Balance of Power

Expect No Mercy	Back in Action	Tough & Deadly	The King of the Kickboxers	Talons of the Eagle
Bloodfist	No Retreat, No Surrender 2 [Region 2]	Bloodsport 4: The Dark Kumite Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 04/13/1999 Run time: 90 minutes Rating: R	Bloodfist 5 - Human Target	Bloodsport 3 Canadian DVD of 1997 action flick starring Daniel Bernhardt & Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita. In this action stuffed martial arts outing, former thief & championship martial artist, Alex Cardo returns to avenge the death of his mentor Master Sun & to get back his master's Kumite sword.

the balance is just average
Balance of Power begins with quite a sense of excitement, with a decent musical/credits scene and into an audience filled gambling fight arena, where the movie's villain "Takamura" (James Lew - Showdown, American Ninja 5, Perfect Weapon) kicks someone's elses butt pretty good in a literally "bone-crushing" scene. Unfortunately, everything begins to go downhill from there, with a predictable and lame story, with almost nothing original to add. Billy Blanks is the star, which usually isn't saying a lot. While his martial arts skills are pretty decent compared to most, his goofy acting sometimes can be a bit annoying, if not his stylish 80's haircuts. The hair is gone and is replaced with above average acting, compared to what is expected. Of course his highlights are the fight scenes and the plenty of training sequences he must endure. While the fights are average and not very exciting, the training scenes are about the only original element found in the movie. I must give credit to the training sequences in these martial arts movies, they always do manage to come up with something refreshing and fun to watch. Other notable stars in the movie are Mako and James Lew. Mako, by no guess, plays the "old wise man and master" of the film, training the Billy Blanks character. James Lew, plays the villainous fighter, who comes off as a bit overdone compared to most of his roles, which normally are villain roles. The rest of the cast is pretty boring and cheesy, adding nothing exciting to the movie. As for the fighting, well, average is about all you can expect. While many of the fights involve a lot of fancy moves, especially by Blanks himself, many look too rehearsed, don't make any noticeable contact, or move too slow. The final fight is Blanks against Lew, lasting about 4 minutes. Best fight of the movie, but under par as far as exciting final fights go in these films. Balance of Power is only for a true fan of B-grade fight movies. You won't find any surprises here, except there is a slightly unexpected happy ending - cheesy no the less. Basically good if you just wanna see some more fights in addition to what you already own.

An action movie that also teaches kids the valuable lessons of life
I think kids should watch this cause Billy Blanks is a good role model and don't say it's cheesy. Kids these days get into all kinds of stuff. His studient should of listen to his teacher when he told him not to got to the playground cause it has gangs and drugs. He got shot in the arm by asian terriorist. Now billy is out for revenge.

amazing
I loved this flick. It was by far the best fighting action movie in years. Starting with the opening all the way through till the end. God bless the makers of this 5 star triumph!

The Best Action Movie in Years
All I can say is WOW... this film has 5 stars written all over it. The direction is amazing. The action is incredable and the overall story blows my mind. This film deserved to be recognized and wasn't. It's a shame these films go by the wayside while pieces of garbage like Bloodsport gets marketing.

ehhh...
not one I would say is at the top of my list but one i would never watch again. the acting is cheeze, the direction is good but the ability to watch the story line is hard to too.