He remembers, “I was competing with a combination of Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and Kickboxing when I heard about it through other competitors. Word of mouth spread throughout the martial arts community about the film casting, and Taimak decided to give it a shot. At the time of casting, the film’s star, Taimak, was just a nineteen-year-old martial artist who knew nothing of acting. Under the direction of Michael Schultz, the film began production on April 16, 1984, and shot on various locations around New York. RELATED: 15 Years Later: Peter Jackson’s ‘King Kong’ is Truly a Masterpiece As Sho’nuff continues to break him down, Arkadian realizes that the two of them have a common enemy in Leroy and team up to try and destroy him and his family. Laura and Leroy have an undeniable attraction to one another but he can’t let their relationship sidetrack his quest to find the master. He hatches a plan to kidnap her, only to have the attempt foiled by Leroy. Meanwhile, music video maven Eddie Arkadian (Christopher Murney) is trying to get his girlfriend’s music video featured on the hit show 7th Heaven, but VJ Laura Charles (Vanity) refuses to play it. Leroy refuses to fight him which only angers the man to no end. Carry III) is a master in his own right and doesn’t like the idea of someone out there threatening his title. He still needs to reach “The Final Level” to become a true master, but it will be a quest he has to do on his own. He has reached a point in his training where his master has nothing left to teach him. The Last Dragon (aka Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon) is the story of Leroy Green (Taimak), a martial artist who is trying to follow in the footsteps of his idol Bruce Lee. Helping me take a look back at such an influential film is ‘Bruce’ Leroy Green himself, Taimak. Celebrating its 35th anniversary, the film still manages to unite audiences as well as ingrain itself into popular culture. Thanks to Motown founder Berry Gordy, the world was given The Last Dragon. It was an action film, a comedy, it had elements of fantasy, and relied heavily on integrating music in its narrative. On March 22, 1985, TriStar Pictures released a film like nothing anyone had seen before.
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