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Kickboxer (film Series)
''Kickboxer'' is an American action film franchise that totals seven films. The first installment revolves around a character named Kurt Sloane, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme. Due to opting out of ''Kickboxer 2'' to do the film ''Double Impact'', the second through fourth installments revolve around the character David Sloane (played by Sasha Mitchell in all three entries), little brother to Van Damme's character from the original. ''Redemption: Kickboxer 5'' (simply titled ''The Redemption'' in the opening title card) focuses on Matt Reeves (played by Mark Dacascos), a friend of the Sloan family. After a long hiatus a sixth entry was eventually made as ''Kickboxer: Vengeance'' which also serves as a reboot to the storyline with Alain Moussi Alain Moussi is a Canadian actor, stuntman and martial artist. He plays the lead role of Kurt Sloane in the reboot of Kickboxer (film series), ''Kickboxer'' series, ''Kickboxer: Vengeance'' (2016) and ''Kickboxer: Retaliation'' (2018), a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Worth (cinematographer)
David Worth (born March 2, 1940) is an American cinematographer and film director. He contributed as cinematographer to more than twenty films, including ''Bloodsport (film), Bloodsport'', ''Any Which Way You Can'' and ''Bronco Billy''. He also directed films including ''Warrior of the Lost World, Lady Dragon'' and ''Hard Knocks (1979 film), Hard Knocks'' while also doing a few films with pseudonyms such as Sven Conrad and Jim Hastings. He directed the 1989 film ''Kickboxer (1989 film), Kickboxer''. Filmography * ''Poor Pretty Eddie'' (1975) * ''How Sweet It Is!'' (1978) (as Sven Conrad) * ''Frat House'' (1979) (as Sven Conrad) * ''Hard Knocks (1979 film), Hard Knocks'' (1979) * ''Pink Champagne'' (1979) (as Sven Conrad) * ''Body Magic'' (1982) (as Sven Conrad) * ''Doing It!'' (1982) (as Sven Conrad) * ''Warrior of the Lost World'' (1983) * ''Soldier's Revenge'' (1986) * ''Kickboxer (1989 film), Kickboxer'' (1989) * ''Lady Dragon'' (1992) * ''Lady Dragon 2'' (1993) * ''Chain of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kickboxer 3
''Kickboxer 3'' (stylized on-screen as ''Kickboxer III: The Art of War'') is a 1992 American martial arts film directed by Rick King. The film is the third in the ''Kickboxer'' film series with only Sasha Mitchell and Dennis Chan returning from the previous films. It was also the last film to feature Dennis Chan as Xian Chow. Plot A young woman flees through the jungle while attempting to escape from Frank Lane, an American running an illegal child sex ring operation in Brazil. Upon being recaptured, she is taken back to Lane's home and executed in front of the other slaves, as punishment for her actions. Her body is later shown washed up on a beach. Meanwhile, kickboxing champion David Sloan and his trainer Xian arrive in Rio de Janeiro for a championship bout. Though Xian is mostly interested in training for the upcoming fight, David dismisses the idea in favor of relaxing in the city. While eating lunch, their camera is suddenly stolen by a young thief, and David gives chase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kickboxer (film Series)
''Kickboxer'' is an American action film franchise that totals seven films. The first installment revolves around a character named Kurt Sloane, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme. Due to opting out of ''Kickboxer 2'' to do the film ''Double Impact'', the second through fourth installments revolve around the character David Sloane (played by Sasha Mitchell in all three entries), little brother to Van Damme's character from the original. ''Redemption: Kickboxer 5'' (simply titled ''The Redemption'' in the opening title card) focuses on Matt Reeves (played by Mark Dacascos), a friend of the Sloan family. After a long hiatus a sixth entry was eventually made as ''Kickboxer: Vengeance'' which also serves as a reboot to the storyline with Alain Moussi Alain Moussi is a Canadian actor, stuntman and martial artist. He plays the lead role of Kurt Sloane in the reboot of Kickboxer (film series), ''Kickboxer'' series, ''Kickboxer: Vengeance'' (2016) and ''Kickboxer: Retaliation'' (2018), a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Martial Arts Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (; transliterated as Hafthor in English, born 26 November 1988), is an Icelandic professional strongman, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest strength athletes of all time. He is the first and only person to have won the Arnold Strongman Classic, the Europe's Strongest Man and the World's Strongest Man competitions in the same calendar year, and holds numerous Strongman titles from multiple strength federations, including multiple world records. With 30 international competition wins, he is the third most decorated strongman in history behind Lithuania's Žydrūnas Savickas and Poland's Mariusz Pudzianowski, and in terms of pure brute strength, many strength analysts and strongman experts regard Hafþór as "the strongest man to have ever lived". Hafþór has also appeared in television as an actor, portraying Ser Gregor Clegane in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' for five seasons. He is often simply referred to as "Thor" or "The Mounta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ryan (actor)
James Ryan is a South African actor, writer and director. Career Ryan garnered international attention early in his career, starring in the 1976 film '' Kill or Be Killed''. Ryan appeared as a martial arts fighter in the alternate world film. He reprised the role five years later in ''Kill and Kill Again'', starring alongside ''Miss World'' winner Anneline Kriel. The sequel proved a major box office success for a low-budget South African feature, reaching No. 2 on the American box office and grossing $802,900 after two weeks in American theatres. In 1984, he had the title role in '' Go for the Gold'' which also starred Tamara Franke and Cameron Mitchell. He played the part of a long distance runner called Johnny who lived at home with his mother and abusive stepfather. Two things that mean a lot to him are his girlfriend Trish and his running. He has a solid influence in his champion runner friend Victor (played by M'zwandile Ngxangane). He comes to the attention of Phillip Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Shahlavi
Darren Majian Shahlavi (5 August 1972 – 14 January 2015) was an English actor, martial artist and stuntman. Shahlavi was known primarily for in martial arts films such as '' Bloodmoon'', ''Tai Chi Boxer'', the 2010 film ''Ip Man 2'', ''Beyond the Limits'', ''300'', ''Watchmen'', '' The Final Cut'', ''BloodRayne'', and ''In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale''. Early life Shahlavi was born to Iranian immigrant parents at Stockport, Cheshire, England, on 5 August 1972. At the age of 7, he started studying Judo in a rented acting theatre, where he would arrive early to peek at the actors performing. After discovering the films of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, he dreamed of appearing in action films. He began training in Shotokan Karate at the age of 14 under Sensei Dave Morris and Horace Harvey; and later boxing, kickboxing and Muay Thai at Master Toddy's gym in Manchester. At 16, Shahlavi started to pursue a career in film and got the attention of Hong Kong action cinem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Alexio
Dennis Raymond Alexio (born March 12, 1959) is an American former professional kickboxer and actor who competed in the light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. Starting out as a light heavyweight, Alexio kicked off his career with an extensive, knockout-laden undefeated streak before losing a decision to Don "The Dragon" Wilson in a World Kickboxing Association (WKA) World Super Light Heavyweight Full Contact Championship match in 1984. He rebounded from this by winning the Professional Karate Association (PKA) World Light Heavyweight title that same year before moving up to cruiserweight and taking the International Sport Karate Association (ISKA) World Cruiserweight Full Contact strap. In the late 1980s, he began his transition to the heavyweight division where he won six world titles and was considered the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion. He faced the two toughest tests of his career in 1992 against Branko Cikatić and Stan Longinidis - both of whom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Bautista
David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. He had several stints in WWE between 2002 and 2019. In his acting career, he is most widely known for his portrayal of Drax the Destroyer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014). Bautista began his wrestling career in 1999, and in 2000 signed with the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002). From 2002 to 2010, he gained fame under the ring name Batista and became a six-time world champion by winning the World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice. His first reign with the World Heavyweight Championship is the longest reign for that title at 282 days. He has also held the World Tag Team Championship three times (twice with Ric Flair and once with John Cena) and the WWE Tag Team Championship once (with Rey Mysterio). He was the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble match and went on to headline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Qissi
Michel Qissi ( ar, ميشيل قيسي; born Mohammed Qissi on 12 September 1962) is a Belgian Moroccan actor, best known for his role as Tong Po in the 1989 martial arts film ''Kickboxer''. Biography Qissi was born in Oujda, Morocco and moved to Brussels, Belgium at the age of 2. He began training in boxing at seven years old, and became an amateur champion in his weight class at 17. He also went on to study Shōtōkan Karate, Muay Thai and Kickboxing. He befriended Jean-Claude van Damme at an early age and they grew up together with the same love for action films and training in martial arts. In 1982, Qissi and Van Damme moved to the United States in the hope of becoming action stars. In 1984 they both were cast as extras in the film ''Breakin''', before landing their big break in 1986. After obtaining an interview with Menahem Golan of Cannon Films, they secured a three-picture deal, the first of which was the highly successful ''Bloodsport'', in which Van Damme starred and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retaliation
Revenge is committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of "wild justice" that "does... offend the law ndputteth the law out of office." Primitive justice or retributive justice is often differentiated from more formal and refined forms of justice such as distributive justice and divine judgment. Function in society Social psychologist Ian Mckee states that the desire for the sustenance of power motivates vengeful behavior as a means of impression management: "People who are more vengeful tend to be those who are motivated by power, by authority and by the desire for status. They don't want to lose face". Vengeful behavior has been found across a majority of human societies. Some societies encourage vengeful behavior, which is called a feud. These societies usually regard the honor of individuals and groups as of central importance. Thus, while protecting of their reputatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Field
Frederick Woodruff "Ted" Field (born June 1, 1953) is an American media mogul, record executive, entrepreneur and film producer. He co-founded Interscope Records with Jimmy Iovine and founded Interscope Communications to develop and produce films in 1982, and produced his first hit, ''Revenge of the Nerds'', the same year. He is an heir of the Marshall Field family. Early life Field was born on June 1, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Marshall Field IV, who owned the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1956 to 1965, and Katherine Woodruff Fanning, who was later an editor of several newspapers. Field's parents divorced when he was young. Field's mother then married Larry Fanning, who became Field's stepfather. Field, his sisters, his mother and his stepfather moved to Anchorage, Alaska. Field's mother and Larry Fanning purchased the ''Anchorage Daily News'' from founder Norman C. Brown in 1967. Larry Fanning died in 1971: Kay Fanning continued to operate the paper until 1979 whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
