The Perfect Weapon
| The Perfect Weapon | |
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| Directed by | Mark DiSalle |
| Produced by |
Pierre David Mark DiSalle Line Producer: Marty Hornstein Executive Producer: Ralph Winter |
| Written by | David C. Wilson |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Gary Chang |
| Cinematography | Russell Carpenter |
| Edited by | Andrew Cohen Wayne Wahrman |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Release date
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March 15, 1991 |
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Running time
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87 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10,000,000 |
| Box office | $14,061,361 |
The Perfect Weapon is a 1991 action-martial arts film starring acting newcomer Jeff Speakman.
Set in Los Angeles, the film relates the story of a young man, Jeff, who is trained in the martial art of American Kenpo, and his fight against the Korean Mafia families.
Speakman was a student of and was advised closely by Ed Parker in the making of this film.
The film's taglines included "No gun. No knife. No equal." and "Just try him." and is the only well-known Hollywood depiction of Kenpo techniques on-screen.
The hit 1990s song The Power by rap group Snap! is featured extensively in the movie's soundtrack.
Jeff Sanders (Jeff Speakman) leads a double life: by day, he is a simple, unassuming construction worker, and by night, an expert Kenpo student and master of his craft.
When Jeff lost his mother as a teenager, he became an outcast and frequently lashed out at his family and society in an attempt to assuage his anger. His father, Captain Sanders (Beau Starr), gained the idea from a mutual friend, Kim (Mako), to enroll Jeff in a Kenpō school to better manage his rage and feelings. However, he got into a fight with a bully who beat up his younger brother, and severely injured him with his martial arts. Displeased with his lack of self-control, Jeff's father forced him to move out of home. Jeff, now estranged from his family and living alone, continued with his courses in Kenpo and eventually gained Kim as a mentor and father figure.
Jeff decides to return to his old neighborhood and visit his mentor Kim when he detects that Kim is in danger. Jeff discovers that Kim is having trouble with local Korean mafia families, due to his refusal to pay them off and use his antique store to peddle drugs. Jeff helps out Kim by beating up the people who attacked his store which leads to Kim being murdered in his bed by hit-man Tanaka (Professor Toru Tanaka).
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