UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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.

dan_vez I usually don't complain about action movies that lack a decent plot, but Kickboxer had such a bad script and plot that I found it hard to enjoy this movie.There are just too many flaws and inconsistencies in the plot. Most of the plot elements did not add anything relevant to the story.I found the filming and image very enjoyable to watch. The fight scenes were descent, but nothing extraordinary. Some inconsistencies, but no more than I would expect from this kind of movies.A lot of useless annoying one liner are said throughout the movie and made the movie feel very amateur, despite the image quality.If you're looking for an easy watch, with some decent action, it could be watchable, but I would rather just skip directly to the fight scenes or watch some fights online, because the story is definitely not worth it.Overall, I would avoid wasting my time with this movie. Might have been more enjoyable on mute though.

Wizard-8 I didn't care for the original 1989 "Kickboxer" movie when I saw it back in the day. It had a clichéd and predictable script, and the martial arts weren't the greatest. But I had a little hope for this remake/reboot, since the original movie failed in pretty much every way; there was seemingly no way to go but up.To be certain, this new film LOOKS better than the original - it looks more expensive and slick. But other than that particular attribute, there's not much else to say that's positive. The script is the main offender here. The characters (both good and bad) are extremely thin, showing very little personality and motivation. They seem more manipulated by the (thin) story than they manipulating the story. Speaking of the story, it unfolds in a very predictable manner, made worse that for the most part it seems to be taking its sweet time.It's possible that the movie, despite the bad script, might have still been salvaged. More than one action movie has been redeemed by good action sequences. If the movie had a top grade action director like Isaac Florentine, this probably would have happened. However, John Stockwell, this movie's director, makes the plentiful martial arts sequences routine at best, and never with enough excitement or feeling of bone-crunching.This is not the worst martial arts movie I have seen, but it's one of the most generic I have seen for a long time. You have seen it all before, trust me - and a lot better elsewhere. The only novelty the movie offers is some of the most strangest (and pretentious) on screen English subtitles ever seen in a movie.

tyleramato-28680 What should have been an enjoyable B grade action fest, "Kickboxer: Vengeance" instead is a lazy, insulting, rushed, and blatant cash grab totally missing out on what made the original film a cult classic and loved by so many people, it's a laughably bad attempt at rebooting a film that should have been a cakewalk, at least as far as direct to video remakes go. So you're probably asking how JCVD is in the film, he is to most people the only reason to watch the film after all, well, he's...there, he's just there, not giving a crap, in fact no one gave a crap when making this film, I mean I don't blame them, it's a direct to video remake of an 80's B movie, but was it really THAT hard to do it well? Not even the team handed the task of putting subtitles in the film could do their job, who in the hell thought it was the best decision to make the subtitles of the film in all caps? What's most laughable is the dubbing job they did with JCVD...yes, they dubbed JCVD with another person's voice, it's so hard to not notice it, as I said it's laughable. Even if you're a fan of the original, definitely don't waste your time with this film, it's not even better than the sequels.