The Last Dragon

Great movie from my childhood and I enjoy fully! Glad to finally find the DVD

If you are looking for a goofy movie that is totally fun to watch this is it.

Great movie! This version curses thou. So I had to stop my kids from watching it.

Loved this movie rented to watch with my daughters for movie night!Thanks for the memories

A long time ago a friend of mine told me I HAD to see this movie, and now that I have I wish I had seen it fifteen years ago. While this film straddles a strange line between genres and target audiences (it mixes family values with adult language, has silly over-the-top characters and a few violent fights, and mixes campy 80's fun with some motown magic), it's undeniably even more fun than it sounds.A black martial arts disciple (Taimak) seeks the enlightenment known as "the glow", but is uncertain how to advance to the next stage. His family is completely normal and his little brother thinks he's gone off the deep end. His martial arts skills are so legendary that a crazed martial arts gang run by "The Shogun of Harlem", "Sho'nuff" (Julius Carry) is obsessed with giving him a beat-down just to prove who's the baddest martial arts master around.Then there's a gangster who is trying to make his girlfriend (Faith Prince) a star by getting her video played on TV by a celebrity (Vanity).So yes, there's three plots going at once, and yet the movie is balanced enough that you never lose track or feel irritated by any of them. The plot points are deftly juggled so one minute you're watching the crazy hilarious music videos of the gangster's girl, the next seeing the hero fight off some thugs to save the girl he likes, and the next see the hero again trying to sneak into the lair of the last master to further his quest.This movie COULD be a COMPLETE cheese-fest, except that Taimak plays it straight and you BELIEVE this guy believes in his principles of restraint and idealism with all his heart. Add to that Faith Prince's wonderful performance that flesh out a character that could have been empty and forgettable (you actually LIKE her), and the sweet romance and family angles that play off of the fact that everyone feels about the hero the way people would in real life (Are you for real? Did you get your wisdom from a fortune cookie? Are you nuts?).It's also helped by a good, if not great, soundtrack, and some actual good film-making. If this film has a weakness, it's that it might be too violent and rough with language for a family film, and too light-hearted and silly for action film fans. Or maybe that's the secret of it's charm. Because for me it really hits the sweet spot of a well-rounded feel-good film. It's like the Motown/Bruce Lee version of Xanadu. Some people may groan and walk away. But I'll watch to the end with a smile on my face.A note on the DVD: I was expecting this film to have a very poor quality transfer but was surprised to find it's actually a VERY clean transfer that appears to have been filmed in Academy Flat aspect ratio (fills your widescreen TV without stretching). I suppose you COULD buy the blu ray, but when the DVD looks this good I can' imagine why you would, especially for a film like this (a little film grain may only enhance your experience). So expect unusually good DVD quality for this cheap a release.

This is a good movie which has a very good story line.

Good

Saw the movie years ago and liked it. Wanted it for my personal collection.

Très bon film des années 80 ça faisait des années que je cherchais ce film, je l'ai enfin trouvé dommage qu'il soit en zone 1. Heureusement je suis parvenu à le copier sur une clé USB avec mon iMac.

ずっと探していた作品で、久々とても満足です　ミュージックもアクションも最高！！

In lingua inglese ma con i sottotitoli in inglese, l'ho guardato tranquillamente ! Ottime le immagini e i suoni, l'hanno restaurato perfettamente !

ラスト・ドラゴンは、私が学生時代に初めてテレビで見てからというもの大好きになり、VHSビデオを中古で購入して何十回見てるかわからないくらいです。ふとAmazonを眺めていたらなんとブルーレイがあることを知り思わず購入してしまいました。映像と音声はVHSとは比べようもなく素晴らしくキレイです。きっとHDリマスターされているのではないかと思います。ワイド画面なのもあって最近の映画かと思えるくらいです。ただ日本語字幕が無いので、VHSの字幕を見ながら自分でSRT字幕を作成してMP4に焼き付けてオリジナル日本語版を作りました。時間がかかって大変でしたが仕上がりは素晴らしく感動して見ています。（グレーゾーンですがバックアップ用ということで…）できればメーカーから日本語吹替版でブルーレイを発売してもらいたいですが、マイナーな作品ですからきっと無理でしょうね。出たら必ず買いますので、メーカーさんお願いします。

Ce film date des années 80 et je n'avais jamais vu la fin à cause d'un problème technique sur la cassette VHS.C'est par hasard lors dune discussion en famille que nous avons chercher ce film.Donc après plus de 20ans j'ai enfin pu voir la fin !!! Yeeeesssss !