Octagon (1980)

Octagon: Directed by Eric Karson. With Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef, Art Hindle. A martial artist must defeat a plan by ninjas to create a worldwide training camp for terrorists.

“It was one of those nights. I had slept till about…late that day, and thus, my brain was functioning at a very high level, higher than the average 2 in the morning brain at least. I turn to the television for comfort, as i usually do when my friends have all left me, and Iu0026#39;m alone and sad. Amazed I find thereu0026#39;s nothing worth watching as I flip through the 4 non-cable-TV channels in my room. The sadness and grudge towards my friends fades away as the opening scenes of The Octagon jump in my face. At this point, Iu0026#39;m wide awake and thrilled. u0026quot;At least itu0026#39;s good for a few laughsu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd it was. The plot is fascinating:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eChucku0026#39;s character was adopted by some Ninja master, and a rivalry is born between Chuck and his new fathers son, Seikura. When Seikura cheats in a race between the two, and thus dishonors the whole family, he is vanished by his father.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWe meet Chucku0026#39;s character Scott James, some sort of mercenary. Seikura is now training terrorists in some camp in South-America. And so the plot thickens.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs the end draws near I am vast asleep. The Octagon has served its purpose and dozed me into dreamland. Never mind the sandman. As long as Chucku0026#39;s around, thereu0026#39;s no need to fear insomnia!”