Leofwine_draca Review of Lady Bloodfight

Lady Bloodfight (2016)

The quality of the fights just about makes this watchable

[5/10 · 2 November 2018]

LADY BLOODFIGHT is an independent Hong Kong martial arts movie, starring nobody you ever heard of and borrowing the plot from the old Van Damme flick BLOODSPORT, giving it a gender twist in the process. This time around, a blonde Westerner (played by stuntwoman Amy Johnston, who previously appeared in RAZE) is kidnapped by thugs and forced to fight other women in the Kumite, a mythical fighting tournament in which opponents battle to the death. What follows is entirely ordinary, playing out on a low budget just as you'd expect. The acting rathers from wooden to cheesy and there's a notable emphasis on titillation, with all of the combatants forced to strip down before they fight. Films like this live or die based on their action chorography, and the fights are quite watchable here, slick and fast-paced. Not, perhaps, top-tier, though, which leaves LADY BLOODFIGHT an average film overall.