Kickboxer is now 20 years old the film follows Kurt Sloan (Jean Claude Van Damme) and his brother Eric (Dennis Alexio) an American kickboxing champion.   Kurt and Eric travel to Bangkok where Eric takes on Tong Po (Michel Qissi) the Thailand champion,  during the first round Eric quickly discovers he is outmatched by Tong Po but refuses to admit defeat.  Kurt urges Eric not to continue but ignores his brother due to pride and continues fighting taking a vicious beating, Kurt throws in the towel to end the fight but Tong Po continues brutally paralyzing Eric in the ring.  At his brothers side in hospital Kurt vows revenge and seeks out Xian Chow (Dennis Alexio) to teach him the art of Muay Thai,  at first he’s reluctant to teach him Muay Thai because he’s American but his friend Winston (Haskell V Anderson III) convinces him to agree. The local Thai mobster Freddy Li kidnaps Mylee (Rochelle Ashana) Xian’s daughter and Eric to force Kurt into facing Tong Po in what they call the ancient way where contestants wrap their hands in hemp rope, coat the rope with resin and then dip their hands in broken glass to make their hands deadly weapons.  While Kurt is fighting Tong po Xian and Winston rescue Mylee and Eric from Freddy Li’s thugs and return to the fight to show Kurt there safe,  Kurt then defeats Tong po in an epic final battle vengeance is now his.
Jean Claude Van Damme
Jean Claude Van Damme is a Belgian martial artist and actor Due to his physique and his Belgian background, he is known as The Muscles from Brussels.   His films include Monaco Forever (1984), Missing in Action (1984), No Retreat No Surrender (1985), Bloodsport (1988), Black Eagle (1988), Cyborg (1989), KickBoxer (1989), Lionheart (1990), Death Warrant (1990), Double Impact (1991), Universal Soldier (1992), Nowhere to Run (1993), Hard Target (1993), Timecop (1994), Street Fighter (1994), Sudden Death (1995), The Quest (1996), Maximum Risk (1996), Double Team (1997), Knock Off (1998), Legionnaire (1998), Universal Soldier: The Return (1999), Desert Heat (1999), Replicant (2001), The Order (2001), Derailed (2002), In Hell (2003), Narco (2004), Wake of Death (2004), Sinav (2006), Until Death (2007), JCVD (2008), Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) and The Eagle Path (2010).   He has appeared in TV series such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Friends, The Rosie O’Donnell Show and Las Vegas.   In 1996 he directed and starred in the film The Quest.

Michel Qissi
Michel Qissi is a Moroccan Belgian actor perhaps best known for his role as Tong Po in the 1989 martial arts film Kickboxer.  His films include Breakin (1984), Bloodsport (1988), KickBoxer (1989), Lionheart (1990), Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991), Bloodmatch (1991), To the Death (1993), Terminator Woman (1993) and Extreme Force (2001).

Dennis Chan
Dennis Chan is an actor and director his films include Chuang ban shen tan dian zi gui (1981), Shen yong shuang xiang pao (1984), Xue er (1984), Sheng dan qi yu jie liang yuan (1985), Bu huo ying xiong (1985), Ji yung sam bo (1985), Long de xin (1985), Huang jia shi jie (1985), Din lo jing juen (1986), Shuang long tu zhu (1986), Pi li da la ba (1986), Lao niang gou sao (1986), In the Line of Duty (1986), Shen tan zhu gu li (1986), Code of Honour (1987), Zui hou sheng li (1987), Bat si yuen ga bat jui tau (1987), Ni O.K wo O.K (1987), Mei nan zi (1987), Tie jia wu di Ma Li A (1988), Shuang fei lin men (1988), Ba wong fa (1988), Police Story 2 (1988), San ren shi jie (1988), Hak do fuk sing (1989), Hu dan nu er gang (1989), Zui jie nan peng you (1989), KickBoxer (1989), Shen yong shuang mei mai (1989), God of Gamblers (1989), Lang zhi yi zu (1989), Zai zhan jiang hu (1990), San ren xin shi jie (1990), Shadow of China (1990), Tong tian da dao (1990), Ye sheng huo nu wang Ba jie chuan qi (1991), Bamboo in Winter (1991), Fight Back to School (1991), Fu gui ji xiang (1991), Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991), Qian mian tian wang (1992), Tao xue ying xiong zhuan (1992), Do sing daai hang II ji ji juen mo dik (1992), Saam yan jo sai gaai (1992), Kickboxer 3: The Art of War (1992), Long min (1992), Fei nu zheng zhuan (1992), Lang xin ru tie (1993), Chao ji xue xiao ba wang (1993), Ren yu chuan shuo (1994), Bao yu jiao yang (1994), Zheng yue shi wu zhi yi sheng yi shi (1994), Xiang Gang qi an: Zhi qiang jian (1994), Mei you lao gong de ri zi (1995), Heung Gong fa yuet ye (1995), Jiu shi shen gun (1995), Tou tou ai ni (1996), Wang zi duo qing (1996), Dui bat hei doh je nei (1997), A Queer Story (1997), Long zai jiang hu (1998), Knock Off (1998), Naked Weapon (2002) and Seventh Moon (2008).

Dennis Alexio
Dennis Alexio is a retired American kickboxer with a record of 70-2 with 65 wins by KO/TKO.  He was the undisputed World Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion holding titles for all the major kickboxing associations IKF, ISKA, KICK, WKA and FFKA.  In his career he has had two loses his first was to another former IKF World Champion Don The Dragon Wilson in a light heavyweight match for the World Kickboxing Association’s (WKA) world title his second loss was against Stan The Man Longinidis in Australia,  Longinidis won on a first round TKO after Alexio’s leg was broken following a leg kick from Longinidis.  His only film was Kickboxer starring opposite Jean Claude Van Damme.
Rochelle Ashana
Rochelle Ashana is an actress her film include Fright Night Part 2 (1988), Kickboxer (1989), The Sword of Bushido (1990), Fear of a Black Hat (1993) and Carjack (1996).  She has appeared in the TV movie Daddy (1987) and three TV series The A Team, Hooperman and 227.

Haskell V Anderson III
Haskell V Anderson III is an American actor his films include Brotherhood of Death (1976), Rich (1983), Scarred (1984), Kickboxer (1989), Going Under (1990), A Civil Action (1998), Life (1999), Burning Passion (1999), Scenes of the Crime (2001), Salvation (2003), Walls of Jericho (2005), The Les Brown Show (2005), Halfway Decent (2005), Unfinished (2007), This Christmas (2007) and Surrender (2009).  He has appeared in TV series such as The Master, Gimme a Break, Cagney & Lacey, 227, Alien Nation, Roc, NYPD Blue, Suddenly Susan, L.A Heat, Girlfriends, Strong Medicine, The Practice, The West Wing, General Hospital, The Inside and ER.
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