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** Later, some minions attack Eric, throw him from his wheelchair, and then they literally stab Xian's dog.
* MightyWhitey: Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme goes to Thailand and winds up learning Muay Thai well enough to beat the national champion. Played with, though: in stark contrast to Eric, Kurt shows nothing but respect for Muay Thay, and he has to show himself worthy of learning it entirely at the whim of his Thai master.
* MrViceGuy: Winston smokes, drinks, chases skirts and doesn't agree to help Kurt find Xian until he spends a night partying with him, but his second meeting with Kurt is helping Kurt take his brother to a hospital after the latter is unceremoniously dumped in the street after being seriously injured.
* MightyWhitey: Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme goes to Thailand and winds up learning Muay Thai well enough to beat the national champion. Played with, though: in stark contrast to Eric, Kurt shows nothing but respect for Muay Thay, and he has to show himself worthy of learning it entirely at the whim of his Thai master.
* MrViceGuy: Winston smokes, drinks, chases skirts and doesn't agree to help Kurt find Xian until he spends a night partying with him, but his second meeting with Kurt is helping Kurt take his brother to a hospital after the latter is unceremoniously dumped in the street after being seriously injured.
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** Later, some minions attack Eric, throw him from his wheelchair, and then they literally stab Xian's dog.
* MightyWhitey: Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme goes to Thailand and winds up learning Muay Thai well enough to beat the national champion. Played with, though: in stark contrast to Eric, Kurt shows nothing but respect for MuayThay, Thai, and he has to show himself worthy of learning it entirely at the whim of his Thai master.
* MrViceGuy: Winston smokes, drinks, chasesskirts skirts, and doesn't agree to help Kurt find Xian until he spends a night partying with him, but his second meeting with Kurt is helping Kurt take his brother to a hospital after the latter is unceremoniously dumped in the street after being seriously injured.
* MightyWhitey: Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme goes to Thailand and winds up learning Muay Thai well enough to beat the national champion. Played with, though: in stark contrast to Eric, Kurt shows nothing but respect for Muay
* MrViceGuy: Winston smokes, drinks, chases
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* WorthyOpponent: Averted at first but played straight to some extent. Tong Po shows no respect to Eric Sloane during their match and tears apart his belt after crippling him. However in the fight against Kurt later on he does show a sliver of respect towards Kurt's skill when Kurt does land a few blows on him despite taking a horrendous beatdown.
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* WorthyOpponent: Averted at first but played straight to some extent. Tong Po shows no respect to Eric Sloane during their match and tears apart his belt after crippling him. However However, in the fight against Kurt later on on, he does show a sliver of respect towards Kurt's skill skills when Kurt does land a few blows on him despite taking a horrendous beatdown.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: The Franchise
** Fighter wants to have a match after you paralyze his brother? Attack his trainer, rape his girlfriend, and kidnap said paralyzed brother in order to fix the match.
** You lose that match? Have both brothers killed at the airport as they're leaving.
** A kickboxer defeats your champ and then calls him a paper champ and you're organization crooked and abetting in doping? You sue him for defamation! Oh wait, you actually ally with the guy above and then burn down his gym with a student inside.
** You lose to two brothers in kickboxing matches? You murder the surviving brother's wife and frame him for the crime.
** Fighter wants to have a match after you paralyze his brother? Attack his trainer, rape his girlfriend, and kidnap said paralyzed brother in order to fix the match.
** You lose that match? Have both brothers killed at the airport as they're leaving.
** A kickboxer defeats your champ and then calls him a paper champ and you're organization crooked and abetting in doping? You sue him for defamation! Oh wait, you actually ally with the guy above and then burn down his gym with a student inside.
** You lose to two brothers in kickboxing matches? You murder the surviving brother's wife and frame him for the crime.
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* ItsPersonal: The basis of the movie.
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* ItsPersonal: The basis of the movie. Kurt is driven by the need to avenge his brother.
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* MartialArtsMovie: It's called Kickboxer.
* MightyWhitey: Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme goes to Thailand and winds up learning muay thai well enough to beat the national champion. Played with, though: in stark contrast to Eric, Kurt shows nothing but respect for muay thay, and he has to show himself worthy of learning it entirely at the whim of his (Thai) master.
* MightyWhitey: Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme goes to Thailand and winds up learning muay thai well enough to beat the national champion. Played with, though: in stark contrast to Eric, Kurt shows nothing but respect for muay thay, and he has to show himself worthy of learning it entirely at the whim of his (Thai) master.
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* OldMaster: Xian
* OneWordTitle: Speaks for itself.
* OneWordTitle: Speaks for itself.
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* OldMaster: Xian
Kurt goes to see Xian to train in Muay Thai.
* OneWordTitle:Speaks for itself.''Kickboxer'', obviously.
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* RatedMForManly: It's a revenge movie called Kickboxer starring the "Muscles from Brussels" and featuring [[{{RuleOfCool}} fists dipped in broken glass]].
** A CultClassic for 90s MartialArtsMovie aficionados.
** A CultClassic for 90s MartialArtsMovie aficionados.
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* RatedMForManly: It's a revenge movie called Kickboxer ''Kickboxer'' starring the "Muscles from Brussels" and Brussels", featuring [[ShirtlessScene shirtless fights]] and [[{{RuleOfCool}} fists dipped in broken glass]].
** A CultClassic for 90s MartialArtsMovie aficionados.glass]].
** A CultClassic for 90s MartialArtsMovie aficionados.
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* ShirtlessScene: It's a Van Damme movie.
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* ShirtlessScene: It's a Starring Van Damme movie.Damme's abs, as required with his films.
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* TrainingFromHell: What Kurt goes through when preparing to fight Tong Po
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* TrainingFromHell: What Kurt goes through when preparing to fight Tong PoPo.
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''Kickboxer'' is a 1989 martial arts film starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.
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''Kickboxer'' is a 1989 [[MartialArtsMovie martial arts film film]] starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.
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Five sequels were released since the first film:
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* {{Yellowface}}: The Thai Tong Po was played by Mohamed Qissi (credited as Michel Qissi), a martial artist and actor of full North African descent (from Morocco) who moved to Belgium.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Winston acts like a crazy wastrel for most of the film, and openly admits fearing Tong Po's boss Freddy Li. He's also a Vietnam veteran, and knows well how to use an assault rifle with an underslung grenade launcher.
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* ActionPrologue: The movie begins with [[TheProtagonist Kurt]]'s brother Eric engaged in a kickboxing bout.
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* ActionPrologue: The movie begins with [[TheProtagonist Kurt]]'s Kurt's brother Eric engaged in a kickboxing bout.
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