Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994)

User Rating:

2.6/10   

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writers (WGA):

Albert Pyun (story)
Albert Pyun (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

14 May 1994 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Sport

Tagline:

[Australia] The Explosive Kickboxer Legacy Continues!

Plot:

David Sloan must travel to Mexico to save his wife from a savage international terrorist.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Martial Arts | Kickboxing | Blood | Bare Breasts

Cast

Sasha Mitchell	...	David Sloan
Nicholas Guest	...	Casey Ford
Michele Krasnoo	...	Megan Laurence
Brad Thornton	...	Lando Smith
Deborah Mansy	...	Vicky
Jill Pierce	...	Darcy
Nicholas Anthony	...	Brubaker
Derek Partridge	...	Mexican Bob
Thom Mathews	...	Bill
Burton Richardson	...	Thomas
Jackson Kane	...	Warden
Kevin Wooten	...	Guard #2
Terri Colombino	...	Eliza (as Terri Conn)
Terence Porter	...	Guard #1
David Manzanares	...	Guard At Gate

Runtime:

90 min | UK:86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:18 (heavily cut) | South Korea:15 (cut) | Philippines:R-18 | UK:(Banned) (original rating) | Australia:MA | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Sweden:(Banned) | USA:R | UK:18 (re-rating: 2004)

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Kings Road Entertainment

Trivia:

Written on the floor of Tong Po's fighting ring is the Thai word "Kay", meaning "dead".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The dead girl in the holding cell can be seen breathing.

Quotes:

David Sloan: I thought you wanted to fight me. Defeat me in a match. Regain your honour. Killing my wife only shames you forever.
Tong Po: [holding a gun to Vicky's head] He's Right.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Spatula Madness (2005)

Soundtrack:

Double Concerto In D Minor BWV 1053

Victory over the aggressor...

In Sasha Mitchell's final series appearance, Kickboxer 4 emerges as the most enjoyable sequel due to it's sheer ridiculousness which make this prime guilty pleasure material for fans of this kind of thing. I myself remember this entry quite well, I remember seeing this on the USA channel some night back in 1995. At the time USA was running an "Up all night" program which played cornball movies (Not unlike this one) and featured a nasal voiced blonde bimbo delivering her would be observations on the world. So naturally the audience knew what they were in for. Now 11 years later (After I bought the 5 pack)Kickboxer 4 is easily the most blissfully stupid of the series which I for one appreciate. The biggest problems with # 2 and # 3 were that they A)took themselves seriously B)Had little kickboxing. Kickboxer 4 comes through in spades in the fight department. There is so much karate chopping and brutal action that I couldn't help but smile. Aside from that though, Kickboxer 4 spins it's stupid plot with a a deadly serious tone which of course makes the ridiculousness even more apparent and therefore adds to the fun factor. Plus Kickboxer 4 is one of the most surreal movies i've ever seen.

* *1/2 out of 4-(Pretty good)