Kickboxer

Kickboxer (1989)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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Release date

1989-04-20

Country

United States

Production

Cannon Group, Kings Road Entertainment

Genre

Action, Thriller, Drama

Budget

$1 500 000

Revenue

$14 697 005

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Director

David Worth, Mark DiSalle

Actors

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan Kwok-San, Haskell V. Anderson III, Rochelle Ashana, Michel Qissi, Richard Foo, Lee Ka-Ting, Gam Biu, Ricky Liu
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Scenario

Producer

Mark DiSalle

Operator

Jon Kranhouse

Composer

Paul Hertzog

Artist

Audition

Teddy Chan, Madalena Chan, Wong Siu-Lung

Editing

Wayne Wahrman
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• In the film, Van Damme utilizes the Shotokan Karate-do fighting style, mixing it with Muay Thai. Tong Po uses only Muay Thai.
• In real life, Michel Qissi – an actor of Moroccan origin – is a long-time and close friend of Jean-Claude Van Damme.
• The full version of the film has a runtime of 99 minutes.
• Actor Michel Qissi is credited as Tong Po, which led many viewers to mistakenly believe that Tong Po is a real athlete.
• Before filming began, Van Damme underwent a "tough life school" named after Claude Gertz, the name of the karate instructor whose spartan exercises were incorporated into the film's plot. For example, one of the instructor's cruel quirks was to unleash a German Shepherd on his student at the end of the session, forcing the already exhausted young man to run home. However, Jean-Claude doesn't hold a grudge, as Gertz helped him achieve every goal he set.
• Filming took place in Thailand and China.
• Winston Taylor's rifle is an M16A2.
• A scene of a conversation between Kurt and Eric in the hospital was cut from the theatrical release, where the latter admits he was wrong and should have listened to his brother and is now disabled for life.
• Before filming began, Van Damme went through a 'tough life school' named after Claude Gertz, the karate instructor whose spartan exercises made it into the film's plot. For example, one of the mentor's cruel quirks was to unleash a German Shepherd on his student at the end of the session, forcing the already exhausted young man to run home, but Jean-Claude doesn't hold a grudge, as it was Gertz who helped him achieve every goal he set.