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No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) [PG]

Featuring:
Kurt McKinney, Jean-Claude Van Damme, J.W. Fails

Written by:
See-Yuen Ng
Corey Yuen
Keith W. Strandberg

Directed by:
Corey Yuen


Release Date:
May 2, 1986

Original Title:
No Retreat, No Surrender

Alternate Titles:
Karate Tiger
Karate Tiger - Der letzte Kampf
Karaté Tiger - Le Tigre Rouge
Le Tigre Rouge
No Retreat No Surrender
Retroceder Nunca, Render-se Jamais
Retroceder nunca, rendirse jamás
Ring of Truth
Uppgörelsen
Тигр карате

Genres:
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
New World Pictures
Seasonal Film Corporation

Production Countries:
Hong Kong | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  FR: TP  US: PG 

Runtime: 94

Tonight, He either fights for his life or he'll be running for the rest of it.

Overview from TheMovieDB

The mob is trying to strongarm local martial arts schools, forcing young Jason Stillwell and his family to move after his father is injured defending their dojo. With his father now rejecting violence, Jason is forced to train on his own to protect himself and his best friend from the members of a rival karate school.

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Overview from Open Movies

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.

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Rankings and Honors

No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes 80%
Metacritic 30/100

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Production

Casting:
Neva Friedenn
Thaddeus Hejker
Paul Maslak

Casting Director:
Paul Maslak

Choreographer:
Mang Hoi

Co-Editor:
Dane A. Davis

Director:
Corey Yuen Kwai

Director of Photography:
David Golia
John Huneck

Editor:
Allan Poon
James Melkonian
Mark Pierce

Executive Producer:
Neva Friedenn

Hairstylist:
Roxanne Wightman

Makeup Artist:
Sher Flowers
June Brickman

Musician:
Frank Harris

Original Music Composer:
Paul Gilreath
Frank Harris

Producer:
Ng See-Yuen

Production Executive:
Thaddeus Hejker

Property Master:
James Jih

Screenplay:
Keith W. Strandberg

Screenstory:
Corey Yuen Kwai
Ng See-Yuen

Still Photographer:
Dan Golden

Supervising Sound Editor:
Bob Biggart
Gary Ng

Theme Song Performance:
Kevin Chalfant
Joe Satriani

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Lesley Levin
Lisa Greenberg

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