Balance of Power

Balance of Power

92 mins | Action, Thriller | June 25, 1996

A martial arts expert who runs a dojo for under-privileged kids from a dilapidated warehouse is shaken down by gangsters demanding protection money. Then when one of his students is gunned down in the street by the gang, he swears revenge. Meanwhile the gang leader is setting up a death match between the best fighters and is forcing a former trainer to find a new champion by threatening his granddaughter.

Balance of Power

92 mins | Action, Thriller | June 25, 1996

Balance of Power
A martial arts expert who runs a dojo for under-privileged kids from a dilapidated warehouse is shaken down by gangsters demanding protection money. Then when one of his students is gunned down in the street by the gang, he swears revenge. Meanwhile the gang leader is setting up a death match between the best fighters and is forcing a former trainer to find a new champion by threatening his granddaughter.
IMDb rating 4.8
Producers Amsell Entertainment, Complete Entertainment
Original title Balance of Power
Directors Rick Bennett
Writers Robert Tubbs, Otto C. Pozzo, Phillip M. Good

Cast

Billy Blanks

as Niko

Mako

as Todo Matsumoto

Lisa Jai

as Jasmine Matsumoto (as Lisa Boynton)

Denis Akiyama

as Hastishita

James Lew

as Shinji Takamura

Adrian Hough

as Slater

Lawrence Nakamura

as Monk #1

Peter Schindelhauer

as Monk #2

Adam Bonneau

as Billy Scott

Simon Kim

as Tabata

Phil Chiu

as Bodyguard #2