Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #97938 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-07-15
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 93 minutes

Customer Reviews

the sequal that's not a sequal
As stated in its title, this is the 2nd film in the American Kickboxer series. This is not the true sequal however, and has nothing to do whatsoever with the first movie. Its sequal is actually titled "To The Death". Now that that is cleared up, this film is rather ok overall.

This is a low budget film starring Dale Cook (Blood Ring, Trple Impact, Raw Target) and Evan Lurie (Martial Law II, Tiger Claws 2, T-Force. If Dale Cook is in it, you can expect lower than your average quality b-action movie. American Kickboxer 2, however, is one of his best films. If it were not for the horrible acting and ridiculous charcaters throughout the film, this could have rated even higher.

The story is about the kidnapping of a young girl, from her mother and stepfather. The mother calls in her ex-husband and ex-lover to assist. One is a cop and the other is a kickboxer. The focus is around these two guys attepting to get along while trying to work together to resuce the girl. The end actually has a bit of a twist, and there is the curiosity of discovering who the real father of the girl is, as it has never been discovered prior.

The last 45 minutes of this film is non-stop fighting. I would say the fights are not very exciting, but there are a heck of a lot of them. From a small gladiator set-up, to a finale on the beach, there's a little bit of everything.

Unfortunately, the production value of this film is weak. The acting is very poor and most of the cast are just cheesy and silly. Tons of action if you are into that, but don't expect any thrilling fights.

mark twain sam australia WA Perth
I liked this movie because it had lots of martial arts action. The plot is about a kidnapped daughter, Lillian (Kathy Shower) is the mother of the daughter and turns to two men who she knows she can count on to help her. One of the men is Mike(Dale 'apollo' Cook)a hard-nosed L.A cop with a reputation of doing things his own way: the hard way. The other man is her former lover David (Evan Lurie) a martial arts expert whose exsplosive temper is a lethal compliment to his formidable skill in kikcboxing. After Lillians daughter is kidnapped the kidnapper Xavier (Ted Markland) will release the kid for a $2 million dollar ransom.

HARD HITTING WITH A SOFT BUT GENEROUS CORE
As the heading says but also quite engrossing too. The viewer does get to know the characters even though much of the film is action. Ironic I know but I have seen slower films that are less engaging both darmatically and emotionally. So it's not a classic but if watched on a staurday afternoon or a tuesday night I guarentee you could spend an hour or two less usefully. The word fun is inadequate and too shiny a phrase perhaps. I would say the word that sums this film up is 'crunchy'. umm... nice contrast of expressions. Look out for the incredible Kathy Shower looking stunning as per usual...