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Fair acting considering a clumsy and predictable script. The fight choreography is this film's saving grace. A very predictable script that seems to follow "Blood Sport" a little too close. Cheesy ending. But worth a rainy afternoon watch just for the martial arts and the beautiful women performing aerobatic stunts.

I tend to like these types of movies, and I'm a fan of the original Bloodsport. That being said, I primarily go into these movies to see martial arts. I was a little disappointed here because the choreography was average only. There are many quick cuts, and most of the fights were unconvincing. While the original Bloodsport is certainly not up to modern standards of movies like Scott Adkin's Ninja 2 or Ip Man, the fights in this movie were definitely worse.

I wasn't planning on writing anything about this great film, but my eye caught the highest ranked review that is surprisingly negative and unhelpful.

I honestly feel that Lady Bloodfight is one of the best martial arts movies that I have seen in many years, but for different reasons.

I lived in Asia for seven years working, traveling and studying. I feel that the director did a good job at highlighting the beauty of Hong Kong.

I spent years learning various kung fu forms and weapons in subfreezing weather in Northern China near Siberia and North Korea.

I studied with Shaolin monks and spent a lot of time learning Chinese philosophy and Buddhism.

There is nothing like learning how to use a Shaolin rope dart in -20 degree weather at 6 am surrounded by strangers exercising in a giant park.

My training was quite casual compared to the realistic and painful training depicted in the film.

This film does an excellent job at illustrating the genuine focus of martial arts as self-control, inner stability and personal development.

The fight sequences are raw, well-choreographed and absolutely amazing. I even learned a few new moves for my weapons training.

The actresses are tough, beautiful and independent, which will be offensive to critical and narrow-minded people.

This is the first well-made martial arts film that I have seen that truly demonstrates female strength and empowerment.

There are a few confusing plot twists, but I agree with the LA Times that movie goers should simply skip the plot and focus on the exciting action.

An on-the-nose punching fest with some excellent stunting.

Sorry feminists but here ya go. This has an all female leading cast and attractive girls beating each other up the lead is now a successful stunt woman fun to watch while wasted. There are many conversations between two or even 6 women that have nothing to do with a man, and then they kungfu fight each other. It's certainly not an A list Hollywood production but if you like seeing lots of cute girls beat each other up in a non anime/fantasy scenario give it a watch.

Lady Bloodfight is a movie with a heart on its right place. But it is too hard to take it seriously in this day and age. Let me tell you why.

First of all, I had no problem with the story. I liked the training sequences. I liked to actresses playing in it, and this all taking place in Hong Kong, was nice to see. There were some references to movies such as Bloodsport and Kickboxer, and it brought me back to the times in which martial arts movies just needed to be bloody and people kicking each others asses. Later in the movie there are some (unnecessary) plot twists, but you can predict from the start where everything is heading to. I was surprised to see that in the end of the movie, they didn't show a scene of "everybody is kung fu fighting" in it, yes the movie is that predictable. Often goofy. There were many times I was laughing my ass of during scenes which were meant to be " touching" ?

But here (the movie being predictable) also lies a major problem: all the fight scenes in the movie, were merely ranging from "meh" to utterly bad. With movies such as the Raid and Undisputed series, it is nearly impossible to come up with standard fare anymore (especially if you realize that the movie was produced by Hong Kong movie legend Bey Logan and Kiss of the Dragon Director Chris Nahon). While a Hong Kong veteran stunt team was in charge of the fight choreography, the fighting was for most part fairly bland. Which is really a pity, as I see that many actresses in this movie do have the moves and talents. I really wonder why it didn't work out like this. Also, the uninspiring locations in the movie were a huge turn-off. Come freaking on, you are in Hong Kong but you let most of the movie take place in a container dock? This was really a missed opportunity. However, outside of the Kumite-sequences, there was some fairly nice cinematography – especially rural Hong Kong scenes.

We, Kickboxer and Bloodsport fans, don't have high standards. So you really need to mess up, if you want to make use unimpressed. While I did enjoy watching the movie to a lesser degree, the level of action, the sometimes goofy storyline, and uninspired cinematography left me yearning for watching a re-run of the JCVD classics.

Nice try though.

8 August 2017. Directed and written by males, this female version of the typical martial arts movie has some nice scenes, but remains a bit too black and white, typical for many male derived movies. The good guys (females) and bad guys (males) are depicted in their literally white and black clothing and along with their white and black persona. Yet by the end of the movie, the explanation of the emotional dichotomy employed along with it being the twist in the movie while helping to support the black and white depiction, comes too late to help soften the "typical" feeling of the movie.

Much of the martial arts action is quite fascinating, especially with its diversity. It's odd though how the level of lethality of the means used in subsequent rounds isn't consistently more intense. Some of the action scenes are given too short of movie time, others are truly captivating. More time could have been given to some of the other martial art contestants, mainly because of how a number of the opening scene sequences revealed suggested such characters would play a little greater role later in the movie then that did.

Some nice touches come from eventually the more layered character depiction of the black antagonistic contestant as well as more of the Karate Kid (1984) playfulness as well as its use of some of that movie's themes but in a more mature and coming of age, grown up fashion. If the movie had been directed and written by females, the movie might have been much, much better, but the males who did undertake this project did a decent job of it.

1. The idea of redoing Bloodsport with enough estrogen to fill a swimming pool is not as goofy as it sounds. There are entire chunks of this movie where you think, hey, this is not a bad idea. And then unfortunately there are also chunks where you are thinking, OMG what were they thinking?

2. Then there is the issue of picking a star. Like everything else in life, it is not so much WHAT you know but WHO you know. Clearly the people behind the drop-dead-gorgeous Johnston packaged this project to showcase their property. Problem is, if you see the film to the bitter end, you will find that you have identified at least six other beautiful and powerful women in the film (including the two gurus) who could have done a MUCH better job as the star.

3. And the script. Like everything else in the film, there are times it seems OK, and other times you hear yourself mumbling that your 9 year old nephew could have done a better job .

4. Finally, because there is enough blame to go around, the direction. Especially the lack of direction, in the fight scenes. Honestly cannot tell if this is just a director who does not know what he is doing OR -- an even scarier thought -- a director who knew he had to "work around" the limited skills of Johnston.

If you are complaining about the acting, story or writing of a movie called Lady Blood fight you should not be watching a movie called LADY BLOOD FIGHT. This is not Amistad and doesn't claim to be. It's Lady Blood Fight and it delivers what it advertises: Ladies, Blood, and Fighting and it does it well.

Nothing about this movie was great.It is not full with end to end excitement.Poor video editing punches in fist fight was not extra ord. Weak screenplay also sum up the movie.But to be honest,I was happy to watch an arcade fight full of girls.Also credit to the directing especially the off action scenes.

Entertaining, in a mindless sort of way. The plot is basic, unoriginal and predictable and the performances are so-so but the action scenes are great. They certainly more than make up for the lack of anything else.

Scattered thoughts about Lady Bloodfight:

1. I watched it because I wanted to see attractive women in action scenes. I got that.

2. The performers are clearly hired for their physical skills rather than their acting chops. The acting is fine--not spectacular, but good enough. Unfortunately, the director chose to present the fight scenes with choppy editing and that overdone Zack Snyder speed-ramping that should have died out quicker than brostep, so you get the feeling you're never really seeing the full extent of what these women can do.

3. The tone is wildly inconsistent. One minute a contestant is getting her throat slit in the ring, the next a woman in the locker room is undulating out of her clothes like a stripper. You know, like how women undress when they're in a locker room full of other women. Why is she shaking her butt like that? Well, I mean, clearly it's for the audience, but do you want me to take this movie seriously or not? If you don't, you probably shouldn't spend so much time on low-rent Karate Kid philosophical ramblings. (Also, magic is apparently real in this universe?)

4. The script is muddled. I guess it's admirable that the writers try to give so many characters distinct arcs, or at least some dimension, but it's really just the idea of depth rather than actual depth. Again, I know people will counter this criticism with, "What do you expect? It ain't meant to be Shakespeare!" But Terminator 2 isn't meant to be Shakespeare, either, and it still has well-delineated, easily understandable characters. Heck, even Mortal Kombat (1995) does a better, clearer job at getting you to understand who everybody is and what they want. In a way it's like the script is more ambitious than the actual story can support, which leads to a pretty unsatisfying conclusion.

But: I wasn't bored while watching it. So thumbs up.

One word, "Kumite," is all it takes to impart that this is not just inspired by 'Bloodsport,' but wants to offer its own take on the ideas put forth in the Van Damme classic. It's all but impossible not to draw comparisons to other martial arts films, especially as some scenes clearly and deliberately intone predecessors. Yet while 'Lady Bloodfight' is unquestionably stressed and weakened by its flaws, it's still manages to stand on its own reasonably well.

Let's get the difficulties out of the way first, because they are noteworthy, if not altogether glaring. The writing is astoundingly direct, forthright, unsubtle, and even ham-fisted or hackneyed in its dialogue, characterizations, and course of events generally. There are some notable if not regrettable tropes at play, and the narrative flow seems pointedly rushed. The cast seems capable, but between the pace and broad demands of the film, they're just not given much to work with.

'Bloodsport' is the obvious point of comparison in the concept and in some story beats, but some training scenes are definitely gleaned from 'Kill Bill Vol. 2,' too. For all the varied disciplines supposedly on display for the tournament, we don't get to see them in action. In particular, capoeira is nominatively represented by one of the fighters, but we don't see her moves. This echoes how the Kumite, supposedly an ancient, honored, and distinguished tradition, seems distinctly downsized: Where 'Bloodsport' took place in a grand arena, surrounded with spectators, 'Lady Bloodfight' utilizes what appears to be a pop-up platform, in a shipping yard, with a few dozen bettors on hand at most.

And I'm still not done with my criticism, as there's an unseemly measure of hocus pocus in the screenplay that borders on deus ex machina. Just as tawdry is the sentimentality on hand that rather serves as the backbone of the plot. I certainly claim no expertise, but I've seen enough martial arts films to know these aren't characteristic of the genre. Maybe it's unfair, but I have a hard time believing these particular extraneous faults aren't a result of three men writing and directing a film that centers women; how else to explain the superfluous insertion of aspects that reek of stereotype and ill-informed pandering?

That's the bad news. There's a lot of it, to be sure. Yet despite all this, against all odds, 'Lady Bloodfight' still manages to be pretty entertaining. And it pulls this off because even with unnecessary supplementary facets detracting from the time and focus it would otherwise have, the film is, above all, about fighting. And the fight scenes are super fun.

I don't for one moment suppose any greater accuracy or realism in the choreography in 'Lady Bloodfight' than in any other movie, but if these qualities were essential to every martial arts picture, the genre may well not exist. As it is, the action sequences look great - painful, exhausting, invigorating, and believable. The stunt work here is excellent, as are the props, to say nothing of the makeup and blood effects employed to visualize injuries. While there's a dubious air of male gaze about the feature in the writing and direction by men, the costume design of Miggy Cheng is still quite eye-catching. Comparisons aside, I do like the set decoration and overall production design. The movie would have inherently benefited had it devoted more attention to the martial arts generally and the tournament specifically.

Let's not mince words: At the end of the day anyone that comes across 'Lady Bloodfight' probably knows exactly what to expect, and viewers who sit for it are eager not just for the fighting, but for a fighting movie that elevates women instead of men. This is what we anticipate, this is what we get, and to that end, it's quite good.

It's just unfortunate that there are some readily apparent blemishes in the feature otherwise that one can't just look away from.

Still, the film knows it's at best a second-tier martial arts flick, and it's very content to excel at this level. There's something admirable about that. It's fun, entertaining, and suitably exciting, even if far from perfect: 'Lady Bloodfight' is no barnburner, but it's an enjoyable action romp if you come across it.

Besides the unbelievable bad acting the fights are poorly choreographed. The camera position is too close you won't recognize the moves. The cuts are always too fast and the camera angle change ist terrible. Yes, you have some sexy moments but that's all.

Nothing more, nothing less. If you liked movies like "Bloodsport" back in the 80s, expect a somewhat modernized, female reimagination. Story is bland, decent choreography and lots of blood. Entertaining enough, but don't expect to be blown away.

I wanted to see this movie because i really enjoyed the lead acress, Amy Johnston, in the movie Accident Man and became a fan of her work, watching her youtube channel and such.

It wasn't an easy task to finally get my hands on the movie as a Canadian. Every streaming services refused to take my money, litteraly, because i own a canadian credit card. Eventually i imported the DVD from amazon or ebay, can't remember wich.

So after a bit of a wait finally i was able to see it and i was not disapointed. I love tournament movies and i love revenge movies, and this movie is both of it. The fights are pretty brutal with a lot of blood and the choreographies are very well done. Every actresses and stuntwoman who work on it did a great job for the action.

The story is simple but effective. You really get behind Jane and its nice to see her character evolve in the movie. Its nothing ground breaking of extremely original but its more than fine for a martial movie fan.

8 out of 10 may seem high for some peoples, but i always judge a movie on the fun i had watching it, and i definately had tons of fun watching this one.

Of course its an indy flick with not a huge budget, but considering what they had, they did a fantastic job. I definately recommand.

This movie is such a rip off of the old Bloodsport, except a really bad one. All on all it is a pretty lame movie, very little fighting, compared to what it is supposed to be a movie about.

The people who gave this high grades must never have watched a real movie or they are in love with one of the actresses.

The movie never reaches any climax, never does it suggest that anything special is going to happen, so predictable.

I kind of feel bad for the girls in the movie that obviously know how to fight, but they got sucked into such a poor execution of a movie.

Would I watch it again or recommend it to someone else? Absolutely not. Watch good old BloodSport again, it isn't super, but it's a lot better.

A mixture between Kickboxing and Bloodsport, Van Damme's movies, with the difference that the fights are between ladys instead of guys . It's plot is still simpler than Van Damme's movie. It has some sorcery and unnecessary gore scenes. I finished it, so it was at least entertained, but it's not next to a Van Damme's classic scene.