Lone Tiger (1996)

Director
Warren A. Stevens

Main cast
Bruce Locke; Richard Lynch; Robert Z'Dar; Barbara Niven; Matthias Hues

Genres
Action

Description
Kurenai travels to Las Vegas to search for his father's killer. Broke and with nowhere to stay he seeks refuge in an alley where he hears cries for help from vicious bikers. Kurenai defeats the bikers and is invited to the warehouse where Rita and Chico live with other runaways. Meanwhile in another part of Las Vegas, an underground wrestling match is being fought where the stakes are high and the only rule is, the loser dies! Fight organizer Rossner needs fresh blood for his fights and hires Jane Costello to find him a new champion.


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