Karate Wars (1991)
Karate Wars is an all or nothing tournament where the prize is honor, self respect and a million dollars. Karate master Oyama, trains his loyal students in the ancient, mystical arts of Kung Fu. His top student Jason is faced with the challenge of fighting his hated rival in a fight to the finish. Oyama's students train vigorously in the secret Chinese style of the snake and crane... When the "Karate Wars" tournament gets canceled, another war begins on the streets, where there is no ring...no rules...and no million dollars...
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Too much of everything
One of the best films i have seen
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
I had a blast watching this movie. Yes, it's cheesy action from the 80's...but you know what? It is martial arts orientated so the movie fits into my criteria of what I grew up with and love. I just had to put in a review because the only reviewer here bags this movie with unnecessary intentions. If you like your karate/martial arts 80's movies without all this CGI bullshit then this is for you.Without spoiling - My favorite scene is when the angry student attacks his teacher on the street trying to land a punch or kick, but miserably fails to do so. There are some entertaining features here. Don't take the movie so seriously and you'll get some enjoyment out of Karate Wars.
Even for a low budget straight to video release this movie is terrible. Karate Wars gives a new meaning to the words "low budget." All the scenes are shot in very isolated people, with almost no extras. Hell, the gymnasium looks like a bedroom in someone's house!The plot of Karate Wars is simple and cliche'd. Not even worth explaining really. At the end the two karate groups involved are supposed to do battle at the upcoming tournament, but the tournament gets canceled, so they fight in a gym somewhere. My guess is the tournament was canceled because it would have cost alot of money fill an auditorium with people. Way more money than was spent on this piece of garbage.This movie is boring and stupid. I paid $1.99 for it and I consider it a waste of money.