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Bloodfist V: Human Target

1994 film directed by Jeff Yonis

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ1962521 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bloodfist V: Human Target is a 1994 American action film directed by Jeff Yonis and starring Don Wilson, Denice Duff and Steve James. It was written by Rob Kerchner and Jeff Yonis. James succumbed to pancreatic cancer shortly before the movie's release. A sequel to Bloodfist IV: Die Trying (1992), it is the fifth installment in the Bloodfist film series.

Plot

Don "The Dragon" Wilson plays a man who struggles to regain his memory, not knowing who to trust, or even which side he's fighting on.

Cast

Don "The Dragon" Wilson as Jim Stanton

Denice Duff as Candy / Michelle

Steve James as Marcus / Drew Washington

Kelly Jones Gabriele as Julie

Wesley Leong as Mr. Wong

Arin Lustig as Dr.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Bloodfist V: Human Target” is 1994 film directed by Jeff Yonis. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Bloodfist, Human and Target, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 1992—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994-01-01. For this dossier, Bloodfist, Human and Target is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “1994 film directed by Jeff Yonis” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1962521. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994 and 1992.

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Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bloodfist V: Human Target” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.