If you don't know me personally, my favorite films are (in order) -- Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952), Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and Newt Arnold's Bloodsport (1988).
There are a lot of characters to love in Bloodsport. Bolo Yeung's turn as Chong Li, the Chinese powerhouse who wears a headband and pumps his fists like a psychopath after he karate-murders people, is particularly memorable. This was '80s icon Jean Claude Van-Damme's first major starring role, and if you can get past half of what he does, everything he says and that scene where he stands still until it's time to pull up his underwear, he's great.
I'm a big fan of supporting players in films like these, so for this week's Arbitrary Friday List I've decided to rank the 15 worst fighters in the Bloodsport Kumite. I think the movie was set in 1975, but we're pretending this happened in real time in 1988.
I hope you enjoy my analysis. OKAY USA!
15. Ray Jackson
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