Fists of Steel is a 1988 American straight-to-video film. It stars Carlos Palomino, Henry Silva, Marianne Marks, Kenny Kerr, Sam Melville, Robert Tessier, Alexis Arguello and Rockne Tarkington. [1] The movie was directed by Jerry Schafer. Apart from Palomino and Arguello, other former professional boxers appear in supporting roles, namely Ruben Castillo, Danny Lopez and Armando Muniz. [2]
A terrorist organization based in Hawaii, headed by "Shogui" (Silva), has murdered several of their rivals, including the father of former world boxing champion and Vietnam War veteran "Carlos Diaz" (Palomino). The Central Intelligence Agency gets involved, recruiting Diaz, who in turn recruits "Alex" (Arguello) and a group of other former boxers to help fight the terrorists. Diaz then travels to Hawaii to confront the terrorists. [3]
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