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Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1992)

Don 'The Dragon' Wilson , Richard Roundtree , Oley Sassone  |  R |  DVD
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Don 'The Dragon' Wilson, Richard Roundtree, Gregory McKinney, Rick Dean, Richard Paul
  • Directors: Oley Sassone
  • Writers: Allison Burnett, Charlie Mattera
  • Producers: Catherine Cyran, Jonathan Winfrey, Mike Elliott, Nancy Gechtman, Roger Corman
  • 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: 88 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 630582472X
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,489 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Don Wilson returns to the screen as a man unjustly accused of a brutal crime. Within the prison he must fight for survival, freedom and justice. 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: 88 minutes.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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That's it - I'm done with Don Wilson movies. Nothing against Don or even his movies, but I've simply come to learn that they are not going to get much better than everything I've already seen. For the layman, if you've seen Red Sun Rising, Bloodfist, and/or Bloodfist IV: Die Trying, then you've seen everything that the man has to offer as far as commercial value is concerned. For certified fans, this is in fact one of his better flicks - probably among the best in the entire "Bloodfist" series - but it pretty much goes for you too when I say that there's not much new to see here.

The story: Japanese/American kickboxer Jimmy Boland (Wilson) is falsely accused of manslaughter and sent to prison. Inside the cruel walls operated by a self-absorbed warden, he finds himself caught up in a war of racial hatred. Only through a chance meeting and eventual friendship with an enlightened ex-lawyer (Richard Roundtree, Shaft) can he hope to attain the strength and will to survive his term.

Yes, yes, I'll write about the fight scenes right away. Plainly, these may be some of Wilson's best moves ever - he performs kicks galore, including some complicated combos and an impressive flying kick - but they're thoroughly undermined by unnecessary quick-cut editing that removes any ebb or flow that they fights might have had. There are about four of these hand-to-hand encounters, some of them longer than others with marginally better camerawork than most of Don's future fight scenes, but none of these really stand out among anything else that martial arts enthusiasts will have already seen.

More than anything, "Forced to Fight" does a good job at telling a story, and is acted slightly above-average for this kind of movie. Richard Roundtree steals the how from his very first scene as a Malcolm X-inspired fight-the-system character and the sole voice of reason in the prison; he even seems to bring out a little something extra in Wilson, whose character is darker, more intense, and more legitimately acted than the types he usually plays. Rick Dean (Carnosaur II) and Gregory McKinney (who played Jax for a few seconds in Mortal Kombat) are respective white/black bad guys who have it out for Wilson, and even they don't do particularly bad. Co-stars include Richard Paul (The People vs. Larry Flynt) as the apathetic warden, Charles Boswell (Hard to Kill) and inmates Brad Blaisdell (ten episodes of "Three's Company") and kickboxing champion Stan Longinidis (Kick to the Head), all who fail to stand out but don't do poorly...and in this case, not sucking entirely is worth a point.

"Bloodfist III" isn't a very realistic prison movie: it seems the only time that the prisoners are not walking around unhindered or even supervised by security is when the script calls for it, and apparently good behavior buys you your own outdoor garden, as is the case with Richard Roundtree's character. With that being said, incarceration is never made light of or softened (the film opens with a rape/murder), and for that, I can easily dub this Wilson's most mature movie to date. It's as good a place as any for new Wilson fans to start watching, but as is the case with me, it's easy to see why this was the last film that Don would release through theaters.
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Though there is a "III" in the title, this sequel is totally unrelated to the first to pictures. This film was originally made as "Force to Fight" but was retitled to part of the Bloodfist series when it was released video (Yes, believe it or not this baby was theatrically released). This time we get Don "The Dragon" Wilson being wrongfully accused of a crime and being sent to prison and is "forced to fight" in order to say alive, much like the Van Damne picture Death Warrent. Not a terrible low budget action outing, but far from the best in the overly long series.
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IN THIS UNRELATED CHAPTER OF THE ''BLOODFIST'' SERIES, A PENETENTIARY INMATE [DON ''THE DRAGON'' WILSON] MUST FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE INSIDE CELLBLOCK C. BENEFITS LARGELY FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE ORIGINAL SHAFT HIMSELF RICHARD ROUNDTREE, WHO PLAYS AN INMATE NAMED STARKS IN THIS MOVIE. OTHER THAN THAT, THIS IS JUST YOUR AVERAGE PRISON MOVIE THAT HAPPENS TO HAVE SOME MARTIAL ARTS IN IT. ''DEATH WARRANT'' DID THIS A LITTLE BETTER.
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