Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Not even bad in a good way

Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Disappointment for a huge fan!

Out to avenge the death of his brother, Brick Bardo decides to kidnap four world-class kickboxers who may have killed his sibling and take them on, one by one, in order to uncover the truth. As Brick goes about his mission, he runs the risk of becoming as ruthless as the bad guys that he is battling.....So this film is nothing more than a bad soap opera mixed with a bloke named Brick fighting people in order to find out who killed his brother.Sounds bad? It should be, but Pyun is one of those go to directors when you just want to watch a bad film. Revel in the lifetime movie cliches, and the bad hair and clothing. Be in awe of the edit that was rife in straight to video martial arts film in the nineties, that one where it looks like one kick is actually six.And then we end up in an abandoned arena, and it's just Brick fighting the kidnapped victims one by one, and it's hilariously bad.But that isn't the best part of the film, it's the final revelation that would make the directors of Dallas blush. It's so stupid and ignorant, you can't help but laugh.It's an awful film for sure, but it's funny just to see it fall apart..

BLOODMATCH is a particularly stupid kickboxing movie made when the craze for the sport was in full swing. It was directed by B-movie specialist Albert Pyun, never known for the quality of his movies, and as the hero (or perhaps that should be anti-hero) it stars Thom Mathews, best known for his comedic turn in the classic RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD and its sequel. Mathews had a small career in action flicks in the 1990s but never really amounted to much and never recaptured that lovable quality he had in ROTLD. Here, he plays a guy seeking revenge for his brother's death, so he kidnaps a bunch of kickboxers, one of whom is the villain responsible. He then fights them in the ring. There's no more plot to it than that, and to say that this film is rough around the edges is an understatement. Worst of all, the action choreography is fairly poor, and the talents of the masterful Benny 'The Jet' Urquidez (who had made such an impact in Hong Kong cinema) are wasted.

well well well.....How could this movie fail?with benny the jet, and a host of other talented kickboxers, this film was sure to be great......right...(Sarcasm kicks in here)It wasIt was truly excellentThe best part was the story, with characters who did nothing for the whole movie except kick each other. And the kicking was great too, simply because of the fight editing. An experienced editor would show one kick when the actor did one kick but this editor made the fighting 5 times better by replaying all the punches and kicks 5 times. Pure genius. This way, he has achieved his goal of completely confusing the viewer (how is that possible in a fight scene), because you dont know whether or not the punches are replayed or the real thing. So, you might as well fast forward throught the fight scenes because they are too mentally taxing (trying to figure out who hits each other). Then you can watch the story in all its glory.In my ignorance, i couldn't really follow the twisted plot, but it seems that billy's dad was killed in the desert, so now he can gather together all these kickboxers at random and get them into a ring, where he can proceed to kill all of them, even thought he knows they were innocent. This way, there is a lot of killing which makes no sense at all. This also gives the director an opportunity to throw in a sex scene. Great movie.(Sarcasm stops here)Crap movie. Why the hell did he kill all the people when he knew they were innocent? I thought he was the good guy!3rd worst movie everAfter bloodsucking freaks and bloodfight (Notice how all the crap movies start with blood)1/10

With Benny "The Jet" Urquidez filming the fight scenes and playing a part in the movie, I expected more. I've seen him do some great things in other films, but this one left me wondering. It's a revenge film filled with great martial artists, but it sure didn't turn out to be a great film. Very few of the actors/actresses could actually act and the fighting left a lot to be desired. There were a few good fight scenes, but overall this strange, low-budget effort fell short. See it only if you can't sleep. Rating 5/10