Showdown re-watched
Billy Blanks stars as a cop named Billy who leaves the department after a tragic accident. Years later he is a school janitor. The new kid in town, Ken, runs afoul of a bully. Billy trains Ken to defend himself. There is also an illegal fight ring happening. (The bully is involved in that.) This is not a great movie but I always kind of liked it. I have not seen it in a few years but it held up. (There is a new Blu-Ray of the movie.) It does seem a bit similar to the Karate Kid. (Okay it is very similar to the Karate Kid.) The positives The training scenes are fun The fights are pretty good Patrick Kilpatrick makes a good villain Blanks makes a good mentor http://cinema-crazed.com/blog/2013/08/16/showdown-1993 I think this review is fair.