Kickboxer

Name: Kickboxer
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1989-04-20
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan Kwok-San, Haskell V. Anderson III, Rochelle Ashana

An Ancient Sport Becomes A Deadly Game.

Kickboxer (1989)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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Release date

1989-04-20

Country

United States, China, Hong Kong

Production

Cannon Group, Kings Road Entertainment

Genre

Action, Thriller, Drama

Budget

$1 500 000

Box office

$14 697 005

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Director

David Worth, Mark DiSalle

Actors

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan Kwok-San, Haskell V. Anderson III, Rochelle Ashana, Michel Qissi, Richard Foo, Lee Ka-Ting, Gam Biu, Ricky Liu
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Scenario

Producer

Mark DiSalle

Camera operator

Jon Kranhouse

Composer

Paul Hertzog

Artist

Shay Austin

Audition

Teddy Chan, Madalena Chan, Wong Siu-Lung

Editing

Wayne Wahrman
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Short description

If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt (Van Damme), American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane (Dennis Alexio), arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless fighter and Thai champion, Tong Po. Tong not only defeats Eric, he paralyzes him for life. Crazed with anger, Kurt vows revenge.

What's left behind the scenes

In the film, Van Damme utilizes the Shotokan Karate-do fighting style, mixing it with Muay Thai. Tong Po uses only Muay Thai.
In real life, Michel Qissi – an actor of Moroccan origin – is a long-time and close friend of Jean-Claude Van Damme.
The full version of the film has a runtime of 99 minutes.
Actor Michel Qissi is credited as Tong Po, which led many viewers to mistakenly believe that Tong Po is a real athlete.
Filming took place in Thailand and China.
Winston Taylor's rifle is an M16A2.
A scene of a conversation between Kurt and Eric in the hospital was cut from the theatrical release, where the latter admits he was wrong and should have listened to his brother and is now disabled for life.
Before filming began, Van Damme went through a 'tough life school' named after Claude Gertz, the karate instructor whose spartan exercises made it into the film's plot. For example, one of the mentor's cruel quirks was to unleash a German Shepherd on his student at the end of the session, forcing the already exhausted young man to run home, but Jean-Claude doesn't hold a grudge, as it was Gertz who helped him achieve every goal he set.