"No Retreat, No Surrender" American Theatrical Poster
In 1985, Hong Kong film mogul Ng See Yuen handpicked an aspiring writer named Keith W. Strandberg to produce a screenplay to No Retreat, No Surrender, a film that went on to become a cult classic, spawned two sequels, introduced Corey Yuen’s groundbreaking choreography to Hollywood and jump-started the career of Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Keith also produced No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers, The King of the Kickboxers, American Shaolin, Superfights and Bloodmoon. In this in-depth interview, Keith talks the films’ stars, on-set incidents and much more! He even mentions a possible No Retreat, No Surrender remake.
