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Karate Rock

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1990 | 90 min | Action

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for action fans. Popcorn viewing in the best sense.
The mood
Exciting.
The pace
Lean, with little time wasted, at 1 hr 30 min. Done before bedtime.
What might put you off
  • It's in Italian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Not for anyone who finds explosions tiring.

Fabrizio De Angelis leaves it all on the sweat-stained mat at the strip-mall karate studio that hosted the bone-crushing, senses-shattering, kickpocalypse between arch rivals Kevin and Jeff! The final battle would have been pretty lame (well, lamer than it was) if it hadn't been built toward with an unceasing increase in tension as Kevin and Jeff clashed in competitions where the stakes only got higher and higher and even freaking higher! Why, by the time that Kevin had bested Jeff in the race through the Tunnel of Death (neither of them died making the tunnel's name an unfortunate misnomer), I was thinking that surely nothing could top that! Well, nothing but a training montage!

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    Not enough engagement data yet

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Cast & crew

Directed by Fabrizio De Angelis

  • Antonio Sabàto Jr.Kevin Foster
  • David WarbeckJohn Foster
  • Natalie Hendrix TateKim Jones
  • Dorian D. FieldConny Parker
  • Andrew J. ParkerJeff Hunter
  • John PalmerJim
  • Timothy SmithMortimer
  • Jennifer CohenBarbara
  • Christopher Alan
  • Scotty Daffron