Meet the last man standing.
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, resolved and effortless.
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- tmdb28039023on TMDB · Sep 20221/10
Blood and Bone reminds me of a character in The Boondocks who had an irrational fear of going to jail and being anally raped. Here's an action movie where the difference between success and failure, victory and defeat, ultimately lies in the ability, or lack thereof, to avoid being sodomized. From the very start, writer Michael Andrews and director Ben Ramsey put the hero, Isaiah Bone (Michael Jai White), in a situation that could potentially get quite tight. In the prison lavatories, Bone is ambushed by a group of inmates with less than honorable intentions. Bone is of course a euphemism for the male organ (Isaiah is the name of an Israelite prophet from the 8th century BC, but I don't think there's much symbolism there), so we know that the hero is all man, and as such, he's not about to let anyone make him their bitch. Bone takes care of the would-be cornholers in typical MJW fashion, and I have to assume this happened immediately before his parole hearing, because by the time the opening credits have rolled, Bone is a free man. Basically, the whole point of this scene is to establish the main character's uber-heterosexuality. Bone goes to Los Angeles, where underground fights a
Read the whole review on TMDB - John Chardon TMDB · Feb 20167/10
Profanity is a brutal vice. He who uses it, is not a gentleman. Michael Jai White is one of the baddest men on the planet, so it was inevitable that he would follow in the footsteps of Van Damme, Seagal, Norris etc etc into movies. A martial artist of supreme skill and deadly grace, White brings not only his imposing physique and skills to the film, but also a moody poise to the role of Isaiah Bone, an ex-convict who infiltrates an underground fight circuit to avenge the murder of a friend. There is absolutely no surprises in store here, narratively speaking, but the action, the choreography and the editing are high grade stuff. So strap yourself in and roll with it, let the kinetic fury grab you, and rejoice as another martial arts expert enters the fray late in the day. A terrific action film, hoo-hah! 7/10
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Cast
- Michael Jai WhiteIsaiah Bone
- Julian SandsFranklin McVeigh
- Dante BascoPinball
- Eamonn WalkerJames
- Nona GayeTamara
- Michelle BelegrinAngela
- Bob SappHammerman
- Dick Anthony WilliamsRoberto
- Francis CapraTattoo
- Ron YuanTeddy D
Crew
- Ben RamseyDirector
- Michael AndrewsScreenplay
- Roy H. WagnerDirector of Photography
- Nicholas PikeOriginal Music Composer
- Dean GoodhillEditor
- Matthew BinnsProducer
- Michael MailerProducer
- Nick SimunekProducer
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