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Kickboxer Retaliation

Jean-Claude Van Damme (Actor), Mike Tyson (Actor), Dimitri Logothetis (Director) Rated:
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Format: Blu-ray
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 536 ratings
IMDb5.0/10.0
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Blu-ray + DVD. One year after avenging his brother's murder, MMA champion Kurt Sloane finds himself imprisoned by a powerful gangster in Thailand. To win back his freedom, he must train for a fight against a 400-pound killer in an underground death match.

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As '80s action reboots go, the Kickboxer remake films nail the '80s action vibe better than The Expendables movies ever did --Forbes

Kickboxer: Retaliation is even more hard hitting than the original relaunch of the franchise --Open The Trunk

"Kickboxer: Retaliation" is like a roundhouse kick to the face for two hours. --Houston Chronicle

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.40:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 8.32 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Dimitri Logothetis
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Widescreen, Surround Sound, Dolby
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 51 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ March 13, 2018
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mike Tyson, Alain Moussi, Hafthor Bjornsson
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (DTS 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Well Go Usa
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0788XRY92
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 536 ratings

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
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Oswald Knight
5.0 out of 5 stars VERY GOOD!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2021
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VERY GOOD!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie!!
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2021
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4.0 out of 5 stars With giant Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, JCVD’s Death Match franchise is a BLAST of fun and non-stop 2 hrs of action.
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2018
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Writer (in part) and director Dimitri Logothetis (Slaughterhouse Rock, Body Shot, Wings of the Dragon)—who also produced Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016) and the upcoming Kickboxer: Armageddon—brings us a somehow even zanier sequel than we experienced with Vengeance. And I’m perfectly fine with that. This was a Bad Movie delight!

This film is really trying to be good, but often feels like a videogame cliché scene we’d watch transitioning from the previous stage to the “big bad boss last guy.” We open with a dream sequence heavily stylized from its scoring to the tango—yep, I said tango. Before this sultry dance turns into an homage to The Matrix: Reloaded (2003), Kurt Sloane (Alain Moussi; Kickboxer: Vengeance, Pompei, The Day) fantasizes that someone will take his beloved Liu (Sara Malakul Lane; Kickboxer: Vengeance, Beyond the Gates, Shark Lake) from him. And now one may wonder how on Earth a sequel to a Van Damme reboot could fall into The Matrix: Reloaded (2003) territory. Well, how about some slick, well-dressed Euro-bad guys attacking Sloane with big-bladed yet short-handled, snazzy-looking axes along with guns and a sunglasses-wearing, leather-clad saucy minx lady Agent kung fu-fighting her way through Sloane’s Neo-lific flurry of effortless parries before they take the fight to a stormy downpouring battle atop this sleek speeding “Merovingian” luxury train (much like the Reloaded highway scene on the truck trailer mixed with the Neo vs Smith deluge face-off) with no apparent fear of keeping their balance. Yeah, it’s out there. But, let’s be honest. I was giggling the whole time.

And the fights? The choreography is crisp and often “good” but never as great as it is entertaining… not that Kickboxer (1989) ever boasted great technical choreography (and still it is beloved). It was all credibly executed, fun to watch and it included some slow-motion crashes through the surrounding break-away set design much as we’d enjoy in 80s-90s Jackie Chan (e.g., Rumble in the Bronx, SuperCop) and early 2000s Tony Jaa (e.g., The Protector, Ong-Bak) choreography.

Among the most amusing aspects of Vengeance and Retaliation is that Van Damme plays Master Durand, a character that serves as a placeholder for Kickboxer 1-3’s (1989, 1991, 1992) Master Xian (Dennis Chan; The Man with the Iron Fists)—who continued the (very bad) storyline by training Kurt Sloane’s brother David Sloan (Sasha Mitchell; Class of 1999 II, Step by Step), a storyline that persisted to a part 4 (1994) before thankfully disappeared into the video ether of the 90s. So, Van Damme has morphed into his 1989 trainer, to train a new present-day Kurt Sloane having no connection to the JCVD-Sloane story arc… although it clearly parallels.

As if poeting a love letter to Van Damme’s early work, a pair of US Marshals (one older and white, the other younger and black—like in Bloodsport) taser-zap Sloane and bring him to the deliciously slimy crime lord Thomas Moore (Christopher Lambert; Highlander 1-4, The Hunted, Mortal Kombat, Fortress, Beowulf). As a bad movie villain, Moore is perfectly terrible down to his black-on-black suit as he blackmails Sloane in a Thai prison cell sitting in a chair (that his henchmen clearly brought in) in the shadows and with hot lady servants at either side (because, you never know when you’ll need them, right?). Moore wants Sloane to defend the Death Match title he left unspoken for after he killed Tong Po (Dave Bautista in Kickboxer: Vengeance) and left Thailand for his MMA career. So now he wants him to fight the new champion: the 6’8” 400-pounder Mongkut (Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson; Game of Thrones, World’s Strongest Man).

This may feel a little familiar after seeing Tony Jaa fighting the giant Nathan Jones in The Protector (2005), Jet Li fighting Dolph Lundgren in The Expendables (2010), or Scott Adkins fighting Martyn Ford in Boyka: Undisputed IV (2016). But, I don’t care. It’s fun watching little martial arts aces zipping around their Mighty Kong foes. And speaking of big tough guys, what is Mike Tyson (Ip Man 3, The Hangover I-II) doing here!?!?!

The Sloane-Briggs (Mike Tyson) fight is the most fun and playful action sequence, and I really enjoyed it. Briggs becomes an ally to train Sloane in boxing, he messes with Strongman Brian Shaw to practice fighting really big guys, and the now blind Master Durand (Jean-Claude Van Damme; Kickboxer: Vengeance, TimeCop, Bloodsport, The Expendables 2, Universal Solder: Day of Reckoning, Assassination Games) teaches him blind-fighting. It’s funny because any of these three guys seem better suited to fight Mongkut than Sloane, but they all work together to make him better.

WEIRDEST SCENE: Moore’s sex den concubines are actually bethonged yakuza assassins with glow-in-the-dark tattoos and they lead him into an Enter the Dragon (1973) mirror lair! Why is this room even in Moore’s house!?!?! What is with those tattoos!?!?!

The final fight is long (the entire third act), ridiculous, and wonderfully exciting! Mongkut is getting adrenaline shots between rounds to fuel a Hulk-smashing good time, and Sloane suffers numerous injuries that would rupture the chest cavity of most humans. It’s awesome!

As I mentioned earlier, this film is trying so hard. In fact, there might be enough action scenes (and many of them quite weird) to populate TWO Bad Movie Tuesday features. And while the technical combat isn’t as wowing as watching Donnie Yen, the action is quite satisfying as we watch Sloane work through one big tough bruiser after another. Think of this as more of a Fast and Furious franchise action movie with a far lower budget and a focus on death matches, and that’s pretty much what you’re in for here. Enjoy!
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Kurt Pachinger
5.0 out of 5 stars Iconic of a movie I want to see.
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2018
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I could follow the characters and settings. Mike Tyson was perfect. Also the big guy and lead were impressive.
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Michael kershner
3.0 out of 5 stars Loved original series a little more
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2018
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Decent Action movie. Loved original series a little more.
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Dave
5.0 out of 5 stars Movie
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2021
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Pete McManus
5.0 out of 5 stars Ok
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2020
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Justin
5.0 out of 5 stars worth a buy not just a rent, rewatchability 8/10 - 10/10
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2018
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Amazing movie, just want I wanted and expected after the first which was a remake.
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Chris Emik
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome movie
Reviewed in Canada on September 26, 2022
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Great movie lots of action.
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m j garfield
5.0 out of 5 stars Blink And You'll Miss The Action!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 26, 2024
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Wow This Is Something Extraordinary; The Story Line Is Basic But The Film Has A Role Away Pace. The Cast Are Great Worth Seeing For The Size Of The Opponent, Enough Said The Fight Scenes Are The Best I've Ever Seen. Good Entertainment Value.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in France on February 9, 2019
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Énorme,sublime,les scènes d actions sont magnifiques, la maîtrise de Van Damme est au rendez vous. La scène finale contient une émotion magique..une claque visuel qui vous encourage a réussir n importe quel combat où tout est possible.
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Frequent Buyer
5.0 out of 5 stars Disc arrived in good condition
Reviewed in Canada on February 19, 2021
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Good action movie and disc arrived in good condition.
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Jamet
5.0 out of 5 stars Il y a des grands stars d action et du ring
Reviewed in France on March 10, 2020
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Vandame fait un passage de flambeau et en entraîneur et parfait et à toujours son humour.
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