Jean Claude Van Damme's first leading role and is probably the best martial arts film ever made.

Plot Outline: Frank Dux (Jean Claude Van Damme) has entered the "kumatai", an illegal underground martial-arts competition where serious injury and even death are not unknown. In town for the fight are a number of fighters (all with different styles), as well as a journalist determined to get her story. Chong Li, a particularly ruthless and vicious fighter is the favourite, but then again Dux has never fought him before.
Van Damme's Character: Frank Dux
Genre: Martial Arts
Country: USA
Language: English
Run Time: 92 minutes
Gross: $11.806m  million (USA)
Filming Locations: Hong Kong, modern-day China

Orignal	UK