Movie With Teacher Who Teaches Martial Arts as a Brazillian Dance
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| Directed by | Sheldon Lettich |
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| Produced by | Samuel Hadida Stuart S. Shapiro Steven Menkin |
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| Edited by | Stephen Semel |
| Music by | Harvey W. Mason |
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| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6,000,000 (US) |
| Box office | $3,273,588 (The states)[i] |
But the Strong is a 1993 martial arts pic directed past Sheldon Lettich, starring Mark Dacascos. It is considered to be the only Hollywood picture that showcases capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art, from beginning to end.
Plot [edit]
Former Dark-green Beret Louis Stevens (Marker Dacascos) returns to his hometown of Miami later completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has get a oasis for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses his capoeira skills to boot several drug dealers off the school belongings, Mr. Kerrigan (Geoffrey Lewis), one of Stevens' old teachers, sees the impact that Stevens has on the students. Kerrigan gives him the chore of teaching capoeira to a handful of the worst at-risk students at the school, giving Stevens an abandoned fire station equally their practise area. While doing so, Stevens earns the ire of the local drug lord, Silverio Aliveres (Paco Christian Prieto), whose younger cousin, Orlando Aliveres (Richard Coca), is i of Stevens' students. Silverio is also a master of capoeira, and he engages Stevens in combat, beating him viciously. The horrified Orlando resolves to acquire everything he tin can from Stevens. Stevens' class learns quickly, and they become very skilled at capoeira. The main, delighted, proposes a district-wide capoeira program to the schoolhouse board. After a field trip with his form, Stevens once again clashes with Silverio, who declares war against him.
Silverio'southward gang terrorizes the loftier schoolhouse and sets fire to Kerrigan's classroom, resulting in the decease of 1 of Stevens' students. As a result of this incident, Stevens is accused at fault, banished from the school grounds and the capoeira program is terminated. In retaliation to the attack, Stevens sneaks into Silverio'southward chop shop and defeats the workers before setting a cash-filled auto on fire. Furious, Silverio orders the gang to bring Stevens to him live. Orlando flees to get aid. Subsequently a desperate battle, Stevens is finally captured and brought to a blaze, where Silverio awaits. However, Stevens' capoeira students bar their path in an endeavour to rescue their teacher. Earlier a ball tin can ensue, the exhausted Stevens challenges Silverio to single combat to win back his students. Despite a grueling battle, Stevens defeats Silverio before the police arrive, sending the gang scattering in all directions. With this defeat, Silverio's reputation equally offense lord is gone.
Stevens' capoeira program proves such a success that his students graduate from high school. To celebrate, they join a Brazilian capoeira team to perform for Stevens at the graduation ceremony.
Bandage [edit]
- Mark Dacascos as Louis Stevens
- Stacey Travis as Dianna
- Paco Christian Prieto equally Silverio Aliveres
- Geoffrey Lewis as Mr. Kerrigan
- Todd Susman as Mr. Cochran
- Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter equally Philippe
- Richard Coca equally Orlando Aliveres
- Roman Cardwell as Shay
- Ryan Bollman as Donovan
- Christian Klemash as Eddie
- John Fionte every bit Hector Cervantes
- John Gregory Kasper as Double-decker Kasper
- Phyllis Sukoff as Mrs. Esposito
- Mellow Man Ace as Educatee Rapper
- Stuart Due south. Shapiro equally John
- Joselito "Amen" Santo as Javier
- Adeniri S. Ajamu every bit Chief Ajamo
- Antoni Corone equally Dark-green Beret Sergeant
- Saudia Immature every bit Hooker
- Sergio Pereira as Silverio's Bodyguard #1
- Michael F. Lagapa as Silverio'south Bodyguard #2
- Sergio Kato as Silverio'southward Bodyguard #3 (uncredited)
- C.C. DeNeira as Hooker (uncredited)
Production [edit]
Though Mark Dacascos is a talented martial artist, his background is non initially in capoeira. Just prior to his audition, he received his training from famed capoeirista Amen Santo, who was responsible for much of the fight choreography and has a small role in the film.[2]
Soundtrack [edit]
But the Strong (Original Motility Picture Soundtrack), composed of xi hip hop and capoeira music songs, was released in 1993 via Fox Records. It features contributions from Jibril Serapis Bey, Marcel Co-operative, Patrick McCain, Donna Simon, Mellow Man Ace, Miami Boyz and New Version of Soul, equally well as Kao Rossman, Scott G., Iki Levy, Stuart S. Shapiro, Blueblood, DJ Muggs, Kid Fury and LRoc on production duties. The most prominent songs in the film are Serapis Bey's "Paranauȇ" and "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" - the latter being more than well known as the theme vocal for Mazda's Television commercials.[three] [4] [5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Paranauê" (performed by Jibril Serapis Bey) |
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| iii:10 |
| ii. | "Miami Boyz" (performed by Miami Boyz) |
| Kid Fury of Bass Patrol | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" (performed by Jibril Serapis Bey) | Rossman | Kao Rossman | 2:53 |
| iv. | "Comin' Together" |
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| 1:37 |
| v. | "Babalu Bad Boy" (performed by Mellow Man Ace) |
| DJ Muggs | 3:43 |
| six. | "Swang da Funk" (performed past New Version of Soul) |
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| iv:17 |
| 7. | "Donovan'south Mix" |
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| 2:55 |
| 8. | "Olelê, O'Lalá" (performed by Jibril Serapis Bey) | Vargas | Kao Rossman | 3:09 |
| 9. | "Enter the Dojo" | Yizhaq |
| 3:22 |
| 10. | "But the Potent" (performed by Marcel Branch, Patrick McCain and Donna Simon) |
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| 4:x |
| 11. | "But the Strong (Remix)" (performed past Marcel Co-operative, Patrick McCain and Donna Simon) |
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| 3:04 |
| Full length: | 36:11 | |||
Box office and reception [edit]
Only the Strong earned US$3,273,588 at the U.S. box role, making only more than than half of its US$six 1000000 budget.[ane]
The film was universally panned by critics, earning an 8% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews.[half dozen] Roger Ebert gave the film 1 out of four stars, proverb, "The message of a motion picture like Only the Strong, building on the fascist undertones of its title, is virtually cruel in its stupidity and naivete. It's nearly a relief that few people in the audience for such a flick always remember if information technology even had a message or not".[seven] Joe Brown of The Washington Post also wrote a scathing review, proverb it "relies slightly less relentlessly on violence for its own sake than near in this genre, just the film is clumsily assembled and edited, heavy on the slow-mo, and its simplistic story plays like 'The Kids From Fame' armed with very sharp knives".[8]
References [edit]
- ^ a b Box Office Mojo - Only the Strong
- ^ Allen, Terence (May 1996). "Five hot martial arts videos: For the action filled films". Black Belt: 86–88.
- ^ Only the Potent (End credits from one:34:56). Sheldon Lettich. 20th Century Fox. 2003 [1993].
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Only the Strong (Soundtrack)". Amazon. August x, 1993. Retrieved Oct 7, 2012.
- ^ "Soundtracks for Only the Potent (1993)". world wide web.imdb.com. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
- ^ Only the Strong at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Ebert, Roger (1993-08-27). "Only the Strong". Chicago Lord's day-Times . Retrieved 2012-01-17 .
- ^ Chocolate-brown, Joe (1993-08-27). "Merely the Strong". The Washington Mail service . Retrieved 2012-01-17 .
External links [edit]
- Simply the Stiff at IMDb
- Only the Strong at Rotten Tomatoes
- Only the Strong at Box Part Mojo
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_the_Strong_%28film%29
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