Well, lets get a little backstory in. I loved the first kickboxer, and when I heard there were sequels that didn't even have Van Damme, I was a little worried. But when a video shop in town had a sale, and this was only $1, I thought "what the hell?".
About half way through I actually found myself really getting into this movie and the characters, it was flowing really well... I don't know, I am a sucker for B-grade movies ("college kickboxers" anyone?). The fight scenes are a little over the top, but hey, if I wanted to see real kickboxing, I'd watch real kickboxing. For a rushed sequel that was probably only made for the money, and couldn't get the main actor back, so they had to make up some poorly explained story about what happened to Kurt and Eric, this is a surprisingly good movie. If you like kickboxer, you'll find it hard not to have a soft spot for this. And the soundtrack is cool too. Especially the end scene, when that "it's all up to you" song comes on. Pure cheese.
I really liked Kickboxer 2: The Road Back, but like I said, the explanation of what happened to Kurt is poor, and the explanation of what happened to Eric (the one with the moustache) is non-existent. We are just told he's dead and thats it.
But yeah, if you can get over that, which shouldn't be hard, as they only spend about 5 mins, probably less on it, you'll have fun watching this, and may even watch it again.
About half way through I actually found myself really getting into this movie and the characters, it was flowing really well... I don't know, I am a sucker for B-grade movies ("college kickboxers" anyone?). The fight scenes are a little over the top, but hey, if I wanted to see real kickboxing, I'd watch real kickboxing. For a rushed sequel that was probably only made for the money, and couldn't get the main actor back, so they had to make up some poorly explained story about what happened to Kurt and Eric, this is a surprisingly good movie. If you like kickboxer, you'll find it hard not to have a soft spot for this. And the soundtrack is cool too. Especially the end scene, when that "it's all up to you" song comes on. Pure cheese.
I really liked Kickboxer 2: The Road Back, but like I said, the explanation of what happened to Kurt is poor, and the explanation of what happened to Eric (the one with the moustache) is non-existent. We are just told he's dead and thats it.
But yeah, if you can get over that, which shouldn't be hard, as they only spend about 5 mins, probably less on it, you'll have fun watching this, and may even watch it again.