I mean - he was basically injuring (or even killing) his opponents the entire tournament (and even in tournaments before, as referenced by Ray Jackson early in the film).
So why toward the end did the crowd suddenly get fed up?? Or am I missing something else. Throughout the film, the crowd seemed to cheer him on during his matches and some of these mishaps or deaths..
Because he lost...
shareThere is ACCEPTED risk of life or injury in this event. So if you maim or kill an opponent as PART OF THE FIGHT it would be written off as an "accident" and would be socially acceptable BUT because his opponent was helpless it was a de facto EXECUTION.
Some things are legal but not socially accepted. Had one of his hits killed his opponent while his opponent was standing that would not have happened.
I am wondering what would have happened hypothetically if Chong LI had beaten Frank in the final fight. Frank was showered with praise, told how honorable he was and what an example he had shown etc but if Chong had won my guess is they would have said "here" handed him his trophy then turned their backs on him.
I do not even get why Chong's supporters kept rooting for him, he was making a really lousy role model. Same beef with Tong Po. Just because someone is your nationality does not mean you keep rooting for him when he is a total piece of $hit.
I assume you mean after the semi-final where Chong Li killed his opponent.
They didn't turn their backs on him.
They all turned towards the dais as a show of respect for the man who had just died. Just like the traditional minute of silence of Remembrance Day.
Okay, then why didn't the crowd turn their backs to look the opposite way the other few times Chong Li killed a man, especially Li's first match in the movie?
He did it at least 2-3 times.
The poster above, creatorof2002, explained it well. That kill was an execution. The fight was over at that point.
shareThe crowd probably wouldn't have had the Black Dragon guys not done so. But it was partially out of respect for the dead, and temporarily shunning Chong Li for executing one of the best in the tournament when it was unnecessary.
shareHe didn't. The only guy he actually killed in the tourney that year was his semi-final opponent.
shareYou must have misunderstood my question.
Chong li killed at least 2-3 opponents throughout the movie.
After all of his victories, the crowd cheered Chong Li on. Except the semi-final where he AGAIN killed somebody. Then, the crowd suddenly wasn't cheering him on anymore, but turning their backs on him.
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Also, Chong Li had not killed anyone in this particular tournament prior to the semi-final.
He had severely injured some (Paredes and Jackson for example), but not killed them. He only killed the guy in the semi because Dux was a genuine threat and he was trying to set an example.
makes you wonder if he would have killed Paco if he had faced him in the semi (although I think Paco was as good a fighter as Chong Li).
dommcd Chong Li was determined to kill whoever he faced in the semi final so Paco is lucky as hell all he had to do was face Frank Dux. He got the crap beaten out of him and was probably in a lot of pain the next few days but compared to getting his neck snapped like that other guy he was pretty well off.
Paco was likely a better fighter than the guy Chong Li killed so Chong Li vs Paco would have been interesting, it would have been the 2nd best fighter in the world vs the 3rd best. I think Paco would put up a pretty good fight and do some damage to Chong before ultimately going down. The literary rule governing these kinds of stories requires that ONLY the main hero can beat the main villain and as skilled as Paco was Chong Li was just too powerful. A prime and I mean PRIME Mike Tyson would be in trouble if he was facing Chong Li. At just boxing Tyson would win but in a fight he would be vulnerable to a knee kick from Chong.
Paco however was a muay thai kickboxer. If he was fighting Chong in a muay thai match Chong would lose because he would no longer be allowed to use his grappling techniques or his totally lethal martial arts techniques that would not be allowed in a muay thai fight thus giving the advantage to Paco.
I wish Paco had had his own spinoff as a good guy. He was a tad dishonorable to pretend to shake hands with Frank then hit him with a sucker punch but not really a villain like Chong Li.
He should have been the main hero in Bloodsport 2 instead of the awful movie that was made. My plot device is this:
He was the world's fourth best fighter. However, Chong Li was permanently disqualified for cheating and horrible sportsmanship and murdering an opponent, Chong Li's 2nd to final opponent was dead (neck broken by Chong), Frank Dux had no desire to compete again as the mataphorical mountain only needed climbing once and he had a military career. Paco had beaten everyone else he had faced giving him really good odds.
Bloodsport 2 should have been Paco as the hero with that same actor and the new "villain" should have been picked to be a foil for Paco.
I've already said this in another thread, but the crowd wasn't fed up with Chong Li. They were praying for the dead fighter by facing the statues (I can't remember what the names of the figures are, but they are prominent figures in Chinese Buddhism, Taoism and Chinese folklore).
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