Quest Boxing World
Director: Jean-Claude Van Damme
Actor: Jean-Claude Van Damme
Movie Type: Action-Adventure
Country and region: United States
Introduction:
American Keith lost his parents when he was young and was abandoned. When he grew up, he became the friend of street children. friend. Once, he bravely fought the police on the street. When he was chased, he fled into a cargo ship bound for a foreign country, where he was forced to serve. By chance, he was rescued by pirate Des and others and was tricked into selling him to Metai Island to receive boxing training, because the owner of the island, Gao, wanted to train him into a boxer for profit.
Once, Des and others came to Metai Island to watch a boxing match with Newton, a female reporter from an American newspaper, and happened to run into Keith. Keith, who has considerable strength, eliminates revenge on Des by asking Des to help him go to the maze where an international competition is being held to obtain the golden dragon representing the winner. Des, who is fancying the value of the golden dragon, is even more interested. Full of promises. So, they set out on the road with the female reporter Newton and the deceived American boxing champion Max who held an invitation to the international boxing competition and a map to the maze...
After a sudden encounter, Max saw that Out of Keith's strength, he gave up the invitation and the map to Keith. So Keith, pretending to be Max, and his companions entered the Lost City. Before the game, Max also came to Maze City and gave the gold belt to Keith. The host of the tournament announced that if Keith did not win the tournament, he would not be allowed to leave the Lost City for the rest of his life.
The competition has begun, and warriors from various countries compete one by one. With Max's encouragement, Keith won the first battle. In the second round of the competition, Gao's apprentice Fan unfortunately died in the hands of the crazy Mongols, which made Keith very angry. He defeated his opponent again despite Des's advice to lose on purpose to save his strength to carry the golden dragon. The greedy Des tried to steal the golden dragon but was caught. When he was about to be killed, the kind-hearted Keith proposed to let Des go if he won and he did not want the golden dragon, which was agreed by the host of Lost City.
After a hard fight, the scarred Keith finally defeated the arrogant Mongols in the finals. However, Keith, who won the title of the greatest fighter in the Lost City, regardless of fame and fortune, returned to the United States to save the world. Those poor street kids...
"Fighting World" (review)
The film "Fisting World" uses flashback techniques to express the content and plot, telling the story of Keith, an American civilian. The experience of becoming a great boxer by accident.
The plot of the film is not tortuous, but the combination of pirates, boxing islands, the mysterious Tibetan Lost City and the rich oriental color add a touch of legend and adventure to the film. In this situation, the film focuses on shaping the image of Keith. He was abandoned since his parents died young. Growing up in a sea of ??hardship, he was born to sympathize with the weak and had no fear of difficulties or powerful opponents. He befriended the downtrodden street kids, often humiliated the rich and challenged the hypocritical police from time to time. Therefore, during a roundup, he escaped onto a freighter bound for a foreign country and started his new life. Kidnapped by pirates and turned into a boxer, he stands out because of his inherent toughness and unyielding spirit of challenge. He is not satisfied with the victory in the small circle, and wants to obtain the lost city "Golden Dragon" that represents the supremacy in the boxing world. Unlike others, what he values ????is not the gold on the golden dragon, nor does he carry out vicious plots. What he relies on is only his firm belief and tenacious fighting spirit. In the cruel competition, he always retained his valuable spirit. He fought hard against the crazy and powerful opponents, but against the weak ones who fell in the boxing ring, he withdrew the iron fist he was about to send. Keith epitomizes the theme of the tough guy who can't be defeated in American movies, but the film deliberately avoids modern fierce battles like Schwarzenegger and adopts ancient mysterious plot content. Old wine in a new bottle, with good intentions.
Of course, in addition to a kind of spiritual stimulation, this film mainly provides people with psychological stimulation caused by fierce fighting scenes, which are similar to the "Street Fighter" style battles in the video game. The scenes undoubtedly serve the commercial purpose of the film.