Last Dragon, The (1985, U.S.A.)

An enjoyable pastiche of martial arts, romance, music, and video, THE LAST DRAGON presents a likeable young hero, Leroy (Taimak), who aspires to become a kung fu master. Though black and living in Harlem with his family, Leroy lives like a Chinese. Trouble arises in the form of a huge black man who calls himself “Sho’ Nuff, who is determined to prove himself the kung fu master of the neighbourhood.