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No Retreat, No Surrender
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
The mob is trying to strongarm local martial arts schools, forcing young Jason Stillwell and his family to move after his father is injured defending their dojo. With his father now rejecting violence, Jason is forced to train on his own to protect himself and his best friend from the members of a rival karate school.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy earnest underdog action with colorful training montages, outsized villains, and unabashedly cheesy martial-arts spectacle.
- Tone
- campy, adventurous, uplifting
- Payoff
- adrenaline, vindication
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- perseverance, mentorship, bullying, family, self-defense
- Setting
- contemporary 1980s, suburban neighborhoods and martial arts schools