Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018)

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

I'm afraid that KICKBOXER: RETALIATION didn't enthrall me as it did some other reviewers on this site. I found it something to a chore to watch and a step down from the previous flick, KICKBOXER: VENGEANCE. It tells the same old story once again, but at a near two hour running time it goes on a bit too long and there's some cheesy overacting to contend with. Not that the story matters in an action film, but the action is somewhat sub-standard too. The film suffers from awfully cheesy direction and the CGI train in the first sequence tells you everything you need to know. Some of the actor's moves are okay but the fight choreography isn't really all that special. What this film does have going for it are a number of B-movie stars making an appearance. Van Damme returns as mentor and is blind this time around, while Mike Tyson shows up as a prison fighter and is great value. Christopher Lambert surprisingly appears as the villain but has very little to do other than sit around and make wisecracks. The hulking Hafpor Julius Bjornsson, of GAME OF THRONES fame, is the big bad guy and solid enough, but after a long wait the extended fight climax is only so-so.

This movie is weaker than 1989 kickboxer i watch this movie for sake of Jean Claude and Mike Tyson this action is for 1980 not for 2018

Come On What's So Bad About This Kickboxer Remake Franchise ? I Still Don't Understand why this gets Negative Reviews It Gets 5.0 ??? Can We Get It A Lot Higher ? This Sequel I Would Say It's A LOT Better Then Kickboxer 2 The Road Back (1991) Sasha Mitchell As David Sloane, Screw Original Franchise Expect for First Kickboxer (1989) Because That Was Well Made. But Then Kickboxer 2 The Roadback Kurt Sloane and Eric Sloane Died from Tong Po Then Only Brother Left Is David Sloane when they never Talked About David Sloane In First Kickboxer Movie and Kickboxer 3: Art of War, Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994) SUCKED Then To Kickboxer 5 The Redemption Mark Dacacos David Sloane died Original Franchise has gone to over Place doesn't know where it wants to go. But this Remake of 2nd Kickboxer was Better then Original Sequel to Kickboxer: Roadback I Thought Story Doesn't Drift Around. I Thought This has A LOT OF FUN then to Previous Kickboxer Vengeance, I Thought Story Had a GREAT CONTINUE from First Film, I Thought First Remake was great as Original but bit Disappoint but it didn't destroy it. New Cast New Villain Who Is Much Bigger and Tougher then to Tong Po, Mongkut (Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson) Briggs (Mike 'Iron' Tyson) Christopher Lambert Is In this sequel Witch I Wanted to see Gina Carano back in Sequel for her to Kick ass but she is not in Sequel. Christoper Lambert Is Good in this movie he sounds like a lot like Raiden from Mortal Kombat film, he is mostly in movie he is not wasted. I Thought sadly thing is Van Damme is not in it as much he is in it, but he does what he does best in movie he is trying best, he is not really much in movie sadly like in First Remake. but it doesn't destroy or ruin this movie in peaces. it has a lot of action and kicking ass in it still but a lot more, I Thought Plot Went Really Well. Funny thing is UFC Fighter Women Paige Vanzant was going to be one of Villains in this movie as Gamon But she had a fight coming up so then it's Jessica Jann playing Gamon witch i thought eh sadly can't choose another UFC Women Fighter. Plot is really good but if you haven't seen Kickboxer Vengeance you need to watch it because theirs little spoiler in this movie. It has been eighteen months since Kurt Sloane (Alain Moussi) killed Tong Po and avenged the death of his brother Eric. Now Kurt Is a professional mixed martial artist like UFC or MMA show In Opening has Renato Sobral is a retired Brazilian wrestler and mixed martial artist a former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion. Kurt Wins Later On U.S. Marshals Kidnapped Kurt After the Fight, Kurt is met by two U.S. Marshals Who Inform Him That he Must Return to Thailand to be implicated in the death of Tong Po. Awakening in a Prison in Thailand, Kurt meets Thomas Tang Moore (Christopher Lambert), The Mastermind Behind the Underground Tournament, Thomas Was Telling Kurt After He Defended Tong Po. Kurt Is a New Champion But instead with Kurt Returning Home, Moore Needed to Find a New Champion. Moore offers Kurt to Fight The New Champion, Mongkut, a 6'8" 400-lb. fighter. Kurt finds himself Taunted by Crawford, Tong Po's former right hand man who is working for Moore. Moore offers Kurt $1 million to fight Mongkut, but Kurt refuses. Kurt is Stuck in Prison Later On Kurt goes to Prison in Thailand here goes Briggs Mike Tyson, you have fight Scene Between Kurt and Briggs Witch Is Pretty Cool But I Wanted To Have Round 2 of them fighting, Problem is Fight scenes have Slow Motion it doesn't need to much Slow Motion. after Kurt also soon learns that his Muay Thai teacher, Durand (Jean Claude Van Damme) always Loved Van Damme. he is now training some of the prisoners, but reveals that for his troubles, he has been blinded. i am ok ? why Blind him ? why because in my opinion they made his character like Stick From Daredevil. I Didn't like how they made him Blind in this movie ? what for ? because his character is Blind he won't able to do much sadly. but van damme does a lot things in this movie still but he is not really in it that much as previous film. and again you have Fabricio Werdum again in this movie Fighting with Kurt and Training not much in movie. (Sara Malakul Lane) Liu they kidnap his her if doesn't take Tournament she will die so he is forced to take fight. and you have JCVD and Mike Tyson Fight Scene together not much sadly if they didn't blind JCVD Character we could have bigger and longer fight scene with JCVD and Mike Tyson in movie, Specially sword Fight scene with JCVD and Christopher Lambert fun scene, Jean-Claude proves that he still got the moves! There are many MMA stars that appear in the movie as well and this powers the whole fun. What makes the flick utterly entertaining is the almost half an hour long final one on one scenes between Alain Moussi and (Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson), a.k.a. the Mountain from Game of Thrones. This is arguably one of the most terrific one on one fighting scenes that I have recently watched. a lot action is fun specially you have Dark Blue scene is like From Mirror Smashing Scene From Enter the Dragon, Witch Looked Great I Love That Shot form Movie. Alain Moussi does a lot of great fun scenes he is talented in his martial arts and his stunts. I Thought Movie Is A LOT OF FUN and a lot of kicking ass it's very non stop action a lot of unreal things in movie but it's very entering, Fun Final Showdown. it's a lot of fun in this movie i had fun a lot, and it's great Remake Sequel that makes a lot sense To Original 2nd Movie of Kickboxer 2 Roadback crap. I Really Wished they didn't kill off Tong Po in First Kickboxer Vengeance have him back in this with another showdown, because in original Kickboxer (1989) flick was going to continue Van Damme but then Van Damme is too Expense they changed and re-written again for Original Kickboxer 2 Road back then that's when nothing made sense of David Sloane not brother been talked or Mention about ? then Tong Po Comes Back In Sequel, If Directors or someone involved in Original Sequel has a lot more money to back back Van Damme, then Van Damme as Kurt and Tong Po have another sequel Showdown. Now If In Kickboxer Vengeance Never Killed off Tong Po then it's great to have him defeat Tong Po Again In This Sequel. But In Bigger Fight Showdown In Showdown. But Anyway But Has Much Bigger Villain Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson was most great biggest Tough to Defeat Villain In Movie was a lot fun Believe Me DON'T PAY ATTENTION to another reviews or Anything like that if your DIE HARD FAN OF VAN DAMME or Kickboxer Franchise Fan who hated Original Sequels and Who Loves Kickboxer (1989) Must Watch This People Who Hated Kickboxer 2 Roadback. This Sequel is A lot Better.

I think that you either like or don't like this type of movie, there is no in-between, you only have to look at the reviews to see that. It was good to see JCVD on good form, Mike Tyson was good in the fight scenes (as you would expect) but Alain Moussi was excellent and an amazing array of martial art skills on display was amazing and the brutal choreography was exceedingly well executed. I have never watched Game of Thrones (gasp) but as I understand it the character known as Mountain or Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson was impressive and the fight between them was fantastic. When you think, whilst watching an action movie that no-one can take that sort of punches, you get the feel that Mongkut can and more. Not a great movie but a good movie and in this genre good is high praise indeed when it's done well.