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Billy Blanks made Tae Bo look like THIS and thought we'd forget?!
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68
Rotten Tomatoes
58
Audience Score
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The King of the Kickboxers (1990)

80s cheese overdosegym rat fever dreamThailand tourism horror

Overview

ActionDramaThrillerCrime

Jake, a New York policeman poses as an actor to expose the making of martial-arts death movies in Thailand.

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Content warning
martial artsfighterrevengepolice surveillancemartial artisttrainingundercover copmartial arts trainingsnuffbangkok, thailand+4 more

Standout Aspects

Practical Effects

Billy Blanks actually terrifying before Tae Bo softened him

Stunts

Loren Avedon doing his own flips while visibly gassed

Best for:Friends: Irony-poisoned pals who scream at bad dubbing·Background: Folding laundry while waiting for the training montage
Heads up:Violence: Fake snuff films within the film, extremely icky conceptually
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Director

Lo Yuen-Ming

ReleasedNov 1, 1990
Runtime1h 39m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelmedium
Imperial Entertainment
Seasonal Film Corporation

Top Cast

Loren Avedon

Loren Avedon

Jake Donahue

Billy Blanks

Billy Blanks

Khan

Keith Cooke

Keith Cooke

Prang

Jerry Trimble

Jerry Trimble

Drug Dealer

Richard Jaeckel

Richard Jaeckel

Captain O'Day

Don Stroud

Don Stroud

Anderson

Sherrie Rose

Sherrie Rose

Molly

Vincent Lyn

Vincent Lyn

Warehouse Fighter #2

Ong Soo Han

Ong Soo Han

Thasi

Michael Depasquale Jr.

Michael Depasquale Jr.

Sean Donahue

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

This arrived at peak Western martial arts video store saturation, when every white guy needed a 'dead brother in Thailand' backstory.

Trivia

Billy Blanks filmed this between his actual competitive fighting career and creating Tae Bo—peak physical condition, peak menace.

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The King of the Kickboxers (1990) Original Trailer [HD]

The King of the Kickboxers (1990) Original Trailer [HD]

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