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    Kickboxer (1989)

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    A key film in Jean-Claude Van Damme’s career, this is the one that first gave an indication that the Muscles from Brussels could escape from straight-to-video hell and into the mainstream.

    Plotwise, this is nothing special: Van Damme is Kurt Sloane, the brother of an injured kickboxing champion, who enters the ring seeking revenge.

    However, the fight sequences are staged with such élan that it is easy to ignore the hackneyed script – Van Damme had a hand in that as well – and rather wooden performances.

    After this, our hero moved on to bigger and better action vehicles, but the franchise continued without him, spawning several sequels.

    Kurt Sloane
    Jean-Claude Van Damme
    Eric Sloane
    Dennis Alexio
    Xian Chow
    Dennis Chan
    Tong Po
    Tong Po
    Winston Taylor
    Haskell Anderson
    Mylee
    Rochelle Ashana
    Freddy Li
    Steve Lee
    Tao Liu
    Richard Foo

    Director
    Mark DiSalle
    David Worth

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