![]() Looking like some Bootsy Collins clone accompanied by a league of Road Warrior type metal-punkers, Sho‘ Nuff challenges Leroy to a fight in the movie house, but our hero slips out the side door while the Harlem hassler beats up other filmgoers. All of a sudden, in marches “the baddest, low-down mo-fo around,” the dreaded “Shogun of Harlem” called - what else? - Sho‘ Nuff. Soon afterward, Leroy is sitting in a rowdy, uptown movie theater eating popcorn with his chopsticks and watching Enter the Dragon. When the movie opens, a Japanese martial arts instructor (Thomas Ikeda) is concluding his lessons with strident pupil Taimak, whose character Leroy is frequently referred to as (ugh) “Bruce Lee-roy.” The student has “touched” the final level of his discipline, but to maintain the ultimate level he must find his perfect master and “feel the glow” envelop his body. ![]() A definite crowd pleaser with a good-natured if light-handed tone, the picture relies largely on sassy street jive, numerous below-the-belt jabs, and old-fashioned slapstick to provide the laughs. ![]() While Dragon plainly owes a large debt to both Karate Kid and Purple Rain, this Tri-Star-distributed production settles for a mindless plot filled with low-brow humor rather than attempting any sort of ponderous message-mongering. ![]()
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