The Instructor

1981

Action / Drama

4
IMDb Rating 4.6/10 10 218 218

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Plot summary

A widowed, principled karate instructor finds his patience is tested when a rival martial arts school starts engaging in criminal acts around town and begins to attack his students and friends.

Director

Don Bendell Photo
Don Bendell

Top cast

Bruce Wendell Photo
Bruce Wendell as
Steve Boergadine Photo
Steve Boergadine as Al Butcher
Don Bendell Photo
Don Bendell as Thumper Rhodes
Bob Chaney Photo
Bob Chaney as The Instructor
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
863.22 MB
960*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 18
1.56 GB
1440*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 41

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by filmit2001

A Real Con Job!

Truth Out! Don Bendell didn't direct this film but he wrote it, at least as far as I know. The truth is nobody directed it. Here's the story; I was a Cleveland film producer/cinematographer when I was approached by Bendell a Used Car salesman at the time & a karate freak, to shoot The Instructor. Being a slow time, as it was mostly in Cleveland, I glanced at the script and agreed to do it. A side note, I hate Karate movies except perhaps for the Karate Kid. Anyway after agreeing on the $$$ which were peanuts, the whole budget was $100 K or there about, it was shot on Agfa 16mm, I went down to Akron for a meeting with cast & crew. These, mostly conned volunteers with stars in their eyes except for a few credible people like an Akron U Drama teacher, & Don Chaney who was a real nice guy.Bendell was a real classic used car salesman I'll give him that because he conned the whole town & even the Akron Police Dept. into trashing cop cars for this joke which you will note if you could sit through this POS! Well I knew from day one that Bendell who had never even been on a film shoot in his life was clueless which only made my job more difficult but as I said I'd nothing better to do then. Anyway to make a long story short, I worked my ass off trying to make something out of the project, at least visually, until Bendell started to try playing Director when we were about 7/8 done with shooting, at which point I quit. You see making film is a pretty tough job & when you have some clown who after 3 weeks on location thinks he's figured out how to put pieces & actor together to make sense, tries to take command for his lame ego, things go all to hell! Anyway after I left, they hired my assistant Ron Hughes to finish the project with his Bolex. You'll note a total different style of lighting happen in the film at about that point. Ron was into the dark "noir" dramatic style of lighting.What I found really funny and sad on this film was that most of the people involved in this project, relationships & marriages went down the tubes, even Bendells. It was just like you read about film people in Hollywood. Wonder where they got it from??
Reviewed by susannakron 2 / 10

Filmed in my hometown

This movie was filmed in my hometown and I was acquainted with many of the "actors" in minor rolls. Most of them were students at the local karate school and even at the time it was filmed we all knew what a stinker it was. It was interesting however to see it being made. Most of the places it was filmed at no longer exist, such as the nightclub, the pizza shop, etc. The "world premiere" was held at The Akron Civic Theatre and we all laughed hysterically at how inane it was. I personally believe it's the worst movie ever made but it brings back many fond memories for me. Watch this movie with a word of advice...enjoy it for what it is..a very low budget, poorly made , karate flick.
Reviewed by tarbosh22000 5 / 10

If you enjoy handmade, homemade filmmaking, especially along the more "WTF" end of things, why NOT check out The Instructor?

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