| Bloodsport II:The Next Kumite (1996) Cast Daniel Bernhardt,Noriyuki Pat Morita,James Hong,Phillip Tan Bernhardt takes over for Jean-Claude Van Damme in this overall entertaining sequel which finds Bernhardt in prison, while there he learns the iron-hand from James Hong , where he prepares to do battle with "The Demon" a warrior who is the warden of the prison Bernhardt was vacating. Bloodsport II:The Kumite is so full of action that the shortcomings are because everyone was trying to hard rather than too little, as it stands it's a decent enough sequel with enough action to please most martial arts fans, while others maybe battle weary due to the overall overkill approach.There's just too much of a overkill approach which takes the film down a few pegs, also the story itself is very fluffy and hardly ever develops into anything but an afterthought. For example the climax is between a thief and his viscous warden. That our hero would be a thief who just happens to fight his warden is ridiculous to say the least, but plot threads don't really add up to much in movies like this and it's all about how much action can be delivered. By it's low standards Bloodsport II is rather effective... D.Alex Mehrez *** |