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One of the officers sent by the army to retrieve Van Damme is a young Forest Whittaker, watch him in the scene where they try to use chopsticks!  -Thanks to RayBolo Yeung (Chong Li in the movie) was already 49 years old when Bloodsport was made! The majority of Bolo Yeung's lines are exactly the same as Bruce Lee's in Enter the Dragon, in which Bolo appeared. Bolo Yeong is NOT the actor's real name. His real name is Yang Sze, BUT Bolo is the name of the character he played in Enter the Dragon. I guess he figured it had more recognition and sounded cool. -Thanks to Tom HinkleVan Damme does his trade mark splits a total of Seven times during the film. The video game that Frank Dux and Jackson played when they met in "Bloodsport" was called Karate Champ. -Thanks to SteveJC Van Damme played Frank Dux. Allegedly, Frank Dux tried to sue JCVD, he claimed he had helped VD direct his 1996 film "The Quest", but JCVD never gave him any credit on the film. Frank Dux lost the case though, his evidence got lost in an earthquake! -Thanks to Cosimo TorelloBloodsport is Van Damme's highest grosser and put him on the map. This was the film that had Hollywood knocking at his door. Although it made $11,806,119 (by the numbers.com), it was said to have a worldwide gross of over 100 million and for 1988, this was true blockbuster status. Also, the film was huge in Asia given the subject matter. -Thanks to Movie GuyJCVD first appears as an extra in the 80's movie Breakin'. He is seen very prominently with another future Bloodsport fighter at the first beach dance scene dancing in the background. -Thanks to Jeff BailonJCVD was signed on to play the Predator opposite Arnold in the orignal Predator movie. When he was given the role for Bloodsport, he was cast, hired, fitted and on the set of Predator wearing the suit daily. He used this bit of info to gain the role in Bloodsport and impress the producers. After he secured the role he allegedly screwed up several takes on purpose so they would fire him and he could begin work on Bloodsport. -Thanks to J.C. HollisDonald Gibb, who played Van Damme's street fighter buddy, also played "Ogre" in all "Revenge of the Nerds" movies. -Thanks to RayThe Van Damme's Tanaka Sensi is the same dude in the intro scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom with Indiana taking Kate Kapshaw from these Japanese ganagsters. -Thanks to Arjun MedhiMichel Qissi who appears as one of the fighters (the tall one who gets his leg broken by Chong Li), also plays Tong Po, the main bad guy, in Van Damne's 'Kickboxer' as well as its sequels. -Thanks to Eric DravenIn various magazine interviews, Qissi - a long-time friend of Van Damme's (he also has a small role in A.W.O.L) - claimed to have choreographed and re-edited many of the fight scenes WITH JCVD, who always took sole credit in public. -Thanks to James NobleThe original "Bloodsport [1987]," similar to "Kickboxer [1989]," spawned four 'Direct-to-Video' The first sequel, "Bloodsport: The Next Kumite (1996), stars 'Daniel Bernhardt' who replaces the lead role of 'Jean Claude Van Damme (Frank Dux)' as a rookie-character named 'Alex Cardo.' The film also stars, "The Karate Kid's," 'Pat Morita' as 'David Keung' along with the only returning character from the first film 'Donald Gibb ("Revenge of the Nerds' " Ogre)' co-starring as Ray 'Tiny' Jackson. 'Bernhardt' would later star in three more 'Bloodsport,' Direct-to-Video, mediocre sequels: two are entitled, "Bloodsport 3 (1997)" and "Bloodsport 4: The Dark Kumite (1998)." -Thanks to RE ZuletaOne of the competitors that makes it to the third and final day of competition is a Caucasian Muay Thai boxer character named "Paco", played by Paolo Tocha. Tocha also played an inmate who causes trouble for Van Damme's character in a cafeteria scene in "Death Warrant" and was on set (for technical advising of fight scenes apparently as he was only shown talking in the special features) of the Van Damme flick "In Hell" Also, the actor playing a Korean wrestler (often mistaken for a Japanese sumo wrestler) in "Bloodsport" also plays a dockside henchman in Van Damme's "Double Impact". He doesn't fight in that scene; he just gets kicked in the face by JCVD when he thinks someone is snooping about the dock's illegal activities. The actor/martial artist/stuntman who played the "Bloodsport" competitor Suan Parades is a real-life friend and former training partner of Van Damme's, Michael Qissi. He also allegedly played the main villain, Tong Po, in at least one of the sequels of another Van Damme movie franchise, "Kickboxer", though without Van Damme (and without the real-life Tong Po) in it. -Thanks to Edward FongThroughout most fight scenes in the movie you can hear a cat meow over and over for some reason. Once you notice it, you'll never be able to ignore it. -Thanks to Brian« Click here to add some Bloodsport trivia Rediscover your favorites! If you like Bloodsport or 80's Martial Arts classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Karate Kid ..... Last Dragon ..... Karate Kid II ..... Big Trouble In Little China ..... No Retreat, No Surrender 2 ..... 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The actual location of the movie is Hong Kong. The HK Island skyline is now completely unrecognisable due to land reclamation and mega skyscrapers. However, the trams, language of local folks, and police uniforms are identifiable as being part of Hong Kong. [Thanks to Michael Cheung] In Hong Kong, The Peak Tram was used for the tram ride. The little temple at the top of the Peak Tram Way (where he does the splits), overlooking Hong Kong. Bottom of Nathan Road next to the Peninsula Hotel (where he jumps over the barriers in the centre of the road. [Thanks to Chris Parr] Can you help? Do you know any of the filming locations used for Bloodsport? [Please send them in] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The bloodsport soundtrack CD was issued in 1987 and featured all the score and the song "Fight to Survive". The score is by Paul Hertzog who also scored Jean Claude Van Damme's other movies including Kickboxer. [Thanks to Ryan Harvard] The soundtrack is available from Silva Screen and does not feature the original singer from the movie itself. The title track, "Fight To Survive" was sung in the movie by an AOR solo artist named Stan Bush. He also sang the slow solo titled "On My Own Alone". The Silva Screen soundtrack cd features the same songs, except it was sung by Paul Delph, an ex-guitarist from Alice Cooper. -Thanks to Dennis« Click here to add new music trivia for Bloodsport Soundtrack Available: Used On CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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