Product Details

• Actors: Tetsuya Bessho, Masanori Ikeda, Ayumi Hamasaki, Takeshi Aono, Kaneto Shiozawa
• Directors: Hiroshi Fukutomi
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Japanese (PCM Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: November 15, 1998
• Run Time: 46 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305034028
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #292,712 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Art of Fighting" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Ryo Sakazaki and Bob Garcia are a mismatched pair of friends; Bob is the heir to a fortune and dresses in white suits; Ryo wears ratty workout clothes and runs a karate dojo. Their friendship is based on a shared love for the martial arts, their devil-may-care attitudes, and Bob's affection for Ryo's sister, Yuri. While pursuing a lost cat, Ryo and Bob stumble onto a mob hit and get caught up in a high-stakes game of cops and robbers. Both the cops and the robbers think the rakish pair has found the stolen diamond, the fabulous Eye of Sirius. Mob boss Mr. Big--who looks like a bejeweled Jessie Ventura--kidnaps Yuri; manic police lieutenant Todo (a screaming incompetent) tries to arrest the pair. Bob and Ryo have to find the gem to save Yuri--and themselves. A predictable series of martial arts battles, car chases, helicopter attacks, and explosions ensues, with Bob and Ryo flashing thumbs up when they come out on top. The animated-by-the-numbers tone of Art of Fighting will appeal only to fans of the video game it's based on. Unrated; violence is unsuitable for all children. --Charles Solomon

Product Description

The only witnesses to a mob hit, Ryo and Robert were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Since then, they've been shot at, run off the road, and nearly blown to pieces--but now it's getting personal.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buy the game not the movie., March 30, 2006

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Knuckles Nuclear (Decatur, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Fighting (DVD)

Im a fan of the Art of Fighting game. When I heard there was movie out I purchased. I dont know why they even bothered to call this movie Art of Fighting. The movie had almost nothing to do with game or the story line. It lacked a real plot and most of the characters that defined the tone of the game. I dont recommend this movie unless you are into anything even remotely related to the Art of Fighting franchise or unless you need a decent door stop.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars well, it features RYO SAKAZAKI and ROBERT GARCIA want more?, June 26, 2002

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"shinku_akuma" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Art of Fighting (DVD)

to tell the truth ART OF FIGHTING is a bit of a joke, loosely based on the amazing classic NEO GEO video game, by loosely i mean, when did RYOs main problem involve saving lost cats to gain a cash reward to pay his electricity bill? RYOs sister does get kidnapped, but she (YURI) is far from the destroying machine we know so well from ART OF FIGHTING 2 and KING OF FIGHTERS. As for ROBERT GARCIA, well he shows his usual foolish ways as he acts like the big man. As for the ending, wheres TAKUMA (ryo and yuris father) surely he was your opponent at the end of the video game? oh well, for die hard fans only, even if u are a die hard fan check out the FATAL FURY animes first, they are so much better!

1.0 out of 5 stars I may not know art, but neither do these guys., June 18, 2001

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C. W. Fitch (Wichita Falls, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Art of Fighting [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Hoo boy. When it comes to anime based on fighting video games, in my book there are three kinds; the good, the bad, and the just plain ugly. And "Art of Fighting" has got to be the ugliest of them all. Whoever created this took a respectable fighting game franchise and turned it rear-side up. There isn't a single thing about this mini-flick (originally a TV special in Japan a few years back) that I can justify being worth even a rental. The story? The story in the GAME was deeper. A young damsel gets kidnapped by gangsters and her karate student brother and his friend go to rescue her. A few lame fights ensue. That's it. The animation? Sure, if you can call it that. It's choppier than the North Shore. The art on the box is about as good as it gets. The fight scenes are horrible; I could tell no thought at all went into the most important part of an anime like this. Even the soundtrack is a joke; none of it actually fits the mood the film tries to set, which I couldn't figure out either. And don't even start me on the dubbing. I'd say you'd have to see for yourself just how bad this flick is, but you'd be wasting nearly an hour of your life by doing so. Stay away. Stay FAR away.