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Only the Strong (1993) Rank 5 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)
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)
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
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Luis Stevens (Mark Dacascos) returns from a four-year stint as a Green Beret in Brazil to find that his old high school in Miami has turned into a breeding zone for violence and drugs. Determined to do all in his power to turn Lincoln High -- and its ...read the complete Only the Strong movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Movies in the Attic (Ryan J. Kenner)
Mark Dacascos plays an amry ranger who teaches troubled kids martial arts to help keep them away from gangs and drugs but one ganglord (Prieto) decides to throw his weight around and Dacascos must fight him to protect his students in this obnoxious and ...read the complete Only the Strong movie review at Movies in the Attic (Ryan J. Kenner)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
There is one good thing that I can say about Only the Strong. It isn't boring -- or at
least not too boring. The message it tries to convey -- that kids can take control of
their own lives and devote themselves to causes other ...read the complete Only the Strong movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
See if you can follow this. An inner-city high school in Miami is descending into anarchy. The students have open disrespect for the teachers. A gang of drug pushers and chop shoppers ...read the complete Only the Strong movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Time Out (--)
A paean to the Brazilian martial art of capoeira harks back to those break-dancing quickies. The plot is the usual. Louis (kung-fu champ Dacascos) learns kicking ass to samba in Brazil with the US Army Special Forces, returns to Miami to find ...read the complete Only the Strong movie review at Time Out (--)
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