Street Knight (1993)

Pretty good

Pretty good, as far as having almost as much Kenpo techniques in it as "The Perfect Weapon" did & having a positive message at the end. Don't look for oscar-winning dialogue or storylines here either, just lots of action & (thankfully) not too many love scenes. November 12, 2007

Jeff Speakman best movies deserve a DVD release

Hello. Last April I wrote a review for "The Perfect Weapon" asking to Paramount Pictures for DVD release. I don't knw why that movie along with "Street Knight" and "Deadly Outbreak" are not released on DVD. I think these movies are the best of Jeff Speakman.
I owned on VHS format hoping some day Paramount(The perfect weapon) and Warner(Street Knight) release them on DVD.

For any action/martial arts movie fan these movies need to be on DVD.
September 19, 2007

expected more action out of speakman

Street Knight is a fine movie, and Speakman along with Jeff Wincot are arguably the best actors/martial artists in American martial art movies. The Perfect Weapon introduced us to the expert in Kenpo, and gave us a great movie too. Street Knight, unfortunately is not as good of a movie, and Speakman's action scenes are very short and minimal.

Street Knight tries to become an above average B-action movie, and does so in terms of quailty, acting, and represented action. The story however never is very interesting, revolving around the big gangs of L.A., while another group of guys intervene the gang's peace while trying to attempt a jewely heist. Speakman's charcater, Jeff Barrett, helps a youg woman he knows by trying to locate her missing brother, who has been entangled in the gang situation. Action is rarely used until the last 15 minutes of the film, where Speakman is featured in only 2 decent fights, but both are over before you can really start to get into them.

If you are hoping for anything compared to The Perfect Weapon, you will be dissapointed. If you are expecting the worst movie ever, fortunately its not that either. An average film overall, that could have been better with more action and a little more exciting story. June 16, 2007

Good, but a step below Perfect Weapon

When most people talk about Jeff Speakman (especially Kenpo Karate practitioners or martial arts enthusiasts), they say Perfect Weapon was his best movie. If any of Jeff's movies are nearly as popular as Perfect Weapon, it would have to be Street Knight. I viewed Street Knight after seeing Perfect Weapon, and I was disappointed. This film does have some good acting from Jeff Speakman and Christopher Neame. Some other actors have their moments, but they are usually few and far between. Jeff begins the film with one of the best performances of his career, but every now and then he slips into this sincere emotionless character. The main reason that people see Jeff Speakman is for his Kenpo Karate skills. Sadly, Jeff does not get to perform in this film to the same extent or expertise that he showed audiences in Perfect Weapon. However, Jeff does get some good fight scenes. The best ones are the last three during the second half of the film. I have not seen many of Jeff's films, but this is certainly better than most of the ones I have seen. It's no Perfect Weapon, but it's good. December 28, 2001

Great movie, excellent style

Actually Jeff Speakman studies a form of Martial Arts called American Kenpo that was founded by Mr Ed Parker. My son and I both study American Kenpo and love to pick out the diffferent techniques that Jeff Speakman's using in the film. Ed Parker is responsible for directing all the fight scenes in the film. Ed Parker is responsible for teaching such notables as Jeff Speakman, Elvis Presley, and Blake Edwards to name a few. He also was the one that is responsible for introducing Bruce Lee to the Hollywood jet set and getting him started in films. October 2, 2001

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