A cocaine deal in Miami is interrupted by a group of motorcycle-riding ninjas led by Yashito, who steal the drugs and ride back to Orlando to party.

She has become romantically involved with John, the bassist of the club's band, Dragon Sound, which consists of an ethnically diverse group of five college students who are best friends.

Jeff disapproves of his sister's relationship with John and confronts him at school, but Mark, rhythm guitarist of Dragon Sound, and Taekwondo instructor and father figure to the other band members, stands up to him.

The remaining band members stage a rescue, wherein they free Tom and accidentally kill Jeff.

He finally receives word that his father has been located, so the band pools their money to buy him a suit and then heads to the airport.

[5] Kim borrowed from friends, took out loans, spent all of his savings, and mortgaged his taekwondo school to finance the film.

[6] Sullivan states that Kim planned to "make a movie that draws attention to 'exciting martial arts action (not computer-generated).'

"[7] The film opened in August 1988 in eight theaters in Greater Orlando[8] and was also screened in Daytona Beach and Melbourne, Florida.

[6] Rob Humanick of Slant Magazine commented that the film should have been featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, and that it "would have likely been seen as a prize specimen and went [sic] for the jugular".

[6] In 2009, Zack Carlson, a programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, found the film on eBay and made a winning blind bid of $50.

[2] Kim said "I was wondering why they wanted to distribute this movie that the public had rejected and Hollywood treated like trash 25 years ago.

Rob Humanick of Slant Magazine said "The response was immense, almost transcendent, leading to encore presentations and ultimately a limited re-release.

[8] Roger Hurlburt of the South Florida Sun Sentinel wrote, "for lack of a better synopsis, Miami Connection is a cocaine-war-rock-ninja-motorcycle-gang film, with aspirations of being an action-adventure musical," and that Y.K.

[11] Erin Sullivan of the Orlando Weekly wrote that "the movie has been surprisingly well-received since its rerelease – or at least, received for what it is and not held up to unrealistic standards.

Miami Connection is so bad it makes Tommy Wiseau's The Room look like Wild Strawberries" and that "but out of this tragic mess of failure and incompetence, a distinctly sweet spirit emerges.

Its source is the cumulative gameness and good sportsmanship of everyone involved in Miami Connection, which is drenched in a goofy joy that is contagious.

[17] During the first season of Red Letter Media’s web series Best of the Worst, Miami Connection was featured as one of three films viewed by the panel.

By a 3-1 vote, the film was chosen as “Best of the Worst” beating out David A. Prior’s Deadly Prey and Andy Sidaris’ Hard Ticket to Hawaii.