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Miami Connection (1987) 6.0
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Metascore: 56/100
Reviews: 26 user | 54 critic | 4 from Metacritic.com A martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade. |
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Cast
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Y.K. Kim | ... |
Mark
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Vincent Hirsch | ... |
John
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Joseph Diamand | ... |
Jack
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Maurice Smith | ... |
Jim
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Angelo Janotti | ... |
Tom
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Kathy Collier | ... |
Jane
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William Ergle | ... |
Jeff
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Si Y Jo | ... |
Yashito
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Woo-sang Park | ... |
Uncle Song
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William P. Young | ... |
Club owner
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Joy Sharpe | ... |
Club Owner's Girlfriend
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William Whitacre | ... |
Music Store Owner
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John Leeson | ... |
Professor #1
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Sue Jacotta | ... |
Professor #2
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William Hollingsed | ... |
Deputy Sheriff
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The year is 1987. Motorcycle ninjas tighten their grip on Florida's narcotics trade, viciously annihilating anyone who dares move in on their turf. Multi-national martial arts rock band Dragon Sound have had enough, and embark on a roundhouse wreck-wave of crime-crushing justice. When not chasing beach bunnies or performing their hit song "Against the Ninja," Mark (taekwondo master/inspirational speaker Y.K. Kim) and the boys are kicking and chopping at the drug world's smelliest underbelly. It'll take every ounce of their blood and courage, but Dragon Sound can't stop until they've completely destroyed the dealers, the drunk bikers, the kill-crazy ninjas, the middle-aged thugs, the "stupid cocaine"...and the entire MIAMI CONNECTION!!! Written by MiamiConnection
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
18 August 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$1,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Lyrics by William P. Young
Music by Lloyd Sharpe & Rick Hartzog
Produced by William P. Young
Performed by The Lloyds Richards Band
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The man who plays Jane's professor was a real computer science professor at the University of Central Florida. A scene was filmed showing the men in their class but it was deleted. See more »Goofs
At the end of the first confrontation between Dragon Sound and Jeff's gang, the film stock's perforations and grain are visible. See more »Quotes
Jim: My mother was Korean, and my father was Black American. She gave me this picture when she was real sick. I was only nine years old.See more »
Soundtracks
Escape from MiamiLyrics by William P. Young
Music by Lloyd Sharpe & Rick Hartzog
Produced by William P. Young
Performed by The Lloyds Richards Band
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An incredibly awful movie, but it's awful in the best way possible. Holy cow, do they get everything just perfectly wrong here. The nonsensical plot is as follows: a rock band made up of taekwondo experts (led by director Y.K. Kim) crosses a gang of coke-dealing biker-ninjas ("bikers by day, ninjas by night," as the intro song informs us) and has to fend for their lives. The acting is hilariously bad - one guy clearly keeps turning to read cue cards, for instance. The editing frequently cuts far too soon or lingers on far too long. The glorious 80s music I have already mentioned. There's also a song about how awesome friendship is (the five heroes all live in a house together, go to college together, play in a band and practice taekwondo
- which they pronounce tayKWONdo - together) and a song about dancing
ninjas. Most of the actors are actually martial artists, but the choreography is stilted (people pause awkwardly with swords to wait to get kicked in the face), and the film goes into slow motion for no reason. It's all very laughable and it moves quickly, which makes it quite watchable. This can be watched on Netflix - nay, must be watched on Netflix.