[MovieFilter]: Leeeerrrrrrroyy... if that rings a bell- lend a hand

November 21, 2006 10:56 AM

[MovieFilter]: Movie from late 80s early 90s that used to air on HBO all the time involving martial arts and the main character's name was Leroy. And as always...

LEEErrrroy, is the main thing I remember from this movie. A character named Show-naa (phonetic spelling) or something similar would say his name as he challenged him to a fight- he was the bad guy. Final fight scene Leroy catches a bullet in his teeth.

Other honorable mentions of memory are: (and I use this only for description) main character and most other characters are black, there was a hot chick?, it involved goofy outfits (colored leather if i recall), and special effects where the two characters while fighting had red and blue auras, I think.

Not sure if this ever made it to theaters, I was pretty young at the time.

posted by eleongonzales to media & arts (10 comments total)

The Last Dragon?
WIth Sho-nuff?
posted by Asbestos McPinto at 10:58 AM on November 21, 2006

def. last dragon!
posted by TwilightKid at 11:01 AM on November 21, 2006

Yup. Main character's was called Bruce Leroy, right? That has to be the movie.
posted by bDiddy at 11:10 AM on November 21, 2006

Who's the meanest?
SHO NUFF!
Who's the greatest?
SHO NUFF!
Who's the baddest mofo low down around this town?
SHO NUFF!
posted by blastrid at 11:20 AM on November 21, 2006

Actually his name was Leroy Green, but at one point, someone refers to him as Bruce Leroy and because it's clever, that's the name that every one remembers.
posted by quin at 11:38 AM on November 21, 2006

Oh hell yeah.

And netflix has it.

Well played hivemind, well played.
posted by eleongonzales at 12:21 PM on November 21, 2006

Just direct-a your feets-a to Daddy Green's Pizza.
posted by middleclasstool at 12:23 PM on November 21, 2006

I do believe that that there Sho'nuff was the Shogun of Harlem.

One of the greatest, cheeziest movies EVER!

Ah, too bad that getting on a dance show has fallen by the wayside of important things for teenagers to do...
posted by Chickenjack at 1:27 PM on November 21, 2006

This thread is not complete without a mention of Busta Rhymes' Dangerous music video (seriously poor quality video).
posted by knave at 3:08 PM on November 21, 2006

As soon as I saw the name Leroy I knew. That's a great movie!
posted by heartquake at 1:17 PM on November 22, 2006