Here's the fight between ShoNuff (Carry's character) and Bruce Leroy (Taimak), so you can get a glimpse of what hypnotized me as a teen. The villain made the movie, and that movie made me a Carry fan. From the first moment Carry appeared on screen, to his fight scene with "Bruce Leroy" where he makes his hands glow - you see he's a highly skilled fighter who can through intense focus make his hands glow - I fell in love with this villain. Taimak makes a pretty good kung fu hero, if a bit limited in range, but it is Carry who steals the show. While, The Last Dragon is a Motown centric spoof of kung fu films, the film also beautifully satirizes MTV and it's a rip-roaring good time. In a word, Carry was the BADDEST thing I had ever seen on the screen. In The Last Dragon, Carry plays a character who is a fusion of what you would get if you merged Superfly with all the martial arts villains from the classic Shaw Brothers kung fu flix. My family didn't have a VCR at the time and Sean had to endure my bizarre movie cravings. I was pretty obsessed, and I am certain a little less than reasonable in the regularity and desperation with which I requested this film. His patience regarding this request, even granting that his answer was usually a sighing, eye-rolling NO, was really quite remarkable. Okay, either The Last Dragon or Hawk the Slayer, but the point here is that I would ask Sean to the point of nagging. You see, Sean had the movie on VHS and every time I visited his house I always wanted to watch The Last Dragon. I absolutely loved the movie, much to the annoyance of my best friend Sean McPhail. Carry III, or - as my obsession would have it - starring Julius J. In this particular case, I am referring to the summer of 1986 and I had an obsession with Barry Gordy's film The Last Dragon starring Taimak and Julius J. To understand my love for this character, one must look back in time to our pastel and neon colored past. Bruce Campbell is on my list, to be sure, but the top of my list - and a very warm place in my heart - has always belonged to Julius J. Typically, this list begins with Bruce Campbell, but not mine. Every geek/nerd has a list of actors that the geek/nerd will watch everything that actor stars in, no matter how bad. I can think of no better person to begin with than Julius J. Over the next few days, I will be writing short remembrances of those among my favorite entertainers who died this year. He also portrayed the main villain Sho'nuff in the film The Last Dragon.Ĭarry's final appearance as an actor was in the season one episode "Eating The Young" on the CBS series The Unit in 2006.The end of one year, and the beginning of a new one, is a time for reflecting upon the memories of our past and the people who mentored, inspired, and/or entertained us. James Lonefeather), who then became Brisco's best friend and sidekick. with Bruce Campbell, which aired in 19, Carry played the part of Brisco's one-time rival and fellow bounty hunter Lord Bowler (a.k.a. In the TV series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. He stayed at the university, and completed a master's degree in communication arts. Once in Los Angeles, Carry entered Loyola Marymount University, where he received a bachelor's degree in film and TV production. His family encouraged him to move to California and live with uncle in Los Angeles to "get back on feet." He attended Quincy College, but only for one year. Afterwards, Carry stayed in Chicago, "basically getting into no good", he told writer Marc Shapiro. After touring the country with the Spartan Players, Carry joined the Chicago Actors Repertory Company, performing with them for four years. He discovered a love of acting with the group, performing in plays such as Hamlet and West Side Story. He attended Hales Franciscan High School, where, at age 15, he joined the Spartan Players, an acting group. Carry grew up in the Lake Meadows neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
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