Kickboxer: Vengeance

2016
Kickboxer: Vengeance
4.9| 1h30m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 02 September 2016 Released
Producted By: Radar Pictures
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.kickboxervengeance.com
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Eric and Kurt Sloane are the descendants of a well-known Venice, California-based family of martial artists. Kurt has always been in older brother, Eric's shadow, as he lacks the instincts needed to become a champion. Against Kurt's concerns, Eric accepts a paid offer and travels to Thailand to challenge the Muay Thai champion Tong Po and fails with dire consequences. Kurt sets out for revenge. He trains with his brother's mentor, Master Durand, for a Muay Thai fight against the merciless champion, Tong Po. Durand first thinks Kurt is impossible to train, but through a series of spiritual exercises and tests, Durand discovers that Kurt has a deeper strength that will carry him through his final showdown with Tong Po.

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Leofwine_draca KICKBOXER: VENGEANCE is a remake of the Van Damme hit that now posits the ageing action star as mentor rather than pupil. The lead role is taken by the nondescript Alain Moussi, who fails to make much of an impression either in the acting or action stakes; imagine what Scott Adkins would have made of a role like this! In any case, this is a weaker film because it lacks the heart of the original; the Van Damme movie was a cheap and cheesy affair that nonetheless involved the viewer on an emotional level, whereas this film is glossier and shallower.What this film does boast are a series of efficient fight scenes with the action quotient ramped right up. There are extra characters and extra sub-plots throughout, with the Thai police involved and battles with masked goons in the streets. The fights aren't amazing but they do the job and remind one of the glory days of Tony Jaa in the likes of ONG BAK at times. Ironically, the big set-piece action with villain Dave Bautista is less engaging, although the final extended bout is good gruesome fun. Van Damme doesn't really seem bothered here in a laidback role, and Gina Carano has no fight scenes, which is criminal. Watch out for martial artist Darren Shahlavi in his last screen appearance before his sudden death.
adrron1 I started to watch the movie with enthusiasm and great expectations seeing Jean Claude is playing. But as the time passed, I realized that my Saturday will be ruined. I hardly managed to see it until the end. I opened and closed my eyes at the same time at some moments with the scenes and lines worthy of a low budget movie. The rare good moments of this "cartoon" were given by Jean Claude (that why i rated the film with 2). His voice seemed to me doubled on some scenes, and the fight scene with the swords at the end was slow and embarrassing (like my sister and I were fighting in the swords). I'll have to see 3 good movies to get back to my good state.ORMaybe I'm crazy and I'm exaggerating too much by comparing too much with the original "Kickboxer".
kosmasp Ah well, once the student now the teacher. And it seems that JCVD is doing the transition with ease. Not so easy is our main actor here. Well unless you're saying he's easy pray for Bautistas character. But Bautista, who has proved to be phenomenal in Guardians of the Galaxy, does not have much to do here, apart from looking mean and fighting from time to time (in such a fashion that he does seem unbeatable).Then you have Gina C. who is so underused it hurts as much as if she threw a punch in your face. At least then you'd know why you hurt though ... Seriously though, there are many things that are wrong with this movie, but if you came here to see people fight, there's been worse movies. The choreography may not be top notch, but it does fulfill all the requirements. We also get a female police something (she's investigating and stuff) as a love interest, who probably wonders why she took acting lessons ... anyway easy on the eyes and really not challenging (no pun intended), with very predictable turns ... (if IMDb is correct a sequel is supposed to come out in 2017 ... you can't wait either, right?)
davideo-2 STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning In this remake of the original Kickboxer movie, Kurt Sloane (Alain Moussi) tries to convince his kickboxing champion brother Eric (Darren Shahlavi) not to travel to the Far East to fight heaving warrior Tong Po (Dave Bautista) after getting a bad vibe. When Po cripples Eric, Kurt vows revenge, but after an attempt on Po's life goes wrong, he is left to turn to the unorthodox Master Durand (Jean Claude Van Damme) for the training he needs to illuminate Po in the ring, where his mystique will be broken forever.Of all the franchises that are getting resurrected for profit, JCVD's cult martial arts classic Kickboxer might have been one of the least likely, but alas one seems to have been made, with the man himself reappearing in a supporting role, in a touch of irony now as the trainer with a new star as the aspiring young protégé. It hardly set the box office alight, and disappeared from it's limited cinema run at the speed of light. Despite being billed more as a sequel, it's actually a remake, and it's yet another of the soulless, sanitised, politically correct new reboots that sticks two fingers in the face of the no holds barred, take no prisoners 80s original.Despite the musclebound, well honed, martial arts stars on display, instead of our moneysworth, what we are given is a series of tepid, watered down fight sequences, with a boring, unengaging story and a gormless looking lead character who looks too much like some English stand up comedian. As for VD himself, he puts on the usual drawn, grey act he's been doing in all his films lately, without any of the humour of dash of Mr. Zen from the original (not to mention the inexplicable dubbing of his voice?!?). The whole thing is like eating a bun without the burger, like the original all over again, but completely flat and without any impact.You can't help but feel sorry for this generation of film goers, who seem to be getting served the processed meat of the prime ribs we were offered. *