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Lion Fist

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Martial artist Joe (Mathis Landwehr) emerges from four years of wrongful imprisonment to devastating news: His son needs an expensive operation to survive a life-threatening tumor. With no other options, Joe enters a brutal martial arts tournament offering $100,000 in prize money. Under Grandmaster Wu's intense training, he faces some of the world's strongest fighters but discovers his opponents will do anything to win.
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Alan Ng Film Threat 3 days ago
7.5/10
It’s a solid thriller with a heart-wrenching motivation to fight and a protagonist who lives a life of integrity, only to have misfortune thrown in his face. Go to Full Review
Shikhar Verma High on Films Sep 15, 2026
1/5
[Lion Fist is] a familiar, cliché-ridden, cringe-inducing retro martial arts actioner that even genre fans would reject. Go to Full Review
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DanTheMan 2 @DanTheMan2150AD 6 hrs ago A shamelessly old-fashioned and cliché-ridden but thoroughly entertaining retro martial arts actioner, Lion Fist treads a very similar line to that of The Last Kumite, sharing a lot of its DNA, one of pure martial-arts melodrama. It's derivative, occasionally clumsy and often corny, but beneath the rough edges is a genuine love for old-school martial-arts cinema, one that wants to give genre fans punches, kicks, colourful villains and old-school tournament theatrics rather than squashing the action beneath elaborate mythology or self-conscious irony. Above all, Lion Fist isn't cynical about its clichés; instead, embracing its roots with love, it may not have the originality of the classics it imitates, but it does at least understand what makes those flicks enjoyable. See more Carlo P @Carlo80 Sep 18, 2026 For true Fans of the genre this is the right stuff. Of course its predictable, because its an homage film to those old movies. But fighting great, Music great and legends are present. All i need! See more Montclair G @RT33205291 Sep 16, 2026 Pretty terrible cliche story. It's exactly what you expect it to be. Predictable, ridiculous plot with pretty bad acting. Even the action scenes are pretty clunky. Just go watch Bloodsport again. It's essentially the same movie. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Martial artist Joe (Mathis Landwehr) emerges from four years of wrongful imprisonment to devastating news: His son needs an expensive operation to survive a life-threatening tumor. With no other options, Joe enters a brutal martial arts tournament offering $100,000 in prize money. Under Grandmaster Wu's intense training, he faces some of the world's strongest fighters but discovers his opponents will do anything to win.
Director
Taim M. Adams
Producer
Sean David Lowe, Wayne A. Graves
Screenwriter
Sean David Lowe, Keith W. Strandberg
Distributor
Capelight Pictures International / MPI
Production Co
Lowe Films
Genre
Action, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 15, 2026
Runtime
1h 31m
Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1
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