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Only the Strong (1993) Rank 2 Reviews
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Washington Post (Joe Brown)
Arnold is over. So is kung-fu, karate and kick-boxing. The next action hero is Mark Dacascos, star of "Only the Strong," which not only introduces a new bendable action figure, but adds a new twist to the tuckered-out martial arts genre -- beatings to a ...read the complete Only the Strong movie review at Washington Post (Joe Brown)
Washington Post (Richard Harrington)
Capoeira is a rhythm-rooted martial arts discipline that originated as a sort of rural break dance in Brazil in the 16th century, when black slaves disguised its purpose from their masters by layering the illusion of dance over its true purpose of ...read the complete Only the Strong movie review at Washington Post (Richard Harrington)
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
The hook driving this latest entry in the martial arts film sweepstakes is capoeira, the Brazilian athletic technique that combines dance and martial arts moves. Long ago, the tradition was developed by Brazilian slaves as a covert activity that hid ...read the complete Only the Strong movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
The Brazilian dance fighting, capoeira, is featured, but the plot is fairly ludicrous, set in an impossibly besieged inner city high school lorded over by drug dealers who are clearly in their mid-twenties and beyond. The hero, played by Mark Dacascos, ...read the complete Only the Strong movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
New York Times (Stephen Holden)
A movie that exists solely for its fight sequences and to show off its star's muscles and gymnastic grace. ...read the complete Only the Strong movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)
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