No Retreat, No Surrender
About No Retreat, No Surrender
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.
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) is a comedy crime film directed by Corey Yuen. Kurt McKinney appears as Jason Stillwell, Jean-Claude Van Damme as Ivan Kraschinsky "The Russian", J.W. Fails as R.J. Madison, and Kathie Sileno as Kelly Reilly.
At 94 minutes long, it arrived in May 1986. Written by Keith W. Strandberg.
Members will find training, showdown, bully, and hoodlum in it. It scores 6.3 out of 10 from 663 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.
The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Part III, and Road House make useful companions to No Retreat, No Surrender, all filed under karate.