{"id":7140,"date":"2023-02-07T10:48:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/movies\/?p=7140"},"modified":"2024-09-08T21:15:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T01:15:24","slug":"bloodsport-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/movies\/bloodsport-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloodsport (1988)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Bloodsport Quote: &#8220;You break my record, now I break you, like I break your friend.&#8221; &#8211; Chong Li<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/25828470\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/414995\/custom-color\/de4a20\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered how Jean-Claude Van Damme became an international action star, there&#8217;s one &#8217;80s movie you need to see: &#8220;Bloodsport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This episode, commissioned by listener Adam from Texas, calls on Gene Lyons&#8217; deep martial arts expertise, Ash&#8217;s opinions on muscle men and Big D&#8217;s childhood dream of climbing with ninja claws.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, the Shat Crew also discusses the efficacy of fighting monkey style, the utility of eight-minute cinematic flashbacks, training vs. torture, how a referee fits into a full-contact tournament, journalistic integrity in the face of sexy splits, what the Army does when an officer goes AWOL and what the hell Forest Whitaker was doing in this movie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plot Summary: \u201cBloodsport&#8221;<\/strong> U.S. soldier Frank Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly secret and extremely violent martial-arts competition. While trying to gain access into the underground world of clandestine fighters, he also has to avoid military officers who consider him to be AWOL. After enduring a difficult training and beginning a romance with journalist Janice Kent (Leah Ayres), Frank is given the opportunity to fight. 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