Miami Connection (1987) on Netflix
Five orphan college students in Orlando live together, train Taekwondo and play in the band Dragon Sound. John dates Jane, whose brother is close to the ninjas moving cocaine through Florida.
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- Netflix3.1/5
- IMDb5.6/107,606 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes68%
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Plot summary
A cocaine deal in Miami ends when motorcycle-riding ninjas led by Yashito seize the drugs and ride back to Orlando. There a club has hired Dragon Sound, a band of five friends who are orphans and Taekwondo students; Mark, their rhythm guitarist, is a father figure to the rest. Jane, the guest vocalist, is John's girlfriend, and her brother Jeff, close to Yashito's crew, watches her sing and does not approve; Mark stands up to him. A rival band, passed over by the club owner, brings a crowd to fight the group in the street. Jim, the keyboardist, has begun searching for a father he never met.
Cast
- Vincent Hirschas John
- Joseph Diamandas Jack
- Angelo Janottias Tom
- Kathy Collieras Jane
- William Ergleas Jeff
- Si Y Joas Yashito
- Joy Sharpeas Club Owner's Girlfriend
- Richard Park Wu-sangas Uncle Song
- William Whitacreas Music Store Owner
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Miami Connection (1987)
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- Y.K. Kim said hundreds of distribution companies and studios rejected Miami Connection, including every major distributor and several independents; he recalled being told to throw it away because it was trash.
- Y.K. Kim, who had never made a film before, financed Miami Connection by borrowing from friends, taking out loans, spending all his savings and mortgaging his taekwondo school.
- Zack Carlson, a programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, found Miami Connection on eBay in 2009 and won it with a blind bid of $50; Evan Husney of Drafthouse Films called Y.K. Kim for permission to re-release it, and Kim hung up several times, thinking the calls were jokes.
- Director Richard Park spotted Y.K. Kim on the Korean talk show Meet at 11 P.M. in 1985, where Kim was promoting a taekwondo book; Park met him, convinced him to make a film and conceived the story from the interview.
- The 2013 video game Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon plays Miami Connection's song "Friends" during its end credits, and its cover art also appears to be inspired by the film.
- Pharrell Williams's music video for his No. 1 hit "Happy" (2014) references the film, with its first dancer wearing a Dragon Sound cutoff tee.
- Early plans for the film involved casting Bobby Kim, no relation to Y.K. Kim, as one of two brothers, with Y.K. Kim playing the other.
