"In the ring of death, only one man can be king!"

1990

1h 39m

6.8(126 votes)

Action

Crime

Thriller

Drama

Overview

Jake, a New York policeman poses as an actor to expose the making of martial-arts death movies in Thailand.

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Cast & Crew

16 members

Acting

Loren Avedon

Jake Donahue

Acting

Billy Blanks

Khan

Acting

Keith Cooke

Prang

Acting

Jerry Trimble

Drug Dealer

Acting

Richard Jaeckel

Captain O'Day

Acting

Don Stroud

Anderson

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Sherrie Rose

Molly

Acting

William Long Jr.

Big Boss

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Vincent Lyn

Warehouse Fighter #2

Acting

David Michael Sterling

Mr. McKinney

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Ong Soo Han

Thasi

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Bruce Fontaine

Dan Handel

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Patrick Shuck

Young Jake

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John Kay

Mr. Director

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Michael Depasquale Jr.

Sean Donahue

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Dean Harrington

Radioman

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