Karate Rock

A cheesy, sweaty underdog sports ride that builds silly stakes and montages into a goofy, watchable kick-fest.

Directed by

Fabrizio De Angelis

Genres

Action

Starring

Antonio Sabàto Jr., David Warbeck, Natalie Hendrix Tate

Overview

Fabrizio De Angelis leaves it all on the sweat-stained mat at the strip-mall karate studio that hosted the bone-crushing, senses-shattering, kickpocalypse between arch rivals Kevin and Jeff! The final battle would have been pretty lame (well, lamer than it was) if it hadn't been built toward with an unceasing increase in tension as Kevin and Jeff clashed in competitions where the stakes only got higher and higher and even freaking higher! Why, by the time that Kevin had bested Jeff in the race through the Tunnel of Death (neither of them died making the tunnel's name an unfortunate misnomer), I was thinking that surely nothing could top that! Well, nothing but a training montage!

How it feels

Campy, earnest and tense. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Sport, ambition, betrayal, friendship

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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