FIRST TIME WATCHING: Kickboxer (1989) REACTION (Movie Commentary)
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Also, Tong Po is played by the same dude who got his leg broken by CHong Le in Bloodsport.
I knew somebody would mention that so I wouldn't have to.
He's also an adversary, turned protagonist in A.W.O.L. too!!!! And he's the real life brother of the final opponent in that same film!!!!! And possibly JCVD's real life best friend, too!!!!! Michel Qissi is his real name, I believe!!!
@@STEJTHEGREATEST thought he was the brother of the bad guy in Lion heart.. same guy?
@@soramirez5473 yes, he was also on lionheart.. he was the bald dude with the goatee. Him and JCVD are childhood friends
Edit: he was the bald legionnaire that was sent to America bring Leon back.
@@soramirez5473 A.W.O.L. and Lionheart are the same film!!!! :P
I lived and was teaching in a small town in Thailand in 2012-2013. The banana tree part at 13:15 is fairly accurate. I saw one of my students 'training' on a tree about the same size after school. He unleashed a flurry of kicks with both legs for about 20 seconds on the tree that was impressive, but did not bring the tree down.
Muay Thai is a brutal sport!
The older brother in real life is Dennis Alexio
He holds pretty much every heavy weight kickboxing record in the world
Was a beast
Yes he was but when he went up against Stan the Man,Stan broke his leg with one kick watch it on youtube.
@@shawnsmith2610 That fight was declared a no contest. Alexio's fracture was caused by twisting his leg on a depression in the ring floor.
Yes, because Kickboxing back then was a sport invented for American kitty boys, so they could feel tough... Alexio tried his hand at Muay Thai after this movie, and was quickly shown that kitty boys have no place in Muay Thai.
They used to have his Muay Thai debut right here on youtube, but might have removed it in this snowflake day and age, because it was a bit gruesome... he managed to throw one single low kick, that was checked... that's all I'm gonna say :)))
Alexio is in prison for fraud. Was one of the best fighters ever. Sad.
@@iaincowell9747 No, it wasn't. He shattered his tibia and fibula, when the other fighter checked his kick.
While you do kick with the hardest part of the tibia, the part below the knee is FAR harder. And if you angle your leg just right when checking, it's even worse.
It takes YEARS to condition your legs, to be able to throw kicks to the thighs and mid section with full force, and NOT injure yourself badly when being checked by a conditioned fighter.
That's why you learn with, spar with and even amateur fight with shin pads.
You can't just condition them over night, or in the span of one camp.
His bones were already broken, when he put his leg back down.
There might have been a depression, but that just made it worse.
You should watch “Best of the Best” with Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee and James Earl Jones, where it’s USA vs KOREA in a Taekwondo tournament. You won’t regret it
Tear jerker
I second that
My fav martial arts movie
Yeah a classic...can't beat the 80s classics...
great movie
Kurt’s training had him on another level with his Muay Thai. He only fought so poorly at the beginning because Freddi Li threatened to kill Eric. As soon as he saw that Eric was safe he unleashed it on Tong Po
Exactly. Not sure of he picked up on that.
Too bad what ended up happening after.
Welcome to the 80's where the villains are 100% un-cut pure evil. None of that misunderstood nonsense. They go the distance to be bad.
That line stuck with me forever.
"Do what we tell you or brother die verrrry slowly" the best line in the whole movie lol
Biff Tannen Animorphed into Trump
Fun Fact: JCVD came up with the story for this movie. I enjoyed it. People said it was cliche but c'mon. This was gold.
Did he? Its simplicity is part of its magic. Classic!
The whole 80s was a cliche. That’s the beauty of it!
@Jay Ryan I mean. No? I mean you're allowed to think that I guess but it's a head-scratcher.
@Jay Ryan JoBlo recently put up a WTF Happened about JCVD you should go watch it friend.
@Jay Ryan Your loss
This brings me back to my childhood. The 80s was where it was at in terms of Action Movies. Great video brother!
Fyi the brother, Dennis Alexio was a real champion kickboxer. Van Damn also recreated the dance on Conan O'Brien
And it was even worse that time. LOL.
did you know the voice of alexio was dubbed in the movie ? no joke
The first time we Van Damn do that dance is in Breakin'. He is an extra in that movie and you see him dancing in the background in the scene where Ozone and Turbo first meet Kelly at the beach.
Also, the guy playing as Tong Po is his childhood best friend in real life.
He's also the guy that got his leg broke in bloodsport.
@@eagleclaw006 he's also the soldier who goes after him in lionheart , and he's brother played the villian in the quest
@@eagleclaw006 Yes didn't know till years later after seeing it!
@@christopheclaus8505 Another nugget shit the man could been a serial villain for whatever films!
It’s lit ayo tong po was terrifying to me as a kid 🤣💪🏾!!!
"The Quest" is a combination of bloodsport & kickboxer with a higher budget...I think you would enjoy it...
Great movie. Never expected a reactor on RUclips to do Van Dame movies it is great :) . I hope you also do , Cyborg, Double Impact , Sudden Death , Universal Solider, Double Team
Not to mention, hope to see a reaction to Timecop and Maximum Risk as well.
Yes, but No to double team. Lol
Lionheart and Quest were ok i thought..
Death Warrant is underrated.
@@XavierXSims Nowhere to Run was pretty cool also
Glad you are enjoying the Van Damme films. A lot of them are similar, and some are pretty unusual, but always entertaining.
Hard target is another great Van Damme movie. I definetly recommend that and the quest.
Muay Thai is hands down one of if not the hardest combat sports, especially in Thailand. Most fighters start training around 8 years old and are professionals by 15 or even younger. Whereas American boxers and MMA fighters fight every few months on average. Muay Thai fighters in Thailand compete every couple of days it’s not uncommon for fighters to retire with well over 100 fights. And they harden their shins by kicking bamboo treed, and there’s video of some kicking them down.
Most have trouble walking when they get old, but it’s how they earn a living to take care of their families! Look up Buakaw and Saenchai, they’re terrifying
This is true. I saw a documentary where families in Thailand have there 7 and 8 year old kids fight professionally. The kids are the breadwinners. The kids earn the money so their families can eat and survive. It's crazy but that would never be allowed in America.
@@DXChrisCross that’s the difference between an American fighter claiming to be “from the streets” or “from the hood” and fighters in Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, who came from the Slums, they grow up on poverty most couldn’t believe. They are literally fighting to take care of their families.
True. It’s crazy to think about how much concussions or serious injuries they’ve probably gotten by the time they’ve even hit puberty. And these kids are the primary breadwinners of their family. Meanwhile, we’ve got adults in the US getting panic attacks if their cellphone reaches 5% battery life. Lol.
@@robertnguyen9493 don’t short change us here who had to quit school as kids to work the streets to put food on the table for the family it’s different routes but they all have the same destination... there is struggle all around the world i’ve been to mumbai ive seen it and i still see it in philly where im from...
Thumbs up for the movie "No Retreat, No Surronder". One of my favorite Martial Arts sunday afternoon movie to watch! Highly recommend it and it has great training music too
Love to see you do Double Impact and eventually JCVD- a fantastic film in which an aging Van Damme plays himself.
The first part of the movie always gets me. If you walk into a room and see somebody kicking a pillar, gone ahead and stop the fight
Lol FACTS
@@CapedInformer just started watching your commentary,,appreciate you brother.
HAHA! Yo, one of my top VanDamme movies too. Hopefully you get to one of my other favs, Lionheart. It's has some pretty good action and more of a drama feel than most of the work he did around this time.
Haha I literally just wrote the same comment! Lionheart is his best film
That dance scene with Van Damme used to have me dying when I first saw this movie back in the days. Then, I later found out that he was an extra in the very first "Breakin'" movie. And what's interesting, he was doing the exact same moves...hahaha! Must have been his go-to-moves for dancing. I believe you can still see the videos here on RUclips.
it is funny, if it was anyone else the movie would have bombed
At the beginning when you're wondering what Tong is doing.. he's doing what's called Wai Kru. It's one of the most important aspects of Muay Thai. Also we sometimes use rolling pins on the shin to deaden the nerves.
I've coached for 23yrs and am on the Canadian Muay Thai Council. Cheers!
Everytime he delivers that kick on Po's face 23:28 I get so excited, doesnt matter how many times I watch it, never gets old. The soundtrack also helps a lot. 🍻☺️👍
I used to be a Van Damme action junkie fan back in the 90's when I was a teenager. I guess Hard Target was my favorite of his back then. Nowadays, my taste in movies shifted to dramas as I've gotten older.
The most epic dance scene in cinema history. Fight me!
Still rock the soundtrack all the time, this is super legendary movie to me and would just keep it on repeat for weeks after recording it on tape : P
The dancing bar part was my favorite. So hilarious 😄 look forward to more great movie reactions
Haha not as good as Bloodsport in my opinion but still a great film! Love these reactions man! AWOL Lionheart is the next Van Damme film you should watch. Its amazing
I think he should break things up with Cyborg or something and not go straight to another tournament fighting style movie right away again.
Better yet, he should try watching "The Legionnaire" next. It's one of my favorite Van Damme movie and in my opinion one of his best.
Love the auto-generated subtitles:
"How do you feel about fighting our champ Pumbo?"
"Pizza cake!"
This is my second favorite Van Damme movie. Seen this and bloodsport so many times and these movies are still great.
But Van Damme was a classic ballet dancer for real during five years when he was a teenager and even got an offer to join the professional ballet opera of Paris. Another good fighting movie of Van Damme is "lionheart".
Another instant classic line, "It's your white warrior, babygirl!" That cracked me up! Another great reaction, Caped Informer! If you haven't seen it yet, "Cyborg" is another Van Damme, 80's underrated beat-em-up set in a futuristic world of robots and pirates. Very cool, and ahead of its time in many ways. A very entertaining sci-fi movie worth checking out! ( :E
Neat fact time Chuck Norris was originally supposed to play Kurt Sloane, Like Kurt Sloane, Jean-Claude Van Damme was born in Belgium and studied ballet and Karate, Dennis Alexio, who plays Eric Sloane, was a World Light Heavyweight and World Cruiserweight Kickboxing champion in real life and Michel Qissi was a technical advisor/choreographer when he overheard the production crew say they were looking for a tall "oriental-looking" guy with a background in Muay Thai. He volunteered, and got the part of Tong Po despite not having any East/Southeast Asian background (he was born in Morocco). Credit to TV Tropes. PS Kicking hard items is a thing is these countries just look at certain monks they can harden parts of their body so even a drill can't go trough them.
Chuck Norris really wanted to do this movie, he even tried to buy the script after the part of him playing Kurt Sloane didn't happen. Jean-Claude Van Damme was part owner of the original story & they refused to sell the script
Kickboxer 2 is my favourite one massively underrated
LOL the dance scene might be the most famous scene in this movie!
This is why I roc with yu! you always come through with movies I want you to react to without me saying a word 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was around 5 yrs old when this movie came out. The actor Michel Qissi played Tong Po, was the man in Bloodsport who got his tibia broken by the antagonist and he is lifelong friends with Jean Claude Van Damme. Qissi knows Shotokan Karate, Muay Thai and kickboxing
The scene in the movie where Van Damme is dancing and fighting in the bar is EPIC and hilarious you gotta love the 80s music playing in the background jukebox also just the best scene in the whole movie!
Fun little fact. The actor who plays Tong Po, is the same actor from Bloodsport who got his shin split open by Chong Li. He is actually in quite a few of Van Damme movies.
The guy who played van Damme's brother , in real life was the pro heavyweight kickboxing champion , during this time period . He would have killed Tong Po in a real match lol But the actor that played him did a great job , he was very scary and evil in this movie .
KB was a huge step forward in the technical quality of Western martial arts movies - the best since Enter The Dragon. It's breezy, cheesy and eggs over-easy and I love it!
i was born mid 80's. my father used to let me watch all these movies with him. classic!
Nostalgia hits hard. That man's charisma back in the day, was on the level of Arnold or Sly, sad his career got demolished. Awesome reaction 🤣
You should probably research that before your comment gets demolished
@@aaroncruse7094 research what? smart ass
I have to be honest. When I saw both in the theatres, I always thought this was better than Bloodsport. I still feel this way today.
Bloodsport, to me, has become too tainted to really enjoy as I got to know about Frank Dux through the years.
I just pretend i didn’t hear any of that bs. Presto back to being fun!
Bloodsport's still good, just ignore that "true story" shit and it's all good.
Totally agree. I like this movie more than Bloodsport this is such a classic
Every movie on the van damme patreon list was worth watching lol
The ending fight scene for round 4 where Van Damme just kicks the crap out of Tong Po was so much fun watching!!! His jump kicks and roundhouse kicks are his trademarks of course along with his splits. Cyborg is a hidden gem kind of movie and feels 80s too if you ever decide to watch that one but theres tons of great ones to choose from too if you like Van Damme movies!!! Me and my brothers grew up on him Arnold and Stallone. Keep it up bro!!! Love your channel!!!
When you said block, do something when that guy was doing tufbo combos at him that got me Laughing 😂 😂 😂
His nickname is The Muscles From Brussels
15:10 Fun fact: One of JCVD's first appearances was in the dance movie "Breakin'" (alongside the guy playing Tong Po).
When training we would kick shin to shin to build up the bone and basically kill your nerves there.
That doesn't sound healthy.
@@STEJTHEGREATEST depends who you ask my shins being built like that saved me alot of times when someone that is trained that way kicks you in the thigh and that's it which also allows you to stop someone without having to hurt them bad. Think of it as a human stun gun if you will your shins literally become weapons just like a staff or baton.
@@ReymundoCortez We have nerves for a reason, though!!!!
@@STEJTHEGREATEST it's not for everybody and I've never meet anyone that trained Muay Thai that regrets it.
Oh yeah now you got to see Cyborg , death warrant, universal soliders and double impact , those are van dammes greatest hits
It's honestly amazing watching someone react to good, classic action movies.
Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but the dance/exercise Tong Po did in the ring is called Wai Kru.
This was awesome! If you want to check out an underrated Van Damme classic, I recommend "Cyborg". Really fun if you're in the mood for old-school sci-fi/action!
Fun fact Tong Po is played by JCVD's friend Michel Qissi who plays at least 3 different roles in Van Damme movies he play Suan Parades in Bloodsport(aka the guy that gets his shin bone broken by Chun Li) he also plays a role in lion heart
It's a classic! Remember watching it growing up, first time I saw movie about martial arts. "Double Impact" is my favorite JCVD movie; he actually acted pretty good in that movie.
Great video man ! congrats from São Paulo , Brazil !
dude made some entertaining movies in his day but i think his best film was probably Time Cop. it's a seriously under rated scifi movie
one of the best JCVD movies , I have watched this like 10 times
I told you would love it bro thank you for us fans by the way Tong po is a character also from Bloodsport when Chun-Li smash the other guy's foot that was Tong po he was the one that fought the very fight Kumite the first fight oh yeah. His name is Mohamed Michelle of course I can't pronounce his last name but it starts with a Q. Cuz I think he's from the region. Middle East and he grew up with VanDam since he was seven figure that part out. So in real life they were more like brother friends.🤝👍👑🥊🥊🥋🎎🧧 on one last thing the 197 likes was me.
Dennis Alexio, the brother is aVacaville native. Other famous people from this county Pat Morita, Mac Dre, E40, UFC fighter & Filipino American Munoz.
Kickboxer 2 & 3 follow in a story line with this classic, number 2 is darker but number 3 definitely has some depth to it that I know you’ll like.
Also Double Impact is an iconic van damme movie that stands on its own for its story, brutal action sequences and dark theme, all definitely worth a watch if you’d like to follow on from this.
I didn't know when I first saw this film but its funny Van dam and Po were the best of friends when doing this film!
What's funny about kicking the tree with shins is that in real life, some muay thai / kickboxer fighters over the decades have broke their shins in half during fights. And some of these fractures have been video recorded. The inner part of the shin, facing inward, basically has no fat & muscle, so it's just skin, then bone. Feel it yourself. The impact shock of kicking with the shin's inward side is much greater as there is no muscle & fat in that area to absorb the hit against a hard object such as shin against shin, or hitting metal, cement or even live bamboo. This is also why it stings really bad if you hit your front shin on something. Those nerves are there for a reason. You may not get a broken leg on the first few hits, but it is slowly developing hairline fractures. Kickboxers usually try to hit soft tissue of the opponent, but will sometimes accidentally hit shin on shin & that becomes a worry in their future.
me and my best friend use to do that dance every time we went out to a club or parties. never gets old. I and my best friend would watch this all the time. Also, Tong Po was in bloodsport and was the Brazilian fighter who got his leg broken by Chong Li . Great reaction as always. Recommend another classic King of the Kickboxers.
This is one of those bad/good movies growing up. Every time it’s on can’t stop watching
When Bruce Lee said, "Why not take a 45 and end it", in Enter The Dragon, I felt the same way with this guy.
Put it this way, they measured the pressure from a champ muy tai boxer that weighed 145 lbs. The knee strike measured being in a 35 mph car crash.
Fun fact. His brother in the movie was a Kickboxing champion in real life. Dennis "The Terminator" Alexio. If he wasn't undefeated in real life he didn't lose many.
Just looked. 69-1. 63 knock outs. Only one loss.
Man you love these old fighting movies. 🔥
Double Impact, Timecop, Lionheart, Universal Soldiers, Hard Target, Legionnaire, Cyborg... all great Van Damme movies, those are the oldest ones.
3:47 He is doing the "Wai Khru" or "Wai Khru Ram Muay". It is a dance-greeting to respect the sensei, the sport and the opponent and all of their families.
It is not scary, as long as you don`t make fun of it, like some foolish tourists do in Thailand :-( It is just paying great respect, which is a huge thing in their and general south-east asian culture. I`ve watched much Muay Thai in Bangkok and throughout Thailand and it is amazing. I can highly recommend it, if you are a fan of martial arts :-)
*edit* 13:17 I always have goosebumps, when the sensei says that there. This was the turning point for Kurt in this movie. The film itself might feel a bit cheesy nowadays, but still is a classic.
Greetings from Germany my friend
My favorite JCVD film! Glad you watched this.
Another good JCVD film is Double Impact.
Once you've gotten a few of his movies under your belt, and seen the ups and downs of his career (You have to see Street FIghter for cheese), check out JCVD (the movie). And have your mind blown my friend. Ty for the reactions
The guy playing Tong Po played in Blood Sport Bolo broke his leg in the movie he also plays in Lionheart he is one of the guys chasing Van Damn.
Caped Informer, your reviews are grest, i love watching them.
This is the first movie I saw in the theater without a parent/elder. It's a good thing my cousin was always 6'4", and was able to get us in despite the R-rating.
Finally you have done it ! :D Funny thing to me is to see the scenes in Bangkok at the beginning. Never paid attention to it when I was a kid, but since I backpacked all around South East Asia later, it's interesting to see how my crazy Bangkok was in the 80's ! I hope you will do the second movie soon, even if Van Damn is not in it. It's a good one ;)
You're the best movie reactor on RUclips keep up the good work man
Much appreciated bro
The first in van dammes first 3 big films is "no retreat no surrender". He's not in it as much and plays a bad guy, but it's another great 80s van damme movie with great training montages, final fights etc.
I wouldn't count No Retreat No Surrender as one of his first big 3 movies. I'd say Cyborg is the other one.
Hell yeah dude! My favorite JCVD movie.
"Get your tender shins outta here!" 😂😂😂👍
😂😂😂
Stumbled across your channel today great content and a great idea 👍
This is my favorite JCVD by far. That ending is epic!
I write from Rossi, I really love Van Damme, his work, all the films reviewed) good luck to him in the movies and of course in life;)
First Van Damme movie I ever watched. Absolutely love it to this day ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾💙✅🔥
Not going to lie, nothing better to do. Watched a few vids of yours, this one twice. Subscribed! Keep it up.
Tong Po had an extra part on his head to make his head look bigger, his head was too small, lol. The guy who played Van dammes brother, was an actual fighter back in the 80s.
The actor playing Tong Po is the same actor who had the compound leg fracture in Bloodsport.
Lol love that line "what Tong Po did that too,".
Watch the final part of the fight again. Everytime Kurt dominates Tong-Po, Mi-Lee is in the back of every shot watching as her honour is restored and she is revenged by her story-book hubby-to-be!
Because of this movie, we all have known about Muay Thai. Besides it was filmed in Bangkok whereas Muay Thai itself is such a national sport.
Always brings joy to my heart when u hear the obligatory "Damnnnnn" when watching a Van Damme movie.
JCVD was supposed to play the Predator in Predator . He got himself fired on purpose because he was cast in Bloodsport
Double impact will always be one of my favorite Van Damme movies
Another VERY good 80‘s martial arts flick is „Best of the Best“. I‘m sure, you‘ll like it as well.
revenge is one hell of a motivator you will fight anybody or any thing
If you like Van Damme.... then I would recommend Double Impact... for double the fun! (And the smokin' hot girl).
How this movie didn't make your list is blasphemy! LOL
Lol there was a lot suggested
Pretty funny, I forgot how ridiculous this movie was and I enjoyed your one-liners during :D
I've got two review requests. First this film's 1991 sequel "Kickboxer 2: The Road Home" and second would be this film's 2016 remake "Kickboxer: Vengeance" which also has JCVD