A good film for a beer filled saturday night in with the lads, this film has some remarkable similarities to Karate Kid with the master that gives the pupil an unconventional training regime. The fight scenes are well choreographed and get the watcher into the scene.
This movie gives a good look at the small village life of thailand, with some stunning locations and scenary. Although the film was made in 1989 it is a film that doesnt show it's age.
This, along with Universal Soldier has to be the top two films in anyones Jean Claude Van Damme film collection. Shame they had to ruin the series by producing more than one Kickboxer film. A well recommended buy for all Jean Claude Van Damme and martial arts fans alike.
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Production Year: 2002 - Martial Arts - Director: Yimou Zhang - Original Language: Mandarin - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang
Production Year: 1981 - Martial Arts - Director: Kenji Misumi, Robert Houston - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ohki, Akiji Kobayashi, Shin Kishida, Masahiro Tomikawa, Tomisaburo Wakayama
Production Year: 1994 - Martial Arts - Director: Wong Jing - Original Language: Cantonese - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Gary Daniels, Chingamy Yau, Jackie Chan, Joey Wong, Kumiko Goto, Richard Norton
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Re-rated based on Ciao's insistence that such reviews are no longer considered "Off Topic"
Soho_Black 18.02.2006 11:30
I see you've posted this as a DVD review, but you've not mentioned the DVD. Are there any extras? If so, what are they and are they any good? If you add to this, or if you change it to be posted as a "Film Only" review, please let me know and I'll re-rate.
clownfoot 09.02.2006 19:46
This used to be a film that every lad should have on their DVD shelf - but then I saw Ong-Bak (easily the best film of last year) and this just highlighted what a fraudulent martial artist Van Damme actually is. If you want to see a film with real Mu-Thai, you just have to see Ong-Bak. Besides Bloodsport and No Retreat No Surrender top this and Universal Soilder any day of the week! Alboy
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