#14 - “The Last Dragon” (1985) with Ron West

As the brainchild of an up-and-coming screenwriter, an established movie director, and the mastermind behind Motown Records, Barry Gordy, a low-budget niche film mixed martial arts, heavily synthesized pop songs, supernatural adventure, Bruce Lee, and over-the-top comedy that has surprised and entertained audiences for decades after its initial box office release. The chart-topping soundtrack was just as much a part of the film as the main characters, but far from being a flimsy visual vehicle to hang some songs on, it found a way to use stylish silliness and insightful martial arts concepts to become a story of hope and purpose. If you can’t answer with confidence, “Who’s the Master?”, then prepare to “Kiss the Converse” as Ron West and I discuss “Barry Gordy’s The Last Dragon” from 1985.

Just like "The Last Dragon" has no deleted scenes, we have no additional trivia deleted from this full episode.  

Sources:

Wikipedia, Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB, www.bulletproofaction.com/2018/12/28/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-last-dragon/, www.fast-rewind.com/making_lastdragon.htm, www.uproxx.com/movies/the-last-dragon-oral-history/, www.denofgeek.com/movies/whatever-happened-to-the-last-dragon, and box office mojo

Intro & Outro Music: “Total Eclipse” by Nathaniel Wyver

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