Watch: Tapped Out 2014 123movies, Full Movie Online – One-time martial arts prodigy Michael Shaw is sentenced to community service at a rundown karate school, where he gets back into the discipline of the sport. During a local MMA fight he encounters the man who killed his family a decade ago, and his decision to get revenge involves going behind his karate master’s back to train and compete in the upcoming MMA tournament. When he finally goes toe to toe in the ring with his parents’ killer he won’t stop until the last punch knocks his opponent to the ground, leaving him TAPPED OUT..
Plot: A disgruntled teenager, sent to do community service at a rundown Karate school, enters an MMA tournament to face the man who killed his parents.
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A disgruntled teenager, sent to do community service at a rundown Karate school, enters an MMA tournament to face the man who killed his parents.
Review: Story-wise ‘Tapped Out’ is ‘The Karate Kid’ meets ‘Rocky’; our protagonist Michael Shaw (Cody Hackman) witnesses the murder of his parents as a young boy and becomes (unsurprisingly) a troubled youth. Unlike the Never Back Down films though, Michael is a likable character and although he is angry at the world, it’s entirely understandable as he is well fleshed out.He starts off the movie hanging around with a bad crowd at school and having crazy parties, but then becomes the underdog and rather than being someone you don’t care about, he is at heart a man of honour.
One of the little things I noticed was him bowing before a fight and someone says “young people don’t want to see karate anymore, they want to see this” *pointing to the cage fighting*.
Cody comes from a martial arts background so when we see him fight, it doesn’t look overly-choreographed but believable.
One thing to be prepared for is that it’s not constant action, with the first half of the movie focusing on character development, drama and story. The second half of the movie is tournament time and that’s when the action really kicks in.
Michael Biehn plays Reggie, the Mr. Miyagi-type mentor of the tale who has his own back-story which I won’t go into here. Biehn is always phenomenal on screen and never seems like he’s acting; he just has a truth to every character and when watching this, you’re not watching an actor, you’re watching Reggie.
Martin Kove plays against type as the inspirational Principal Vanhorne who wants to straighten out Michael and send him to Reggie; he doesn’t have a very big role but it’s great to see him in this type of movie as a good guy.
UFC Fighter Krzysztof Soszynski is the villain of the movie Dominic and he REALLY looks the part; when he’s on screen he’s pretty damn scary looking and is threatening as Hell. He brings real authenticity to the role and his fight scenes are vicious and usually short. He’s a very memorable villain and may end up being seen as a classic bad guy.
Speaking of the fight scenes, I’m pleased to say that they are shaky cam free with fluid camera work but also not afraid to get up close to the action. We get to see every punch and kick and it isn’t watered down; when we see Dominic fighting, he pounds his opponent’s faces in and usually leaves them out cold.
There is one reference to ‘The Karate Kid’ in the movie but nothing cheesy and that’s one of the main things I enjoyed about ‘Tapped Out’. It manages to be an inspirational tale without being cheesy or having any clunky dialogue. The characters are believable and although the story isn’t anything all that new, I found myself enjoying every moment.
There is plenty of humour too in the form of Lou (Daniel Faraldo) who arranges the fights and has some choice lines; when he sees what Michael can do in the ring he turns from cynical to a fan very quickly.
We also get a few awesome training montages which are essential for films like this but in this movie we get to see UFC legend Anderson Silva teach Michael how to properly cage fight and mix up his fighting style. He’s only in a few scenes but he has a great career ahead of him as an action star as he has a very likable face and plenty of fighting skills obviously.
‘Tapped Out’ is director Allan Ungar’s feature début and from this evidence it looks like he is going to have a great career. With a new action movie called ‘Gridlocked’ on the way, I’m looking forward to seeing what he does next.
Overall, ‘Tapped Out’ is ‘The Karate Kid’ for a new generation with a great cast, nicely choreographed fights and an inspirational and entertaining story.
Batman Meets The Karate Kid
This film is an MMA lover’s wet dream. There are plenty of great fights, badass action sequences, and some cool cinematography to make it look even better. It was great to see Michael Biehn in this too, as it’s been a while since he’s been in anything. He plays a washed up Karate coach who has to train the main character. It was a lot of fun to see him on screen.Personally I’m not a fan UFC, but I still enjoyed it. I found it to actually be a lot better than it should have been. The script may have been basically written entirely in clichés, and it was predictable beyond belief, however, I couldn’t help but enjoy the hell out of it. It’s simply a badass film, and for that it’s really enjoyable. The action scenes were exciting and tense, the sappy scenes never felt overly sappy, basically I just found it to be a perfectly enjoyable movie. It’s basically Batman meets The Karate Kid in story line. The performances are pretty meh, but forgivable, as most of the actors aren’t really actors. The editing and camera work are awesome, they compliment the movie perfectly. For a film like this, I actually enjoyed watching it, and for this film’s target audience, that’s all that’s really needed. It’s really fun, and has a lot of cool visuals and editing. Just don’t go into it overthinking anything. If you love MMA, you’ll love this movie.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 45 min (105 min)
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Rated R
Genre Action, Drama, Sport
Director Allan Ungar
Writer Cody Hackman, Jerry Buteyn, Allan Ungar
Actors Michael Biehn, Cody Hackman, Krzysztof Soszynski
Country Canada
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