No Retreat, No Surrender [Region 2] | ![No Retreat, No Surrender [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Z35YX66SL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Corey Yuen
Actors: Kurt Mckinney, Jean-claude Van Damme, J.w. Fails, Kathie Sileno, Tai Chung Kim
Category: DVD
Buy New: $23.85
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Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 30907
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Running Time: 85 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582266436
ASIN: B0002848WQ
Theatrical Release Date: May 2, 1986
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 Great movie to watch December 23, 2008
Charles L. Dupree (Riverside,IL.)
I used to love this movie when I was a teen so I had to get it now so my kids could see it.Van Damme does a good job in his first somewhat major role in a movie. A real fun movie for any karate fan.
 Second movie of JCVD. July 1, 2008
Angel here (Quebec, Quebec Canada)
Not a great movie but that's good for see JCVD yesterday. When you see this movie, you understand JCVD is today a very best actor.
Where Jean-Claude learned the splits! May 16, 2008
Jason (Backwater, Alabama)
No Retreat No Surrender is a classic martial arts movie from the 80s. It's classic because it follows the 80s formula of "screw it, put it in there, people will enjoy it regardless of how unbelievable it is".
The movie "stars" a runt named Jason (Kurt McKinney), who looks like the guy perpetually gets his lunch money stolen. All is well in his sheltered life until one day he skips into his father's dojo just in time to see his father getting a beatdown from a Russian mobster henchman named Ivan (Jean Claude Van Damme). Evidently, the Sherman Oaks Karate School is prime gangster real estate, and the Russian syndicate simply must have it.
After his dad gets a can of ***-whoopin' from Ivan, and a broken leg, the family is forced to move to Seattle to regain any semblance of pride. It's in Seattle that Jason meets RJ, a black guy who wears a jheri curl to distract others from seeing how lame he really is. But, hey! He can breakdance, and he sure can dribble a basketball while riding a bicycle like it's nobody's business!
Anyway, Jason and RJ get bullied by karate thugs, and afterwards Jason is visited by Bruce Lee's ghost. (seriously) Lucky for Jason, it's just in time to meet up with Ivan, who is yet again applying a beating to an unprepared opponent. This time, however, Jason has had a few months of training behind him and is more than prepared for the final battle.
The final battle is classic. And by classic I mean most atrocious choreography for a fight scene in movie history. There is one bright side, and that is the fact that we get to see the genesis of Jean Claude Van Damme's patented move: the splits. Jason uses it on him during the fight with deadly effectiveness, and JCVD hasn't forgotten the lesson to this day.
I can't recommend this movie highly enough. Watch it for the laughs, the bad acting, and the beginning of the phenomenon known as Jean Claude Van Damme.
A Classic Movie for the Ages February 13, 2008
donb51 (Virginia)
We got this movie in 1980-somehting when I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan. We had five kids who were raised watching this movie as Okinawa had no US TV and we had to get Videotapes for our entertainment. As the kids grew, they remade this movie several times using their own equipment. They had the lines and acting down pat - just like the original - it was so easy to imitate. Anyway, as I get older, I wouldn't trade my original copy of this movie with my kids remakes for anything in the world. To this day, we take this stuff out and watch it every Christmas. Ah the memories it brings back is so sweet and all the grown kids still get the biggest "kick" out of it. What fun! Try and start your own memories with this and your own small kids.
GOOD FILM! June 29, 2007
KayJay Toledo (Bethesda,MD)
Some people might think the movie was too cheesy or whatever but I personally think it is good and quite interesting, another reason why 1980s were good, at least for me
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