One of my favorite movies was on the other night, and I tuned in right in time to catch one of the best parts. The movie was Bloodsport, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. I grew up with this movie because we always had HBO and other movie channels in my house — my Dad is quite the fan of passive entertainment, especially crappy ninja movies — so I had seen this movie plenty of times over the course of growing up in the Chicago suburbs. The story seemed so plausible, especially considering that it’s based on the life of Frank Dux, a real fighter who actually went to take part in the Kumite (even if nobody has ever confirmed the tournament as a real event).
Even the brick breaking seemed pretty plausible at the time; I remember being a young kid and just wishing that I had that sort of supernatural, ninja abilities to break bricks that people point to. You can’t beat the facial expressions that Jean-Claude Van Damme drops during this scene, or any other scene in any movie where he roundhouse-kicked someone in the face.
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I watched this on the monitors in the ticket line at Mactan Cebu International Airport. That’s right, you get to watch Bloodsport while you wait for your tickets.
Only problem is that it is difficult to reconcile watching the monitors and watching the line. Especially when you are drunk.
You would have loved the Van-Damme marathon on SPIKE TV today man. They even had the newer movies from like 2007 where he looks older and drunker.
Pretty great.