Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: New Concorde
• DVD Release Date: November 12, 2002
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006II6D
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,986 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The "Greatest Kickboxer of All Time," Don "The Dragon" Wilson returns to the screen as a man forced to take on the greatest legends of the martial arts world. Wilson fights off all attacks while defending a beautiful rock superstar against the crazed attacks of a deranged fan. Format: Color, DVD, NTSC. Language: English. Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.). Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1. Number of discs: 1. Rated: R (Restricted). Studio: New Concorde. DVD Release Date: November 12, 2002. Run Time: 80 minutes.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the good, the bad, and the weird of b-action represented, June 15, 2007

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dominion_ruler "Bryan" (Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blackbelt (DVD)

Blackbelt has the feel of another one of Don Wilson's movies from the Bloodfist series. The beginning credits list about 8 or so real life martial arts champions that are in the movie, also like the Bloodfist movies. Matthias Hues, though in an unusual role, nevertheless plays the movies big villain. The acting and rest of the charcaters are about what one would typically expect from Don Wilson. Overall, its an average film that at times feels better than the usual, and at others, not so good.

The story is somewhat original for a martial arts film, borrowing a somewhat "Bodyguard" movie plot as Jack (Don Wilson) must protect a famous singer, both from her nasty bosses and an even more nasty, and literally crazy, John Sweet (Matthias Hues) This is where the weirdness lies. When he was younger, John apparently had some sort of intimate relation with his own mother and she wanted to marry him. Thats just sick. Ok, yeah, weird. Anyway, other than that though, Matthias Hues does a good job at keeping everyone frightened in the movie. He and Wison get the final showdown - 3 minutes of a well made fight with a baaad effects ending. Oh, and as far as all those forementioned martial arts champions that star, Don Wilson makes a quick finish of nearly all of them in bar fight scenes and so on, so disspointingly, no good one on one's except the final fight.

Blackbelt is typical Don Wilson, which is actually better than many. While the movie actually has some originality, the action is actually predicatable and average. Matthias Hues is a delight, despite his strange character and Wilson delivers the rest. Good film, but not great - I give a 3-1/2 stars exactly.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don "The Dragon", the master of disaster., June 21, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Blackbelt (DVD)

I can never seem to get enough of the martial arts genre, with all it's wonderfully told stories of battles between the representatives of good and evil, who don't like to use guns, but would rather decide the victor of the battle the old fashioned way, mano-a-mano.

BLACKBELT stars kickboxing champ/martial arts legend/blackbelt hall-of-famer Don "The Dragon" Wilson as Jack Dillon, a karate instructor and former police officer hired to protect sucessful rock songstress Shanna (Deidre Imershein) from a nasty relationship with her record producers, who plan to have her killed for refusing to renew their contract. But her biggest threat comes from John Sweet (Mathias Hughes), who wants to kill Shanna. Why? Well, kinda hard to explain, but it has to do with Sweet being seduced into a sexual relationship with his mother. Since Shanna looks like Sweet's mother, who Sweet later killed for loving another man, he seeks to kill this apparent re-incarnation of his mom.

BLACKBELT can best be referred to as GAME OF DEATH meets THE BODYGUARD. It has fantastic kung fu battles, and Wilson is not hte only martial arts king here. The cast is primary component is professional martial artists, and here there is a whole slew of gangsters judo punks who team with Sweet to take Dillon down, since he defeats them all in a barroom brawl.

There are guys here that are in several of Wilson's other films, many of them from his (better known) BLOODFIST films, so he has some buddies that he has to beat up, unfortunately. But then, that's what happens in a kung fu flick, KUNG FU FIGHTING!!!!! I think that the fights are well staged and edited, very realistic.

Of course, there's the madatory final showdown with Dillon and Sweet, and it's easily the best in this flick. It was, sadly, yet another of Wilson's direct-to-video movies (Only a few of his starring flicks have seen theatrical releases), but it deserved a big screen audience as much as the next action film. I'm telling you, you have to check it out. It a fabulous action thriller that prooves what his fans alredy know, which is, Don "The Dragon" Wilson Rocks AND Rolls, baby.

4.0 out of 5 stars MOVIE IS EDITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, March 19, 2011

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WEIRDMOVIEGUY - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Blackbelt (DVD)

I saw this movie for the first time many, many years ago on HBo or Cinemax or one of those channels. I was happy to finally buy it on DVD. When I was watching it, I noticed some scenes seemed to be "edited" or something was missing. I also have not seen the movie in probably like 10 years or more. But, later on, I KNEW it was edited because I always used to laugh at how the blood was very dark like chocolate syrup and none of those scenes seemed to stand out. When Sweet kills the 2 construction workers, he headbutts one in the mouth and the dark liquid flows out of his mouth- its gone. When Sweet kills Will, he says "time to die" and snaps his neck- gone. I like the movie but I dont know why they have to edit it- its not some horror movie- it is totally unnecessary. I will try to look for the REAL version in the future. Hope this helps anyone looking to purchase this.