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Overview

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5.5/10   10,288 votes
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Writers:
Mark DiSalle (story) &
Jean-Claude Van Damme (story) ...
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Release Date:
8 September 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Sport more
Tagline:
An Ancient Sport Becomes A Deadly Game. [US Movie Poster] more
Plot:
Kurt Sloan is the corner-man for his brother, U.S. kickboxing champion Eric Sloan. When Kurt witnesses... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
One of Jean-Claude Dammes best movies more (84 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jean-Claude Van Damme ... Kurt Sloane (as Jean Claude Van Damme)
Dennis Alexio ... Eric Sloane
Dennis Chan ... Xian Chow
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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
105 min | Germany:94 min | Spain:93 min | Spain:97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Filming Locations:
Thailand

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Trivia:
The scene in which Kurt has meat tied to his leg and is chased by Xian Chow's dog was inspired by a real-life event in which a young Jean-Claude Van Damme was ordered by his karate teacher to wear a protective suit and withstand the attempts of a trained dog to pull him to the ground. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The blood on Kurt's stomach appears and disappears between the scenes during the final fight with Tong Po. more
Quotes:
Kurt Sloane: You want me to break my leg? more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Secret Life of Words (2005) more
Soundtrack:
The Streets of Siam more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
One of Jean-Claude Dammes best movies, 29 July 2005
7/10
Author: monkey-man from Australia

This movie is really good and its about a Kickboxer and his brother who go to Thailand to fight the Thai Kick boxing champion and the American Kickboxer loses and ends up being paralyzed and then his brother gos and gets kick boxing training in a remote part of Thailand to revenge his brother.There are heaps of good scenes in this movie like all of the scenes of the city Bangkok and of all of the beautiful temples and the great fight scenes in the end of the movie.This movie stars good actors like the great action star Jean-Claude Van Damme,Dennis Chan,Dennis Alexio,Michel Qissi and Haskell V. Anderson The III.Kickboxer is one of Vam Dammes best movies and so are the movies Blood Sport,Nowhere To Run,TimeCop,The Quest and Hard Target.Over all this movie was good with NEVER a boring scene and my rating is 7 out of 10.

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