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World’s Most Dangerous Bars – Vol. 1

It is an unwritten rule of action movies… when an action hero steps into a bar, that action hero will end up in a fight. And while there are always exceptions to rules, I believe the...

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A Conversation with David Worth

David Worth is an American director of photography and film director. He contributed as cinematographer to more than twenty films, including Bloodsport, Any Which Way You Can, and Bronco Billy. He directed movies such as Warrior...

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Scenes of the Week: Kickboxer – The Legend of Tong Po

Legends aren’t always built from a single moment in one’s life. Often times they are layered atop one another like some sort of pyramid of awesomeness. While the rare case of doing something absolutely epic does...

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Scene of the Week: David Sloan vs. Tong Po

In 1991, a sequel to Kickboxer was released but there was one key ingredient that was missing… the star of the original 1989 movie, Jean-Claude Van Damme. That’s because Van Damme opted to make Double Impact...

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Bullet Points: American Fighter

Recently it feels like Sean Patrick Flanery and myself have become close pals. I’ve probably watched more of his films in the past three months than at any point in my life and while that statement...

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Scene of the Week: Jailhouse Rock

Is anybody else out there having Alain Moussi withdrawals or is it just me? Alain Moussi made a helluva first impression on me as Kurt Sloane in 2016’s Kickboxer: Vengeance and I became an instant super...

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Scenes of the Week: Broken Glass Everywhere

If there is one thing that has always stuck with from watching Kickboxer as a youngster so many years ago it is the sight and sound of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Kurt Sloane and Michel Qissi’s Tong...

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20 Reasons Why You Rock: Kickboxer

There is no doubt that 1988’s Bloodsport was the movie that put Jean-Claude Van Damme on the map… but to me it was 1989’s Kickboxer that established that Jean-Claude Van Damme was not a one hit...