Product Details

• Actors: Mark Dacascos, Stacey Travis, Geoffrey Lewis, Paco Christian Prieto, Todd Susman
• Directors: Sheldon Lettich
• Writers: Sheldon Lettich, Luis Esteban
• Producers: Robert D. Simon, Samuel Hadida, Steven G. Menkin, Stuart S. Shapiro, Victor Hadida
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: August 31, 1999
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (87 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630298971X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,821 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better watch this in slow motion!, September 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Only the Strong [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie was by far one of the best martial arts films ever. Even in the first few minutes of the movie I could feel the urge to go out and try these moves for myself. The music is awesom! You may need to slow your VCR down so you can take in all the action in the fighting sequences. This movie introduced me to Capoeira and I am now a student under Mestre Almira. Axe!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars On DVD?, September 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Only the Strong [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The movie is excellent. The fight scenes have incredible fluidity, and the movie in general has a lot of color, light and motion. Some of the scenes in Brazil are just very beautiful to look at in addition to the scenes where people play capoeira. The absolutely best part of the movie besides the visual sequences of capoeira is the music. Once you hear this music you just spontaneously feel like dancing capoeira. The story might be cliche but this is raw action at its best. Does anybody know if it will be published on DVD? If it is I am sure it would be awesome.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Formulatic Movie Delivers a Strong Kick, October 28, 2004

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This review is from: Only the Strong (DVD)

This film, directed by Sheldon Littich and starring martial artist Mark Dacascos, is a fine piece of work despite formula script. There are several reason why it works so well: 1: Dacascos, is not only a bonda fide martial artists, learning the martial arts as a child from his famous martial artist father Al Dacascos, but he is also a very good actor.

2: Littich takes a simple movie and is able to focus on a couple of main characters where we begin to sympathize with their social condition and the "hero's" attempt to see that they have choices and can change the conditions.

3: Littich picks for this film the martial art caporia. This little known art (compared to karate, kung fu, judo, etc) is flashy and exciting to watch if performed well. The fight scenes are different and well staged.

Yes, this plot is formulatic, but it is still an impressive movie.