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Low Blow (released in the Philippines as The Last Fight to Win: The Bloody End) is a 1986 film edited, shot, and directed by Frank Harris and released through Crown International Pictures. It is about a private investigator that goes on the hunt for a girl who has been taken in by a religious cult. He recruits a team to help him in his quest to rescue the girl. It stars Leo Fong, Cameron Mitchell, Troy Donahue, Akosua Busia and Stack Pierce.

Low Blow
Directed by	Frank Harris
Written by	Leo Fong
Produced by	Leo Fong
Starring	Leo Fong Cameron Mitchell Troy Donahue Diane Stevenett Akosua Busia Patti Bowling Stack Pierce
Cinematography	Frank Harris
Edited by	Frank Harris
Music by	Steve Amundsen
Distributed by	Crown International Pictures
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A young heiress is in the clutches of a weird religious sect which is based in a rural compound. The cult leader (played by Cameron Mitchell). At his side is a lady called Karma (played by Akosua Busia) who has a vocal prowess. She is also the lover of the leader.[1] Joe Wong (played by Leo Fong) is a former policeman,[2][3] who has been hired by her businessman father to bring her back to him safely.[4] He teams up with a group to help him which includes a Vietnam vet and a pro-boxing champ.[5]

Cast

Cast

Name	Role
Leo Fong	Joe Wong
Cameron Mitchell	Yarakunda
Troy Donahue	John Templeton
Diane Stevenett	Diane
Akosua Busia	Karma
Patti Bowling	Karen Templeton
Stack Pierce	Duke
Woody Farmer	Fuzzy
Elaine Hightower	Cody
Ron Ackerman	Police Chief[6]

Production

The film was directed by Frank Harris. Leo Fong produced the film and Hope Holiday was the associate producer.[7] Leo Fong also wrote the story.[8] The film also features Billy Blanks in his first film role.[9][10]

Release

Low Blow was released in the United States in 1986. In the Philippines, the film was released as The Last Fight to Win: The Bloody End by Movierama Films on October 13, 1988, connecting it to the unrelated film Fight to Win; the film poster miscredits Jean-Claude Van Damme as its writer and director.[11][12]

It was released on Vestron in both Beta and VHS formats in 1986.[13]

Critical reception

Fong's performance in the cult film was called a tour de force head-scratcher by Cnet.com.[14]

It featured on Red Letter Media's "Best of the Worst" web series in 2015.[15][16]

References

External links

• Low Blow at IMDb
• Low Blow at AllMovie
• Low Blow at Rotten Tomatoes

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