Kickboxer

1989
R
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

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Jean-Claude Van Damme and Michel Qissi in Kickboxer (1989)

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Kurt Sloane must learn the ancient kick boxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother.Kurt Sloane must learn the ancient kick boxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother.Kurt Sloane must learn the ancient kick boxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

62K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Kurt Sloane
(as Jean Claude Van Damme)

Dennis Alexio

Eric Sloane

Dennis Chan

Xian

Michel Qissi

Tong Po
(as Tong Po)

Haskell V. Anderson III

Winston Taylor
(as Haskell Anderson)

Rochelle Ashana

Mylee

Ka-Ting Lee

Freddy Li
(as Steve Lee)

Richard Foo

Tao Liu

Ricky Liu

Big Thai Man

Ho-Ying Sin

Huge Village Man #1
(as Sin Ho Ying)

Tony Chan

Huge Village Man #2

Brad Kerner

U.S. Announcer

Dean Harrington

U.S. Announcer

Mark DiSalle

U.S. Reporter

Richard Santoro

U.S. Reporter

Louis Roth

U.S. Reporter

Nickolas James

U.S. Reporter

John Ladalski

U.S. Referee

Directors
- Mark DiSalle
- David Worth
Writers
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Trivia
Dennis Alexio, who plays Eric Sloane, was a World Light Heavyweight and World Cruiserweight kick boxing champion in real life.

Goofs
After Kurt has knocked Tong Po out of the ring and he is supposed to be unconscious, as soon as the music starts to signify the start of the credits you can see Tong Po lift up is head very quickly in the background.

Quotes
Tong Po: [after beating Kurt senseless in a round of kickboxing] You bleed like Mylee! Mylee... good fuck!
Kurt Sloane: Nooo!

Crazy credits
Goodbye to Bugs (Last words on the screen at the end of the credits.)

Alternate versions
In the UK Prism DVD release, as well as cuts already detailed. The scene where Eric is talking to Kurt about his upper body strength, then referring to his legs being like toothpicks has been inexplicably completely removed.

Connections
Edited into Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994)

Soundtracks
The Streets of Siam
Written by Paul Hertzog and Craig Copeland
Performed by Stan Bush
Produced by Paul Hertzog

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Featured review

7/10

Revenge of the 80's: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Superstar.

Kickboxer (1989) was another in a long line of star vehicles for the "Muscles from Brussels". In this picture J.C.V.D. plays the younger brother of a unbeaten American kick boxer who lusts for some real competition. So he decides to go to the home of Muay Thai kick boxing, Thailand. There he realizes that he doesn't know squat about the true art of kick boxing. He learns a painful lesson. His younger brother decides to learn Muay Thai and avenge his brother's honor.

Not a bad movie. Entertaining and a good time waster. But for some reason the producers decided to franchise out this series. The rest of the films are a mixed bag at best. The more they made the least interesting they became until the final results were unwatchable. As always with these films the first film is usually the best of the bunch. Jean-Claude plays his character with a thick euro-accent (I forgot how they explained it). He's physically impressive so it's kind of hard to swallow his naiveté about fighting and what not. Or well. Fun for all.

Recommended.