Balance of Power (1996)
92 min
A martial arts expert who runs a dojo for under-privileged kids from a dilapidated warehouse is shaken down by gangsters demanding protection money. Then when one of his students is gunned down in the street by the gang, he swears revenge. Meanwhile the gang leader is setting up a death match between the best fighters and is forcing a former trainer to find a new champion by threatening his granddaughter.
- Release date
- June 25, 1996
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Daniel LeBlanc
Cast
- Billy Blanks as Niko
- Mako as Todo Matsumoto
- Lisa Jai as Jasmine Matsumoto
- Denis Akiyama as Hastishita
- James Lew as Shinji Takamura
- Adrian Hough as Slater
- Lawrence Nakamura as Monk #1
- Peter Schindelhauer as Monk #2
- Adam Bonneau as Billy Scott
- Simon Kim as Tabata
Crew
- Rick Bennett · Director
- Phillip M. Good · Writer
- Rick Bennett · Writer
- Otto C. Pozzo · Writer
- Robert Tubbs · Writer
- Phillip M. Good · Producer
- Daniel LeBlanc · Composer
- Gilles Corbeil · Cinematographer
- Nick Rotundo · Editor
- Karen Hazzard · Casting director
- Bill Layton · Production designer