Low Blow | |
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Directed by | Frank Harris |
Written by | Leo Fong |
Produced by | Leo Fong |
Starring | Leo Fong Cameron Mitchell Troy Donahue Diane Stevenett Akosua Busia Patti Bowling Stack Pierce |
Cinematography | Frank Harris |
Edited by | Frank Harris |
Music by | Steve Amundsen |
Distributed by | Crown International Pictures |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Low Blow (released in the Philippines as The Last Fight to Win: The Bloody End) is a 1986 film edited, shot, and directed by Frank Harris and released through Crown International Pictures. It is about a private investigator that goes on the hunt for a girl who has been taken in by a religious cult. He recruits a team to help him in his quest to rescue the girl. It stars Leo Fong, Cameron Mitchell, Troy Donahue, Akosua Busia and Stack Pierce.
A young heiress is in the clutches of a weird religious sect which is based in a rural compound. The cult leader (played by Cameron Mitchell). At his side is a lady called Karma (played by Akosua Busia) who has a vocal prowess. She is also the lover of the leader. [1] Joe Wong (played by Leo Fong) is a former policeman, [2] [3] who has been hired by her businessman father to bring her back to him safely. [4] He teams up with a group to help him which includes a Vietnam vet and a pro-boxing champ. [5]
Name | Role |
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Leo Fong | Joe Wong |
Cameron Mitchell | Yarakunda |
Troy Donahue | John Templeton |
Diane Stevenett | Diane |
Akosua Busia | Karma |
Patti Bowling | Karen Templeton |
Stack Pierce | Duke |
Woody Farmer | Fuzzy |
Elaine Hightower | Cody |
Ron Ackerman | Police Chief [6] |
The film was directed by Frank Harris. Leo Fong produced the film and Hope Holiday was the associate producer. [7] Leo Fong also wrote the story. [8] The film also features Billy Blanks in his first film role. [9] [10]
Low Blow was released in the United States in 1986. In the Philippines, the film was released as The Last Fight to Win: The Bloody End by Movierama Films on October 13, 1988, connecting it to the unrelated film Fight to Win; the film poster miscredits Jean-Claude Van Damme as its writer and director. [11] [12]
It was released on Vestron in both Beta and VHS formats in 1986. [13]
Fong's performance in the cult film was called a tour de force head-scratcher by Cnet.com. [14]
It featured on Red Letter Media's "Best of the Worst" web series in 2015. [15]
Fong reprised his role as Joe Wong in Blood Street (1988) and Hard Way Heroes (2010).
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A wealthy industrialist hires a private Chinese detective to rescue her daughter from the evil spells of a leader of a certain cult.