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Taimak, Vanity, Ernie Reyes Jr.

Get ready for some seriously big hair. The Last Dragon--or, to call it by its full title, Berry Gordy's the Last Dragon--is a stunning example of 1980s camp cinema. One-name kung fu wond...( read more  read more... )er Taimak plays Leroy Green, a.k.a. Bruce Leroy, a humble student of kung fu who has achieved the highest level of skill, but hasn't yet found his inner master. Wandering through the streets of New York in a Chinese peasant outfit, he accidentally becomes the protector of nightclub hostess/video jockey Laura Charles (played by former Prince protégé Vanity, who also costarred in the trash classic Action Jackson). She's being threatened by a height-challenged mobster who wants her to play his girlfriend's video (the girlfriend is something of a Cyndi Lauper look-alike, played by Broadway star Faith Prince). Meanwhile, a man who calls himself Sho'Nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, wants to kick Leroy's ass and prove himself the baddest kung fu master in town. Add to this Leroy's smart-mouthed brother Richie (who calls Leroy "the chocolate-covered yellow peril"), a dregs-of-Motown soundtrack (DeBarge is a high point), ninja battles, pseudo-Eastern philosophical babble, and a jaw-dropping club performance by Vanity, and you have a hilarious example of why we're all so very glad the '80s are over. Featuring a bit role by William H. Macy (Fargo, Magnolia). --Bret Fetzer

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PG-13, 108 min.

Directed by: Michael Schultz

Release Date: March 22, 1985

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DVD Release Date: July 3, 2001

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  • sapphirechaos05
    October 9, 2007
    sapphirechaos05
    i use to love this movie!!!!! he was a kung-fu-cheetah, lol
  • markymarkslunggnome
    December 28, 2006
    markymarkslunggnome
    Sho' Nuff... nuff said!
  • Beefy
    September 24, 2006
    Beefy
    Sho nuff! Gloriously cheesy and fun.
  • RiderOfTheStorms
    September 10, 2006
    RiderOfTheStorms
    hahaaha i like this movie too much
  • Godless
    March 20, 2006
    Godless
    As far as black Karate movies with Bowler from Brisco County, this one is tops.
  • whispersofecstacy
    November 9, 2009
    whispersofecstacy
    Cheesy, but you have to see it. Great soundtrack too.
  • annajade1
    September 5, 2009
    annajade1
    this movie was the shit in the 80s
  • NuditysShiver
    September 5, 2009
    NuditysShiver
    The Last Dragon with Bruce Leroy (Taimak), is a classic. You have Taimak playing a wannabe Bruce Lee and coming pretty close to it. There are re-enactment scenes from Bruce Lee's movie colllection included as well. You have a fat white guy in a babydoll pink wifebeater try...( read more)ing to take on Sho-Nuff (Julius Carry). Who himself passed away last year. Then you have one of Willie Hutch's best songs playing in the background for the many different scenes of Bruce Lee showing on a projector screen. This movie doesn't miss a beat.
  • Darcsyde
    August 28, 2009
    Darcsyde
    as silly as this movie sounds, and despite some not-so-great acting on the part of the two leads (even tho I LOVE Vanity), this is a very fun movie.
  • pheir
    August 23, 2009
    pheir
    Still not sick of this Hahahahaha..Bruce Leroy!!!

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