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Eighties martial arts action in which Jean Claude Van-Damme plays the feared Kung Fu bully 'Ivan the Terrible'. Against all the odds, the central character Jason (Kurt McKinney) is inspired by the ghost of Bruce Lee to get himself in shape and prepare for victory in the fight of his life against the notorious Ivan the Terrible.
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Martial arts pupil Jason Stockwell pits his newly acquired skills against a local crime syndicate when his karate teacher is run out of town.
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Leading Role: J.W. Fails, J.W. Fails, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kathie Sileno, Kathie Sileno, Kurt McKinney, Kurt McKinney, Peter 'Sugarfoot' Cunningham, Peter 'Sugarfoot' Cunningham
Director: Cory Yuen, Cory Yuen
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I grew up watching all the martial arts classics and 'No Retreat' is one of my favourit fighting flicks of the 80s, so when it eventually came to dvd I was pretty excited..... until I watched it. As soon as the menu screen came up with a new version of the classic theme song 'Stand On Your Own', a bad feeling in my stomach began to grow, and it only got worst. The entire film had been totally rescored with really, really bad music. And worst still, painfully awful, originally cut scenes had been added, and other parts of the film were missing, I found myself repeating "what have they done...what have they done". Ruined it, big time, that's what they've done. I'm sorry to say that as much as I love this classic, which is a lot (even though it tries to bring Bruce back from the dead), I only lasted about thirty-five minutes before cursing, removing the dvd disc, and listing it for sale on amazon as quickly as I possibly could. Then, I searched amazon for the original vhs version and bought a copy faster than you could say boo! And then proceeded to watch it as it was meant to be seen and heard! Brilliant! Honestly, I have no idea how so many people haven't noticed the seriously massive differences between this new and very poor dvd version (bad!), and the original classic vhs version (good!). If you've still got a vcr machine and you really like this film then my advice is buy the vid, it's so much better. The only thing I did like about the this whole dvd saga, is that it gave me an excuse to rediscovered the brilliance that is.... 'NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER'.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Ben
Format:DVD
I loved this film, excellent martial arts film, I was quite surprised considering the age of it. I bought this DVD due to the fact I'm a huge Van Damme film, but he's barely in it. If you're a martial arts film fan then I recommend this but if you're wanting it for Van Damme don't bother, DVD cover is false advertising as he's in it for about 10 maybe 20 minutes in the whole film.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I agree with Preceeding review. This film in its original VHS format was a classic....a true 5 star 80's movie, up there with "Karate Kid". However, the DVD release has totally ruined the film. Loads of Scenes are missing - Including those were Jason meets up with Kelly BEFORE the Birthday Party - a pretty important part of the story if you ask me. Whats worse is the "good" original footage - which has been removed, has been replaced with "Rubbish" scenes that were not in the VHS version - which do nothing to improve the movie or story. They've also replaced a lot of the original music, including theme song "Stand on Your Own." I'm not sure, but I think this may be the European version, which was sold as "Karate Tiger" and not "No Retreat - No Surrender."
If like me, you no longer have a VCR player - then this is worth watching only for the nostalgic value......if you still have a VCR then buy the video as the DVD is absolute pants.
If anybody from the publishing company is out there - please please please release the original UK Video Version on DVD - it's 100 times better than this pap you are selling. - Also change the cover - Why have Van Damme on the cover, you should have the original artwork, which was Kurt McKinney & Van Damme, with the American and Russian Flags.....
If like me, you no longer have a VCR player - then this is worth watching only for the nostalgic value......if you still have a VCR then buy the video as the DVD is absolute pants.
If anybody from the publishing company is out there - please please please release the original UK Video Version on DVD - it's 100 times better than this pap you are selling. - Also change the cover - Why have Van Damme on the cover, you should have the original artwork, which was Kurt McKinney & Van Damme, with the American and Russian Flags.....
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UK EIV VHS Review
Considering the majority of people on this thread have already stated the most obvious about this movie I still feel compelled to throw my ten pence in as a very big fan of this... Read more
Published 28 days ago by Billy Boy 80
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not a Van Damme
He may apper in this film but he doesn't star in it and he appers as the bad gym this film although has a few good scenes don't expect to see Van Damme until the last ten minutes... Read more
Published 8 months ago by His Lardship
1.0 out of 5 stars
The U.K. version, this is not - Whata disappointment!
Just like some of the previous reviewers, I too bought this DVD in earnest anticipation of reviving some fond memories of the first time that I watched this film. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Taciter
3.0 out of 5 stars
a good film
is van damme even in this film? dont buy it if you're looking for another van damme movie, you may as well buy last action hero - his cameo appearance in that is probably longer... Read more
Published on 26 April 2011 by CJ Howdle
3.0 out of 5 stars
Shows its age
bought this as a trip down memory lane...It was good to see again however the acting is rather poor, as is the storyline...the fight scenes were enjoyable. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2010 by Mr. Adrian J. Gaunt
2.0 out of 5 stars
Cheesy and poor quality transfer
This film is cheesy as hell, but then if you're buying a mid 80'2 Karate flick you already knew that. Read more
Published on 27 April 2009 by jodrell
5.0 out of 5 stars
You're good. I get better.
Remember that they warned us that the quality of films stored on VHS would deteriorate over time. I watched a copy of No retreat, No Surrender recently and found that this is, in... Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2008 by JesseJames
3.0 out of 5 stars
Jean Claude van Damme debuts as the baddie
This movie came as a surprise to me, simply because it was so entertaining. Despite that it's total low budget and has tons of cheesy moments, I just loved it from beginning to... Read more
Published on 12 Dec 2007 by Jay
3.0 out of 5 stars
MUSCLES FROM BRUSELLS
I can't tell if Jean Cluade (JVD) is dubbed in this film. He plays a Russian bodyguard working for a mafia type baddie. Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2007 by Nevs
1.0 out of 5 stars
NO Retreat, No Surrender
i am really stuck for words actually good old van damme was it the whole film for about 10 min and that was to just fight and act as if he was the best, not very impressed at all. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2007 by M. L. Rayner
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