The Deadly Art of Survival
Seen it?1979 | 77 min | Action
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy 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 fans of a good revenge story and anyone who appreciates a well-choreographed fight. A revenge story, so expect the pressure to build to a reckoning. Same wavelength as John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum. The fight choreography is a big part of the appeal.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Wastes no time getting going, at 1 hr 17 min. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1979: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you prefer quiet, talky stories.
Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as a local karate school owner who clashes with a gang of drug traffickers posing as the owners of a rival dojo. Director Charlie Ahearn (who helmed the landmark hip-hop film Wild Style) used the housing projects next to his New York Lower East Side apartment as his central location in this 1979 classic, shot on a vintage Super 8 camera.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- 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 Charlie Ahearn
- Nathan Ingram
- George David Gonzalez
- Miguel Villanueva
- Gerard Hovagimyan
- Kiki Smith
- Freddy Rivera
- Arthur Abrams
- Paula Humphrey
- Rosetta Campbell
- Yoshiko Chuma