Product Details

• Actors: Gary Daniels, Dennis Keiffer, Herman Poppe, Amanda Wyss, Rae Manzon
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• 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: May 30, 2000
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305824738
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,589 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Bloodfist 4: Die Trying" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

When Danny unknowingly repossesses the car of a powerful arms merchant, it sets off a chain of violent retaliation. After his friends are killed and his daughter is kidnapped, Danny takes matters into his own hands. It does not matter that the CIA and the FBI are also involved the Dragon's fire is in his fists! Format: Color, DVD, NTSC. Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo). 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: May 30, 2000. Run Time: 86 minutes.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He ain't called "The Dragon" for nothin', April 22, 2003

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M.C (out there in la la land) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bloodfist 4: Die Trying (DVD)

I just sort of stumbled onto the low-budgeted, popular kung-fu action series, BLOODFIST. Mind you, after Bloodfist II, these movies bare no connection to each other, so after Bloodfist II, it really doesn't matter what order you watch them in.
Bloodfist IV:Die Trying was the first one I saw, and let me tell you, it quite literally kicks [rear-end]. Don "The Dragon" Wilson isn't as bad of an actor as his reputation might suggest, and he makes a very impressive action star. Every last fight in all the Bloodfist movies is fantastic, and Die Trying is no exception. The best one here is withou a doubt the one in the room full of tear gas. I own the first four Bloodfist movies, and
Bloodfist VII:Manhunt, and I'm relentlessly hunting down Bloodfist V:Human Target and Bloodfist VI:Ground Zero on the internet, as well as some of Wilson's other flicks, like Blackbelt and The Capitol Conspiracy. Trust me, if you enjoy the high kickin' performances of Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Jean-Claude Van Damme, or if your'e familiar with legends like Bruce Lee, or his son Brandon Lee, Don "The Dragon" Wilson is right up your alley, and the Bloodfist series is a great place to start.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars one of Don's best, April 26, 2007

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

This review is from: Bloodfist 4: Die Trying (DVD)

It's not a perfect film. Now that thats out of the way, everything else about Bloodifst IV is. The fights are very realistic. The characters are convincing. The story is exceptional with twists, surprises, and a plot that keeps you guessing. For a B movie, and especially a Don Wilson movie, this is top notch.

Bloodfist IV has not a single highlight moment that stands out in the film. Instead, every scene keeps you equally engaged form beginning to end. I was captured by the story before the action in this one. This is one of those movies where the time seems to fly by while watching it, it was that good. Don't go into this movie thinking Hollywood blockbuster, or it will suck. But from the viewpoint of a typical martial arts film, this is a highlight.

The fights are only a minute to 3 minutes in length, each. But every fight is very well choreographed, looking real and adding to the story. Gary Daniels has a role in Bloodfist IV, and participates against Don Wilson in 2 of the best fights in the movie. Dale Jacoby (Bloodmatch, Ring of Fire) also has a small role, and takes part of another very good fight near the end, in a restaurant. Nothing is memorable like say Jackie Chan's 20 minute fight in Legend of Drunken Master, or Jet Li's in Fist of Legend. But you get real quailty action that is believable.

Bloodfist IV is just a good solid movie, even for a movie period. Nothing in this film puts you quite on the edge of your seat, but I give 4 stars for almost being there from start to finish.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Trying" and Dying, January 21, 2009

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Mike Sehorn "Rezo the Dezo" (APO, AE United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bloodfist 4: Die Trying (DVD)

In the grand scheme of things, the fourth installment of the Bloodfist series is nothing more than average karate B-movie schlock, but as a Don Wilson movie, it's one of the better things that fans have to look forward to. While I by no means consider this his best offering, it's most likely within his top ten. Those of you who don't know who Don "The Dragon" is shouldn't even consider this one, unless you like your acting kind of cheesy and your chocolates filled with bombs (more on that in a second), but since it tops Wilson's godawful debut, devotees ought to give it a peek, out of respect if nothing else.

The story: Danny Holt (Wilson) is a repo man who invites peril into his life by repossessing a car containing nuclear detonators hidden inside chocolate Easter bunnies. When his friends start dying, his daughter is kidnapped, and Danny himself is targeted for assassination, he must employ all of his talent to rescue those he can from the vicious underworld circuit seeking the detonators.

Tae kwon do champion Carolyn Raimondi (Dragon Fire) is advertised on the box of the VHS edition and in the film's opening credits, but she doesn't actually appear in the movie at all (Wilson's Ring of Fire 2 who repeat this kind of mistake by falsely advertising Shari Shattuck). Believe it or not, this doesn't really count against the movie, since the series' tendency to set store by a performer's legitimate fighting ability hasn't really gotten it anywhere. Wilson has a decent opponent in Gary Daniels (Fist of the North Star) as a long-haired henchman, but even though both of them know what they're doing, the rhythm and choreography of the fighting is miles behind the likes of Jean-Claude Van Damme or Steven Seagal (ironic, since a quote on the film's packaging warns both of them to watch out). Nevertheless, the movie does know how to build up its fight scenes: when the first brawl of the film features Wilson trading barbs with a balding man in a bathrobe - defeating him by kicking him into a heap of garbage - you know that things can only improve.

As far as acting goes, it's typical B-movie stuff, though a bit on the more competent end of the cheese stick. Amanda Wyss (A Nightmare on Elm Street) is a decent sidekick, Kale Brown does what's expected of a bad guy, Dan Martin ("The Bold and the Beautiful"), James Tolkan (Cobra), and Liz Torres (Gilmore Girls) are good as assorted good-cop-bad-cops, and even Gary Daniels isn't awful. Don gives the expected performance but gets a few unintended laughs in some instances, like when he stares down a pair of detectives and assures them that he ate the chocolate bunnies. The only definitively bad performer of the film is the late Cat Sassoon (Angel Fist), who tries too hard to look evil.

The production is a notch above minimal, but solid and without obvious glitches. This was only director Paul Ziller's third movie, but he utilizes his resources effectively. Ziller eventually settled somewhere between marginally-better action films (Shootfighter 2 and laughable creature features (Loch Ness Terror), even directing the family film Ms. Bear; I'm not sure what this says about Ziller, other than that he might have missed his calling in the family market. "Die Trying", however, is nowhere near family entertainment - it's loner entertainment that guys like me watch in private because no two people can watch the film at the same time without beginning to supply their own commentary over the silly dialogue.

I have all the respect in the world for Don Wilson, but my three-star sympathy rating is there simply because it's not entirely unwatchable; it's not "average" by any means (not even by Wilson's - top ten, remember?).