A movie for those who like the bargain basement deals.

Rating: Null/10 (15 November 2003)

Before I start this movie review on Kickboxer, I would like to say that there would be no way in which I would watch a Van Damme movie, unless I was getting paid. However I had no money to go out, and so this movie was on the television. Another thing which would be mention is this, POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!
The story is like this; Man's brother is severely injured while fighting an evil kickboxer, and is not able to fight again. So it is up to the man to fight and gain his revenge on the one who has bought pain onto his brother. So he goes to a wise old man in the middle of nowhere, and is taught Mr Migayi style of training, like kick down bamboo trees down with bare feet. With the help of an old Vietnam vet, and a supposedly good looking Indo-chinese girl, this man goes and annhilates his brother's foe and therefore gains revenge.
Sounds familar? That is because it is a basic rip off of The Karate Kid in terms of plot and in terms of the training up to the big fight. However the only difference between the two movies, is that Karate kid is much better. This movie was pretty bad, in terms of acting and in plot wise, however it did kind of held my attention. This is because I wanted to the good guy to win at the end. Somehow I feel that this is a typical Van Damme movie; lots of martial arts and lots of shots of him being half naked, which is not appealing to some people.
If I would give it a rating i would give it two out of five, like all other Van Damme movies.