The Stillwell family relocates to Seattle, where Jason meets R.J. Tom discourages any further effort, telling his son that fighting is not the answer. A furious Jason tries to take revenge but is easily subdued by the Soviet. After refusing to join the organization, Tom's leg is broken by a Soviet martial artist named Ivan "The Russian" Krachinsky, one of the boss' hired thugs. One night after a training session, the dojo is visited by members of an organized crime syndicate looking to take over all the dojos in the country. Jason Stillwell is a young karate student and Bruce Lee fanatic who trains in his father Tom's dojo in Sherman Oaks, California. Upon release, the film received negative reviews, focusing on the story which many critics found too similar to the film The Karate Kid. Van Damme was cast in the film and caused problems on the set for continually physically contacting other actors and stuntmen during the fight scenes even after director Yuen told him not to. Strandberg after being contracted by Ng See-yuen, the owner of Seasonal Film Corporation, to write a script for them, despite having never written a script beforehand. It is the first film in the No Retreat, No Surrender franchise. Stillwell uses these lessons to defend his martial arts dojo against Soviet martial artist Ivan Kraschinsky (Van Damme). McKinney performs as Jason Stillwell, an American teenager who learns martial arts from the spirit of Bruce Lee. The film was released in Italy on October 20, 1985, and the United States on May 2, 1986. The film stars Kurt McKinney, with a supporting cast of Jean-Claude Van Damme, J.W. No Retreat, No Surrender is a 1985 martial arts film directed by Corey Yuen in his American film directorial debut.
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