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Kickboxer
1989
· Movie
· 98 min
C
MEANRANK
62/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3651
- IMDb #3701
- Rotten Tomatoes #3696
- Metacritic #4022
- Letterboxd #3133
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2983
+5 more
- Metacritic Audience #1995
- Criticker #3095
- Kinopoisk #1593
- AlloCiné #3412
- Trakt #2732
Every rating
33–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 33, highest is Google on 88. Critics average 33, everyone else 66.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An American martial artist accompanies his champion brother to Thailand for a kickboxing match. When his brother is brutally paralyzed by a vicious fighter, he vows revenge. He seeks out an old master to train him in the ancient Muay Thai style, enduring a grueling and traditional regimen to prepare for his own fight against the man who injured his brother.
Details
- Directors
- David Worth, Mark DiSalle
- Writers
- Glenn A. Bruce, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mark DiSalle
- Released
- 20 April 1989
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $50.0M
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