I saw "Kickboxer:Vengeance" starring, Jean-Claude Van Damme-The Expendables 2, The Universal Soldier movies; David Bautista-Spectre, Riddick; Gina Carano-Deadpool, Haywire and Alain Moussi-a stuntman that was in Pompeii, White House Down.
This is a reboot of the Kickboxer franchise-there is another movie already set for 2017. The original 1989 Kickboxer movie starred Jean- Claude as Kurt Sloane. There have been several sequels-about 5, I think, but don't quote me on it-but Jean-Claude did not appear in any of them. In this reboot, Alain plays Kurt Sloane and Jean-Claude plays his trainer. David plays the villain, an unbeatable Muay Thai fighter that has set up shop in Thailand. Alain has an older brother that is offered $200,000 to fight David in an illegal fight. Gina is the fight promoter and surprisingly, she does not have any fight scenes in the whole movie- I kept waiting for her to cut loose on someone but it did not happen. Anyway, Alain's brother dies in the fight and Alain decides to extract some vengeance on David by training with Jean-Claude and then facing David in the arena. I know, the plot is not too original but the movie is an adequate martial arts slugfest. If you are a fan of the 80's & 90's martial arts movies-the ones of Jean-Claude & Steven Segal-you should enjoy this one but be quick if you are going to see it in theaters. In my area, it is only showing at one theater and it only has one showing per day! It's rated "R" for violence and sexual content-including nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 30 minutes. I enjoyed it enough that I would buy it on DVD.
This is a reboot of the Kickboxer franchise-there is another movie already set for 2017. The original 1989 Kickboxer movie starred Jean- Claude as Kurt Sloane. There have been several sequels-about 5, I think, but don't quote me on it-but Jean-Claude did not appear in any of them. In this reboot, Alain plays Kurt Sloane and Jean-Claude plays his trainer. David plays the villain, an unbeatable Muay Thai fighter that has set up shop in Thailand. Alain has an older brother that is offered $200,000 to fight David in an illegal fight. Gina is the fight promoter and surprisingly, she does not have any fight scenes in the whole movie- I kept waiting for her to cut loose on someone but it did not happen. Anyway, Alain's brother dies in the fight and Alain decides to extract some vengeance on David by training with Jean-Claude and then facing David in the arena. I know, the plot is not too original but the movie is an adequate martial arts slugfest. If you are a fan of the 80's & 90's martial arts movies-the ones of Jean-Claude & Steven Segal-you should enjoy this one but be quick if you are going to see it in theaters. In my area, it is only showing at one theater and it only has one showing per day! It's rated "R" for violence and sexual content-including nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 30 minutes. I enjoyed it enough that I would buy it on DVD.