SHOWDOWN (1993)
R
100 Minutes
Director: Robert Radler
Writer: Stuart Gibbs
Billy Blanks, Kenn Scott, Christine Taylor
Maybe go to my place and just kick it like Tae Bo
-Akon, SMACK THAT
Actors and the Characters They Portray
Billy Blanks as Billy Grant
Billy Grant starts out as a 'rookie cop'. Him and his partner, investigate a loud party. At the party, Billy accidentally kills someone, with his bare hands. The guy he killed was Lee's brother. Billy leaves the force, and becomes a school janitor.
QUOTE: 'They're hurting kids to make money, and that's wrong.'
Patrick Kilpatrick as Lee
Billy killed his brother at the beginning of the movie. This film takes place 7 years after said incident. During those 7 years, Lee develops an anger management problem; starts a Karate school, and vows to kill Billy.
QUOTE: 'Fail me, and you'll be lucky if I decide to let you live.'
Kenn Scott as Ken Marx
This new school he's attending is complete anarchy; like Dangerous Minds, without Coolio or Michelle Pfeiffer. But Ken is unphased, to say the least. He's got his sights set on Julie, but Lee is already going out with her. You know what that means? We have ourselves a movie.
QUOTE: 'Julie, I'm not going to lose this fight.'
Christine Taylor as Julie
Christine Taylor can be accurately described as, 'a poor man's Alicia Silverstone'. . Both, Ken and Tom are after Julie. They can't both date her at the same time...or can they? The answer is no.
QUOTE: 'All you ever want tell do is party or get in my pants.'
John Mallory Asher as Mike
Mike is Ken's sidekick. He's got a geeky, Anthony Michael Hall-vibe going on.
QUOTE: I wish I could put a quote here. He never said anything noteworthy.
Ken McLeod as Tom
Tom is one of Lee's karate students. He's a dumb jock, with a quick temper. Oh, I forgot, he is also the 'jealous type'.
QUOTE: 'You stay away from Julie, cuz if you don't; bad things will happen to you.'
Linda Dona as Kate
I'm still trying to figure out her place in all of this. She answers to Lee. I would call Kate a secretary/goon/lover(?). Lee told her to keep an eye on Tom; so she tries to get hired as a substitute, sex-ed teacher. I don't know how that's an official teaching position.
QUOTE: 'I'm a very powerful woman.'
Kickin' it―Old School
I can't convey the essence of this film, with mere words. This is something that you need to experience for yourself. SHOWDOWN is awful, but like Bigfoot, if you don't experience it first hand, then it's only a myth.
Ladies and Gentleman of the jury. I present to you this montage, which gives you a complete understanding of the entire film:
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Final Verdict: 15 out of 100