Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991)

David's brother, Kurt, defeats Po in Kickboxer (1989). A year after Po kills Kurt, David, who has a kickboxing gym in LA, is manipulated into a match against Po.

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writers:

Mark DiSalle (characters), Jean-Claude Van Damme (characters)

Stars:

Sasha Mitchell, Peter Boyle, Dennis Chan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sasha Mitchell	...	David Sloan
Peter Boyle	...	Justin Maciah
Dennis Chan	...	Xian Chow
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Sanga
John Diehl	...	Jack
Michel Qissi	...	Tong Po
Heather McComb	...	Lisa
Vince Murdocco	...	Brian Wagner
Humberto Ortiz	...	Joey
Matthias Hues	...	Neil Vargas
Emmanuel Kervyn	...	Kurt Sloan
Joe Restivo	...	Ring Announcer
Vincent Klyn	...	Thai Thug
Brian Austin Green	...	Tommy
Brent Kelly	...	Carl

Storyline

This movie is supposed to be a sequel to the movie which starred Jean-Claude Van Damme. Only now the movie revolves around the brother of the character that Van Damme played. David Sloan is the brother Van Damme's Kurt Sloan. He runs a Karate gym. Now Mr. Sangha, the Thai government official who handles Tong Po, the brutal kickboxer whom Van Damme in the previous movie, wishes that Tong Po would have another shot at Kurt Sloan, so he could vindicate himself but Tong Po in a fit of rage shot and killed him thus depriving him of an opportunity to face him again. But when they hear of David, they decide that he will be the one whom Tong Po will face to regain his honor. But when David is injured, Xian David's teacher is brought over to help him with his recovery. And when he recovers, they set David up to fight Tong Po; who will survive?

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Plot Keywords:

kickboxer | sequel | death of brother | karate | sequel to cult film | 

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Taglines:

[Australia] Put Up! Shut Up! Or Die!

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Genres:

Action | Sport

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

The "Thai thug" is played by Vincent Klyn. Who plays opposite JCVD (the orginal Kurt Sloane) in the movie Cyborg.

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Goofs

David and his manager talk about taking some exhibition kick-boxing bouts like Kurt used to take. This is impossible, because Kurt Sloane never competed in kick-boxing in US. Even though he did have previous martial arts experience, his background was in karate, not kick-boxing. He only had two kick-boxing matches before he was gunned down by Tong Po, and both of them were in Thailand.

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Quotes

Tong Po: You're the weakest of all the Sloans.

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Alternate Versions

In Australia, the theatrical prints were cut to obtain a commercial M rating. Much of the close ups of injuries and wounds were cut from the fight scenes. All previously removed footage was reinstated for an R rated video version a few months later.

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Connections

Followed by Kickboxer 3: The Art of War (1992)

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Soundtracks

My Brother's Eyes
Performed by Eric Barnett

User Reviews

The road leads nowhere...

David Sloan (Sasha Mitchell) is content to keep his nose clean and stay out of the kickboxing business (Yeah, right) and run a gym that caters to kids. However his gym is on hard times and the only way to keep the gym his brothers helped build is to fight again. Enter Tong Po(Michael Qissi) who is looking to regain his honor after losing to Sloan's older brother Kurt(Who was played by Van Damme in # 1) Suffice to say David will have to step into the ring. I picked up the Kickboxer 5 pack because I remember seeing these on Cable TV when I was younger and enjoying them a lot. While there is some fun to be had in this sequel there is far too much plot that stops the movie dead in it's tracks. Mitchell is an adequate martial artist and okay actor but the role gives him little to do and it's only the well staged fight sequences which give K2 the only watchable edge it has.

* * out of 4-(Fair)

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 June 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kickboxer 2

Filming Locations:

200 E Anaheim St, Wilmington, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$444,239, 16 June 1991

Gross USA:

$1,250,712

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,250,712

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kings Road Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color