![]() More than anything, the soundtrack is known for having delivered DeBarge's "Rhythm of the Night," the feel-good, Carribbean-inflected, Diane Warren-penned summer hit. And as far as the soundtrack is considered, it was, after all, released in 1985 - hardly the best year for chart-aimed R&B. The movie was marketed at kids, and it provides good-natured fun and action. ![]() ![]() You'd be missing the point if you thought of them in those terms. ![]() By no means is the movie a classic, and neither is the Motown-heavy soundtrack. East met West for 1985's action-packed The Last Dragon (or Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon, depending on how you want to look at it), a vehicle for Gordy's Motown label that employed Vanity in a lead role as popular veejay Laura Charles, the object of affection for Taimak's talented martial arts hero character Leroy (or "Bruce Leroy," as he was respectfully referred to). ![]()
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