1/5 Bloodsport 4: The Crap Kumite
  by Petar Mijatovic (australia, sydney)
This movie after watching it was surprisingly a poor sequel because i was expecting a good kumite like the first 3 bloodsport films.

First of all the lighting in this movie was very bad and very dark, no wonder why this movie was called the dark kumite, because i couldn't see a thing.

Secondly, bloodsport IV has a very strange twist to it, its more like a crime thriller like hellraiser inferno. And the story was very hard to understand, if you watch it for the first time (or maybe im stupid).

This is one of those movies you need to watch a few times to pick up what you missed out on. What i did pick up on by watching this movie the first time was that the character alex cardo (the champion from bloodsport 2 & 3) is replaced by a new character called john keller.

After watching this movie a few times i figured out that detective john keller "WARNING: spoiler alert.........................." shoots 2 police officers to go deep, "DEEP" undercover to solve a case of a number of prisoners who have mysteriously left the face of the earth, but have really been selected to participate in a kumite, the dark kumite.

As a stand alone movie i would give it an 8/10, but because it has the name bloodsport attached to it, this movie has nothing to do with the series and gets a 1/10 from me, and is awarded as one of the worst sequels of all time.

In addition to that, other worst sequels include:

Best of the best 4 (worst of the worst)
Kickboxer 5
red scorpion 2
rocky 4


2/5 its hard for me to not like even the bad martial art movies
  by dominion_ruler (Carolina, USA)
Why???? Why must sequals always be so bad, especially when you get to something like a #4 in a series. There is nothing good about Bloodsport 4 except the couple of fights. The acting is so bad that its hard to enjoy this. High school students could act this one out much better. What's with Daniel Bernhardt? He's not playing Alex Cardo anymore but a cop named John Keller. Apparently, Keller's character calls for bad acting because Bernhardt sure provides it. He did so much better as Alex in Bloodsport's 2 & 3. But in Bloodsport 4, everyone else still can't act 1/2 as good as Bernhardt in the movie. Yep, its that bad.

Ok, so the acting stinks. The story does too. There is no in depth to this movie at all, no surprise, no twists, nothing. The only thing that gets 2 stars for this movie is the fights. There are several, actually pretty decent. Compared to the first 3 Bloodsports, the kumite is dissapointing. After 30 minutes of fights in the first Bloodsports, filled with lots of fighters with tons of techniques and styles, Bloodsport 4's kumite is a let down. To be honest, its not even a real kumite. Compared to some movies, they are good fights, don't get me wrong, but again compared to the first 3 Bloodsport movies, its a let down. The villain is one of the only cool character in the movie, played by Stefanos Miltsakakis (who also appeared as a fighter in Best of The Best 2 and in a few Van Damme movies). The other decent guy is a semi-villain fighter, played by David Rowe (an extremely cut fighter). Keller and Schrek (Miltsakakis) get the final fight in the kumite,which lasts for only a few moments.

The fights is all this is honestly good for. I'll still watch Bloodsport 4...when I get tired of watching the 100 other martial arts movies I own.

2/5 LET ME BORROW YOUR PEN
  by Michael Butts (Martinsburg, WV USA)
The frivolous use of writing instruments is the only original idea in this tired kung fooey saga. Although physically imposing, Daniel Bernhardt's acting range is that of a rutabaga, and even though the fight scenes are reasonably well choreographed, they are not enough to overcome the basic lucidcrous plot. The other actors in the film are lifeless and dull; the movie's thin plot has been done in hundreds of karate classics, so there's little to recommend this film; I give two stars for its sheer existence.

1/5 Worse than death itself!!!
  by Jordan T. Bruno (Tupelo, MS)
Wow. This movie sucked the big one. But before we get into the gritty details, a quick plot summary. Daniel Berndhart, a washed out bum of an actor, stars as a mildly retarded former fighting champion scouring the strees of America (which look mysteriously Russian) for an escaped prisoner, Shrek. Danny ends up in jail himself as an undercover agent, who then is launched into a plotless chase after a crime syndicate. I couldn't tell you any more if I wanted to, there is no story!
This hunk of sweaty turd ruined two hours of my life. This is honestly the worst movie I have ever seen crawl out of a toilet and onto my TV screen. It is simply horrible.
To begin with, the plot seems to develop naturally for the first ten minutes, until Daniel Berndhart decides to shoot two of his fellow policemen for no apparent reason. Quickly followed by a demented scene involving a riduculous closeup on the face of a chubby courtmaster, I suddenly knew how terribly low budget this Russian horror flick was going to progress.
The director's idea of a special effect was zooming in way to close for comfort on the actors and making nasty noises. For example, after the prison warden speaks with a crime boss, his nervousness is expressed through fogging up the camera lens with his panting gasps. Besides just special effects, the horrendously low budget showed itself through the fact that every scene occured in one building that looked strikingly familiar to the Kremlin. The police station, prision office, and gangster's hideout, all have short clips showing the aforementioned before cutting to the action.
Now to the actors themselves. The only redeeming quality of this cast is the coincendence that one of them looked exactly like Benjamin Franklin (the gangster). However, he had some distinctly un-colonial personality traits, such as his fetish for positioning 20 scantily clad women around his throne, all of whom seemed to serve no purpouse beyond decoration.
Lets move on to the unique wardrobe feautured in the film. Costumes ranged from victorian era dress suits to 1920s striped jail uniforms to industrial era clothing reminiscent of Oliver Twist. As a bonus, the prison guards dressed like members of the Gestappo and travelled in packs to boot. Most suprising of all is the fight uniform of one of the "kumite" (which never really happens) participants, a speedo swim suit.
Before closing, I would like to point out how random and worthless the majority of the scenes were. There are to many to include, but my personal favorite was when two gypsies performed before Ben Franklin for 5 minutes, adding nothing to the plot but more senslessness. This makes "Jaws III" look like a classic. Simply stated, I cant evin express the pain watching this movie put me through, I would rather gouge out my eyes with a rusty grapefruit spoon than watch it again. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!! UGH....

1/5 UGH!
  by MICHAEL TAYLOR (RICHMOND, VA USA)
THIS TIME AROUND, A COP [DANIEL BERNHARDT] INFILTRATES A PRISON TO INVESTIGATE THE ONGOING EXECUTIONS OF THE INMATES AT THE PRISON. SUDDENLY, HIS COVER IS BLOWN AND HE FINDS HIMSELF FIGHTING TO SURVIVE IN THE KUMITE. THIS MOVIE IS SO BORING. THE ACTING IS BAD, THE FIGHTS ARE CORNY, AND THE SCRIPT REALLY SUCKS. VAN DAMME LOOKALIKE DANIEL BERNHARDT IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A MARTIAL ARTIST THAT KNOWS HOW TO FIGHT, BUT SERIOUSLY HAS PROBLEMS ENTERTAINING AN AUDIENCE. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, WHY COULDN'T THERE JUST BE ONLY ONE BLOODSPORT MOVIE? WHAT'S THE POINT OF THE SEQUELS? FROM WATCHING THIS MOVIE, I ALMOST DON'T WANNA SEE PART 2 OR 3. EVEN IF YOU ARE A MARTIAL ARTS FAN LIKE MYSELF, YOUR BEST BET IS TO AVOID THIS ONE ENTIRELY.