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The Perfect Weapon is a 1991 martial arts action film directed by Creator/MarkDiSalle and starring Creator/JeffSpeakman, Creator/MakoIwamatsu, Creator/JamesHong, 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.
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The Perfect Weapon is a 1991 martial arts action film directed by Creator/MarkDiSalle and starring Creator/JeffSpeakman, Creator/MakoIwamatsu, Creator/JamesHong, Toru Tanaka 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.
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* InterchangeableAsianCultures: James Hong is Chinese and Mako is Japanese, yet they're playing Korean characters.
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* InterchangeableAsianCultures: James Hong is Chinese and Chinese, Toru Tanaka is Hawaiian, while both Mako is and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa are Japanese, yet they're all playing Korean characters.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Jeff's brother Adam is a cop but not a particularly competent one. He draws his gun on his own brother when frustrated, and doesn't even bother to handcuff a dangerous suspect properly with hands behind his back.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Jeff's brother Adam is a cop but not a particularly competent one. He draws his gun on his own brother when frustrated, frustrated and doesn't even bother to handcuff a dangerous suspect properly with hands behind his back.
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The film's {{Tag Line}}s included "No gun. No knife. No equal." and "Just try him." and is the only well-known Hollywood depiction of Kenpo techniques on-screen.
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The film's {{Tag Line}}s included "No gun. No knife. No equal." and "Just try him." ", and it is the only well-known Hollywood depiction of Kenpo techniques on-screen.
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* ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement: When Tanaka [[LanguageBarrier cannot understand Detective Adam Sanders' commands]], the latter [[StaticStunGun tases him, knocking him out]] to be put in the police car, and doesn't get in any trouble for it. In RealLife, he would have been fired.
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* ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement: When Tanaka [[LanguageBarrier cannot understand Detective Adam Sanders' Sanders's commands]], the latter [[StaticStunGun tases him, knocking him out]] to be put in the police car, and doesn't get in any trouble for it. In RealLife, he would have been fired.
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* CoolOldGuy: Kim, Jeff's mentor, is quite wise and a father-figure to Jeff.
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* CoolOldGuy: Kim, Jeff's mentor, is quite wise and a father-figure father figure to Jeff.
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* LimitedWardrobe: Jeff wears the same grey jeans, dark green shirt and brown jacket for almost the entire film.
* LanguageBarrier: Tanaka neither speaks nor understand English, and nobody understands him.
* MrFanservice: Jeff does his Kata training wearing nothing but a pair of sweat pants.
* LanguageBarrier: Tanaka neither speaks nor understand English, and nobody understands him.
* MrFanservice: Jeff does his Kata training wearing nothing but a pair of sweat pants.
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* LimitedWardrobe: Jeff wears the same grey jeans, dark green shirt shirt, and brown jacket for almost the entire film.
* LanguageBarrier: Tanaka neither speaks norunderstand understands English, and nobody understands him.
* MrFanservice: Jeff does his Kata training wearing nothing but a pair ofsweat pants.sweatpants.
* LanguageBarrier: Tanaka neither speaks nor
* MrFanservice: Jeff does his Kata training wearing nothing but a pair of
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* RapidFireFisticuffs: Jeff's insane punch combos against his first opponent at the gym fight needs to be seen to be believed.
* StaticStunGun: Detective Sanders uses a taser to knock Tanaka out.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Jeff is a construction worker but is only seen very briefly actually doing his job in the opening scene. Even then, he's barely breaking a sweat, and is ushered over for a water break immediately.
* StaticStunGun: Detective Sanders uses a taser to knock Tanaka out.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Jeff is a construction worker but is only seen very briefly actually doing his job in the opening scene. Even then, he's barely breaking a sweat, and is ushered over for a water break immediately.
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* RapidFireFisticuffs: Jeff's insane punch combos against his first opponent at the gym fight needs need to be seen to be believed.
* StaticStunGun: Detective Sanders uses ataser Taser to knock Tanaka out.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Jeff is a construction worker but is only seen very briefly actually doing his job in the opening scene. Even then, he's barely breaking asweat, sweat and is ushered over for a water break immediately.
* StaticStunGun: Detective Sanders uses a
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Jeff is a construction worker but is only seen very briefly actually doing his job in the opening scene. Even then, he's barely breaking a
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* MartialArtsUniform: Jeff sports one when he's fighting.
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* BringingRunningShoesToACarChase: As Kim's murderer is driving away, Jeff gives chase on foot, with predictable results.
* GiveMeBackMyWallet: Jeff is confronted by 4 muggers who want his wallet - after saying "You want it? Take it!" and throwing it to them, he dispatches all four of them effortlessly with his Kenpo skills, before casually picking up the wallet again and walking off.
* HollywoodHealing: Jeff cops a battering of kicks and punches to the face during the gym fight which, at a minimum, should've resulted in a concussion or severe bruising and bleeding. Likewise, when fighting Tanaka, his only visible injury is a bleeding lip.
* HollywoodHealing: Jeff cops a battering of kicks and punches to the face during the gym fight which, at a minimum, should've resulted in a concussion or severe bruising and bleeding. Likewise, when fighting Tanaka, his only visible injury is a bleeding lip.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Jeff's brother Adam is a cop but not a particularly competent one. When he manages to apprehend Tanaka, he doesn't even bother to handcuff him properly with hands behind his back, allowing Tanaka to attack him and escape.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Jeff's brother Adam is a cop but not a particularly competent one. When he manages to apprehend Tanaka, he He draws his gun on his own brother when frustrated, and doesn't even bother to handcuff him a dangerous suspect properly with hands behind his back, allowing Tanaka back.
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* TheVoiceless: Jennifer, played by the beautiful Mariska Hargitay, never utters a single word on-screen.
* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet: Jeff needs information regarding a suspect from a mook at the nearby gym - his solution? Challenge him, ''and his two sidekicks'', to a full-contact fight, with no protective gear!
* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet: Jeff needs information regarding a suspect from a mook at the nearby gym - his solution? Challenge him, ''and his two sidekicks'', to a full-contact fight, with no protective gear!
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* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: When Kim's shop has the window broken by the Korean mafia, they simply nail a few wooden boards across it.
* InterchangeableAsianCultures: James Hong is Chinese and Mako is Japanese, yet they're playing Korean characters.
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* TrainingMontage: A flashback to Jeff's childhood of Kenpo training is shown early in the movie, with him progressing through the various belts.
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* TrainingMontage: A flashback to Jeff's childhood of Kenpo training is shown early in the movie, with him progressing through the various belts.belts.
* YouHaveFailedMe: After failing to convince Kim to use his store to peddle drugs, one of the henchmen is headbutted and killed for his failure by Tanaka.
* YouHaveFailedMe: After failing to convince Kim to use his store to peddle drugs, one of the henchmen is headbutted and killed for his failure by Tanaka.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: During a flashback to Jeff's youth, a football player named Erickson continuously attempted to provoke Jeff into a fight, but Jeff refused and walked away. The tipping point was when Erickson slapped his little brother...
* CoolOldGuy: Kim, Jeff's mentor, is quite wise and a father-figure to Jeff.
* CreatorCameo: The director, Mark DiSalle, makes a brief cameo as the football coach who checks on Erickson's condition after Jeff injures him.
* CreatorCameo: The director, Mark DiSalle, makes a brief cameo as the football coach who checks on Erickson's condition after Jeff injures him.
* ForcedFromTheirHome: Jeff's father, Captain Sanders, forces Jeff to move out of home after Jeff pulverizes the football player Erickson for slapping his little brother Adam.
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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Jeff is a construction worker but is only seen very briefly actually doing his job in the opening scene. Even then, he's barely breaking a sweat, and is ushered over for a water break immediately.
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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Jeff is a construction worker but is only seen very briefly actually doing his job in the opening scene. Even then, he's barely breaking a sweat, and is ushered over for a water break immediately.immediately.
* TrainingMontage: A flashback to Jeff's childhood of Kenpo training is shown early in the movie, with him progressing through the various belts.
* TrainingMontage: A flashback to Jeff's childhood of Kenpo training is shown early in the movie, with him progressing through the various belts.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Jeff is proficient in pole vaulting and uses this skill to get over a high fence when infiltrating Yung's factory.
* LimitedWardrobe: Jeff wears the same grey jeans, dark green shirt and brown jacket for almost the entire film.
* MrFanservice: Jeff does his Kata training wearing nothing but a pair of sweat pants.
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* StaticStunGun: Detective Sanders uses a taser to knock Tanaka out.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Jeff's brother Adam is a cop but not a particularly competent one. When he manages to apprehend Tanaka, he doesn't even bother to handcuff him properly with hands behind his back, allowing Tanaka to attack him and escape.
* StaticStunGun: Detective Sanders uses a taser to knock Tanakaout.out.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Jeff is a construction worker but is only seen very briefly actually doing his job in the opening scene. Even then, he's barely breaking a sweat, and is ushered over for a water break immediately.
* StaticStunGun: Detective Sanders uses a taser to knock Tanaka
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Jeff is a construction worker but is only seen very briefly actually doing his job in the opening scene. Even then, he's barely breaking a sweat, and is ushered over for a water break immediately.
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* ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement: When Tanaka [[LanguageBarrier cannot understand Detective Adam Sanders' commands]], the latter [[StaticStunGun tases him, knocking him out]] to be put in the police car, and doesn't get in any trouble for it. In RealLife, he would have been fired.
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The Perfect Weapon is a 1991 martial arts action film directed by Creator/MarkDiSalle and starring Creator/JeffSpeakman, Creator/MakoIwamatsu, Creator/JamesHong, 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 {{Tag Line}}s 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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!!''The Perfect Weapon'' contains examples of:
* BadassNormal: Jeff is a construction worker and skilled in martial arts.
* BigBad: Yung
* {{Flashback}}: The film begins with a series of flashbacks to Jeff's childhood.
* LanguageBarrier: Tanaka neither speaks nor understand English, and nobody understands him.
* MartialArtsUniform: Jeff sports one when he's fighting.
* PermaStubble: Jeff sports a five o'clock shadow that's actually just painted on.
* StaticStunGun: Detective Sanders uses a taser to knock Tanaka out.
Speakman was a student of and was advised closely by Ed Parker in the making of this film.
The film's {{Tag Line}}s 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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!!''The Perfect Weapon'' contains examples of:
* BadassNormal: Jeff is a construction worker and skilled in martial arts.
* BigBad: Yung
* {{Flashback}}: The film begins with a series of flashbacks to Jeff's childhood.
* LanguageBarrier: Tanaka neither speaks nor understand English, and nobody understands him.
* MartialArtsUniform: Jeff sports one when he's fighting.
* PermaStubble: Jeff sports a five o'clock shadow that's actually just painted on.
* StaticStunGun: Detective Sanders uses a taser to knock Tanaka out.
