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The King of the Kickboxers

Year:

1991

Duration:

99 min

Genres:

Action | Crime | Sport

IMDB rate:

5.8

Director:

Lucas Lowe

Details

Country: Hong Kong

Release Date: 1991-08-09

Filming Locations: Bangkok, Thailand

Cast

Actor

Character

Ong Soo Han

Loren Avedon

Jake Donahue

Richard Jaeckel

Captain O'Day

Don Stroud

Anderson

Billy Blanks

Khan

Sherrie Rose

Molly

William Long Jr.

Big Boss (as William Long)

David Michael Sterling

Mr. McKinney

Keith Cooke

Prang

Jerry Trimble

Drug Dealer

Bruce Fontaine

Dan Handel (as Bruce Richard Fontaine)

Patrick Shuck

Young Jake

John Kay

Mr. Director

Michael Depasquale Jr.

Sean Donahue

Dean Harrington

Radioman

Mark Edward King

Policeman

Steve Tartalia

Warehouse Fighter #1 (as Stephen Tartalia)

Vincent Lyn

Warehouse Fighter #2 (as Vicent Lyn)

Mark King

Policeman (uncredited)

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Trivia

Loren Avedon's scene with 'Richard Jackel' was shot completely independently, on separate days, neither Jackel nor Avedon knew how the other had acted it out.

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The character played by Bruce Fontaine exclaims "Hey, he hit me!" after an opponent slashes him with a knife. The scene was originally written so that Fontaine would be punched, but when the knives were improvised, no one updated the dialogue or corrected Fontaine.

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The final battle between Loren Avedon and Billy Blanks took two weeks to film.

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Goofs

Obvious Chinese stuntman at the end of the movie when Loren Avedon is flying through the air while holding the pole.

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Some of the movies Jake watches in New York (featuring Khan wearing a bib) aren't shot until later in the movie (the garage fight scene).

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At the end of the snuff movie shoot in the garage the actor being hoisted up on the meat hook changes from the bearded, brown haired actor to a dark haired clean shaven Chinese stuntman.

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Quotes

Thasi: You're no ordinary fighter.

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Prang: [Prang's training has taken its toll on Jake and he decides to call it quits, puzzling Prang] Why you stop?

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Jake Donahue: I'm listening to a fucking drunk.

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