Blood and Bone (2009)
Blood and Bone is a 2009 American direct-to-DVD martial arts film directed by Ben Ramsey and written by Michael Andrews. The film stars Michael Jai White, Eamonn Walker and Julian Sands, and features martial artist Matt Mullins, former professional wrestler Ernest “The Cat” Miller, MMA fighters Bob Sapp, Kimbo Slice, Maurice Smith, and Gina Carano. The film Budget. $3,700,000 (estimated) ; and box office worldwide. $3,492,000.
Plot.
Fresh out of prison, highly skilled martial artist and ex-marine Isaiah Bone (Michael Jai White) moves to Los Angeles, where underground fights are being held. One night, after watching a match involving local champion Hammerman, Bone makes a deal with promoter Pinball to get him into the fight scene for 20% of his earnings; 40% if Pinball puts his own money on the line. On that same night, Bone encounters mob boss James and his girlfriend Angela Soto. Bone enters his first underground fight and quickly defeats his opponent with only two kicks. Pinball explains to Bone that Angela was previously married, but James set up her husband Danny on a triple-homicide, sending him to jail. When James learned that she was pregnant, he had her undergo an abortion. Since then, Angela has fallen into drug addiction. Over the next few nights, Bone makes a name for himself in the underground fighting scene, defeating every fighter in his path and earning himself and Pinball thousands in cash. At the same time, he bonds with the people who live at his apartment building:
Tamara – the landlady who manages his apartment, Roberto – an elderly Latin-American man whom he plays chess with, and Jared – a young boy Tamara adopted after his father was sent to prison. Then, after making the once-undefeated Hammerman fall to the ground, Bone is offered a deal by James. The international underground fighting scene is run by a league of rich, powerful men known as the “Consortium”, but mainly by a black market arms dealer named Franklin McVeigh, and James wants Bone to square off against Pretty Boy Price, the reigning champion. After telling James he will consider the offer, Bone reveals to Angela that he was cell mates and close friends with Danny. Then one day, Danny was murdered by an inmate named JC. Angela reveals that shortly after Danny went to prison, she gave birth to a son, but lost custody of him and does not know if he is still alive. Bone promises to bring her to her son, but sends her to a drug rehab clinic until she is ready.
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The next morning, James offers McVeigh US$5 million to have him get the Consortium approve and schedule a fight between Bone and Price. That night, Bone discovers that Roberto has been murdered in front of the apartment, mauled to death by James’ dogs because he witnessed one of James’ street killings. Bone declines the offer to fight for James mainly because he never agreed to it; as a result, James orders his thugs to hunt down Bone and Pinball. James’ bodyguard Teddy D and his thugs head to the rehab clinic to pick up Angela, only to have Bone and Pinball dispatch them. Transmitting his location through Teddy D’s GPS phone, James has the duo follow him to McVeigh’s mansion.
Cast:
- Michael Jai White as Isaiah Bone
- Eamonn Walker as James
- Dante Basco as “Pinball”
- Ahmed Abdulle as Roland
- Michelle Belegrin as Angela Soto
- Julian Sands as Franklin McVeigh
- Matt Mullins as “Pretty Boy”
- Ron Yuan as Teddy
- Bob Sapp as Hammerman
- Nona Gaye as Tamara
- Brody Lee and Cody Lee
- Dick Anthony Williams as Roberto
- Shannon Kaneas Chanel
- Kimbo Slice as J.C.,
- Kevin Phillips as Danny Soto
- Gina Caranoas Veretta “Vendetta”
- Ernest “The Cat” Miller as “Mommie Dearest”
- Maurice Smith as “Fast Hands”
- Tanoai Reedas “Gold Tooth”
- Stuart F. Wilson as “Cowboy”