Product Details

• Actors: Lorenzo Lamas, James Lew, Mako, Eric Pierpoint, James Shigeta
• Format: Color, EP, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Avid Home Ent
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304190425
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #413,820 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie about ancient warriors & our need for them now, August 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Blood for Blood [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Peace loving police officier Kang (Lamas) gets caught up in a war with the Cambodian Mafia. From inside himself he finds the power to fight this modern day evil with a power handed down through the ages. Great martial arts scenes (including swordplay). Solid acting and a chance to see another side of the actor as he portrays a loving husband and father.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not over fast enough, July 7, 2007

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

This review is from: Blood for Blood [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Blood for Blood seems like your basic average American martial arts movie on the surafce, but the story is just too dragged out, Lorenzo Lamas can not support a lead role, the action is weak, and I hoped for actors such as Mako and Steven Vincent Leigh be used a little more than they were.

Lorenzo Lamas plays a cop named Kang who is ordered, along with a bunch of his partners, to take care of the rivalry between the Cambodians and Russians in the area. Unaware at first, Kang learns that he is a part of the clan that the Camboadians are, only that these guys have corrupted everything. Its up to him to set things straight. The clan's leader is eventually taken over by the worthy Taka (James Lew - Showdown, Perfect Weapon, Timecop). In the end, its Taka vs Kang in a 3 minute fight that is a joke. Half the time is spent staring each other in the eyes or walking around waiting for the other to strike. I was hoping for a more exicintg fight between these two.

The credits give a sense of hope with people like James Lew, and also Mako (Perfect Weapon, Balance of Power) and Steven Leigh (Ring of Fire, Deadly Bet, Sword of Honor). Mako gets only a few small scenes and Steven Leigh's martial art skills are never used.

As for action, there is very little overall. The only two notable fight scenes are mid-way through in a bar and the final two with James Lew vs Lorenzo Lamas. Average fights that can't make the movie worth saving.

Quality looks good in this movie, but only on the surface. Acting is bland, cheesiness is abundant, plot is too slow, and fighting is average at best. Not a worthy film, and its a shame, cause I wanted it to be.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite movies of all time, April 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Blood for Blood [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Absolutely the best Lorenzo Lamas movie ever.This teriffic movie is about a cop who is a ancient warrior who actually doese't know it.While he and his partner are trying to find the murderer of their cop friends, they find a ancient disk that the murderer leaves every time he kills one of the cops,the disk is written in Cambodian.The words on English mean BLOOD FOR BLOOD.They both realize that they might be next.While Kang(Lorenzo Lamas)searches for the killer, the killer kidnappes his family and wants Kang to join him.Now Kang must use his warrior skills to save them before its too late.I have watched this movie a lot of times and I can't get enough of it.If you like a good action-martial arts movie,buy BLOOD FOR BLOOD right now a you will love it like I did.