Jimmy Boland is a man unjustly accused of a brutal crime. Within the prison he must fight for survival, freedom and justice.Jimmy Boland is a man unjustly accused of a brutal crime. Within the prison he must fight for survival, freedom and justice.Jimmy Boland is a man unjustly accused of a brutal crime. Within the prison he must fight for survival, freedom and justice.
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Don Wilson
- Jimmy Boland
- (as Don 'The Dragon' Wilson)
Tony DiBenedetto
- Tony D
- (as Tony Di Benedetto)
Kevin Davis
- Stewart
- (as Kevin N. Davis)
Peter Cunningham
- Champ
- (as Peter "Sugarfoot" Cunningham)
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Bloodfist III is a credible movie on many levels. It is an excellent prison movie, a legitimate hand-to-hand combat movie, and even a good message movie. It's far better than Stallone's Lock-Up. The fight scenes are much closer to being real than most of Don "The Dragon" Wilson's movies. Most people wind up hurt severely and unconscious after just one of two blows (just like real life). I'd give this one a solid 8.
Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars as Jimmy Boland a prisoner who is forced to fight, after he kills a man named Luther, in self defense, Luther's partner Blue (Gregory McKinney)vows revenge, however when Boland turns down the help of a skinhead Wheelhead (Rick Dean) he finds himself being hunted by both the leaders. Enter Stark (Richard Roundtree) a peaceful man who shows Boland the ropes. Bloodfist III is by far the best movie Don "The Dragon" Wilson has made, thanks to some excellent actionscenes as well as a decent story, Bloodfist III is overall a solid effort, Making the next Bloodfist entry worth looking forward to.
i have all eight of em.this one is quite noteworthy of recollection.especially if i need to laugh.dont get me wrong.overall it's not too shabby.i'd give it a 6/10 and the dragon is a legendary and highly respectable kickboxer and his acting is so so for a kickboxer i guess,but like i said.if i need to recollect something to make me laugh then i meditate and remember this flick with it's one very unique character...... none other than the nerd who's convicted for....ummm.never mind that.it's just not worth elaborating on.it's too absurd to think an innocent nerd like that would do any harm to anyone anyhow.but anyway. the part where he gets killed is so ridiculous that it's actually got lots of unintentional humor aspects/or credentials going it's way.i mean,seriously.he's this weak little nerd and they need to stab him like 10x before he finally crumples into the corner and bows out.wtf???? i mean seriously.each and every stab he moans out through the towel they have around his mouth.does this guy have extra internal organs keeping him going or something?everybody else i see getting stabbed to death in flix die after the first stab pretty much.maybe the second if they're real real tough.i mean,think about it.it's freakin hilarious!!! nevertheless.i recommend this one for plenty of prison fistucuffs and don wilson kick expertise. just had to point out that one scenes extremely strange and wonderous particularities though. peace!!!
The third in the BLOODFIST series takes a spin in a different direction. Don "The Dragon" Wilson still headlines the cast, but he plays a different character. He plays Jimmy Boland who is in the clink for manslaughter. It is a darker, meaner character than Jake Raye, but to be honest I thought it was the same character and prison time had done that to him. Anyways, everybody in the slammer wants Jimmy dead since he killed an inmate who had just murdered another inmate. So, its about Jimmy and his survival against the odds I suppose. At first he does not want to be anybody's friend, but he gets a new cell mate in Samuel Stark (really well played by Richard Roundtree) who he grows to become friends with. Roundtree in fact almost all alone made this film good and worth watching, but I really do believe they went way too far in showing that yes even the higher ups including the warden and all the guards wanted Jimmy dead too. So, they just don't really exist in the movie. They are NEVER present, so its like they just let the inmates wonder around and do whatever they please. Better than the previous two in the series, but just not good enough sadly. Like the previous two produced by Roger Corman.
I felt that Don Wilson, the director and his supporting cast did a lot with little money. The script was strong as well as the performances of much of the cast. This ensemble helped bring Wilson's acting to another level. The action was OK, It could've been much better but it wasn't bad.
Did you know
- TriviaThis film was not originally intended to be a Bloodfist film. Concorde Pictures made it under the title Forced to Fight (it was even advertised with this title in trailers) but the title was changed to Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight before release to capitalize on Don 'The Dragon' Wilson's success with the first two Bloodfist films. The end credits also still portray the title Forced to Fight. This explains why star Don 'The Dragon' Wilson plays Jimmy Boland, a different character than the Jake Raye character he played Bloodfist I and II.
- Quotes
[explaining why he was sent to prison]
Jimmy Boland: They didn't like the color of my skin.
- Crazy creditsThe first three people listed in the opening credits (Don Wilson, Stan Longinidis, Peter Cunnngham) are karate champions, and below them are the titles they hold, as done with the previous two entries of the series.
- ConnectionsFeatures TNT Jackson (1974)
- SoundtracksDullsville
Written by Michael M. Elliott
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- Forced to Fight
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- Gross US & Canada
- $35,154
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $35,154
- Jan 5, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $35,154
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1991) officially released in Canada in English?
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