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No Retreat, No Surrender

Tonight, He either fights for his life or he'll be running for the rest of it.

6.3(666)19861h 34m5

The mob is trying to strongarm local martial arts schools, forcing young Jason Stillwell and his family to move after his father is injured defending their dojo. With his father now rejecting violence, Jason is forced to train on his own to protect himself and his best friend from the members of a rival karate school.

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Status
Released
Budget
$250K
Box office
$4.7M
Language
English
Part of No Retreat, No Surrender Collection · 5 films
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Behind the camera

Director

Corey Yuen

Produced in

Hong Kong, United States of America

Gallery

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG2 May 1986
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical142 May 1986
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP7 May 1988
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical165 Feb 1987
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical (limited)Cutrecon 157 Feb 2026

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No Retreat, No Surrender was released on 2 May 1986.

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    GenerationofSwine

    1/14/2023

    10/10

    First of all, I believe the word for this is "Bruceploitation" and you can't walk into anything with a "sploitation" at the end of the genre title with expectations of things like production value, or great special effects or a decent plot. Mostly movies like this are void of those things and in the rare times that you actually get them they should be viewed as an added bonus. Technically speaking, the film is …

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