Martial artist and cop Jason Blade must venture into a volatile chemical plant to bring down his archenemy Jim Baxter and save his girlfriend.Martial artist and cop Jason Blade must venture into a volatile chemical plant to bring down his archenemy Jim Baxter and save his girlfriend.Martial artist and cop Jason Blade must venture into a volatile chemical plant to bring down his archenemy Jim Baxter and save his girlfriend.
James Richards
- Jim Baxter
- (as Jim Richards)
Matthew Quartermaine
- Constable Lambert
- (as Mathew Quartermaine)
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- TriviaThis film is considered an "Ozploitation" (Australian exploitation) picture.
- Alternate versionsThe 1988 UK Guild video release was cut by 1 min 38 secs to remove all footage of nunchakus. The cuts were restored for the 2002 ILC release.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Cinema Snob: Strike of the Panther (2009)
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Boring sequel
My review was written in March 1989 after watching the film on Celebrity video cassette.
This sequel to "Day of the Panther" is an uninteresting Aussie adventure pic. The two films were shot back to back in 1987, but one would have been plenty.
Opening ten minutes of "Fists of Blood" are devoted to recapitulating the events in "Day" by reusing the old footage. Sequel has stalwart martial arts hero Jaon Blade (Edward John Stazak, his acting still wooden) trying to rescue his girlfriend (pretty redhead Paris Jefferson) from the clutches of heavy Jim Richards, who has ecaped from his jail since Part One.
Other than for the appearance of tough cop Rowena Wallace, a striking platinum blonde, nonstory exists as an undiverting series of comic book climaxes. Any hope of making the Blade character into a long-running phenomenon is dashed by the absence of suitable challenges with which to prove his mettle.
Helming is under par for the usually reliable Brian Trenchard-Smith. Repetitive music score is another minus.
This sequel to "Day of the Panther" is an uninteresting Aussie adventure pic. The two films were shot back to back in 1987, but one would have been plenty.
Opening ten minutes of "Fists of Blood" are devoted to recapitulating the events in "Day" by reusing the old footage. Sequel has stalwart martial arts hero Jaon Blade (Edward John Stazak, his acting still wooden) trying to rescue his girlfriend (pretty redhead Paris Jefferson) from the clutches of heavy Jim Richards, who has ecaped from his jail since Part One.
Other than for the appearance of tough cop Rowena Wallace, a striking platinum blonde, nonstory exists as an undiverting series of comic book climaxes. Any hope of making the Blade character into a long-running phenomenon is dashed by the absence of suitable challenges with which to prove his mettle.
Helming is under par for the usually reliable Brian Trenchard-Smith. Repetitive music score is another minus.
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