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The Perfect Weapon is a 1991 martial arts action film directed by Mark Di Salle and starring Jeff Speakman, Mako Iwamatsu, James Hong, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. Set in Los Angeles, the film relates the story of a young man (Speakman), who is trained in the martial art of American Kenpo, and his fight against the Korean mafia.Speakman was a student of and was advised closely by Ed Parker in the making of this film.The film's Tag Lines included "No gun. No knife. No equal." and "Just try him.", and it is the only well-known Hollywood depiction of Kenpo techniques on-screen.The hit 1990s song "The Power" by Eurodance rap group Snap! is featured extensively in the movie's soundtrack. |
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Creator Cameo |
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Creator Cameo: The director, Mark Di Salle, makes a brief cameo as the football coach who checks on Erickson's condition after Jeff injures him. |
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Cool Old Guy |
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Cool Old Guy: Kim, Jeff's mentor, is quite wise and a father figure to Jeff. |
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Mr. Fanservice |
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Mr. Fanservice: Jeff does his Kata training wearing nothing but a pair of sweatpants. |
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Limited Wardrobe |
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Limited Wardrobe: Jeff wears the same grey jeans, dark green shirt, and brown jacket for almost the entire film. |
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Absurdly Ineffective Barricade |
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Absurdly Ineffective Barricade: When Kim's shop has the window broken by the Korean mafia, they simply nail a few wooden boards across it. |
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Training Montage |
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Training Montage: A flashback to Jeff's childhood of Kenpo training is shown early in the movie, with him progressing through the various belts. |
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Hollywood Healing |
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Hollywood Healing: Jeff cops a battering of kicks and punches to the face during the gym fight which, at a minimum, should've resulted in a concussion or severe bruising and bleeding. Likewise, when fighting Tanaka, his only visible injury is a bleeding lip. |
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You Have Failed Me |
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You Have Failed Me: After failing to convince Kim to use his store to peddle drugs, one of the henchmen is headbutted and killed for his failure by Tanaka. |
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Bringing Running Shoes to a Car Chase |
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Bringing Running Shoes to a Car Chase: As Kim's murderer is driving away, Jeff gives chase on foot, with predictable results. |
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Forced from Their Home |
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Forced from Their Home: Jeff's father, Captain Sanders, forces Jeff to move out of home after Jeff pulverizes the football player Erickson for slapping his little brother Adam. |
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Flashback |
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Flashback: The film begins with a series of flashbacks to Jeff's childhood. |
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Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs |
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Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Jeff's insane punch combos against his first opponent at the gym fight need to be seen to be believed. |
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Police Are Useless |
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Police Are Useless: Jeff's brother Adam is a cop but not a particularly competent one. He draws his gun on his own brother when frustrated and doesn't even bother to handcuff a dangerous suspect properly with hands behind his back. |
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BadassNormal |
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Badass Normal: Jeff is a construction worker and skilled in martial arts. |
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Big Brother Instinct |
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Big Brother Instinct: During a flashback to Jeff's youth, a football player named Erickson continuously attempted to provoke Jeff into a fight, but Jeff refused and walked away. The tipping point was when Erickson slapped his little brother... |
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Artistic License – Law Enforcement |
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Artistic License – Law Enforcement: When Tanaka cannot understand Detective Adam Sanders's commands, the latter tases him, knocking him out to be put in the police car, and doesn't get in any trouble for it. In Real Life, he would have been fired. |
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The Voiceless |
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The Voiceless: Jennifer, played by the beautiful Mariska Hargitay, never utters a single word on-screen. |
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Big Bad: Yung |
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Throwing Down the Gauntlet |
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Throwing Down the Gauntlet: Jeff needs information regarding a suspect from a mook at the nearby gym - his solution? Challenge him, and his two sidekicks, to a full-contact fight, with no protective gear! |
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Language Barrier |
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Language Barrier: Tanaka neither speaks nor understands English, and nobody understands him. |
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Chekhov's Skill |
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Chekhov's Skill: Jeff is proficient in pole vaulting and uses this skill to get over a high fence when infiltrating Yung's factory. |
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Static Stun Gun |
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Static Stun Gun: Detective Sanders uses a Taser to knock Tanaka out. |
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Perma-Stubble |
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Perma-Stubble: Jeff sports a five o'clock shadow that's actually just painted on. |
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Interchangeable Asian Cultures |
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Interchangeable Asian Cultures: James Hong is Chinese and Mako is Japanese, yet they're playing Korean characters. |
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The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything |
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The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Jeff is a construction worker but is only seen very briefly actually doing his job in the opening scene. Even then, he's barely breaking a sweat and is ushered over for a water break immediately. |
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Give Me Back My Wallet |
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Give Me Back My Wallet: Jeff is confronted by 4 muggers who want his wallet - after saying "You want it? Take it!" and throwing it to them, he dispatches all four of them effortlessly with his Kenpo skills, before casually picking up the wallet again and walking off. |
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