Directed by:
Diana Lee InosantoScreenplay:
Diana Lee InosantoCinematography:
Mark RutledgeCast:
Diana Lee Inosanto, Keith David, Louis Mandylor, Tzi Ma, Emily Kuroda, Sab Shimono, Mark Steven Grove, Jeff Liu, Michael Yama, Brad Thornton, Ron Balicki (more)Plots(1)
Lonely gay teenager, McClain, struggles to fit in with his classmates in a small, conservative Colorado town. After he's severely beaten at school, Karen O'Neil (Diana Lee Inosanto), a martial arts Sensei, secretly trains him to defend himself. When the town discovers their secret, a series of catastrophic events unfolds. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Diana Lee Inosanto
USA
Best movies:
The Tiger's Apprentice (2024)
The Time Machine (2002)
The Prodigy (2005)
Keith David
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Thing (1982)
Louis Mandylor
Australia
Best movies:
The Heartbreak Kid (1993)
Avengement (2019)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Tzi Ma
China
Best movies:
Arrival (2016)
Rush Hour (1998)
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Emily Kuroda
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Red (2010)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016) (series)
Sab Shimono
USA
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Heaven and Hell (2002) (video compilation)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Midway (1976)
Mark Steven Grove
USA
Best movies:
Michael Yama
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Doctor Strange (2007)
Brad Thornton
USA
Best movies:
The Cursed (2010)
Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994)
Ron Balicki
USA
Best movies:
Sinners & Saints (2010)
Drake & Josh (2004) (series)
The Prodigy (2005)
Ken Kerman
USA
Best movies:
Erik Betts
USA
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Ant-Man (2015)
Blood and Bone (2009)
Big Stan (2007)
Germaine De Leon
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South of Pico (2007)
Here Comes the Boom (2012)
Walkout (2006) (TV movie)
Esperanza Catubig
USA
Best movies:
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman (2004) (TV movie)
Clockstoppers (2002)
Locusts (2005) (TV movie)