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#4/4: Ring of Fire (1991)
(7/10): So this features Don "The Dragon" Wilson, popular B-Movie action star of the nineties who is most known for this and also his appearance in nearly every single Bloodfist film, of which there were many.
Ring of Fire is about Johnny Woo who is a Chinese Doctor who has retired from fighting in the ring. He's living with his aunt who runs a restaurant where he bumps into a girl who he begins to take a liking to. She is engaged to another man who is a fighter and a bit of a jerk and refuses to grow up, as Johnny professes his love to her one day they start talking and doing stuff together and she begins to also fall for him. In the meantime Johnny's brother, who is a fighter, begins to become a bit of a target of the girl's fiancée's group who begins unregulated fights in the middle of Chinatown and the tension begins to escalate.
It is a fun little cheesy action flick that does seem to want to tell a story but it just doesn't seem all that interesting, the fight scenes are solid though and the sets aren't half bad either in some scenes.
Being as Wilson was previously considered the greatest Kick-Boxing champion in the sport's history we were at least in for some solid fights, when he actually fought as he really only fought in the finale, mind you it was a pretty good fight but it only the finale.
The main problem is it can get bogged down by focusing too much on the romantic, what should've been a subplot, plot as it might as well be the main plot, but it's also got a cheesy early nineties feel to it and the kung fu we do get, I'm sure will make B-Movie fans happy, but it still should've been more focused on the action.
#4/4: Ring of Fire (1991)
(7/10): So this features Don "The Dragon" Wilson, popular B-Movie action star of the nineties who is most known for this and also his appearance in nearly every single Bloodfist film, of which there were many.
Ring of Fire is about Johnny Woo who is a Chinese Doctor who has retired from fighting in the ring. He's living with his aunt who runs a restaurant where he bumps into a girl who he begins to take a liking to. She is engaged to another man who is a fighter and a bit of a jerk and refuses to grow up, as Johnny professes his love to her one day they start talking and doing stuff together and she begins to also fall for him. In the meantime Johnny's brother, who is a fighter, begins to become a bit of a target of the girl's fiancée's group who begins unregulated fights in the middle of Chinatown and the tension begins to escalate.
It is a fun little cheesy action flick that does seem to want to tell a story but it just doesn't seem all that interesting, the fight scenes are solid though and the sets aren't half bad either in some scenes.
Being as Wilson was previously considered the greatest Kick-Boxing champion in the sport's history we were at least in for some solid fights, when he actually fought as he really only fought in the finale, mind you it was a pretty good fight but it only the finale.
The main problem is it can get bogged down by focusing too much on the romantic, what should've been a subplot, plot as it might as well be the main plot, but it's also got a cheesy early nineties feel to it and the kung fu we do get, I'm sure will make B-Movie fans happy, but it still should've been more focused on the action.