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Kickboxer 2: The Road Back is a 1991 film as the first in what became a series of sequels to the 1989 film Kickboxer Though Jean-Claude Van Damme was in the original as Kurt Sloan, he was not in this sequel as the action follows Kurt Sloan's brother David (Sasha Mitchell), who had to fight against Tiger Tong Po, the former Thai Champion. In this film, Kurt Sloan and Eric Sloan have already been shot dead at the hands of Tong Po following the events of the first film.
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[edit] ReceptionWith comparisons to the 1989 Van Damme original, the film was not initially well received. TV Guide opined, "From its opening moments it's obvious that KICKBOXER 2 is struggling under the leaden weight of humorlessness. This is the movie that absolutely no one wanted to see: a kickboxing movie that takes itself dead serious."[1] Michael Sauter of Entertainment Weekly wrote "...kickboxers have all the right moves-yet as action heroes, they're practically interchangeable. If any of them is serious about filling Van Damme's shoes, he'd better start working on his style."[2] In the Bad Movie Knights review of the film, there was mixed praise of acting and plot, "...the biggest shock about Kickboxer 2 is Sasha Mitchell himself. Not only is he a decent martial artist but he actually act" and "..there are too many sequences of David soulsearching and way too much padding in the plot which only gives us the required amount of acting. The action, like the original, is exciting, well shot and indeed provide the mediocre rating spelled out."[3] And Matt Cale of Ruthless Reviews was pitiless, "Any hint of a story is mere pretext -- what we paid to see are oily, well-built men inflict a tremendous amount of pain on each other, with the hope that there will be numerous slo-mo sequences where blood and spit fly through the air", and "...Sasha Mitchell gives an unconvincing, mush-mouthed performance as David Sloan..."[4]. Reception as to how a Van Dam sequel was received without Van Damme being in it was summed up by City On Fire, "...Of course the very essence of making a sequel to a Van Damme movie, sans Van Damme apparently pissed off people. I myself am indifferent to the situation but how seriously are we supposed to take a movie, where the main guy's name is Sasha! Especially one who played a pot head on an awful TV show", and "..I for one can say that this qualifies as a guilty pleasure because really, the series is pretty fun".[5] [edit] References
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