First off, why in the world do people still think acting and story are relevant in these movies? These kinds of movies aren't released in theaters. They don't have a 100-200 million dollar budget. They simply are made for the fighting and action. Know what kind of movie you are about to watch. If you don't like these kinds of movies, what are you doing? Go watch a lifetime movie if you want story. This movie is like stepping back into the 80s and 90s of action. Mindless fun, and thrilling fight scenes. Those who enjoy these types of movies will have fun.
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mbeck-6438411 January 2019
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ExpendableMan25 January 2021Kickboxer: Vengeance was a very pleasant surprise. Remakes aren't always a good idea, but the new take on the Van Damme martial arts classic turned out way better than it had any right to. It wasn't perfect, but Alain Moussi made a likeable lead, the action scenes were well-executed and the closing three-round battle was spectacular. That climactic brawl was so good it elevated the entire film and made it into a minor triumph of the B-Movie world.
Fast forward two years and we get the sequel. Alain Moussi returns as Kurt Sloane, now enjoying a career as a pro-MMA fighter and deeply in love with his wife. Faster than you can say "what was up with that dream sequence," he gets kidnapped and sent to Thailand, where Christopher Lambert's villainous Thomas Moore wants him to fight his champion; 400 pound monster Mongkut.
First things first, this isn't as good as the previous film. This is partly down to the choice of bad guy; Mongkut is huge, terrifying and absolutely towers over the hero. Kurt looks like he stands no chance, but that was the case with Tong Po as well. When they cross swords at the finale, the fight plays out in an overly familiar way, matching the beats of the previous film way too closely. Kurt took a remarkable amount of punishment first time round, but here the mauling he takes is utterly absurd. The fight is entertaining, but it re-treads familiar ground, wildly stretches credibility and isn't the nail-biting pulse-racer it was before. Your mind wanders and you may even start wishing Tong Po was still around to fight Mongkut instead.
On the other hand, Retaliation does enough to justify its existence. Van Damme returns as Kurt's trainer Durand and the Muscles is clearly having a great time again. There's a highly enjoyable extended cameo from Mike Tyson, not to mention a single take prison fight that steals the entire film. There's a couple of weird stylistic flourishes in here too that you wouldn't get in the average B-Movie, such as a surreal Hall Of Mirrors fight with two lingerie models and a sequence on a train that resembles a martial arts movie filmed like a fragrance advert.
Ultimately, Kickboxer: Retaliation is worth a watch but if you were blown away by the previous one, don't expect the same thing to happen this time. Moussi continues to defy gravity, but copying and pasting the previous film's climax was a mistake. He's already knocked down one Mountain after all. And the repeated suggestion that he's foreseen all this in a dream was a big mistake. -
paul_haakonsen16 June 2019Right, well with the abysmal foray into the "Kickboxer" franchise with the 2016 "Kickboxer: Vengeance" movie, then I didn't really have much of any expectations to this 2018 "Kickboxer: Retaliation" movie.
But I still sat down to watch it, as it is a martial arts movie and Jean Claude Van Damme is on the cast list. And I am actually glad that I did watch this one, because it was such a drastic step up from the abysmal "Kickboxer: Vengeance" movie, and it was much more enjoyable.
Sure, the storyline was very, very simplistic. But hey, aren't they usually that in martial arts movies? It is not like you need to kick butt in order to invent rocket science. This is martial arts, you fight and put on a great display of martial arts skills, that is what these movies is about. And usually about pitting a guy against insurmountable odds and opponents. Yup, that is what they did here too. But it was still enjoyable.
Alain Moussi, playing Kurt Sloane, actually carried this movie quite well, whereas his performance in the 2016 "Kickboxer: Vengeance" movie wasn't as impressive. And he has some pretty impressive martial arts talents, which he definitely gets to showcase in this 2018 movie. Needless to say that it is always a blast from the past to have Jean Claude Van Damme in a movie, just a shame that he didn't get to do a lot more fighting. Then you have Christopher Lambert as the villain and he is just sort of raspy whispering himself through his dialogue and does so without much conviction as a villain. It is simply beyond me why Mike Tyson is in a movie such as this; totally stripped of anything remotely resembling acting skills, but he sure throws a mean punch.
The movie is predictable and generic, true and true. But such are most martial arts movies. And the final fight scene between Sloane and Mongkut (played by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson) was really impressive and intense. Sure, no one would be able to walk away from taking on that hulking, massive fighter. But of course you know who will win after getting a massive whooping and facing death. Yeah, it is that predictable.
It felt like the martial arts scene with Sloane taking on the two females in the mirror room was just brutally cut short and could have been so much more interesting if they had added to that scene. There was so much squandered potential there. And the way that he defeated these two fighters was so anti-climatic that you just shake your head in disbelief.
"Kickboxer: Retaliation" is a heap of action and good choreographed action and martial arts sequences. This is very reminiscent of the glorious golden days of martial arts movies. And if you enjoy the old martial arts movies from the likes of Jean Claude Van Damme, then you should definitely sit down to watch the 2018 "Kickboxer: Retaliation" movie. -
jasminebaby-049475 July 2022I wanted to like this movie because the old one was pretty decent. This is just terrible, Kung Fu Hustle had better acting. I'm getting second hand embarrassment watching this.
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dasa10814 December 2022The idea behind Kickboxer was exhausted after the first film and the demonstration of this is this pitiful film. Our hero will once again have to do what he doesn't want (fight blackmailed) against a rival who looks unbeatable from afar. The strangest thing about this film is that the secondary ones are remarkable: we have several stars of mixed martial arts (Verdum, Grazie, Silva) even one of the best soccer players of all time (Ronaldinho Gaucho). When you see Ronaldinho you immediately want him to be the star of the film. Unfortunately this does not happen and everything we see seems to be predictable and anticipable. Although the fights are well filmed, they do not add anything new.
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Thanos_Alfie11 February 2021"Kickboxer: Retaliation" is an Action - Drama movie and the sequel of the movie "Kickboxer: Vengeance", in which we watch Kurt Sloane being sedated and taken to a prison in Bangkok after a fight in Las Vegas. There he is being pushed to fight another person for his freedom and $1M.
Since I had already watched the previous movie I knew what I was about to watch so, I was prepared for it but I did not expect it to be worse than the previous. At some points it was like I was watching Mortal Kombat or some other game and not an action movie. The direction which was made by Dimitri Logothetis, it was below average and I believe that he did not reach his potential. To sum up, I have to say that "Kickboxer: Retaliation" is a movie that can be reached only from a limited audience and it's not for everyone. -
I don't know jack squat about real martial arts and I hate, hate, hate MMA aka ghey fight club.
But man this is a fun movie.
Apparently there's a story in there somewhere but who cares. Hardly a minute goes by without some kind of fight breaking out. Moussi has some pretty cool moves and the fights are choreographed in an interesting way. Even the soundtrack is big league
And is it just me or is Van Damme the coolest guy in movies? I don't mean obnoxious smarm like Bruce Willis. Or self-parody like Seagal. Or even the self-serious. Jason Statham. I mean, simply, cool.
Enjoyed this movie immensely. -
Leofwine_draca24 March 2021This shot-in-Thailand sequel to the remake offers more of the same as the first and as before comes across as reasonable, albeit unremarkable, fare. The main problem I had with it was the direction, which I found weak throughout; this means that the fights come across as average rather than thrilling. It's also a bit overlong. However, the cast is extraordinary for a B-movie sequel, and it's great to see old-timers like Mike Tyson, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Christopher Lambert up on the screen.
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frompagescreen23 February 2018Set one year after the events of Kickboxer: Vengeance, Kurt Sloan has vowed never to return to Thailand.However things change and whilst he is preparing for an MMA title fight, he is drugged and wakes up in a Thailand prison. His captors give him a choice (if you can call it a choice) they want him to face a colossus named Mongkut and in return, Kurt Sloan will get $2million dollars and win his freedom from the prison hell hole..
If he doesn't fight then his wife will die at the hands of her captors. With no real choice to make Kurt Sloan has no other choice but to undergo his most rigorous training yet, under some very unexpected mentors, in order to take on this dreaded opponent.
Kickboxer:Retaliation is a fantastic addition to the Kickboxer franchise and a great addition to martial art feature films altogether. With great set pieces including a glorious several minute single take that takes place in the prison, the choreography is top notch for this franchise that began life in 1989 with the Jean Claude Van Damme starring hit. With exotic Thailand locations, fiery fight scenes and some stupendous stunt-work, Kickboxer:Retaliation is a no- holds barred-brutal when it needs to be, film featuring some of the mosst athletic and well trained stunt performers since The Raid..
I was a little concerned when the plot was set up that the final 'boss fight' between Mongkut would be a blink and you miss it sort of third act set piece, however I was dead wrong.The finale that will make your eyes water and your muscles ache and whilst I didn't have a clock to check to see how long the fight ran for. It definitely seemed to run for a while but never, even for a second becoming tiring to watch.
I will confess that I haven't seen Kickboxer:Vengeance however this made virtually no difference to my viewing experience when watching Retaliation and aside from a couple of mentions along the line of 'Oh I haven't seen you since....' This film stands alone just as well as Im sure it stands as part of the running saga.
Alain Moussi plays the role of Kurt Sloan wonderfully and is able to show a humanity one moment, and thro someone through a window the next with perfection. Along for the co star list in Kickboxer Retaliation is Mike Tyson as Briggs, who I have to say is fantastic in the role and does get a chance to show that he still has what it takes to put someone lights out super fast. Also joining the films cast is original Kickboxer himself Jean Claude Van Damme (who also appeared in Kickboxer Vengance) however this time, and heres the kicker (no pun intended) He is a blind kickboxer and still a damn fine one at that. -
tarbosh2200015 July 2022Eighteen months after the events of the prior installment in the series, Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016), we now see that Kurt Sloane (Moussi) is a successful MMA fighter. His success seems to be short-lived, however, as a maniacal fight promoter named Thomas Moore (Lambert) has him kidnapped and shipped back to Thailand. After being imprisoned and regularly tortured, Moore states that if he fights a giant named Mongkut (Bjornsson), he will get a million dollars and his freedom back.
The only problem is that Mongkut is a genetically-engineered beast, bred from the DNA of top former fighters, and injected with chemical adrenalin shots to boot. Also, he's 6'8 and 400 pounds. So Sloane goes back to what he knows: training rigorously with his mentor Durand (Van Damme). He also finds help from his fellow prison inmate Briggs (Tyson). Of course, the day of the final fight arrives and Kurt Sloane has to face his biggest challenge yet. Literally. Will it soon be time for some KICKBOXER RETALIATION?
When you first turn Kickboxer: Retaliation on if you watch it on Netflix, you can't help but notice that the running time is an hour and 50 minutes. For those keeping score at home, that's almost two full hours allotted for the seventh film in the Kickboxer series. What could they possibly have to say that they haven't said before - and that would require that much time to say it in? So we were waiting for a reason - any reason at all - that would justify that length. We never really receive an answer as to why the film couldn't be 90 minutes or less. But that's not to say that there aren't some redeeming moments.
For example, every time Mike Tyson is on screen, things perk up immensely. He should have started his acting career back in the 80's, to capitalize on the fame of Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! For NES. We realize he had some problems back then, but that didn't stop other people. Regardless, we're thankful he launched an acting career at all. He gets a great introduction to his character, and Tyson is undoubtedly one of the best parts of the film.
Fan favorite Christopher Lambert is also here, looking quite a bit like James Caan this time around. In other movie highlights, Van Damme gets into brief fights with both Tyson and Lambert. The one with Lambert is a sword fight, naturally. These are combinations of people we've waited years to see. So the film doesn't let you down in that department. Also the "blues fight" was well-executed. But the final fight with Mongkut goes on for an interminably long amount of time, and if indeed Mongkut has the strength of four men, as was stated, then Tyson and Van Damme should have joined in the fray for a four-way fight. That would have evened the odds. But no, it just gets to the point where you're shouting, "somebody just win already! I don't care who!"
Somehow it has transpired that lead actor Alain Moussi - as Kurt Sloane - resembles John Krasinski (AKA Jim from The Office) even more in this movie than he did in the last one, and this only came out two years later. This leads to audience outcries such as "He's fighting for Pam!" or, "I'll get you, Dwight!"
Nevertheless, the storyline here is a direct continuation from Kickboxer: Vengeance, complete with repeat characters and references to the prior film. But this one adds yet more (time-consuming) elements such as an opening fantasy sequence, Prerequisite Torture, Mongkut-unrelated Punchfighting, and some sort of cat-and-mouse game with scantily-clad assassins. It seems not so long ago that we watched Boyka: Undisputed (2016), which also has a plot where a mere mortal man must mix it up with a massive meathead. You may remember Martyn Ford as the scary Koshmar. However, the opening credits sequence is cool because it pays tribute to Van Damme and past installments.
Much like the Sniper series, it appears that the Kickboxer series is heading down the road of endless, and perhaps unnecessary, DTV installments. The movie is not without its occasional charms (OK let's face it...MIKE TYSON!) but ultimately it doesn't justify its running time, which is more over-inflated than Mongkut himself.
While we certainly didn't hate Kickboxer: Retaliation, it's impossible to get around the fact that it would have been more impactful if it was shorter. -
bellino-angelo201428 February 2023I nearly loved the original KICKBOXER with Jean Claude Van Damme in his prime, and mildly liked the 2016 reboot (with Van Damme as the master), so it's not a surprise that I had to watch this sequel of a reboot. Well, it was good nearly on the same level of the 1989 original.
When it begins Kurt Sloane (Alain Moussi) wins another MMA fight but victory is short-lived because he's kidnapped by some thugs and held prisoner in a jail in Thailandia for the murder of Tong Po that happened at the end of the predecessor. Soon we are introduced to promoter Thomas Moore (Christopher Lambert) that wants Sloane to fight against a mountain of a man that can easily crush him. So Sloane returns to his master Durand (Van Damme) who is partially blind and trains very hard for the big fight and you might have guessed how it will unfold.
I was really amazed that when I saw it I couldn't understand why it has a score of 4,9 and so many negative reviews. Well, the secret is: suspend disbelief and enjoy. The acting by Van Damme and Lambert was up to their decent standards, and the fight scenes very cool and kept me excited.
So, if you are into the KICKBOXER franchise don't miss it, and also if you are action fans, it's a very enjoyable time-passer. -
varminttank25 January 2020One thing that makes a good fighting film to me is the training.. And this film has a lot of training leading up to the Final showdown to the mountain! And Van Damme does a excellent job playing his character. I even thought Mike Tyson Nailed his role. There will never be another kickboxer like the original but if you want to have a good time give this a shot
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talllwoood1329 August 2021What an awful movie. When I thought the other movie set the bar low this one did an even worst job. Apparently the first movie was such a bomb you wouldn't think in a million years this would have came out. As usually when film production companies lose MILLIONS or so Wikipedia the worlds most reliable website for facts says you'd think that there is no sequels.
Our hero starts off in a wet dream of an action movie with his now wife caked in so much makeup to make her look like a super model or whatever your definition of beautiful is. He's in some really poor attempt at a James bond like opening that is poorly scored as he fights in a filthy train. There's quite a bit of CGI in this movie it seems. The fight scene has more cuts than the audience of a My Chemical Romance concert how many takes there are to make the fights look the way they do. I'm no feminist but when did it become ok to hit women in action movies. I know it's a fight and not domestic abuse but god damn! I thought JCVD among others got in trouble for antics like that off the screen that ruined some celebrities careers. Yet in this it's ok between this and the fight scene with the two 3/4 naked Asian girls with glowing tattoos that reminds me of the opening to the James Bond film "A view to kill" from.1985 with Timothy Dalton and Dolph Lundgren makes a brief cameo in it.
At least in this movie our hero doesn't lose almost every fight. Then we cut to a really cheesy fighting game or action tv show like opening that is not needed. This movie has a TON of filler to get to that near 2 hours mark. Did it need to be that padded out. I guess there's plenty of room for people to get another bag of chips or have a smoke break I guess. Hopefully it's stronger than tobacco to enjoy this turd.
Now that 007 Skyfall I mean the opening is over our hero gets forced back to Thailand. Christopher Lambert talks the entire movie in that Raiden from Mortal Kombat voice the whole movie and it gets old. I'm surprised Christopher didn't get hit at all when our hero wins the last fight. That was one big complaint I had with this bargain bin reject movie. I love how when he wakes up in a Thai jail he's naked and he's back to his bullying ways beating up people smaller than him in one of the only two cool scenes in the movie. I love how there's a few scenes he can say to people I'm going to break your nose and then seconds later poof! Broken nose! He should pick JCVD some lottery ticket numbers so he wouldn't have to keep being in movies like this. The jail fight scene where he goes all over reminds me of an old nintendo game from the 80s called Kung Fu. The one you progress up to the top of this kung fu tower to save your girlfriend. There is a silly amount of male on male bondage in this movie. Three times you'll see Kurt (our "hero) get whipped. Did the director have a fetish I thought the guy on Nickelodeon was bad with his foot fetishes.
I despise the style of subtitles this movie has. It looks so out of place. Yet they returned!
Mike Tyson's parts were fun but were not needed other than to sell a few tickets to this like the movie he did with Steven Seagal where he knocks Steven out. After Mike knocks Kurt out all of a sudden Mike is a sparring partner and they become friends.. no idea why but that seemed too convenient like a lot of nonsense in this movie. However they really stroked Mikes ego making him punch through a lot of stuff.
I wonder if JCVD has taken his sunglasses off since the first movie. Now that he's blind it actually makes sense as how often he wore them in the first movie you'd think he was. He's very forgetful in this movie other than a scene or two. Instead we are more focused on our underwear model hero.
I never understood the training blindfolded. This isn't blood sport. They might as well save them for when Kurt gets whipped next time to spice things up. Give him a few more weeks and he'll enjoy it.
The main bad guy looks like someones fat drunk uncle or father at a barbecue. On the other hand he looks like such a nice guy and instead should should be on the cover of a bear magazine for those into bears (strong, big, sort of fat hairy men). They claim the bear is the strongest in the world. Yet you'd have to be drunker than the father or uncle this person resembles in ones life to write such a script or cast someone that is not intimidating like this guy. Even when he hits Kurts sort of hot wife which she is probably bullet proof from the amount of makeup she has on and wakes up from a coma I still don't hate him as much as other villains in action movies.
I'll give the movie some credit it's less tv movie considering not everyone is hot or handsome. At times the audio is very poorly synced , yet some scenes they most likely bought or the way they were shot look great in this low budget movie.
I'm amazed at how often Kurt is allowed out of jail to "Train" this movie is the epitome of a bad fan fiction about any show, anime or movie. Almost nothing original has happened in this and it feels really uninspired to the point you question why JCVD would even put his name on this.
The black light fight with the 3/4 naked women was pretty cool, their tattoos glowing was a nice touch. However the fight was pretty bland. I'm just glad it wasn't men with glowing tattoos that were 3/4 naked.
The last fight goes on forever. Why does every fighting movie get the hero to climb on top of a giant to get some free strikes. It reminds me of in Hitman Absolution the video game where Agent 47 fights against. Sanchez. The last fight is absolutely insulting. Between every round the super human fighter Kurt is up against is pumping more magic steroids in. You'd think they take longer to get in your system. Then again this fight goes on for a stupidly long time.
I have no idea why they are using swords again. Luckily they come and go quicker than Christopher would last with those hot Asian girls that are always around him. The Kurt is "Dead" for over 5+ minutes is so silly. He would wake up as a vegetable if he started breathing. I think the doctor who put those magic steroids together should work somewhere else. How did the wife know the drugs would work on him and for how long they would take to kick in. Did it really matter with the blind fold? He takes it off after 3 or so minutes so was it really worth it? Other than maybe some eye candy or whatever for a potential trailer.
I love how near the end of the fight to keep people interested they need Kurt to do these girly flip kicks and all to wake up the bored people watching this. Are they cheering because Kurt is winning after being almost drowned and brought back to life or are they fans of gymnastics? After the fight is over Kurt doesn't even touch a hair on Christopher's head.. nope! Just gets his money it seems and goes home as at the end of the credits he's back to another rip off UFC fight.
What would have made this movie better?
Less filler a scarier bad guy, they bill him up quite well but he's too nice looking Christopher getting beaten at the end less filler a better paced and believable story a better written story less filler ... in fact, it would have been better this not come out at all. -
CloudCologne8 August 2021A Mui Thai film of the bad kind. Unfortunately, the senseless beating has nothing to do with the actual martial art.
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chuckxx5 November 2021The signs are in thai. I tried to put it in thai, (bangna) but imdb complains of illegal chars.. Maybe for some people it mught look like hebrew as the signs are seen only very short.
Bkk expressway. I used it often. -
chefiq-7671013 March 2024I grew up watching Van Damme movies and always looked past the cheesiness and mediocre acting because the fight and action sequences were entertaining and provided me with what I was looking for. Van Damme must really need the paycheck. No other explanation for why he'd put his name on this. Where do I even begin? The acting, which I feel generous referring to it as that was unbearable and the fight sequences were more unrealistic than anything even Bollywood has to offer. I didn't even have to watch her whole movie to arrive at this conclusion. I watched the first 5 minutes and forwarded to the end to watch the final fight. Easily the worst 20 minutes of film in the history of cinema. So glad I didn't watch the whole thing.
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RosanaBotafogo17 April 2021Filthy boring, not even my craving for Van Dame saved, and the only scene I really wanted to watch, with Ronaldinho Gaúcho (lovely scene, 10 seconds, kkkk), I lost it, I had to go back to watch it, boring...
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Hellmant20 April 2018'KICKBOXER: RETALIATION': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
The seventh entry in the 'KICKBOXER' martial arts action flick franchise, and the second film in the recent reboot trilogy. This one has Alain Moussi (star of the last movie) returning as Kurt Sloan, who is now kidnapped and forced back to Thailand, so he can fight a monstrous fighter named Mongkut (played byHafþór Júlíus Björnsson). Jean-Claude Van Damme (star of the original film, and the last chapter), Sara Malakul Lane, Sam Medina and Steven Swadling also reprise their roles form the last installment. Mike Tyson and Christopher Lambert also join the cast this time. Dimitri Logothetis and James McGrath once again wrote the screenplay (as they did the last sequel), and Logothetis directed the movie this time around as well. It's gotten mostly positive reviews from critics so far, and it received a VOD and limited theatrical run at the Box Office, before now becoming available on Bluray and DVD. I enjoyed it.
The story takes place one year after the conclusion of the last film, and Kurt Sloane (Moussi) is now a professional MMA fighter. He's kidnapped by thugsworking for Thomas Tang Moore (Lambert), who runs the underground fights in Thailand. Moore wants Kurt to fight the new champion there, Mongkut (Björnsson), a 6'8" 400-lb. fighting machine. Kurt refuses the fight, but of course Moore has many (bloody) ways of getting Kurt to do what he wants. Master Durand (Van Damme), who's now blind, once again agrees to train Kurt for the deadly fight.
The movie is a lot of fun, and it's surprisingly well made (for what it is). The production values are definitely a lot better than most Van Damme movies. It's of course not as classic as the original 'KICKBOXER' film, or any of the Van Damme classics from that era, but it still does a surprisingly good job of paying tribute to that genre. I'm really impressed with this reboot series so far, and I definitely look forward to the next one. -
asenstoyan4ev26 January 2018The flick really surprised me. It contains some well-choreographed action scenes and the storytelling is very intense. Alain Moussi is a great choice as Kurt Sloan. The man is very skilled in martial arts and boy, this is visible on the screen. The whole cast is superb. I really liked the cameo of Ronaldinho and how he throw balls at Kurt Sloan. There are some quality fight scenes with Mike Tyson as well and JCVD is simply grea as Master Durand. His character is witty and well-written. Jean-Claude proves that he still got the moves! There are many MMA stars that appear in the movie as well and this powers the whole fun. What makes the flick utterly entertaining is the almost half an hour long final one on one scenes between Alain Moussi and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, a.k.a. the Moutain from Game of Thrones. This is arguably one of the most terrific one on one fighting scenes that I have recently watched. To wrap it all up, Kickboxer: Retaliation is not a perfect movie but it is more than satisfying and if you are a fan of the quality martial arts actioners, this one won't dissapoint you.
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This actually feels like a step up to say the least from the previous entry in the kickboxer "saga". Not sure if it can be called that, but it is interesting to see van Damme back again and others from the movie before. We get a different director and the action here seems quite well made. Which is imperative to say the least when it comes to this genre.
Long takes, some interesting characters (including one portrayed by Mike Tyson) - and while the movie before seemed to have more star power behind it, this feels fresher overall. Not that it isn't predictable ... it quite literally is predictable and quite a lot to be honest. But the stunts that I mentioned make this watchable ... even the 20 endings at the end ... well it feels like our main actor is a cat ... well you'll understand once you've seen it. Great to see the actor who played the mountain in GoT in a movie ... and he feels like a monster ... like no one could beat him. Which probably is true in real life ... but this is a movie, so there is a chance, yes? -
johnnew2210 August 2018It' better than the previous one..but not good as the old one!!
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OMTR29 April 2021An enjoyable seventh installment in the saga, with a great casting, high-level fight choreographies, and a fair screenplay.
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So I'm having a hard time understanding what the hell all these people giving this movie terrible reviews (one star? really?). I mean, I guess it depends on what your expectations were going into it. I'm getting the impression the majority or reviewers were expecting a Citizen Kane. I was expecting some ass kicking. And you know what I got? Some ass kicking!
Yeah, maybe the acting isn't too great. Again, when I watch a fighting movie that doesn't take itself super serious, I'm not expecting Oscar worthy performances. The acting isn't terrible though (except for the big Ogre villain who's dialogue consists of grunts and yells).
The fight scenes are awesome. Incredible shots for a straight to streaming release. One scene in particular, which spans the length of five minutes, appeared to be a single shot scene showing Kurt Sloan beat the everloving crap out of about 25 Thai prisoners as he ascends up a prison corridor. What a freakin scene!
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schizoshua21 May 2018So I'm sure if you sat through the whole movie you probably won't be as entertained as I was. I fell asleep early in the movie but woke up for one of the best fights I've ever seen in a movie had a rocky feeling to it except the fight was to the death so made it even better so it's at least worth watching the final fight you don't even have to know what is going on or what the movie is about to get entertainment from the final fight, I mean 400 lbs of Muscle.
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janiedesrosiers28 January 2018This movie surpasses its predecessor by miles! It delivers everything it's supposed to: martial arts action. The fight scenes are well designed and fantastically edited. The prison fight scene is in fact, a "one shot take" and contains no "magic cuts" which aside from the rest of the movie, is an accomplishment on its own. Rest assured that Alain Moussi does all of his own stunts and every single shot/fall he takes is real... If your goal is to be entertained by good combat scenes, this is the movie for you. Go see it! You will not regret it!