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The Perfect Weapon(Movie, 1991)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 27min | Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
The Perfect WeaponRating: 3.1/5 (with 4747 votes)
The Perfect Weapon is a 1991 martial arts action film directed by Mark DiSalle and starring Jeff Speakman, Mako Iwamatsu, James Hong, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. Set in Los Angeles, the film relates the story of a young man (Speakman), who is trained in the martial art of American Kenpo, and his fight against the Korean mafia. Speakman was a student of and was advised closely by Ed Parker in the making of this film. The film's taglines included "No gun. No knife. No equal." and "Just try him." and is the only well-known Hollywood depiction of Kenpo techniques on-screen. The hit 1990s song "The Power" by Eurodance rap group Snap! is featured extensively in the movie's soundtrack. ()
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Duration: 1h 24min
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About The Perfect Weapon

Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old friend, but is too late to prevent Kim's death at the hands of an unknown hitman. Vowing revenge, Jeff takes on all of the families, using his martial arts skills to find the man who killed his friend.

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The Perfect Weapon (1991) ORIGINAL Trailer [HQ](Trailer, 1:56)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Korean (KO)
Translated into 14 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 07/11/1991 (World premiere: 03/15/1991)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"L'Arme parfaite"
"Tökéletes fegyver"
"Niezawodna obrona"
Budget: 10,000,000 USD
Revenue: 14,061,361 USD (= 141%)

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