
That meant that it was no longer a mere possibility but rather an inevitability and a responsibility.Īs professional responsibilities go, having to re-watch a fun movie from your childhood that you have enormous nostalgia for is tough to beat.

It was chosen as part of the Kickstarter for my extremely purchasable new book The Joy of Trash. That’s where you beautiful people come in. The 1985 R&B martial arts comedy/Bruce Lee homage The Last Dragon falls into the fairly sizable category of movies I distinctly if vaguely remembered really digging as a kid and have alway wanted to re-watch. The price goes down to seventy-five dollars for all subsequent choices. It’s the career and site-sustaining column that gives YOU, the kindly, Christ-like, unbelievably sexy Nathan Rabin’s Happy Place patron, an opportunity to choose a movie that I must watch, and then write about, in exchange for a one-time, one hundred dollar pledge to the site’s Patreon account. etc.Welcome, friends, to the latest entry in Control Nathan Rabin 4.0. I don't know about better, but I love many, like Seven Samurai, Five Deadly Venoms, Shogun's Assassin, Chinatown Kid, Shaolin Soccer, Mad Monkey Kung Fu, 18 Bronze Men . Whatever happened to all those giant boomboxes?īesides The Last Dragon, is there a greater martial-arts movie than Enter the Dragon? If you could time travel back to New York City 1985, what would you buy? How many headbands were deployed in the making of The Last Dragon? How long does it take to eat a small popcorn using only chopsticks? We got in a few in early, and Taimak graciously answered them via email. Prepare your important questions for Taimak now.

The film's action star, Taimak, will attend both screenings, sign copies of his new book, Taimak:The Last Dragon, and do a Q&A. Fri., April 22, at the Hollywood Theater, in Dormont. Most folks probably came to The Last Dragon via VHS tapes or cable, so here's your chance to see Michael Schultz's masterpiece on the big screen. The film, long a cult favorite, offers fights, cheesy special effects, groaner puns and even a romance. The film's full title is Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon, so you know the Motown Master packed it with musical performances, too. Important questions asked - and answered - in the 1985's martial-arts comedy The Last Dragon. Battle of the Masters in The Last Dragon: Leroy Green (Taimak) and Sho-Nuff (Julius Carry) "Who is the master?!"Īlso, how do I get "The Glow"? And just how big can Vanity's hair get?
