The King of the Kickboxers 1990
“In the ring of death, only one man can be king!”
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 99 minutes
- Director
- Lo Yuen-Ming
- Networks
- Imperial Entertainment, Seasonal Film Corporation
What is The King of the Kickboxers?
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Write a factual, original 150-190 word overview of the film "The King of the Kickboxers" (1990).
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1990
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 99 minutes
- Release date
- Nov 1, 1990
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- United States of America, Hong Kong, Thailand
- Studios
- Imperial Entertainment, Seasonal Film Corporation
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
- Updated
At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 6.9/10 from 136 votes
- Episode runtime
- ~99 minutes
- Status
- Released
- Networks
- Imperial Entertainment, Seasonal Film Corporation
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Overview
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Title: The King of the Kickboxers
Year: 1990
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama [1]
Runtime: 1h 39m [1]
US Release Date: 08/09/1991 [1]
Other Date: 1990.11.02 [5]
Plot: Jake, a New York policeman, poses as an actor to expose the making of martial-arts death movies in Thailand [1, 3]. Sean Donahue (played by Loren Avedon), a New York cop, goes undercover in Thailand to avenge his brother's death while breaking up a snuff film ring [4].
Cast: Loren Avedon, Billy Blanks, Richard Jaeckel, Don Stroud, Keith H
Should you watch it?
“A New York policeman poses as an actor to expose martial-arts death movies in Thailand.”
- Features high-intensity martial-arts action and kickboxing sequences.
- Stars Loren Avedon, Billy Blanks, and Keith Cooke.
- Directed by Lo Yuen-Ming.
- It may be dismissed by some viewers as a B-grade action film.
Watch it if you enjoy 1990s martial-arts action and undercover police stories.
It is an action, crime, thriller, and drama film with a runtime of 1 hour and 39 minutes.
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Is The King of the Kickboxers worth watching?
It is considered a hidden gem for fans of 1990s kickboxing and martial-arts action cinema.
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The film has a runtime of 1 hour and 39 minutes.
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