There are few films that could convince four grown men in 2025 to willingly dodge the U.S. military draft, board a non-refundable flight to Hong Kong, and enter an underground full-contact martial arts tournament with zero formal training; ave, perhaps, for some light cardio and a YouTube rabbit hole of aikido fails. But in Episode #128 of Fear and Loathing in Cinema, Bryan, Dan, Preston, and special guest Wade throw themselves; emotionally, spiritually, and imaginatively; into Bloodsport (1988), the film that launched Jean-Claude Van Damme into the cultural bloodstream like a spinning heel kick to the sternum.

The post Episode #128 – Bloodsport (1988) first appeared on Boomstick Comics.