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After "The Perfect Weapon", I just couldn't allow that this movie run away from me. And I really think that Jeff Speakman nails it again. With this film, he confirmed his low budget martial arts star status. Now, this is one of those good old low budget action films from the early 90s. Just turn off your brain and enjoy it, if you are a martial arts movies fan, you'll really enjoy it, and if you are a Kenpo practitioner, you'll enjoy it even more. Jeff Speakman is a master in Kenpo and Goju-Ryu karate, but primarily Kenpo, and he is presenting this martial art style in his films, just like Bruce Lee did with Jeet Kune Do, Chuck Norris with Tae Kwon Do, Jet Li with Wushu and Steven Seagal with Aikido. I think that Jeff deserves his place besides these great martial arts stars.

The story is one of those… the usual… Jeff plays Jake Barrett a former cop, now car mechanic, who quit the force because he filled guilty for the innocent victim's death. As I said… usual type of story, he is a "perfect weapon", "one man army" and "a tough guy"… but, he don't want to fight no more, because someone will push him later on… you know, that type of story. Jeff tried to do as much as he can with his acting, don't expect much acting in these kind of films, but besides him, and I think he steal the show… Christopher Neame, a good British actor, but in US, he constantly plays imposing villains, the good things is that he does it great. Neame was OK. We got a leading lady, Jennifer Gatti, a very lovely young actress, but… not great acting. We also have talents as Bernie Cassey and Ramon Franco. The action is good, fighting scenes are great, which makes it a good film to watch. I recommend it.

Jeff Speakman is an ex cop, trying to prevent war between two rival gangs. However, a shadowy group are instigating the war, in order to take over the streets. Why are the actual cops themselves doing nothing to prevent this state of affairs? Because they aren't martial artists, and Speakman is, that's why.

Nobody is going to watch a film called "Street Knight" featuring a martial artist in order to see a heartfelt social commentary on gang violence. They're gonna watch it to see Speakman kick ass, break heads and then kick more ass.

Does he fulfill his ass kicking duties? Yeah, pretty much, and it's the actual fight scenes (including one wince inducing one with mechanic's tools) which somewhat elevates Street Knight above the usual bargain basement crap. Speakman is a competent martial artist and the scenes are well choreographed, which makes this one worth a watch, and satisfying (albeit in a purely switch brain off kinda way) for fans of the genre, or action fans.

Nothing at all special, but a satisfying enough beer/whatever flick all the same. 6/10, bonus point for decent fight scenes.

This is another one of those straight to video Thrillers & it's very good & alot of FUN!!! Some cool Action scenes & a cool urban setting with gangs everywhere & a good hero to root for in the very cool JEFF SPEAKMAN. Haven't seen really any of his movies but he is very good here i mean he's no van damme but he is cool in this film & it is a 90s Action Thriller & makes for a nice late night movie

I have watched this movie well over 100 times. It is a great action movie, if you like this sort of thing. Jeff Speakman rises above the script with his natural ability and his incredibly fast hands, although the rest of the cast is ordinary (especially the girl lead...how boring!). I have sure seen worse action movies from the same era, and a TON of them since ("The Bourne Identity" and it's rotten sequel, for instance). Sure, it's not meant to be high art, but for an action movie with an at-the-time unknown star, it is pretty darn good. I am rather disappointed in Jeff Speakman for leaving a promising career in martial arts movies, but understand he is doing well teaching them instead. Good for him.

Jeff Speakman followed up his solid action fare 'The Perfect Weapon' with 'Street Knight'. A disappointingly bland urban action which has Speakman (an ex-cop) caught between a street gang war (actually orchestrated by a third party), but instead of busting his way out of it. Everyone decided to go down a different path, which goes on to waste his talents (unlike 'The Perfect Weapon'). Instead focusing on dramatic plot cues and a script lined with probing leads and deep conversations for Speakman to sink his teeth into... yeah, not much talent there. Unless you like waiting around for over an hour to see Speakman do what you were originally hoping. When it does happen, after being slowed down by its monotonous story. It's not often, or particularly exciting. Quite half-hearted to have any real impact. So, it's a waste.

Interestingly this was the last film Cannon Films produced before bankruptcy. A forgettable way to go out on.

It's amazing to believe The Cannon Film Company started away back in 1967 . When the company was taken over by the Israeli producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus in 1979 the company became very prolific indeed and people of a certain age can remember frequently sticking a videotape in to a VCR to be greeted by the company logo . The unfortunate thing was that Golan and Globus didn't seem to have a clue as to what a good film was . Some of their output was entertaining such as LIFEFORCE and DEATH WISH 3 but more often than not a Cannon production usually involved grade B exploitation movies with violence , bad language and poor production values . Even the aforementioned films despite being entertaining show examples of deranged film making and aren't much more than guilty pleasures

It's very appropriate that the last film released by Cannon the 1993 production STREET KNIGHT sums up one of their productions A crime lord tries to make over Los Angles by making it ungovernable . He does this by murdering members of Latino and black street gangs who are holding a truce and it's down to former cop Jake Barrett to catch the crime lord before the streets explode in to open warfare

Barrett is played by Jeff Speakman a martial artist which right away gives the impression that Chuck Norris wasn't available , or perhaps wasn't wanting to star in any more Cannon productions because there's only so many pay cheques that can console a film career . It's easy to become bored appearing in yet another Cannon release and it's the same with the audience

Like so many previous films from the company STREET KNIGHT is a rather nasty film . Both the story and characters are merely developed to feature as much violence and bad language as possible to the detriment of everything else . There hardly seems to be a scene where no one is killed or no one is threatened to be killed in the most graphic way and while some people may enjoy 80s exploitation movies the world had moved on in 1993 leaving Cannon behind

Jeff Speakman stars as Jake a former police officer who tries to bring peace among two rival gangs who are about to go to war. Seems that a weapons dealer(Christopher Neame) is looking to the gang war to make a profit as they are his number one customers. I really enjoyed The Perfect Weapon and was eager to see what Speakman would follow it up with. Sadly Street Knight was the answer. A deadly dull dud that featured not enough action and too much sentimental bull that nobody wanted to see. The people who play the gang members are woefully unconvincing and it's not surprising that Cannon was behind this. (Cannon had been on it's last legs since 1989...) Street Knight does have an okay fight sequence at the end but basically it's too dull to justify the effort in watching this.

* out of 4-(Bad)

Sloppily edited action flick starring Jeff Speakman as a former cop who gets enmeshed in a nefarious plot to escalate gang violence in L.a. by a group of mercenaries who met in prison. Not nearly enough action, although the big battle at the end helps a bit. Too often, it's just people standing around spouting clichéd lines. Speakman is the only reason to see it. His best film remains "The Perfect Weapon." This one is under-budgeted and not well written. Final effort by Cannon Films, which also featured Chuck Norris in a number of his action films. Instead of the usual car chase in this one, we get Speakman riding a horse, pursued by some bad guys in an SUV. It wasn't much of a chase, but it was different.

this second film starring Jeff Speakman does not live up to the first one,The Perfect Weapon,at least in terms of action,or story for that matter.i found it kinda boring.the martial arts sequences aren't as spectacular here.at least they they don't seem to be to me.there are no funny one liners here that i can recall,which The Perfect Weapon had.it's a pretty generic film,if you ask me.really,in my opinion this movie is no better than average for the genre.i wouldn't recommend it unless you really have nothing else to do.just be prepared to twiddle your thumbs.for me,the absolute most i can muster for Street Knight is a 5/10

Street Knight is pure excitement. This is a film to be appreciated by only true fans of the genre-throwaway action movies. Lots of action characterizes this decent piece of film kicked out by Cannon. The fight scenes are well-choreographed and the ending is memorable. The acting isn't the best, but you can't have everything. Rent this and treat yourself to some top-notch violent entertainment. You won't be sorry. 6/10

One of those movies where the hero is a noble white man trapped between two rival gangs on the eve of war. Here Speakman's been hired to find a kid just as the local African-American and Hispanic gangs are getting ready to kill each other. In fact, the kid's in hiding ever since he inadvertently discovered that the upcoming gang war is being fomented by evil white guys looking to knock over a jewelry store. Fifty years ago it would've been a B-Western with Neville Brand, maybe, and Apaches and Homesteaders.

Speakman's not a bad actor, although he's not especially charismatic and tends to feel more workmanlike than anything else. The fight scenes are good and a bit more extended than is common for this era, although I could've stood more fighting more generally. The plot doesn't make a lick of sense (why foment a gang war? Why not just rob the jewelry store?) and the lead bad guy's a bit, uh, flamboyant. Not especially bad, just pretty much forgettable.

What a dreadful movie. Already Jeff Speakman in this film was proving that there was no way he had a decent film career. His most important film director here officiates as a producer and the result is in sight: a weak cast, a story that catches no one, few action sequences, and a series of conflicts in the main character that no one is interested in. A painful experience from start to finish. Just because speakman's skills look a couple of times doesn't mean the movie is worth it. Horrible film.

If your age falls in between 40 & 50 then I'm guessing you've seen this movie already a long time ago & either remember it or don't. If your a fan of the Seagal & Van Damn Movie in or around the same time then you will enjoy this.

Anyone saying It sucks baffles me. It obv didn't have huge cast or budget. So considering everything I thought plot was basic but awesome. I dont need a million plot twists to entertain me or Humphrey bogart/Orson Welles acting. Tho anything Bogey touched was gold to me & im only 40.

But I remember I a few yrs ago when streaming became really available & popular to some, I realized many more movies were now available. And while this one wasn't at the top of my head for old movies as I'm a horror fan first & foremost, I also am not small minded & love all genres of movies just as I do music. And I could not stop thinking about some movie I saw in early 1990s when I was like 10 or 11 about a guy who returns to neighborhood. I won't get into more as I see no need to include spoilers in any review. All that is for is for people who want to show off that they saw a movie or wanna vent & need to prove the seen the movie to show they have the right to be angry. Cuz most people looking for a review have never seen the movie before and therefore want the reviews in first place. U read reviews before buying a product. Very rarely after unless u got a bum product and wanna see if it happened to others.

But just wanna say, if I was googling all kinds of phrases of what I remembered about plot, to try and find movie after almost 30yrs, the movie could hardly have been bad. But again, if you Have seen & didn't like movies like Best of the Best, Out for Blood, Showdown, or Any Steven Seagal or Van Dam movie of the late 80s/early 90s Id stay away. But if u enjoyed them ALL then no doubt u will like this one. If you fancy yourself a PROFESSIONAL FILM CRITIC Who expects every movie to look the same regardless of budgets & think that unless movies have A listers they suck or someone who expectS every movies entire ensemble to give an Oscar worthy performances, my god your asking an aweful lot & will prob never be able to enjoy a movie ever because other than the big sleep I can prob find something wrong with every movie. And even in that masterpiece Where people admit the movie is still brilliant, some still find it necessary to complain about the plot. At least they don't give it a 1 like so many other lazy reviewers

Jeff Speakman stars as Jake an ex-cop who is still reeling from the death of a hostage, who he feels responsible for, however he finds a chance for redemption when a group of cops try to provoke a gang war so they can take over the streets in this overall boring actioner. Jeff Speakman may have some good moves but this and his other clunker (The Perfect Weapon) fail to impress. Street Knight is an overall loser, well worth avoiding.