No Retreat, No Surrender 2

No Retreat, No Surrender 2

No Retreat, No Surrender 2

No Retreat, No Surrender 2

good evening

Ridiculously convoluted plot involves Commie Russians (led by the gigantic Matthias Hues who looks like a model for the statue of a Greek god), nasty Viet Cong, Vietnamese Resistance fighters, and a Chinese family who escaped from Saigon. Loren Avedon is Scott Wylde, a little fellow with the ability to fight men twice his size, an American college student visiting Bangkok because his fiancé, Sulin (Patra Wanthivanond), has a wealthy father who lives in the city. Sulin is kidnapped by Viet Cong who are in cahoots with a Soviet group led by Yuri (Hues) who holds her prisoner awaiting location of her father's whereabouts. Scott plans to rescue her, while constantly evading the Thai police as well as Viet Cong hoods, joining forces with an old friend, Mac Jarvis (Max Thayer), who operates an "inport-export business" (essentially, he more or less is running an illegal smuggling/trade operation with merchandise held in a warehouse) in Bangkok supplying weapons among other things to those willing to pay him. The other character getting involved in the story is a female fighter, Terry (the flexible and energetic Cynthia Rothrock), who has a history with Mac. Soon Terry is flying a chopper into Cambodian hostile territory so that Scott and Mac can infiltrate Yuri's headquarters and rescue Sulin. Before you know it, Terry is taken prisoner and, along with Sulin, is to be fed to Yuri's crocodiles (yep, Yuri has a muddy, watery hole containing crocodiles) unless Scott and Mac can save them from a gruesome death. I would suggest, if you are planning to watch "No Retreat, No Surrender 2", to prepare for a preposterous plot, variable acting, and irksome dialogue or this will not be a pleasant experience. To be honest, I watch these movies because of the action choreography. That's just the truth of the matter, as long as director Corey Yeun (Jet Li's The Legend), can deliver some kick-happy fight scenes where men in combat perform exciting displays of martial arts then I'm a happy action fan. When I enter a low-budget 80s action film with a choice few Americans involved (most of these have co-production companies from different countries working in concert with each other giving the action pictures a decidedly international flavor) set in Thailand or Hong Kong, I simply don't ask for much. I can be easily pleased. Thankfully, this film has a few fight scenes, but mostly consists of giant buildings and huts going kaboom, along with Asian extras in soldier uniforms sent skyrocketing after the ground is exploded out from under them by grenades or mini-missiles. The best scene has to be when a cackling, demented Hues beats a poor resistance fighter to a pulp, shoots him in the ass with a gun while the poor soul is fleeing from his captors, and is tossed into Yuri's pit of crocodiles! While Thayer and Rothrock bicker and insult each other throughout their time together, Avedon will eventually engage Hues in a fight to the death, which will end up (as it should) at the crocodiles' pit. Hues has these wonderful scenes standing next to Rothrock, and it's like a giant towering over a dwarf—one scene has Hues tossing Rothrock around like a bag of sugar and you can just feel the impact of her tiny (but athletic and sexy) body hurled into wood walls. Avedon is presented as if he were an American version of Jet Li: director Yuen and his fighter extras make Loren's Scott Wylde look damn good. Not that Avedon can't hold his own in scenes where he's fighting off men that want him dead; he can move around a room, use his legs to flexibly escape numerous potential fatal blows, and land his own fair share of punches and kicks. I watched the uncut 104 minute UK version, which is the way to go, although I imagine a film like this will be considered overlong at such a length.

Loren Avedon stars as Scott Wylde, a young kickboxer and martial arts pro living in Thailand with his Vietnamese heiress girlfriend. When she is kidnapped by a Russian gang, Scott enlists the help of his friends Mac (Max Thayer) and Terri (Cynthia Rodrock) to rescue her. Plenty of martial arts action (punctuated with explosions and shootouts) ensues as they confront the kidnappers in the aptly named Death Mountain region. I didn't like No Retreat, no surrender much, the only highlight was seeing Van Damme, so I wasn't expecting much with this sequel. However, I was pleasantly surprised. It's an entertaining film, which has nothing to do with the first film. The actors are different namely Loren Adven, who, acting wise, is amateurish, but he's got a boyish charm. More importantly, he's a very skill fighter- fast and fluid. The fight scenes are energetic and inventive. The plot and the fights remind me of a Jackie chan film. Cynthia Rothrock also stars. Mathias Hues makes his debut here as a nasty villain with a penchant of throwing people into a crocodile-infested river. It's cheesy, humorous, and entertaining.

I just got the the NRNS trilogy today and watched "NRNS2". (I really only was looking to get the original because I collect van damme movies and of course it is his first action movie. But I was lucky enough to get the other 2 for free with it). I just wanted to write the IMDb fans of kung-fu and action flicks that that this was a decent low budget movie that gave me that feeling I haven't had in a while. that feeling of being a kid again and I wish I did see this one when I was a kid because it would of affected me even more. I felt like I had seen it before when I was watching it and was loving the low budget, bad acting you would expect from the time. this is a hidden classic for me now and im glad i watched it and now own it. all you need to know about nrns 1 and 2 is............. the fight scenes are wicked (even for today standards) speeding up the camera seems to be the staple of these movies (but it does make the action look hella good). And thats it.... good 80's nostalgia representing and now I cant wait to see number 3 (blood brothers)

Thanks to Corey Yuen's direction, the fight and stunt choreography in "No Reatreat, No Surrender 2" are clearly superior to those in most American low-budget action movies. Yuen knows how to shoot action, and how to take the best from each of his stars. Loren Avedon looks a little goofy at first, but when he gets into action mode you know he means business! Thayer has a solid presence as his partner. Cynthia Rothrock looks cute, is even allowed to show a comic flair, and her fighting is at its sharpest here. And Matthias Hues is a great, overpowering villain. The only downsides to the film are a somewhat meandering plot, and maybe a tendency towards overlength. (**1/2)

this sequel is as sequel in name only.it has nothing to do with the first movie.none of the characters are the same.the title really has nothing to do with the movie,either,as far as i can tell.plus,this is one boring movie.i did manage to watch ti all the way through to the end,hoping it would get better,but it didn't.it has one decent fight scene during the last five or ten minutes of the film,but that's about it.it's not the most boring movie i've ever seen.there's about a handful that are worse on that score,but i wouldn't care if i never saw it again. at least the acting was actually not that bad.i was expecting it to be worse.still,it didn't elevate the movie.for me,No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder is a 4/10

A Beat 'Em Up and Shoot 'Em Up all wrapped up into one high octane package of pure brilliance. The plot is shady, the acting is iffy and the music is cheesy but still this flick packs a punch. The opening scene post credits pits Terry (Cynthia Rothrock) and Scott Wylde (Loren Avedon) a Tae-Kwon-Do expert in a war of words and showboating. With bad edited dialogue, poor acting (both improve as the film progresses) and over-the-top martial arts, we discover that Scott with his poorly delivered one-liners is on his travels to Bangkok and he is looking for an old friend, Mac Jarvis (Max Thayer) for some reason. Soon we are catapulted into the thick of it, Scott's fiance Sulin Nguyen (Patra Wanthivanond) is kidnapped from a hotel in Thailand by Soviet trained Vietnamese military operating out of Cambodia. Not only this but Scott is framed for the murder of his girlfriends entire family, so the plot thickens or gets muddled or something along those lines. Enter Mac, weapons expert and the man full of cheese, Mac is the man you need to know who can get you anything you need to save your fiance from a military base on top of a mountain, especially if it is manned by Soviet trained Vietnamese soldiers. Soon Scott, along with Mac and Terry, who comes back into the fold are on a mission into Cambodia to save Sulin. We then get the pleasantry of been introduced to the villain Yuri (Matthias Hues) the Russian commander, with his French-German accent and super soldier abilities not far removed from M.Bison in Street Fighter 2, who's weakness is apparently a picture frame. Along this journey we are gifted with pretty good choreographed fight scenes (some over the top, some pure cheese but all entertaining) and great shoot 'em up action, ending with a great finale. Mac "She's gone Scott." Scott "Lets get the hell out of here, alright." This film doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't, it's pure fun action, that keeps the hits flowing. A cheesy moment to savour: A grenade is rolled, a villain is turned over onto the grenade and a table placed on top of him.