Wednesday, May 29, 2019

The Toughest Man in the World (1984)

Mr T runs a youth centre for disadvantaged kids on the touch streets of Chigaco, saving them from a life of crime. Unfortunately those pencil pushing bureaucrats at city hall want to shut the centre down. He needs to raise money to keep the centre open and so enters a contest to find the Toughest Man in the World...

Mr T may not give a masterclass of acting (though has plenty of on-screen charisma) but this film is a masterclass of early 1980s cheese. You will see break dancing, bad polyester suits galore and ghetto blasters. Mr T also raps over the opening tune (which is one of the highlights if we are going to be honest).

The fighting scenes are decent as you might expect, the story line and acting is average as you also might expect. Of course that isn't the point of a film like this. Its all about Mr T spouting nonsense and beating people up. It (and he) is brilliant.