No Retreat, No Surrender
Tonight, He either fights for his life or he'll be running for the rest of it.
Country
Production
Budget
$0
Revenue
$4 662 137
Director
Actors
Kurt McKinney, Jean-Claude Van Damme, J.W. Fails, Kathie Sileno, Kim Tae-Jeong, Kent Lipham, Ron Pohnel, Dale Jacoby, Peter Cunningham, Timothy D. Baker
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Ng See-Yuen, Neva Friedenn
Operator
John Huneck
Composer
Paul Gilreath
Artist
Audition
Paul Maslak, Neva Friedenn, Thaddeus Hejker
Editing
Short description
The mob is trying to strongarm local martial arts schools, forcing young Jason Stillwell and his family to move after his father is injured defending their dojo. With his father now rejecting violence, Jason is forced to train on his own to protect himself and his best friend from the members of a rival karate school.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is dedicated to the memory of Bruce Lee.
- The fight choreography was done by "Harrison" Mang Hoi.
- There are 3 versions of the film: the main American version (85 minutes), the British VHS video version from 1986 (79 minutes), and the full British DVD video version (94 minutes).
- At the time of release, Jean-Claude Van Damme was still an unknown actor. His fee was $250.
- Wires were attached to Kurt McKinney's body during the push-up scene to help lift and lower him, emphasizing the finger positioning. The wires were hidden from the camera using trees visible in the background.
- In scenes featuring Bruce Lee's spirit, Kim Tae-jung and Kurt McKinney spoke different languages, but the former’s voice was later dubbed into English. The actors read their lines from cards held just outside the camera’s frame, without knowing what the lines actually said.
- There was a moment in the first fight scene where Jean-Claude Van Damme jumps off the villain’s shoulder and delivers a kick mid-air. The kick was intended to land on Timothy D. Baker’s upper chest, but Van Damme repeatedly hit him in the face, knee, or neck. Baker later testified in court during Jackson “Rocky” Pinkney’s lawsuit against Van Damme, stating that the inaccurate kicks were due to the defendant’s carelessness and lack of professionalism, and continued even after the film’s director and writer, Corey Yuen, instructed him to be more careful.
- The full version of the film has a runtime of 99 minutes.
- To film the scene where Kurt McKinney's character does finger push-ups, wires were attached to the actor's body to lift and lower him. The wires were hidden from the camera by the trees visible in the background.
- In the scenes with the spirit of Bruce Lee, the characters played by Kim Tae-jong and Kurt McKinney spoke different languages, but the former's voice was later dubbed into English. The actors read their lines from cue cards held in front of them, out of the camera's view, and had no idea what the lines actually meant.
- In the first fight scene, there was an episode where Jean-Claude Van Damme's character jumps off a villain's shoulder and delivers a kick mid-air. The strike was intended to hit Timothy D. Baker's character in the upper chest, but Van Damme repeatedly hit him in the face, the knee, or the neck. Baker later testified in court in the lawsuit filed by Jackson 'The Rock' Pinkney against Van Damme, stating that the defendant's imprecise strikes during filming were the result of his carelessness and negligence, and that they did not stop even after the film's director and screenwriter, Corey Yuen, told the actor to be more cautious and precise.
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