![]() The film does include the required ninja training camp scene.įor some reason Y.K. Kim have no clue as to how to film or choreograph fight scenes is also very apparent. Kim (who also plays band member Mark and tae kwon do mentor to the group), and this movie comes across more like a martial arts version of a Judy Garland/Mickey Rooney movie where a bunch of local kids decides, “ Let’s put on a show!” That these people actually have training in tae kwon do is apparent – they do have some skills – but that director Richard Park and Y.K. One can clearly tell that most of the cast members are all friends of writer/producer Y.K. Jeff certainly is all up for taking out these punks, who would dare date his sister and put her in their band, so they challenge Dragon Sound to a fight at a nearby train yard, that ends in a draw when the cops arrive. ![]() They are of course trounced by Dragon Sound, and so their only recourse is to go to Jeff and his gang for help. I do like to think that all contract disputes are handled like this. So their next option is to go and take out Dragon Sound in a street brawl, but that they had just gotten their collective asses handed to them by 40 something-year-old club owner, this does not bode well for that plan of action. At first, they try to force the club owner to fire Dragon Sound and hire them back, but it turns out the owner also knows martial arts, and he beats the crap out of them. It’s West Side Story meets Scarface.īut that’s not all the drama this film provides as there is also a rival band that got replaced by Dragon Sound at the local hot spot – we’re assuming also the only club in Miami – and they want their gig back. Adding to those problems is the band Dragon Sound as John ( Vincent Hirsch), one of the band’s supposed singers, is dating Jeff’s sister Jane ( Kathy Collier), and Jeff is not cool with that. Their operation is shown to have some bugs in it when a group of their ninjas takes out a rival drug gang, but then forget to steal the money. ![]() The films key villains are Jeff ( William Ergle) and Yashito ( Si Y Jo), and it is Jeff who runs the local gang element, while Yashito operates the ninja training camp that supplies Jeff with his ninjas. ![]() Dragon Sound, the fusion of music and tae kwon do. The story deals with an evil group of motorcycle riding ninjas that are moving in on the local drug trade, and how they are thwarted by the “rock” band Dragon Sound, and yes, I will admit that not one part of that sentence isn’t awesome, unfortunately, what follows is not. The movie takes place in Orlando, Florida, which is certainly a strange location for a movie called Miami Connection as at no point does anyone go to Miami – or make references to any kind of connection – at least none that I could tell. Kim was an actual black belt in Tae Kwon is just added sadness as he did not have the ability to translate that to the screen in any way shape or form. From the poor camerawork to the stilted acting, to some of the most unconvincing fight scenes ever put to film, and that writer/producer/star Y.K. Which brings us to Miami Connection, a film so terrible it is actually awe-inspiring to behold. According to 80s movies, everyone knew martial arts – where a big kung fu brawl could break at a moment’s notice – but sadly not everyone could be Chuck Norris, so for every badass martial arts flick made there are a dozen duds to be found.
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