The score is based solely on the ending competition scene, where there is some pretty excellent fight choreography. The rest of the movie is your typical so-so 80's American martial arts fare.

decent

There is some inherent cheesiness to the film to be sure but the chemistry is genuine and when done right you can never go wrong with movies about how hopes and dreams hinge on one man and one fight, how our names cast shadows we must fight our way out of and that winning in here (place hand over heart) just plain feels good.

Laughably cheesy and inherently enjoyable 80s karate tournament movie. Why is it inherently enjoyable? Because it's from the 80s and there's a goddamn karate tournament! I love that 80s aesthetic, so I like it. Tough shit!

Instantly forgettable rubbish.

Extremely cheesy, horribly acted, but thoroughly enjoyable because of those things.

It's not listed among most ambitious and provoking movies ever made, but it's so darn entertaining.

Oddly enough, the worst of the first three films. The fights are simply awful, and the character interactions a pathetic waste of time, being neither funny nor developing the cartoonish personalities.