I wasn't expecting anything terrible, but I just didn't think this would amount to much. It maintains its focus on Sloane's training to defeat this giant of a man. So basically what I'm saying here is, this movie offers nothing new whatsoever. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. One of the only really stupid bits in the movie. But, to be honest, I don't have as many memories of watching Kickboxer as much as I did of Bloodsport, which was one of those movies that I saw countless times on TV when I was a kid. One year after finding vengeance for his murdered brother, MMA champion Kurt Sloane finds himself back in Thailand--kidnapped and imprisoned there by a powerful gangster (Christopher Lambert). | RT Comic-Con Ketchup Of course Kurt defeats them all easily because all these guys are your typical undernourished looking Thai males. This of course leads to Moore kidnapping Kurt's wife along with other forms of intimidation yadda yadda yadda and Kurt agrees to fight. 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. And not only that the fighting wasn't even that good! | Rating: 3.5/5 The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 13, 2018. | Rating: 3/5 | Rating: 7.5/10 Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018) Action | Drama. The difference in this movie is that Moore and his scientists have been experimenting on the new champion with a combination of steroids and adrenaline making him über strong. On the other hand, there's some transitions from scene to scene that are quite horrendous. I do know the original Kickboxer had FOUR sequels, three of which were released directly to video. A stylish and enjoyable fight flick with just enough tongue-in-cheek content to keep us smiling.
This is the main problem with this movie, the big finale is essentially a remake of the classic finale from the first classic movie. Then, at night, me and my aunt would watch two movies back-to-back. Well, would you color me surprised that this flick is actually, surprisingly, fairly decent and maybe even solid, depending on who you're talking to. Yes you read that right, Kurt Sloane is actually killed in the finale.
We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. "Kickboxer: Retaliation" is a heap of action and good choreographed action and martial arts sequences. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | Maybe this movie will inspire some sort of change in me and I'll start seeking out these low-budget direct-to-video 90s action flicks. The rich fight promoter that puts on these illegal underground fights to the death uses Sloane's imprisonment to lure him to, maybe, fighting Mongkut (this gigantic beast of a man) as he feels Sloane owes him one fight after killing Tong Po, his biggest attraction.
By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.Fandango I think the issue here is thus. What I don't get is Kurt is supposed to be this ultimate MMA fighter who already proved his worth and skills by killing Tong Po. January 25, 2018 Predictable cliche one, whilst in prison all the other inmates wanna fight Kurt. I think you know how this goes from here on. As it progresses, scene after scene in Retaliation are infused with this crazy little thing called "fun", and Moussi feels much more at home than he ever did in the first movie. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. Naturally Sloane, having had enough of this barbaric underground fight scene, declines. He soon prepares for the bout with the help of his mentor (Jean-Claude Van Damme).
They even, in front of Sloane and the crowd, inject the man full of steroids. We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.Theater box office or somewhere else I had low expectations, but an open mind, if that made sense. Looking for some great streaming picks? Of course, it's not like the movie breaks new ground for action, and it was never meant to, but what it does it does well enough to where you might get some entertainment out of this. Not sure why he would be allowed to do this but whatever. Action & Adventure, So of course he decides to help Kurt once again. What I mean by that is that it takes me so long to get through one movie now that I've never, seriously, given thought to even doing that again.
We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.Regal January 25, 2018 It also seems Thomas Tang Moore (Christopher Lambert), the man who controls the underground fighting competition where Kurt defeated Tong Po, wants Kurt to fight his new champion (the man who replaced the now dead Tong Po). I meant to watch Sharknado 5 on Monday night but, unfortunately, the power went out literally 2 minutes into the movie (at a quarter to 10 pm) and it came back at, around, 6 am.