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Bloodsport

1988 film directed by Newt Arnold
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Summary

Bloodsport is a film[1]. Bloodsport ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,807 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Newt Arnold[3]
  • Screenwriter: Sheldon Lettich[4]
  • Composer: Paul Hertzog[5]
  • Genre: action film[6], martial arts film[7], biographical film[8]
  • Cast member: Jean-Claude Van Damme[9], Roy Chiao[10], Donald Gibb[11], Leah Ayres[12], Bolo Yeung[13], Forest Whitaker[14], Michel Qissi[15], Norman Burton[16], Victor Wong[17], Philip Chan[18], Mark DiSalle[19], Cihangir Ghaffari[20]
  • Producer: Yoram Globus[21], Menahem Golan[22]
  • Part of the series: Bloodsport[23]
  • Production company: The Cannon Group[24]
  • Director of photography: David Worth[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Distribution format: digital download[27], video on demand[28], direct-to-video[29]
  • Review score: 4.9/10[30], 48%[31], 29/100[32]
  • Color: color[33]
  • Country of origin: United States[34]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1988[35], June 9, 1988[36], February 26, 1988[37], April 29, 1988[38]
  • Distributed by: The Cannon Group[39], Netflix[40], iTunes[41]
  • Narrative location: Hong Kong[42]
  • Filming location: Hong Kong[43]
  • Film editor: Jean-Claude Van Damme[44], Carl Kress[45]
  • Nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star[46]
  • Title: Bloodsport[47]
  • MPA film rating: R[48]
  • Different from: Blood sport[49]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 18[50]
  • Duration: 92[51]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[52]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[53]

  • First release date: 1990[54]

  • Genre(s): electronic, pop, pop rock, rock, synth-pop[55]

  • Community tags: electronic, pop, pop rock, rock, soundtrack, synth-pop[56]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f7432569-1339-3955-bf49-a5a1c9d4f90a[57]

Why It Matters

Bloodsport has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] Bloodsport is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

Related Entities

Bolo Yeung film Forest Whitaker Hong Kong Jean-Claude Van Damme Menahem Golan Netflix The Cannon Group United States

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
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  5. [56] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [57] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  5. 16w ago · Reubot · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filming location → Hong Kong
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    Part of the series → Bloodsport
    Cast member → Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roy Chiao, Donald Gibb +9
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