Balance of Power

Story

Synopsis

A martial arts expert who runs a dojo for under-privileged kids from a dilapidated warehouse is shaken down by gangsters demanding protection money. Then when one of his students is gunned down in the street by the gang, he swears revenge. Meanwhile the gang leader is setting up a death match between the best fighters and is forcing a former trainer to find a new champion by threatening his granddaughter.

Director

Rick Bennett

Writers

Robert Tubbs, Phillip M. Good, Otto C. Pozzo

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

25 June 1996

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Billy Blanks

  Niko

• 

  Mako

  Todo Matsumoto

• 

  Lisa Yamanaka

  Jasmine Matsumoto

• 

  Denis Akiyama

  Hastishita

• 

  James Lew

  Shinji Takamura

• 

  Adrian Hough

  Slater

• Lawrence Nakamura

  Monk #1

• Peter Schindelhauer

  Monk #2

• Adam Bonneau

  Billy Scott

• 

  Simon Kim

  Tabata

• Phil Chiu

  Bodyguard #2