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Ken has just moved from Kansas with his mother. He talks to a girl named Julie, not knowing that her boyfriend Tom is very possessive of her. Tom is learning karate from Lee, a sensei whose brother was killed by a rookie cop named Billy. Billy has since then become the janitor of the school that Ken, Julie and Tom go to. When Ken gets beaten up by Tom for talking to Julie again, Billy helps Ken by teaching him how to defend himself, which eventually leads to a battle between student vs. student, and sensei vs. sensei.
| Release : | 1993 |
| Rating : | 5.2 |
| Studio : | Imperial Entertainment, Tilford Productions, |
| Crew : | Production Design, Set Decoration, |
| Cast : | Billy Blanks Christine Taylor John Asher Patrick Kilpatrick Ken McLeod |
| Genre : | Action |
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Don't Believe the Hype
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Blistering performances.
This is twice in one day. First I tuned into the Chinese film A Touch of Evil and got the Orsen Welles B movie Touch of Evil. No problem as it was a great film. Then, I tune into Showdown in Little Tokyo and get Showdown, a Billy Banks film that barely could be called entertaining. Cinemax needs to hire people that know what they are putting in the descriptions.I hung in there just to see Billy Blanks. I vaguely remember him from Lionheart. The film was basically a remake of The Karate Kid without all the "wax on, wax off" garbage. At least the Karate Kid worked for months to get in shape. The kid in this film was able to do it in 10 easy lessons.The one redeeming character in the film was Brion James as Asst. Principal Kowalski. He really seemed to be having fun with his role yelling at the kids for smoking or just looking stupid. James managed 156 films before his life was cut short at 54.Don't bother.
I'm only here cuz my step-dad told me about a movie that was shot at PV high school where I graduated in 94 and I never heard of a movie being shot there. So I did some research and here it is!!! Too funny! I actually went there for my freshmen year, then they shut the school down for construction for two years and moved us to the new school, then we got to come back to the original "PV" for our senior year. So apparently they shot this movie while we were at the other school. Why the hell didn't I ever hear about this??? You would've thought everyone who lives near there would've been talking about this. Oh wait I know why....cuz it's a low budget straight-to-video B movie! LOL!!! Now I HAVE to see it!!! Bring back some memories! Peace out!
It's 3am right now, and I had the TV on just to fall asleep to. And up comes Showdown. With the awful Flock of Seagulls hairdos and worse wardrobe (denim as far as the eye can see), I just assumed it's a mid 80s Karate Kid knockoff. But it's from 1993!!!! Post grunge. But none of the filmmakers knew that. It's actually two movies. One about Billy Blanks who's good at kicking backside (and apparently is a janitor). The other's about some high school doof who likes Christine Taylor, and is willing to use his lame karate to win her over (sort of like how I woo'd my wife). I watched two scenes back-to-back and LITERALLY thought I had changed the channel.I have never been more confused by anything. Ever. Movies written entirely in the Apocalypto language would make more sense. And to top it off, one of the last lines of the movie is... "You did it." "No, we did it" I can't imagine anyone will ever watch this intentionally. But if you do, please let me know your thoughts.
With a combination of Billy Blanks, an engrossing storyline, Billy Blanks, 80's synthesizer music and Billy Blanks, "Showdown" has easily emerged as the best movie of all time. Did I mention Billy Blanks was in it? Well he is, and he chews up the screen time by beating the hell out of anyone and everyone. He's a bad mother! If you're looking for a movie with heart pounding action, knuckle bruising fights and tear-jerking drama, "Showdown" is your movie. The Godfather? Stinks! Pulp Fiction? Stinks! Star Wars? Stinks! Showdown is the best movie ever made. 10/10
