Synopsis
Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old friend, but is too late to prevent Kim's death at the hands of an unknown hitman. Vowing revenge, Jeff takes on all of the families, using his martial arts skills to find the man who killed his friend.
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Cast
- Jeff SpeakmanJeff Sanders
- John DyeDet. Adam Sanders
- MakoKim
- James HongYung
- Mariska HargitayJennifer
- Dante BascoJimmy Ho
- Beau StarrCapt. Carl Sanders
- Seth SakaiMaster Lo
- Professor Toru TanakaTanaka
- Clyde KusatsuDetective Wong
Recommendations
- 60
Washington Post
It's got a little kick to it. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Produced and directed by Mark DiSalle, an alumnus of the Van Damme movies Kickboxer and Bloodsport, The Perfect Weapon moves well, and its many action and martial sequences are crisply staged. But unless you are a die-hard martial-arts fan, be prepared to be thoroughly bored by such a strictly by-the-numbers plot. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
It's not perfect, but PERFECT WEAPON at least furnishes action aficionados with a hero who has a life beyond the floormat of a kung fu school. Speakman may augur a new breed of action hero--a 90s kind of fella who's survived both martial arts classes and sensitivity training sessions. Men will be enthusiastic over his fast footwork; women will be impressed by his ability to carry on an intelligent conversation. - 50
The Seattle Times
The Perfect Weapon is functional, but as formula-bound as they come. [16 Mar 1991, p.C5] - 38
USA Today
This guy defines loner. He's on the outs with his father and kid brother, and the Koreans treat him like he's the Vanilla Ice of karate. Generation gap. Cultural gap. Logic gap. Weapon has more gaps than a cut-rate set of dentures. [19 Mar 1991, p.8D] - 30
The New York Times
A macho fantasy of physical control, grace and invincibility in which women are all but absent. - 25
Entertainment Weekly
During the fight scenes, it sounds as if a hundred watermelons were being clobbered at once. Other than that, it’s business as usual, with the all-American Speakman proving the most generic vigilante this genre has spawned yet. - 25
Miami Herald
We're subjected to 80 minutes of butt- kicking -- most of it contrived and flatly staged -- in Speakman's embarrassing debut, The Perfect Weapon. [19 Mar 1991, p.C5]
