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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
no retreat no surrender, March 31, 2005
This is one of the best martial art movies ever made. The only one I have seen so far that is better is Steven Seagal's Nico.
I just bought this on DVD and I realise that America doesn't have it on DVD yet. I don't know why. This is a great action adventure film even without the frequent martial art sequences.
Cynthia Rothrock is in it and can really kick some butt. Also there is Loren Avedon and he is a force to be reckoned with.Also stars Matthius Hues out of Dark Angel (aka I Come in Peace). Although not as good as that it is still great.What more can be said.Just buy it.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
No retreat, no connection to the original!, January 29, 2006
This review is from: No Retreat, No Surrender 2 [Region 2] (DVD)
No Retreat No Surrender 2 is a cheesy 80's action flick directed by Corey Yuen, who also directed the original. Part 2 has no connection to the original. None of the characters return from No Retreat, and the storyline takes a 180 degree turn.
The film follows Scott, played by Loren Avedon, who arrives in Southeast Asia, witnesses his girl getting kidnapped by Russians, and finds himself tangled up in a vengeful rescue attempt with buddy Mac, played by Max Thayer, and his love interest Terry, played by Cynthia Rothrock, in the moutainous regions of Cambodia and battles it out with the Russian forces.
No Retreat No Surrender 2 also goes by the title Raging Thunder. It features gory and intense action sequences and a much more monstrous bad guy played by Matthius Hues. However, the film remains nostalgic to me since I have seen this film many times when I was young.
Recommended
B+
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
NRNS 2 is "dyno-mite"!, August 30, 2003
For all those who loved the entertaingly bad "No Retreat, No Surrender", this unrelated sequel provides a lot of the same fun. Loren Avedon is Scott, a karate student who goes to Thailand to visit his fiancee. Unfortuantely for him, she ends up getting nabbed by the Russians (what the hell?) and her family gets murdered. Scott ends up getting arrested but he escapes on a dirt bike and heads to the strip bars to find his old friend, Mac Jarvis (Max Thayer). After meeting up with Jarvis, the two head to his headquarters where Scott insists on fighting a one-man war against an alliance of Cambodian and Russian soldiers. It gets pretty tense when the hesitant Mac is won over because his friend can hit a poster with a bow & arrow. When the police show up at Mac's compound, they are rescued by a female helicopter pilot, played by Cynthia Rothrock. The three of them go on a fabulous adventure into the mountains where they take on all comers with an array of firepower. No Retreat, No Surrender 2 is hilarious stuff. We have a scene where Scott needs to track down Mac so he decides to ask someone for help. The guy he asks has never heard of him until Scott explains that he is "6'2" and "American". At this point, he has pointed in the exact direction. Right! Problems persist for young Scott as he is held up by a newspaper under the armpit with the threatning "You come or die now!" order. And Mattias Hues as the notorious Russian Yuri is on point. We get to see him get dragged across the army base by a jeep while covered in the Soviet flag. Awesome stuff.
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