hopelessly dated slang ("heavy dude"), cheesy rap singing, break dancing, massive hair, outrageously tacky clothes, ridiculous song and dance numbers, and even an ugly transvestite. Good goofy fun.

Joshua Benhaggai This movie is from 1985 and should stay there. Way back in time before any good music videos were made or vevo or Youtube..oh wait! it's not a music video movie? it's a martial arts movie? dedications to Bruce Lee? what an insult. A bunch of morons crash into a theater and start acting out and beating people up on the screen stage, are you kidding me.There is not one once of realism in this whole lousy film.All about a era we would much rather forget only because we can't deny because its recorded on film like this one.Classic is Bruce Lee and good old Godzilla made with effort to please audiences even if they only had plastic toy dinosaurs and a gift for action.Skip this guys video of his 14th birthday party and watch the Discovery Channel or something with some intelligence and meaning. No wounder UFO's wont land on Earth.

Dgame_21 Do you remember the days of being a youth and seeing your favorite martial arts movie and attempting to perform the moves displayed by the actors. Well this classic movie from 1985 is somewhere on the same basis as that feeling of wanting to be a martial artist. The movie revolves around the main character 'Bruce' Leroy Green, a young man who trains to become a master much like his idol Bruce Lee. The story for this movie is pretty much non-existent there are plot areas in which you'll find yourself wondering what the hell just happened but you'll soon forget and realize that you really don't care that there isn't much of a story to be told with this movie. The plot of the movie is the main antagonist of the movie Eddie Arcadian wants to get rid of Leroy for ruining his ultimate plan of having his girlfriends video to be played on the Teen/Adult video dance show at 7th Heaven. 7th Heaven is the spot where the Video Jockey Ms Laura Charles (future Leroy love interest) works and hosts a show. After her refusal to play the video, Eddie Arcadian decides to get rough and kidnap the VJ. Leroy sees the damsel in distress and proceeds to kick everyones ass, then he disappears. This would go on to happen once more and again he kicks their asses. From here furiously Eddie decides to hire fighters, murderers, just all out bad people to get rid of Leroy. After hiring the only person capable of beating Leroy in Sho'nuff the rival so to speak of Leroy, as they are the two baddest dudes in Harlem. Sho'nuff wants to fight Leroy based on the fact that he is the only threat to him running the town and feels that he's a weakling due to his non-violent nature. Eddie now kidnaps Laura once again this time with Leroy's brother Ritchie, this infuriates Leroy and he accepts the challenge from Eddie and fights all of his hired henchmen before becoming overwhelmed when his students come to his rescue allowing him to give chase to Eddie and meeting Sho'nuff for the final battle.This is a nostalgic movie as it's pretty much the 80s as best I can remember it. Bright colors, weird outfits, cheesy acting, good music, and martial arts. This movie would never be considered one of the greatest movies or stories ever told but for someone like me who was born in the 80s this movie is pretty damn good. I would recommend watching the movie if you're just watching for a laugh, something to keep you entertained or if you're just a big fan. As you're watching just remember when you were a kid and watching either Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung or whomever from your younger years and those memories of wanting to be those guys translates perfectly into this movie.