'The Octagon' (1980) – Eric Karson.

Action impresario, Eric Karson's still-scintillating, mercenary mashing martial arts sensation 'The Octagon' remains the jewel of any comprehensive 80s Ninja collection! Vintage VHS-era whup-ass doesn't get any gutsier, as the bellicose bare-chested beat-downs in 'The Octagon' make the catastrophic meltdown at Chernobyl look like a sloppy ice cream cone. Bringing his inimitable karate A Game, Chuck annihilates these sinisterly shadow-stalking assailants, his preternatural Ninja-baiting supremacy reaching a deadly apogee in the mesmerizingly macho martial arts maelstrom that concludes cult Ninja classic 'The Octagon' in such a thrilling, brutally brain concussing fashion! 

The monolithically moustachioed, heroically hirsute martial arts messiah, Chuck Norris is on ferociously fleet-fisted form as the black-clad, Ninja neutralizing hero, Scott James! Scott's savage sinews are titanium tough tendrils of terrorist trashing terror! His preternaturally powerful punches have the world-wasting impetus of an apocalyptic asteroid! And while it has been suggested that god fashioned the myriad marvels of the earth in 7 back-breaking days, sensei, Chuck Norris could readily manifest an ice age with one roundhouse kick! Chuck Norris famously karate chopped a full-grown Yeti into spaghetti! He's saltier than the Red Sea! Chuck still eats his man-sized breakfasts off a tectonic plate! He's the original Ninja-slayer, and, Eric Karson's 'The Octagon' remains an exhilaratingly tibia-trashing testament to the righteously reigning patriarch of pugilistic perfection's legendary status as the beloved bearded Baron of B-Movie bellicosity. And kudos to Anchor Bay for producing such a pristine-looking Blu-ray!

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