They retaliate by burning down the gym and Xian Chow (Dennis Chan) returns to help David recover from the burns and the lost. Sasha Mitchell makes a decent replacement for Van Damme perhaps lacking in physique and skill, but definitely on par in the brain power department. This item is no longer available in new condition. See we have the same unbeatable badass who did in Van Damne, so the bar is set remarkably high, it's scary, for David to overthrow this long haired, ugly looking oaf, who took his brother's life. This was just a dream. Is the second entry into the Kickboxer film series , and stars Sasha Mitchell in the role of David Sloan (although spelled Sloane in the first movie) the brother of Kickboxer ' s lead character Kurt, portrayed by Jean-Claude Van Damme . This was decent in my opinion. And, as any fan of B-movies might have predicted, the film sees our new hero travelling a suspiciously similar path to his predecessor; suffering an emotional loss, training with a master, and a final face-off against the deadly Tong Po. So it's not a total loss. Film fan, anime addict, gaming geek, metalhead, and supreme dark overlord of Far East Films. Sad fight choreography, even worse cinematography, & ridiculous script writing doomed this film to failure. Metacritic Reviews. David doesn't want to fight like his brothers but the gym is struggling. With Van Damme now hitting the big leagues, this sequel to 1989’s ‘Kickboxer’ revolves around a previously unmentioned third Sloane brother. In this sequel, the story starts off with the brother of Kurt Sloan, David(Sasha Mitchell). Write a review. Only now the Write a Review (0 reviews) Write a review and get bonus points. ...........sadly this film is not it.While I admit to watching this film several times,I really think that like most sequels to stand alone movies it suffers from lack of a good plot device,when the main character of the first movie is conveniently disposed of in flash back and quite easily at that and a new hero is introduced as a previously unmentioned brother you know that you are in trouble. Disappointed, they take on Sloan's friend and fellow fighter Brian (Murdocco) as a client. I own both films and I prefer this one to the VAN DAMME prequel. Mitchell, who studies taekwondo in real-life, may be a talented fighter but we certainly don’t see it on screen. ... 'Kickboxer 2' is a sequel that just fails miserably in trying to recreate any of the magic of the Van Damme original. David seems to carry on the honor Kurt has set for him. Why a gifted actor like Peter Boyle wanted to be in this derivative film is anybody's guess. David behaves like a true role model. A solid 8/10. Justin Maciah (Peter Boyle) runs United Kickboxer Association and wants him to fight. Sangha (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) has a plan to bring Tong Po to fight David. Focusing on Brian, a character who actually seems to have a moral dilemma, would have clearly made for a more interesting tale. $3.99 Buy. Kurt eventually married Mylee and they are still there partying today. Apart from Pyun's competent directing, there isn't much of anything else to think about since you've seen this story before. Seems like Tong Po cheated himself of a rematch with Kurt. Former Calvin Klein model Sasha Mitchell takes over the part vacated by Jean-Claude Van Damme in director Albert Pyun's "Kickboxer 2: The Road Back," co-starring Peter Boyle, Dennis Chan, John Diehl, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Michel Qissi. Story goes that his best student Brian ( Murdocco) wants to be a pro kickboxer, but David's holding him back in the mean time Sanga (Tagawa) has come to the US to help Tong Po get his honor back in a traditional pathetic showdown. I should point out that the buddy I refer to is the martial arts aficionado of the two of us, so maybe his opinions count for more than mine from an aesthetic perspective. Sweat and blood merge, in some quite violent bits, it takes it's time, getting to. The star of the original, Van Damme! With Sasha Mitchell, Peter Boyle, Dennis Chan, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. His best protégé Brian wants to fight and even David has to fight to keep the gym open. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing Kickboxer 2: The Road Back near you. Kickboxer Two is the sequel to the Kickboxer movie. With quite a backdrop of story, since it's predecessor, Mitchell interestingly enough stars as David Sloan, brother to Kurt Sloan (Van Damne from the first one). Although the fight goes smoothly, David is involved in an outside incident that leaves him severely injured. The story is simple enough. Fight Choreography well handled by kickboxer Benny "The Jet" Urquidez. I have heard a lot of flack over this movie because it doesn't star Jean Claude but I thoroughly enjoyed it and think Sasha Mitchell did a wonderful job picking up where his predecessor left off. The Best Damme Movie Ever! SKU: 13440653 . Only Christ's blood (rather than man's) is … There are no wacky, bizarre edges. We have some corrupt outside forces here too (the right actors in the roles) responsible for torching David's gym, and taking a little boy with it, where the grand fight of vengeance, literally, becomes one to the death, in and outside the ring. Not only does Sasha have a good acting range, but has fighting skills to match. Directed by Albert Pyun. Despite this, the movie manages to be a great deal of fun. KICKBOXER 2 laces graphic violence with a corrupting Eastern world view. First rule of movies like this, stick to the basics. Kickboxer 2 (stylized on-screen as Kickboxer 2: The Road Back) is a 1991 American martial arts film directed by Albert Pyun and written by David S. Goyer. David Sloan (Mitchell) the youngest brother runs there gym in a run down hood with crapy equipment and low life brats coming around his gym. You would assume that he’s going to train David to be a better fighter and help him to find a way to beat Tong Po. When hot shot fight promoter Maciah (Boyle) and his associate Sanga (Tagawa) offer to give Sloan some major fights and basically rocket him to fame, Sloan declines, because money and notoriety mean nothing to him, he has far too much integrity. 4.3 out of 5. Review: Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991) Starring Sasha Mitchell, Dennis Chan, Peter Boyle, Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa (CHT) Matthias Hues, Michel Qissi, Vincent Murdocco, Gene Lebell. Sure, it has Sasha Mitchell, but no one knows who he is and really most people care about him even less than they do van Damme. Also if anyone has the song 'BROTHER'S EYES' from the movie please let me know. David runs the gym that his brother's started. He just uses the same two or three kicks to win every confrontation before the film eventually winds up with an underwhelming finale that bizarrely takes place in front of an empty stadium. David Sloan (Sasha Mitchell) is content to keep his nose clean and stay out of the kickboxing business (Yeah, right) and run a gym that caters to kids. He runs a gym in LA teaching kids kickboxing. David Sloan is the younger brother of Kurt and Eric Sloan, who are killed by Tong Po, some time between the first and second movie. Still good though. I remember watching the hit "Kickboxer". Sasha Mitchell is no Van Damme but he holds a strong screen presence and his martial arts skills are excellent. Pyun's movies tend to have many scenes that drag, and this movie as a whole is too dark and logical. What REALLY happened after Kickboxer, was that Kurt and Eric decided to live in Thailand where they opened there own Muay Thai school. Directed by John Stockwell. The energetic fights salvage this opus. Kickboxer 2. He recovers while Brian fights for the title. Brian trains rigorously and becomes a champion. Unfortunately, David isn't much of a business man, and his friend Jack (John Diehl of "NBC-TV's "Miami Vice") struggles to keep the doors open and the bills paid. I really enjoyed the first film I thought it was great,definitely one of Van Dammes best,and I wonder how this would've been had he returned for it but alas he wasn't offered enough money and passed on it. Chan trained Van Damme in the original. Instead of Van Damme, we have the up-and-comer Sasha Mitchell and he is just amazing in his role of David Sloan. But this is a review of Kickboxer, JCVD's homage to the ancient Thai martial art. Kickboxer’s other benefit is an onslaught of fights. This disappointing, Where is Van Damme, If you change actors.. Change all actors, Change Tong Po and others was actors in Kickboxer 1, Thanks for this work. Kickboxer 2 is, well, an unnecessary sequel which unfortunately lacked the presence of the phenomenal Jean-Claude Van Damme. This movie is good so give it a chance. It gets destroyed by a vengeful opponent. Kickboxer 2: The Road Back is the official sequel to the original Kickboxer flick that was released in 1989 starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and was supposedly going to have Van Damme reprising his role - only for the mussels from Brussels to turn it down, in favour of Double Impact, which was a massive success and that it did way better than this film did. David wins, but opponent takes revenge on him and needs help getting back into shape...enter Xian (Chan). Reviews. With the success of Kickboxer in 1989, production company Kings Road Entertainment decided to take advantage and using a screenplay from David S. Goyer (Batman Begins), the second chapter of the saga introduces a third brother of the Sloane family.. Actor and model Sasha Mitchell takes over the series as David Sloane, the youngest of the family. He takes on the responsibility of preparing David. This film also has a great soundtrack which unfortunately was never released, Give it a chance cause this is a feel good martial arts movie along the lines of AMERICAN SHAOLIN. The fights are well staged and there is an excess of campy acting which is a requisite of this genre. Eric Sloane (Dennis Alexio) comfortably wins his heavyweight kickboxing match and remains undefeated. Mess of a sequel that suffers from poor direction. Reviews. David tells his students that a focused mind is the most powerful tool in the universe. When it comes to action sequences in ‘Kickboxer 2’, it’s clear that Albert Pyun was trying to recreate a ‘Rocky’-esque style of fighting film. Nobody wants a fight movie with some overwrought, ambitious ‘script’ from some punk just out of film school, those are kept for Adrien Brody and John Cusack these days. Each actor was "wooden" & underachieving as well as overpaid for this film. Thriller. | Michel Qissi returns to the role that made him famous!!! Tong Po had shot dead Kurt and thereby losing the opportunity to regain the country's honor in the ring. But no, he just offers some rather basic physio while David wanders off to do tai chi in the park with homeless people. However if you ignore the lack of substance and enjoy it for what it is (which is very little), you will find that you may even start to love (perhaps pity) the movie for it's ignorant simplicity. 5 star 70% 4 star 10% 3 star 10% 2 star 3% 1 star 7% Kickboxer 2. by Sasha Mitchell. Kurt and Eric Sloan have been killed in revenge by Tong Po, under instructions from his manager Sanga. One night, Tong Po(Michel Qissi) gets into the ring one night, and kill Sloan's friend who went the way of another teacher. It's better to watch something new before I have to save it for later. Mitchell is an adequate martial artist and okay actor but the role gives him little to do and it's only the well staged fight sequences which give K2 the only watchable edge it has. He is perfectly content to spend his time teaching in the gym, and feels that this the best way to honour his brothers’ memory. Kickboxer 2. So the fact that Kurt Sloane (Van Damme in the previous movie - who spells his name with an "E", which is either an indication of Estevez-Sheen-style family dysfunction, or a simple oversight) is now dead and there's a brother that was never previously mentioned, and it's something us as viewers are supposed to simply ignore. Spittle and blood fly during their evocative scenes. Despite attempting to use several of the same ingredients, the serious tone mixed with sub-par fight sequences and an overly familiar plot somehow manages to suck all of the fun out of it. Albert Pyun ACTION-SPORT-movie USA 1991 cast: Sasha Mitchell, Peter Boyle, Dennis Chan aka(s): Kickboxer 2: The Road Back, Kickboxer 2: A Vingança do Dragão, Kickboxer 2 description: This movie is supposed to be a sequel to the movie which starred Jean-Claude Van Damme. From its opening moments it's obvious that KICKBOXER 2 is struggling under the leaden weight of humorlessness. This sequel is none of those things and is in most respects an awful film. Review: Billed as a sequel to Kickboxer, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, David Sloan (changed from Sloane in the original) (Sasha Mitchell) runs a kickboxing gym in Los Angeles.Since the events of the original film, Kurt and Eric Sloan have been killed by the ruthless Tong Po (Michel Qissi), and all hope for vindicating the Thai kickboxing community looks lost. | Staring Michel Qissi, Sasha Mitchell, Dennis Chan and John Diehl. This film is a prime example of why some sequels discredit the original film. [Sasha Mitchell; Peter Boyle; Kings Road Entertainment. One of the hero's close friends is destroyed in the arena and our hero vows to even things up for not only his friend, but also for himself. See similar items below. Hmmmmmmmm................ Standard Issue Heroics Without Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kickboxing sequel does have it's moments of kickarse, Not too bad; at least it proves Mitchell is more than just Cody. 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