As a kid i would have never guessed Don was such a talkative guy! He always seems like a quieter guy from his movies i saw back in the VHS day! Its great he can continue telling us more about the business and his days as a legit fighter!
Iove don. Cool to see hes so expressive in interviews. Heh heh and he didmt get caught up in nonsense of hwood. Always respect men who stick by their wife and vice versa with women who stick by their husband under god and Jesus. Amen
Notice nobody is talking shit about Don. Because I guess he still alive. But when he's gone, I bet here come the trolls. Bruce Lee close associates aware of these trolls.
@Robd1 You proven my point. I debate and argued with Bruce Lee naysayers, try to prove them wrong, Bruce did get into some but the one that was an official challenge aside from Wong Jack Man, was Youchi Nakachi, Japanese black belt in judo, karate, and Japanese jujitsu was knocked out by Bruce in seconds. This according to Jesse Glover. And there was the testimony of Abdul-Jabbar, Ted Wong, Chad Johnson saw Bruce dominate Joe Lewis in a sparring match, because this time Bruce was really pissed at Joe for bullying Chad Johnson.
@@eddiegee2940 Yep Knocking around a hw like hes nothing.. Eddie lol. THis is why I wish Lee could appear by MJW and any idiot that talking nonsense and show them the difference between real power from Training tendons the strong man way and serious dedication to martial arts is all about. Id bet all my money bruce Lee Would break something on MJW before he could blink.. :)
Hello to Don Wilson. I’ve enjoyed his movies for years. My brother Dan worked for Roger Corman while Don was there. I think my sister even went bowling one time with Don, Dan and a group of people from Concord Pictures.
Matthias Hues is also a Guy who didn't got the recognition he deserve. He was Always great in his "Bad Guy" roles and got that Charisma, so you hate his Charakters. It was his luck that Van Damme turn down the Role in "No Retreat, no Surrender 2". The Same luck Loren Avedon had with the same Film. Of course his Huge and threatening appearence helped him. I Loved his Appearences in "Kickboxer 2", "Fist Of Iron" and "Death Match". I believe his biggest success was "Dark Angel" with Dolph Lundgren. I read a German Interview of him, he seems to be a very nice Guy in real life
I freaking love don “the dragon” wilson he is one of the reason I got into karate. An absolute legend who is right that Hollywood directors have the wrong idea about how to portray martial arts on screen.
Great video bro. Don is the man, he actually replied to my comment a while ago and it really meant alot to me. Dude has some great skills also. Keep up the great work.
I've seen Blackbelt, back in the 90s. I love his movies. I remember back in 94 a guy I worked with told me how Don Wilson fought and knocked out a guy, Wilson sick with a 105 degree temperature. The 19 year old me was very impressed.
since he talked about the movie he didnt like and the ones he did like, I'd love to know what actors and directors he liked and didn't like working with. and this question is valid for all of the action stars you talk about on your channel. as an actor and independent film maker, I know that the chemistry and relationship you have with the cast and crew makes all the difference in the world when making a movie.
I really hope you get more Don The Dragon Wilson love hearing his story's and what he has been through been a super fan scene I was little kid definitely more Don thank you Viking Samurai
I remember being hyped for a new Don Wilson movie called "Black Belt." I was very disappointed when it wasn't really a movie about martial arts. With a movie called Black Belt you expect a tournament or something else that is very focused on the martial way.
Was expecting Don to say he was ashamed because it had naughty naughty bouncy bouncy time scenes but he meant something different which was really not required to show motivation for him to be a killer. Haven't seen Black Belt in years but recall it as one of his better film roles not like his fart in a trance performances in most of his other movies.
I like hearing your experiences as an April 1980 baby myself lol, not supposed to watch! My parent's didn't know that the long play VHS someone gave us with Top Gun and Lady and the Tramp also had Robocop on it. I spent all of the summer of '90 watching it over and over again lolol. That's what they get for putting the VCR in the basement.
Damn your parents wouldn't let you watch robocop? It's every 10 years old right to watch those 80s action movies, I watch them all with my 8 yo son and he loves them.
Wow! May 1980, and the VCR in the basement enabled me to watch Full Metal Jacket even though I wasn’t allowed to. 😆
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@@knightrider6473 man i hope your son doesnt grow up to be like drug dealer or jack the ripper . he probably would not but i personaly would think two times before id let my kid watch those movies if i would id explain that those are just movies and it not ok to do stuff like this in real life my guy
@ his favourite character is chucky and pennywise, he's seen all the childs play movies, and the IT chapter 1 and 2, he seen chapter 2 at the cinemas when he was 6 years old. His 6 birthday party theme was a chucky/pennywise party, And the the toys he sleeps with is a pennywise and chucky doll. He has chucky and pennywise posters and clothing. He loves horror movies, so an action movie is pretty tame for him. Kids these days are too wrapped up in cotton wool and overly protected from parents of the fun things kids should get to enjoy. He knows what's real and what isn't so unlike some of his friends the same age that are going to grow up scared of there own shadow.
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@@knightrider6473 im sure hell turn out to be fine young man with no issues or some scars or something somethings . im sure of it :D if you excuse me ill eat my cotton wool candeyeyyy
The director wrote the script? He also did the choreography obviously. What u could have done with Don's athleticism. Reminds me of the line from kickboxer: U DONT WIN FIGHTS WITH THAT TIP TAP S%$#....
I remember a friend of mine renting Blackbelt from this video club in Carolina, Puerto Rico that was called "VideoWorld", and we actually liked it. Well, we liked anything that Don The Dragon Wilson was in. We really didn't make the pedophilia scene a big deal, since we were both maybe 15 or so. But the song that the chick sang over and over again, was kind of annoying. That I can attest to
That's weird I saw Black Belt a long time ago, I remember it. I still remember the Matthias Hues beating a cop to death, brutal scene when I watched it.
Don "The Dragon" Wilson. Always a big fan. Grew up watching his films. He was a special guest at the boxing 🥊🥊 matches I went to. I was star struck. Just seeing him there. 👍
My first introduction to Don Wilson when I was a kid was in Magic kid with Ted Jan Roberts who btw one of my childhood favorite his martial arts movie was really good
Great Episode and Interview. I am Shocked that one of my favorite Don Wilson movie Black Belt is not his favorite cause of that scene. I can understand his reasons why. I even told Don Wilson personally that this was one of my favorite movies of his. The chemistry between Don and Dierdre was great. The fight scenes were very good. Thanks for posting my friend you are doing an Outstanding job.
@@knightrider6473 Mainly the nude scenes. She a self admitted prude. Also, she got uncomfortable with the same thing that Don Wilson got uncomfortable with.
@@Garrett316 I thought it may have been the fighting she was not happy with, but yeah a lot of parents back in those days were more easily offended by nudity.
I laughed so hard when he said tiger instead of shark and you actually put a tiger in its place on the jaws movie poster hahahah how did he mix up jaws with a tiger lol
i have seen blackbelt i honestly loved it. and while don may not have liked mathiaas hues backstory it was necessary as unlike a shark he is a human being (a very evil twisted human being) and those type of experiences are the exact ones that create monsters like that from scared little boys . however i dont think it necessarily needed to be shown it could have just been said as we clearly see him seing his mother in women he kills
Great interview! I actually liked black belt. Lots of good fight scenes by both Don and Mathhias. I think Mathhias played a great villain..his size combined with his technique looked lethal! He and Don should have done a few more movies together. The Italian mafia guy was also a pretty good character . There was another movie Matthias did called " Fist of Iron" where he again plays a professional fighter/ mercenary. Kills a guy in the ring and at the end the guys best friend has to fight him.
When I was a young kid In the 90s I started karate when I was 5, when I saw the Magic Kid , was the day i became a fan of the dragon. Had the pleasure of meeting him a couple times as an adult at various martial arts events, definitely one of my fav
I am loving these interviews! The only other American martial arts movie I can think of that had no nudity and not even really a love story was The Perfect Weapon. That movie was great, and it didn't need all that other BS. I'd like to see more movies do away with all of the degenerate elements.
Red Sun Rising was my favorite Don Wilson movie. Didn't like Black Belt. Because of the big Karate Dojo fight scene. Enjoyed watching his movies on Cinemax, in the 90's/00 on Saturday night's.
Your channel is awesome! Killing it with these interviews! It's fascinating to hear all these guys talk so candidly about their work. That's interesting how he said his movies tested among ethnic audiences because I'm black myself and use to watch his movies all the time back in the day.
Dragon should be a regular on this show. His wisdom is limitless. The next show topic should be 100% on nutrition, fitness, longevity, and testosterone as you age as a man.
I have quiet a few of Martial Arts movies and the only one i managed to pick up on DVD with Don Wilson is black belt, but i do like like that Mathias Hues plays the villain in it as i loved his movies back in the VHS days and i thought black belt is One is Don Wilsons best movies despite the back story he doesn't like about it.
I remember seeing Blackbelt at the video store , i never got into Don's movies. There was a period of time where if it wasn't Van Damme it was just a ... Knock Off .. see what i did there ? Ok i'll stop.
Understand his concearn about that scene for sure. But i honestly think it was one of his best films. Actually good/dark story, good fights which were nicely choreographed and filmed! And Hughes was a decent villian!
I remember seeing the trailer for that movie when I was a kid, and instantly wanted to see it. I liked that movie, but I can definitely see where Don Wilson is coming from! Also, fun little piece of trivia. One of Don “The Dragon” Wilson’s earliest credited film roles was in Say Anything with John Cusack, he plays Cusack’s sparring partner.
Can confirm. Young Black males were damn near singlehandedly supporting the US careers of Asians kicking ass on screen. Even Jet Li, Jackie Chan, etc were household names in the Black community decades b4 mainstream audiences even knew who they were. Listen to any Wu Tang member talk about it to get a sense of just how culturally significant this was.
I remember seeing Black Belt on Cinemax back in the mid to late 90's time frame. I thought it was a good action film. A bit cheesy script, but a hell of a fun movie to see.
What's amazing is he's right about which of his movies are his best- Red Sun Rising, Out for Blood, and Forced to Fight (Bloodfist part whatever). Seriously, I've watched so many of his movies that are GAWD-AWFUL (which isn't really a slight- I wouldn't keep coming back and checking out his work if Don wasn't interesting to watch) that all blend together, but those three are absolutely the best of his filmography.
*Black Belt (1990)* I owned that film on VHS back in the day. I owned most _Matthia Hues_ films. I understand why Don didn't like the sexual abuse angle but it is actually one of his better films! *Red Sun Rising* is his best IMO.
well it actually is a legit backstory for a serial killer ,but maybe not for the genre of martial arts action movie because well in those types of movies having a sympathetic villain is not exactly something very common.
Man of some of the reviews of blackbelt on imdb are hilarious. "watched this film for 45 minutes and counted 9 mullets. That's a mullet every 5 minutes. Seriously though, this film is living proof that formula works" "Look Don The Dragon Wilson may be a great legitimate fighter but he is terrible on screen in this movie. The movements are slow and the choreography boring and ponderous. he also makes Chuck Norris look like Laurence Olivier in that he has ZERO acting ability and almost no charisma"
Indeed, Don is a very good storyteller and very generous in anecdotes. My favorites movies from him are Bloodfist 2, the concept of kumite goes to a higher level, and Black Belt, relesead in France as...:"Kickboxer cop". I had especially liked that movie for various reasons such as Matthias Hues, who is amazing to the screen, the fights and, especially, the touch mature of that story... It's specially that Don - I absolutely respect his opinion - dislike. Maybe, I am not sure but it's possible, because I am european and that element of that story pleased to me. The caracter seemed to me more realistic, plausible. So, I reminded more this story than others... However, Don is really fair to speak about survey. I had the impression, somewhere, Don was playing the same kind of white knight from movies to movies, a little bit such as Chuck Norris or Jackie Chan... Many thanks to you, Don, and Viking Samourai for this agora.
Don's best movie, in my opinion, is Ring of Fire, even though he's more of a co-star in that one. If you haven't seen that one and can track it down, you should.
I agree with Don's take on the weird/'off' scene in 'Black-Belt' but my guess is that the scene could have been largely lost to the younger audience, as they generally, would not have fully understood what the misguided director was going for. The older audience would have understood though, and of course it was a scene that really wasn't needed at all. I also agree that 'explicit' scenes in Martial Arts movies are just not needed.
I'd say that Blackbelt was one of his better films. Matthias Hues was, I think, the best and most intimidating villain. He really dominated the dragon in the first half of that final fight.
Very intressting and nice again. I liked Black Belt to. I waa 19. Or 20 , so i liked the nude scene ☝️🤣 And also that the Idea that the Killer is a maniac , because he had this inzest realtionship with his mother. For me it was a little hommage on Hitchcock's Psycho. For me one of Dons better movies 🤗
@jpssteveshanahan thats right. But also Hitchcock had this in his head. And when Hitchcock made the movie, he did not say it directly. Sorry for my bad english. But if you listen to Norman Bates, and watch the scense with his mother, it's clear that it was a sick love between mother and son. So the interpretion was also in the first part
@jpssteveshanahan and if you didn't watch the series called Bates Motel, and you are intrested in deeper going of Norman, in his youth, then you will love it.
Vic Morrow did some great films. From what I recall, on Twilight Zone, they were using some Vietnamese kids out of legal hours on a dangerous set and John Landis was pushing the helicopter pilot to bring the chopper lower. The guy was an irresponsible shit house. Blackbelt was ok. It was like a low budget, martial arts version of The Bodyguard.
@@VikingSamurai oh it was from a comment on worlds strongest man live chat I was watching. Big Loz read a comment on the live chat stream that said a new BloodSport movie was coming out… lol I immediately commented on your video to ask you haha… I got a little excited there
I think I remember I saw that movie and I remember that scene specifically and as a kid I was a little grossed out by it but I also understood from both movies TV and the fact that I always went to church and I already was having an understanding about human nature that what that lady was doing in the movie does happen in real life so I chopped it off as something that they put in there because it happens in real life so they wanted to make the movie more realistic so when I saw that I didn't think anything bad about Don the Dragon or the actors just simply the character that was doing the molestation and the character that much later use that as an excuse to kill other than that I always enjoyed martial art movies I was old enough or mature enough to understand what I was seeing but I was still too young to want to be bitter enough to put the blame on the actor or actors for putting that in the movie if that makes sense
Awe man really? I liked Blackbelt. It’s funny the star of a movie I liked is ashamed of it. Oh well. Big fan Don. My favorites are blackbelt, blood fist 3&4, futurekick. Grew up on you Don
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I agree with Don, I’ve seen that movie multiple times and I always fast forward thru that seen because I hate it
As a kid i would have never guessed Don was such a talkative guy! He always seems like a quieter guy from his movies i saw back in the VHS day! Its great he can continue telling us more about the business and his days as a legit fighter!
Iove don. Cool to see hes so expressive in interviews. Heh heh and he didmt get caught up in nonsense of hwood. Always respect men who stick by their wife and vice versa with women who stick by their husband under god and Jesus. Amen
Notice nobody is talking shit about Don. Because I guess he still alive. But when he's gone, I bet here come the trolls. Bruce Lee close associates aware of these trolls.
@@eddiegee2940 nobodys talkn shit about Don because they knew he will publically challenge them to a fight!
@Robd1 You proven my point. I debate and argued with Bruce Lee naysayers, try to prove them wrong, Bruce did get into some but the one that was an official challenge aside from Wong Jack Man, was Youchi Nakachi, Japanese black belt in judo, karate, and Japanese jujitsu was knocked out by Bruce in seconds. This according to Jesse Glover. And there was the testimony of Abdul-Jabbar, Ted Wong, Chad Johnson saw Bruce dominate Joe Lewis in a sparring match, because this time Bruce was really pissed at Joe for bullying Chad Johnson.
@@eddiegee2940 Yep Knocking around a hw like hes nothing.. Eddie lol. THis is why I wish Lee could appear by MJW and any idiot that talking nonsense and show them the difference between real power from Training tendons the strong man way and serious dedication to martial arts is all about. Id bet all my money bruce Lee Would break something on MJW before he could blink.. :)
Hello to Don Wilson. I’ve enjoyed his movies for years. My brother Dan worked for Roger Corman while Don was there. I think my sister even went bowling one time with Don, Dan and a group of people from Concord Pictures.
Matthias Hues is also a Guy who didn't got the recognition he deserve. He was Always great in his "Bad Guy" roles and got that Charisma, so you hate his Charakters.
It was his luck that Van Damme turn down the Role in "No Retreat, no Surrender 2". The Same luck Loren Avedon had with the same Film. Of course his Huge and threatening appearence helped him.
I Loved his Appearences in "Kickboxer 2", "Fist Of Iron" and "Death Match". I believe his biggest success was "Dark Angel" with Dolph Lundgren.
I read a German Interview of him, he seems to be a very nice Guy in real life
He looks great. Beyond his age even. Has the energy of a kid too.
Red Sun Rising was his best movie in my opinion. " Oooooh, Hoshino" (James Lew voice)
Hello, Viking Samurai. Another great segment, with the legend - Don "The Dragon" Wilson.
TERRANCE OUT
I really loved Black belt when I was a kid. I love these interviews! Thank you!
I love his passion. You can tell he doesn't half ass anything.
Don the dragon Wilson was my hero back when was a kid he big part of my martial arts life, black belt was a awesome movie still watch it till this day
I freaking love don “the dragon” wilson he is one of the reason I got into karate. An absolute legend who is right that Hollywood directors have the wrong idea about how to portray martial arts on screen.
Just noticed your hat says Samurai. Nice touch. Excellent channel, keep posting
Great video bro. Don is the man, he actually replied to my comment a while ago and it really meant alot to me. Dude has some great skills also. Keep up the great work.
This is best action martial arts film school. Learning from those who were before us. Keep up the great interviews
Loving these interviews with Don! Thanks and keep up the good work!
I've seen Blackbelt, back in the 90s. I love his movies.
I remember back in 94 a guy I worked with told me how Don Wilson fought and knocked out a guy, Wilson sick with a 105 degree temperature. The 19 year old me was very impressed.
I love Mr. Wilson’s enthusiasm- really fun interviews.
since he talked about the movie he didnt like and the ones he did like, I'd love to know what actors and directors he liked and didn't like working with. and this question is valid for all of the action stars you talk about on your channel.
as an actor and independent film maker, I know that the chemistry and relationship you have with the cast and crew makes all the difference in the world when making a movie.
Black Belt is one of my favorite Don The Dragon Wilson flims. Happy 30th Anniversary Black Belt!
I really hope you get more Don The Dragon Wilson love hearing his story's and what he has been through been a super fan scene I was little kid definitely more Don thank you Viking Samurai
I remember being hyped for a new Don Wilson movie called "Black Belt." I was very disappointed when it wasn't really a movie about martial arts. With a movie called Black Belt you expect a tournament or something else that is very focused on the martial way.
Yeah Red Sun Rising. I loved that one, a great also had James Lee, and Yuki Okomoto who was Chozen from Karate Kid 2.
Was expecting Don to say he was ashamed because it had naughty naughty bouncy bouncy time scenes but he meant something different which was really not required to show motivation for him to be a killer. Haven't seen Black Belt in years but recall it as one of his better film roles not like his fart in a trance performances in most of his other movies.
I like hearing your experiences as an April 1980 baby myself lol, not supposed to watch! My parent's didn't know that the long play VHS someone gave us with Top Gun and Lady and the Tramp also had Robocop on it. I spent all of the summer of '90 watching it over and over again lolol. That's what they get for putting the VCR in the basement.
Damn your parents wouldn't let you watch robocop? It's every 10 years old right to watch those 80s action movies, I watch them all with my 8 yo son and he loves them.
Wow! May 1980, and the VCR in the basement enabled me to watch Full Metal Jacket even though I wasn’t allowed to. 😆
@@knightrider6473 man i hope your son doesnt grow up to be like drug dealer or jack the ripper . he probably would not but i personaly would think two times before id let my kid watch those movies if i would id explain that those are just movies and it not ok to do stuff like this in real life my guy
@ his favourite character is chucky and pennywise, he's seen all the childs play movies, and the IT chapter 1 and 2, he seen chapter 2 at the cinemas when he was 6 years old. His 6 birthday party theme was a chucky/pennywise party,
And the the toys he sleeps with is a pennywise and chucky doll. He has chucky and pennywise posters and clothing. He loves horror movies, so an action movie is pretty tame for him.
Kids these days are too wrapped up in cotton wool and overly protected from parents of the fun things kids should get to enjoy. He knows what's real and what isn't so unlike some of his friends the same age that are going to grow up scared of there own shadow.
@@knightrider6473 im sure hell turn out to be fine young man with no issues or some scars or something somethings . im sure of it :D if you excuse me ill eat my cotton wool candeyeyyy
The director wrote the script? He also did the choreography obviously. What u could have done with Don's athleticism. Reminds me of the line from kickboxer: U DONT WIN FIGHTS WITH THAT TIP TAP S%$#....
I remember a friend of mine renting Blackbelt from this video club in Carolina, Puerto Rico that was called "VideoWorld", and we actually liked it. Well, we liked anything that Don The Dragon Wilson was in. We really didn't make the pedophilia scene a big deal, since we were both maybe 15 or so. But the song that the chick sang over and over again, was kind of annoying. That I can attest to
That's weird I saw Black Belt a long time ago, I remember it. I still remember the Matthias Hues beating a cop to death, brutal scene when I watched it.
Don "The Dragon" Wilson. Always a big fan. Grew up watching his films. He was a special guest at the boxing 🥊🥊 matches I went to. I was star struck. Just seeing him there. 👍
Black Belt was my favorite DW movies.
My first introduction to Don Wilson when I was a kid was in Magic kid with Ted Jan Roberts who btw one of my childhood favorite his martial arts movie was really good
Great Episode and Interview. I am Shocked that one of my favorite Don Wilson movie Black Belt is not his favorite cause of that scene. I can understand his reasons why. I even told Don Wilson personally that this was one of my favorite movies of his. The chemistry between Don and Dierdre was great. The fight scenes were very good. Thanks for posting my friend you are doing an Outstanding job.
Really enjoying these ones with Don
OMG my mom HATED that film! She was so mad at herself for letting us watch it when my sister and I were young without screening it first.
What didn't she like you seeing in the film?
@@knightrider6473 Mainly the nude scenes. She a self admitted prude. Also, she got uncomfortable with the same thing that Don Wilson got uncomfortable with.
@@Garrett316 I thought it may have been the fighting she was not happy with, but yeah a lot of parents back in those days were more easily offended by nudity.
I laughed so hard when he said tiger instead of shark and you actually put a tiger in its place on the jaws movie poster hahahah how did he mix up jaws with a tiger lol
Maybe he was thinking Tiger Shark but realized it was not a tiger shark.
Hah hah he dropped tbe tiger errrr- shark on that obe all. Love this interview with Don
Don the Dragon Wilson excellent Martial Artist. His martial arts ethics is encouraging
Great video love this channel
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i have seen blackbelt i honestly loved it. and while don may not have liked mathiaas hues backstory it was necessary as unlike a shark he is a human being (a very evil twisted human being) and those type of experiences are the exact ones that create monsters like that from scared little boys . however i dont think it necessarily needed to be shown it could have just been said as we clearly see him seing his mother in women he kills
mattius hues was so scary in i come in peace (as a kid ahahah)
Great interview! I actually liked black belt. Lots of good fight scenes by both Don and Mathhias. I think Mathhias played a great villain..his size combined with his technique looked lethal! He and Don should have done a few more movies together. The Italian mafia guy was also a pretty good character . There was another movie Matthias did called " Fist of Iron" where he again plays a professional fighter/ mercenary. Kills a guy in the ring and at the end the guys best friend has to fight him.
When I was a young kid In the 90s I started karate when I was 5, when I saw the Magic Kid , was the day i became a fan of the dragon. Had the pleasure of meeting him a couple times as an adult at various martial arts events, definitely one of my fav
Surprised it wasn't The Last Sentinel.
A shame, the fights look good. I want to see it now!
This is probably one of my favorite Don movies lol
The only Don Wilson movie that I probably like more then Blackbelt is Bloodfist 4 Die Trying
I actually liked black belt....Don the Dragon is a legend inside the ring and out...respect 🙏
I am loving these interviews! The only other American martial arts movie I can think of that had no nudity and not even really a love story was The Perfect Weapon. That movie was great, and it didn't need all that other BS. I'd like to see more movies do away with all of the degenerate elements.
Red Sun Rising was my favorite Don Wilson movie. Didn't like Black Belt. Because of the big Karate Dojo fight scene. Enjoyed watching his movies on Cinemax, in the 90's/00 on Saturday night's.
Is he kidding? Blackbelt is his best film, mainly down to Matthias Hues. He's awesome in it.
Your channel is awesome! Killing it with these interviews! It's fascinating to hear all these guys talk so candidly about their work. That's interesting how he said his movies tested among ethnic audiences because I'm black myself and use to watch his movies all the time back in the day.
Don the dragon 🐉... Excellent.. 🥊
Don't tell me what to do! ***Watching***
Dragon should be a regular on this show. His wisdom is limitless. The next show topic should be 100% on nutrition, fitness, longevity, and testosterone as you age as a man.
I have quiet a few of Martial Arts movies and the only one i managed to pick up on DVD with Don Wilson is black belt, but
i do like like that Mathias Hues plays the villain in it as i loved his movies back in the VHS days and i thought black belt is
One is Don Wilsons best movies despite the back story he doesn't like about it.
I remember seeing Blackbelt at the video store , i never got into Don's movies. There was a period of time where if it wasn't Van Damme it was just a ... Knock Off .. see what i did there ? Ok i'll stop.
Understand his concearn about that scene for sure. But i honestly think it was one of his best films. Actually good/dark story, good fights which were nicely choreographed and filmed! And Hughes was a decent villian!
Don't tell me what to do! 😭
Magic Kid Don Dragon Wilson One of my favorite movies fun. Have you tried getting the green ranger Jason David Frank on the show.
I remember seeing the trailer for that movie when I was a kid, and instantly wanted to see it. I liked that movie, but I can definitely see where Don Wilson is coming from!
Also, fun little piece of trivia. One of Don “The Dragon” Wilson’s earliest credited film roles was in Say Anything with John Cusack, he plays Cusack’s sparring partner.
That scence with the boy was cringy but overall I still liked the movie.
Can confirm. Young Black males were damn near singlehandedly supporting the US careers of Asians kicking ass on screen. Even Jet Li, Jackie Chan, etc were household names in the Black community decades b4 mainstream audiences even knew who they were. Listen to any Wu Tang member talk about it to get a sense of just how culturally significant this was.
I remember seeing Black Belt on Cinemax back in the mid to late 90's time frame. I thought it was a good action film. A bit cheesy script, but a hell of a fun movie to see.
"How do I know the urban market watches movies? Because the urban market once stole my TV." - Mr. Plinkett
Only film his ashamed of?? Really? What about the movie he made here in Galway? Moving target ?
Black belt, was the first film of his I watched I love black belt.
Awesome interview viking!. Everyone smash that like button
Blackbelt was great.
Dude i remember watching that movie. I didn't it was about molestation.
What's amazing is he's right about which of his movies are his best- Red Sun Rising, Out for Blood, and Forced to Fight (Bloodfist part whatever). Seriously, I've watched so many of his movies that are GAWD-AWFUL (which isn't really a slight- I wouldn't keep coming back and checking out his work if Don wasn't interesting to watch) that all blend together, but those three are absolutely the best of his filmography.
Ironically, I actually think it's one of his better movies. It's got some good fight scenes and some great one-liners.
What movie are they talking about?
@@bechelerroseme6821 Blackbelt from 1992. I'd recommend watching it, it's pretty good. You can watch it free on Tubi.
@@MatrixCobretti Why Don is ashamed of it??
@@bechelerroseme6821 He explains it in detail in the video.
Don is a really nice Guy.A lot of his Movies are coming out on Bluray really great to watch his movies.Oh Black belt is a really good action movie
Future kick is my favorite ddw movie! With the great Meg Foster.
*Black Belt (1990)* I owned that film on VHS back in the day.
I owned most _Matthia Hues_ films.
I understand why Don didn't like the sexual abuse angle but it is actually one of his better films!
*Red Sun Rising* is his best IMO.
well it actually is a legit backstory for a serial killer ,but maybe not for the genre of martial arts action movie because well in those types of movies having a sympathetic villain is not exactly something very common.
@@joshuascott3428
Excellent point.
I love Don the dragon Wilson movies ❤️ Bloodfists, Ring of fire,Inferno, Night hunter etc...
I’m in the camp that likes this movie. 🤷
Title was misleading. The thumbnail said don't watch this,but the video say,dont watch this movie, big difference. Haha
Man of some of the reviews of blackbelt on imdb are hilarious.
"watched this film for 45 minutes and counted 9 mullets. That's a mullet every 5 minutes. Seriously though, this film is living proof that formula works"
"Look Don The Dragon Wilson may be a great legitimate fighter but he is terrible on screen in this movie. The movements are slow and the choreography boring and ponderous. he also makes Chuck Norris look like Laurence Olivier in that he has ZERO acting ability and almost no charisma"
These are two topless scenes in The Big Boss and a breif nipple shot in Enter the Dragon.
Blackbelt is a fun martial arts action film.
Indeed, Don is a very good storyteller and very generous in anecdotes.
My favorites movies from him are Bloodfist 2, the concept of kumite goes to a higher level, and
Black Belt, relesead in France as...:"Kickboxer cop".
I had especially liked that movie for various reasons such as Matthias Hues, who is amazing to the screen, the fights and, especially,
the touch mature of that story...
It's specially that Don - I absolutely respect his opinion - dislike.
Maybe, I am not sure but it's possible, because I am european and that element of
that story pleased to me. The caracter seemed to me more realistic, plausible.
So, I reminded more this story than others...
However, Don is really fair to speak about survey.
I had the impression, somewhere, Don was playing the same kind of white knight from
movies to movies, a little bit such as Chuck Norris or Jackie Chan...
Many thanks to you, Don, and Viking Samourai for this agora.
Don's best movie, in my opinion, is Ring of Fire, even though he's more of a co-star in that one. If you haven't seen that one and can track it down, you should.
VK i hope you were able to ask my wilson about new york ninja. I cant wait for that to release.
Hopefully, the film that shouldn’t be named is on Tubi
It's on there.
It is, and you can find it on UA-cam
I agree with Don's take on
the weird/'off' scene in 'Black-Belt'
but my guess is that the scene
could have been largely lost to
the younger audience, as they
generally, would not have
fully understood what
the misguided director was going for.
The older audience would have
understood though, and of course
it was
a scene that really wasn't needed at all.
I also agree that 'explicit' scenes in
Martial Arts movies are just not needed.
Not to be a stickler, but Bruce Lee's movies had plenty of nudity.
True.
Bruce Lee himself didn't do any sex scenes.
Oddly enough he was boinking his female co-stars behind the scenes like nobody's business!
I'd say that Blackbelt was one of his better films. Matthias Hues was, I think, the best and most intimidating villain. He really dominated the dragon in the first half of that final fight.
I saw Black Belt and I liked it.
Very intressting and nice again. I liked Black Belt to. I waa 19. Or 20 , so i liked the nude scene ☝️🤣 And also that the Idea that the Killer is a maniac , because he had this inzest realtionship with his mother. For me it was a little hommage on Hitchcock's Psycho. For me one of Dons better movies 🤗
@jpssteveshanahan yes it was. If you watch all Movies from psycho 1 - 4 it is very clean, that he had a realtionship with his mother
@jpssteveshanahan thats right. But also Hitchcock had this in his head. And when Hitchcock made the movie, he did not say it directly. Sorry for my bad english. But if you listen to Norman Bates, and watch the scense with his mother, it's clear that it was a sick love between mother and son. So the interpretion was also in the first part
@jpssteveshanahan thank you, wish you a nice day 🤗
@jpssteveshanahan and if you didn't watch the series called Bates Motel, and you are intrested in deeper going of Norman, in his youth, then you will love it.
@jpssteveshanahan thx dude. You are welcome 🤗
So is Don against sex and nudity scenes in movies? Didn't he do sex scenes in movies and have naked girls? Does he now regret doing those?
Vic Morrow did some great films.
From what I recall, on Twilight Zone, they were using some Vietnamese kids out of legal hours on a dangerous set and John Landis was pushing the helicopter pilot to bring the chopper lower. The guy was an irresponsible shit house.
Blackbelt was ok. It was like a low budget, martial arts version of The Bodyguard.
C'mon Don, Blackbelt, for me at least, it's probably one of your best!
I think Black Belt is one of his best movies.
Do more movies with an action star Mr. Don
I would be ashamed if I were Don to that scene sounds really messed up
Hey VS is a new BloodSport movie in the making? I just heard that it was coming out.
Where'd u hear that?
@@VikingSamurai oh it was from a comment on worlds strongest man live chat I was watching. Big Loz read a comment on the live chat stream that said a new BloodSport movie was coming out… lol I immediately commented on your video to ask you haha… I got a little excited there
@Sixgorillionshekelswindler Shlomo yeah probably that one that’s been out for a year or so
Bruce Lee films DID have nudity in them,what's the matter with this guy?
I think I remember I saw that movie and I remember that scene specifically and as a kid I was a little grossed out by it but I also understood from both movies TV and the fact that I always went to church and I already was having an understanding about human nature that what that lady was doing in the movie does happen in real life so I chopped it off as something that they put in there because it happens in real life so they wanted to make the movie more realistic so when I saw that I didn't think anything bad about Don the Dragon or the actors just simply the character that was doing the molestation and the character that much later use that as an excuse to kill other than that I always enjoyed martial art movies I was old enough or mature enough to understand what I was seeing but I was still too young to want to be bitter enough to put the blame on the actor or actors for putting that in the movie if that makes sense
I'm sorry but I've got to say , the tiger made me laugh. 🏊🐯
So rad dude
Oooooh I remember this movie. Yeah, the German guy was a serial killer and Don was on the case.
Ring of Fire and Blood Fist 1 and 2 my Favorite Don the Dragon Wilson movies
Ring of fire is my fav…
Awe man really? I liked Blackbelt. It’s funny the star of a movie I liked is ashamed of it. Oh well. Big fan Don. My favorites are blackbelt, blood fist 3&4, futurekick. Grew up on you Don