the Last Dragon
now this movie was awful but it should have been so much worse. the reason this movie exists is because of the feud between Prince and Rick James. After Prince starred in Purple Rain, Rick became obsessed with starring in a movie of his own. He went to Berry Gordy and demanded that motown get behind him and create a movie that would feature Rick James acting and music. Motown thought that was a good idea so they started on working on the concept. Rick was supposed to write and record the main theme of the movies soundtrack. that theme would be
Glow, the aura around Rick James.
so Rick James set off to do that but just couldn't produce in time for the movie since was preoccupied with drugs. The script was written with RJ in mind to play the villain Sho-nuff. But Rick had done some reading for casting and did poorly so, the people doing the casting looked for a replacement just in case. Rick also hated Asian martial arts and was very skeptical of Kung Fu/Karate. Motown had the script and most of the cast and were ready to start shooting. but they still needed the soundtrack. they told rick to finish and they hedged their bets by hiring someone else to write the Glow theme.
Rick eventually finished his version of Glow but it was too late. most of the movie was in the can. Rick was cut out of the movie because he was replaced by an actor with experience in kung fu movies. Still, Rick was determined to make his acting debut. so he made a video for Glow and turned that into his vanity project.