''Bloodfist II'' is a 1990 American

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directed by Andy Blumenthal and starring

Don "The Dragon" Wilson Donald Glen Wilson (born September 10, 1954), nicknamed "The Dragon", is an American martial artist, film actor, and former professional kickboxer. An 11-time world champion who scored 47 knockouts in four decades, he has been called by the STAR ...

, Kris Aguilar, and Ronald Asinas. It was written by

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Plot

The film opens with Jake Raye as he fights Mickey Sheehan in a pro-

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bout. The movie opens as they enter the fifth Round of the

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Championship Match. Jake delivers Mickey a lightning fast kick to the throat in the middle of the sixth round, instantly killing him. Seeing what he had done, he decides to give up kickboxing once and for all. A year later, a friend and manager Vinny Petrello (

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and

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champion Maurice Smith) asks him for a favor to travel to

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and bail him out of trouble with a guy named Su. Although Jake's evening with a

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(Liza David) is interrupted, he agrees to help his friend in need. Jake Raye travels to Manila, and meets up with local fighters John Jones (

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), Sal Taylor (Timothy D. Baker), Manny Rivera (Manny Samson), and Tobo Casenerra (

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). He also meets up with Dieter (Robert Marius), the head of the Dojo. Thugs attack Jake, who is helped by a woman named Mariella (Rina Reyes) into an abandoned

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. Mariella betrays him, and the thugs enter the safehouse. Dieter drugs Raye, and puts him on the ship with the other fighters. Raye is re-acquained with his friend Bobby Rose (

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) and meets another fighter named Ernesto (

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). It is revealed that Su (Joe Mari Avellana) is the one who bring the fighters to his island home called Paradise, and it is also revealed that Vinny is helping Su get the fighters there to battle in gladiator matches. The fighters briefly rebel giving Jake Raye time to escape. Soon Raye has a change of heart and decides to free the other fighters. He makes it back to the house undetected by Su, and is helped once more by Mariella. Mariella and Raye uncover a plot for Su to give anabolic steroids to each of his fighters before the match. Jake Raye takes out some guards before he is discovered by Dieter and knocked unconscious by Vinny, pretending to be in trouble. Jake is taken to the challenger’s box of the arena, where Su, Vinny, and his guests are awaiting the match's beginning. Both John and Ernest die in the arena while battling their opponents while Manny is killed trying to escape. (Ernest does win his fight, but Su orders Vinny to kill him either due to his unorthodox fighting--i.e. low blows and eye gouging although the fights were not fair to begin with and they were fighting for survival--or his embarrassment of Su's fighter). With the help of Mariella and the surviving fighters (Bobby, Sal, and Tobo). Jake fights and kills Vinny while the others defeat the guards and the elite fighters. Bobby shoots Dieter while escaping, and the film ends after Jake defeats Su with a swift kick off the balcony. The five people begin to walk off Paradise forever.

Cast

as Jake Raye * Rina Reyes as Mariella *

Jose Mari Avellana Jose Mari Hontiveros Avellana (May 6, 1941 – June 26, 2011) was a Filipino actor, screenwriter, director, and production designer. Biography Avellana was the son of National Artists director Lamberto V. Avellana and actress Daisy Avellana. ...

as Su *

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as Dieter * Maurice Smith as Vinny Petrello * Timothy D. Baker as Sal Taylor *

as John Jones

Release

''Bloodfist II'' received a

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theatrically from Concorde Films in October 1990. It ended up grossing $1,292,323 at the box office. New Concorde Home Entertainment released the film on DVD in 2000 along with ''

Bloodfist ''Bloodfist'' is a 1989 American martial arts action film directed by Terence H. Winkless, written by Robert King, and starring Don "The Dragon" Wilson. Wilson plays a dojo sensei in California who travels to Manila to avenge his professional ki ...

'', '' Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight'', and '' Bloodfist IV: Die Trying''. The DVD is currently

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References

External links

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