Kickboxer [Blu-ray]

Director: David Worth, Mark DiSalle David Worth

Overview

Jean-Claude Van Damme enters a Thai kickboxing championship to avenge his brother, whom an evil opponent left paralyzed.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/16/2009
UPC:	0031398110149
Original Release:	1989
Rating:	R
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	3,284

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jean-Claude Van Damme	Kurt Sloane
Michel Qissi	Tong Po
Dennis Alexio	Eric Sloane
Dennis Chan	Xian Chow,Nurse,Huge Village Man,Nurse
Haskell Anderson	Winston Taylor
Rochelle Ashana	Mylee
Steve Lee	Freddy Li,Freddy Li,Old Man in Village,Freddy Li
Richard Foo	Tao Liu
Ricky Liu	Big Thai Man
John Ladalski	U.S. Referee
Mathew Cheung	Surgeon,Doctor,Freddy Li's Guard
Zennie Reynolds	U.S. Fighter
Pairat Lavilard	Gym Officer
Kanthima Vutti	Eric's Girl
Amnart Komolthorn	Ancient Warrior #2
Nickolas James	U.S. Reporter
Montri Vongbuter	Ancient Warrior #1
Richard Santoro	U.S. Reporter
Louis Roth	U.S. Reporter
Dean Harrington	U.S. Announcer
Mark DiSalle	U.S. Reporter
Sin Ho Ying	Huge Village Man #1
Brad Kerner	U.S. Announcer
Haskell V. Anderson III	Winston Taylor
Ali Tang	Nurse
Kalee Wan	Nurse
Phoebe Chow	Nurse
Yuk-Mui Yeung	Nurse
Irene Choi	Nurse
Ho-Ying Sin	Huge Village Man #1
Wong Wing Shun	Lo
Andy Lee	Doctor
Yung Chi Chung	Doctor
Joann Wong	Tao Liu's Wife
Africa Chu	Messenger
Te-Lo Mai	Freddy Li's Guard
Wang Tak Keung	Freddy Li's Guard
Long Kong	Freddy Li's Guard
Lee Hung	Freddy Li's Guard
Bruce Law	Freddy Li's Guard
Leung Hoi Lun	Freddy Li's Guard
Sing-Kwong Tsang	Freddy Li's Guard
David Chackler	Composer
Paul Hertzog	Composer

Technical Credits

Mark DiSalle

Glenn A. Bruce

David Worth	Director
Mark DiSalle	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Glenn A. Bruce	Screenwriter
John Cheung	Stunts
Kenneth R. Burton	Sound Effects
Desmond Cannon	Sound Effects
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	Sound Effects
Andy D'Addario	Sound Effects
Lee Dragu	Sound Effects
Stephen J. Friedman	Producer
Yves Dagan	Special Effects
Lennart Bang	Special Effects
Tuffy Lau	Special Effects
Samrit Sripaitakkulvilai	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

This early effort by Jean-Claude Van Damme sparked an entire series of sequels and remains one of the "Muscles from Brussels"' most recognized slices of martial arts madness. The young international action star dishes out repeated slow-motion kicks to the face like a pro while offering up his goofy charm with many hastily pronounced bits of dialogue genius, making Kickboxer a highly digestible man-movie spectacular primed for mid-day cable programming and video racks everywhere. Also of interest is the strange patriotic undertone that pops up most randomly with shots of a bald eagle edited in for no reason at all while constant reminders of Van Damme's American citizenry are shoved in the audience's face time and again. Besides the sweaty fights, the best thing that Kickboxer has to offer has to be the moment where Van Damme gets down with not one but two young maidens in a butt-shakin' dance scene made infamous by viral videos spread throughout the Internet some 16 years later.