Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan

Kurt Sloan is the corner-man for his brother, U.S. kickboxing champion Eric Sloan. When Kurt witnesses his brother become maliciously paralyzed in the ring by Thailand champion Tong Po, Kurt vows reve...( read more  read more... )nge. With the help of Zion, a kickboxing trainer who lives in a remote area of Thailand, Kurt trains for the fight of his life.

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R, 97 min.

Directed by: Mark DiSalle, David Worth (II)

Release Date: September 8, 1989

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DVD Release Date: June 8, 1999

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  • September 10, 2009
    This in reality is around a 2-2.5 star movie but I love Van Damme. Time to Muy Thai.
  • September 10, 2008
    Ok, so Jean Claude Van Damme, wants to get revenge on behalf of someone close to him, he manages to find a martial arts guru for adequate and authentic training, he finds some spectactular way to show himself doing the splits, whilst having cheesy 80?s love songs in the backgroun...( read more)d. When he eventually takes on the fighter (who is evil and much stronger), Jean-Claude finds he is no match, until right at the last moment when (through flashbacks) he remembers everything he was trained to do and let?s not forget he does a few slow motion growls?

    Yes this is the plot to most JCVD films and yet they are still my guilty pleasures, for it was these films that encouraged me to watch Martial Arts movies in the first place, which led to my attraction for the East.

    JCVD was in no doubt terrific shape during these films in the 80?s and although cheesy, I always enjoyed the training part of the films the best. This film was my second favourite (next to Blood Sport).

    My rating is based on the impact the film had on me during it?s time of release.
  • June 26, 2008
    classic 80's
  • April 17, 2008
    one of the fighting classics
  • September 4, 2007
    his second best martial arts fest.the same kinda story haha with the same outcome..but its great fun watching him get there.again great training scenes and fights which lift u,the cast is a good mix of western and eastern actors/tresses and it looks good.all jean claudes films do...( read more) look authentic and er..eastern.sure its cheesey but its the 80's...god bless em
  • October 29, 2009
    An awesome movie the way he was trained to be the best and I know that some of these training are real.
  • October 3, 2009
    i used to watch this all the time
  • September 23, 2009
    i craze to watch this movie
  • September 4, 2009
    I watched this movie when I was a child and I still love it :D
    The fighting & training scenes are awesome!
  • August 27, 2009
    Best Van Damme action film ever. This one had a little more emotion put into it. Especially when witnessing his older brother get paralyzed in the ring by Tong Po and then having his unconscious body left in the middle of the street outside the arena. We also got to see Van Damme...( read more) get put through another leg split test while training. Very uncomfortable position. His trainer is a little more amusing to watch while he's teaching Van Damme. Even when he takes him to a local bar to get drunk and instigates the fights. Van Damme shows his 'Breakin' days once again here. Who would of thought he would be acting out these roles after that movie.

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  • giselsuperchick18
    August 2, 2007
    i love this movie i watch it 100 times if i wanted to i just luv this movie it's the best from van damme ever made in decades....
  • ferdammage06
    December 27, 2006
    all u guys dnt knw about the van damme film! his best film ever made was bloodsport1 and then kickboxer was his 2nd best film! the man from brussels has inspired me to do hsi type of fighting! jean claude van damme is 1 of the best martial arstist around time now and no1 will take that way from him! as van damme wud say in bloodsport i will always honour u my shidoshi

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