What is the iRankMovies score for Kickboxer?

Name: Kickboxer
Director: Mark DiSalle
Genre: action, drama, thriller
Released: 1989
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 6.4

Kickboxer has an iRankMovies score of 50.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Kickboxer (1989)

An ancient sport becomes a deadly game.

Release:1989

Runtime:1h 38m

Country:United States

Director:Mark DiSalle, David Worth

Language:English

Genre

ActionDramaThriller

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Keywords

Martial ArtsShowdownRapeSibling Relationship sportsFightWheelchairBangkok Thailand

iRank51

Kickboxer rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.4/10· 65K votes

Rotten Tomatoes36%

Metacritic33%

TMDb6.846/10· 2K votes

With 36% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 33/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Kickboxer

If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt, American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane, arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless fighter and Thai champion, Tong Po. Tong not only defeats Eric, he paralyzes him for life. Crazed with anger, Kurt vows revenge.

Cast of Kickboxer

Jean-Claude Van Damme
as Kurt Sloane
D
Dennis Alexio
as Eric Sloane
Dennis Chan Kwok-San
as Xian
Haskell V. Anderson III
as Winston Taylor
Rochelle Ashana
as Mylee
Michel Qissi
as Tong Po
Steve Lee Ka-Ting
as Freddy Li
Gam Biu
as Tao Liu
R
Ricky Liu
as Big Thai Man
Thomas Sin Ho-Ying
as Huge Village Man #1
T
Tony Chan Tak-Hing
as Huge Village Man #2
B
Brad Kerner
as U.S. Announcer

Kickboxer facts

Budget: $1.5M
Box office: $50M
Collection: Kickboxer Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Martial arts sequences deliver authentic kickboxing choreography and action intensity
•Action hero genre delivers solid fight choreography and revenge narrative
•Directors DiSalle and Worth craft engaging martial arts thriller atmosphere