Kill and Kill Again (1981)

Simply Perfect

A lot of fun.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

You all know the plot: An evil super-villain in some remote compound prepares his army of karate soldiers to dominate the world. The fate of the world thus rests in the hands of our super-ninja hero, sent in by the Gov'meant with his team of sidekicks, who must defeat the super-villain's champions in a karate match in order to save mankind.Starring James Ryan as Steve Chase as The White Bruce Lee, and marketed as a sequel to the seemingly unrelated "Kill or Be Killed" (1976), "Kill and Kill Again" gives you just about everything you would expect from a cheesy 1980s karate showcase movie that doesn't star Chuck Norris.Although fight scenes from the 70s and 80s, which frequently rely on traditional Shotokan karate, generally do not age well, many of the action sequences in this movie still seem competent. And James Ryan, who was not a martial artist before making these films, actually does an incredibly convincing job as a super-ninja.Sure, you may wonder why the army of karate soldiers dress in summer camp t-shirts. Or why the super-villain keeps sending unarmed men to stop our protagonists. You may even find a super fuel made from potatoes that also makes a mind control serum as a byproduct hard to swallow. Et cetera. Et cetera.But it is all in good fun. While considerably less serious than the vastly superior "Enter the Dragon," "Kill and Kill Again" provides a combination of 80's action and camp that is hard to beat. Movies like "Kill and Kill Again" and "Gymkata" (1985) are great throw-back flicks to enjoy on a weekend afternoon.

Yes Hi "Kill Or be Killed." - Sorry to only answer your posting now, but I've only recently become aware of all this 'stuff' on "Kill and Kill Again," on which I was the cinematographer and helped get the martial artists for the movie, since i knew them all.... You are right. A lot of people preferred the first film also with James Ryan as Steve Chase in "Kill and Kill Again", but I must tell you that the box-office figures tell a very different story...in fact, depending on how old you are, you might remember a film made by Bo Derek's husband John Derek called "10" ...a 'tits and bums' vehicle to show off the many charms of his lovely wife that did very well at the box-office and was released the same year as "Kill and Kill Again'. Well, believe it or not, "Kill and Kill Again" made more money than "10". Much more money....I have the figures somewhere......Anyhow both these movies have gone into the memories and archives of "Chop Suie' or karate pot-boilers.....One of the many things I admire about James Ryan is that after these two big successes for him in the USA, he was offered many more roles like that and could of happily gone on making them ad nauseum, going for the money and fame. But he declined....went back to South Africa to become one of SA's best male leads in theater and TV /cinema...a 'big up' for Steve Chase ........ tai krige sasc.

When you watch a kung fu movie, are you expecting an intelligent plot, fine acting, and high production values? I hope not, because this movie has a very SILLY plot, lame acting, and it was made for about $100. But it's a lot of fun. The villain has a mind-control serum and a fake beard. Steve Chase assembles his team, Seven Samurai-style, to save the world. The rest of the movie is hilariously cheesy. I used to watch this flick on HBO in the middle of the night when I was a kid, around 1980. It was on all the time. When I founjd it on sale on DVD, I took a chance (these things don't always age so well, ya know?). But it's still GREAT. When it's deadly serious, I laugh, and when the characters crack a joke, it falls flat. KILL AND KILL AGAIN is the Plan 9 of martial arts movies. All humans must see it at least once! Marduk commands it!

I can't believe I watched this entire movie, but I just couldn't stop! The main bad guy has a terrible fake beard, who has kidnapped a doctor that created a chemical from potatoes (?!) that hypnotizes people to be slaves. There's a chick with fire-engine red dyed hair. The plot seems to have been written by a 3-year-old. The 'funny' parts are just plain painful. Guys float somehow by using martial arts techniques. This reminded me of an A-Team episode on stupid pills. Although, this movie was made by morons, it was entertaining. So what does that make me? Watch out for the evil potato!