The Octagon
In a world of choices, for one man there is no choice... he must face The Octagon.
Country
Production
Budget
$4 000 000
Revenue
$18 971 000
Director
Eric Karson
Actors
Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef, Art Hindle, Carol Bagdasarian, Kim Lankford, Tadashi Yamashita, Kurt Grayson, Yuki Shimoda, Larry D. Mann
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Leigh Chapman
Producer
Joel Freeman, Alan Belkin, Michael Leone
Operator
Gabriel Torres
Composer
Artist
James L. Schoppe
Audition
Caro Jones
Editing
Dann Cahn
All team (25)
All team (25)
Short description
Scott James, a veteran martial arts expert, is recruited as the protector of the wealthy and beautiful Justine after she becomes the target of a ninja clan. When Scott finds out that his ruthless arch-nemesis, McCarn , is involved with the stealthy and dangerous criminals, he is eager to settle old scores. Soon Scott is facing off against McCarn and the entire ninja horde in an effort to take them all down.
What's left behind the scenes
- To save money, the production used director Eric Carson's personal Jaguar in the film. Carson was devastated when his Jaguar collided with a Pontiac during filming.
- To save money, director Eric Carson's personal Jaguar was used in the film. Carson was very upset when his Jaguar collided with a Pontiac during filming.
- Blowing up the arena and fortress sets cost $200,000—far less than it would have cost to dismantle the giant structure and transport its parts to a landfill.
- An octagon is an eight-sided structure.
- The filmmakers initially planned to conclude the movie with a large-scale martial arts performance, but they lacked the time, money, and resources to do so.
- The character played by Richard Norton was mute and, accordingly, did not utter a single word throughout the film. His hissing is an imitation of the sound produced during breathing exercises.
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