The Octagon (1980)

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Average Rating: 3.6/10
Reviews Counted: 5
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Release Date: Aug 14, 1980 Wide

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Karate champ Chuck Norris returns for another chop-socky vigilante flick in The Octagon, one of a handful of undistinguished Ninja pictures released during the early '80s. Norris appropriately plays a retired karate champ hired as a bodyguard for a wealthy woman (Karen Carlson) plagued by a gang of vicious ninjas. Reluctant at first to take the job, he reconsiders when he learns the gang is headed by his longtime arch rival Tadashi Yamashita (Lee Van Cleef). The script -- as is the case in

R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Action & Adventure

Directed By: Eric Karson

In Theaters: Aug 14, 1980 Wide

On DVD: Aug 17, 2004

Media Home Entertainment

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Cast

Chuck Norris
Scott James
Karen Carlson
Justine
Lee Van Cleef
McCarn
Tadashi Yamashita
Seikura
Carol Bagdasarian
Aura
Kim Lankford
Nancy Dancer
Art Hindle
A.J.
Kurt Grayson
Doggo
Yuki Shimoda
Katsumoto
Larry D. Mann
Tibor
John Fujioka
Isawa
Jack Carter
Sharkey
Ted Duncan
Truckdriver
Ken Gibbel
Meat
Redmond Gleeson
Duffy
Ernie Hudson
Quinine
Brian Libby
Deadwyler
Enrique Lucero
One Armed Man
Jo McDonnell
Amy Lee
Gerald Okamura
Ninja Instructor
Carlos Romano
Pilot
Brian Tochi
Seikura at Eighteen
Aaron Norris
Hatband
Richard Norton
Longlegs
Don Pike
Chauffer (sic)
Kevin Brando
Scott at Eight
Elizabeth Carder
Desk Clerk
Crane Jackson
House Detective
Alan Marcus
Truckdriver
John Gilbert Barrett
Justine's Killer

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It's my first-time American martial arts movie to deal with ninjas I watched. Super duel between Chuck Norris and the excellent Tadashi Yamashita, instead comes an unbelievable letdown.

March 21, 2007

Dean McKenna

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My first Chuck Norris flick (save Sidekicks) and I gotta say, I didn't miss much. I mean this film is basically worth watching for yucks only. There are some incredible unintentional laughs (ie Chucks inner monologue (that appears an absurd amount) posseses an echoey whisper to it that just kills me). I never realised

February 28, 2008