No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)
1986 film by Corey Yuen
- Released
- 1986
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Corey Yuen
- Screenplay
- Corey Yuen
- Producer
- Ng See-yuen
- Starring
- Kurt McKinney, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kim Tai-chung, Dale Jacoby
- Running time
- 94 minutes
- Production company
- New World Pictures
- Distributor
- New World Pictures
- Set in
- Seattle, Los Angeles
No Retreat, No Surrender (Chinese: 就等這一天; lit. 'We've been waiting for this day';) is a 1985 martial arts film directed by Corey Yuen in his English-language directorial debut, based on a story co-written with producer Ng See-yuen, and featuring fight choreography by Mang Hoi. It stars Kurt McKinney as Jason Stillwell, a teenager in Seattle who learns martial arts from the spirit of Bruce Lee and is eventually matched up against a Soviet fighter, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme in one of his earliest film roles.
The film was an international co-production between Hong Kong's Seasonal Film Corporation and the American company Balcor Films. It premiered in Italy on October 20, 1985, before being released in the United States on May 2, 1986. It received generally negative reviews from critics but has developed a cult following.
The film spawned two sequels, No Retreat, No Surrender 2 and No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers, neither of which involved McKinney or Van Damme.
More films directed by Corey Yuen
- Ninja in the Dragon's Den 1982
- Yes, Madam 1985
- Righting Wrongs 1986
- No Retreat, No Surrender 2 1987
- In the Blood 1988
- She Shoots Straight 1990
- Saviour of the Soul 1991
- Saviour of the Soul II 1992
- Fong Sai-yuk 1993
- Fong Sai-yuk II 1993
- The New Legend of Shaolin 1994
- The Bodyguard from Beijing 1994
- High Risk 1995
- My Father Is a Hero 1995
- Hero 1997
- And Now You're Dead 1998
- The Avenging Fist 2001
- The Twins Effect II 2004
- DOA: Dead or Alive 2006
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1326650 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.