gorthu
I probably went into this movie with my expectations set too high. James Ryan plays the villain and that is why I was so excited to see it. In case people don't know, he was the star of 'Kill or Be Killed' and 'Kill and Kill Again', 2 of the best American martial arts movies ever made. He plays the villain in Kickboxer 5, and does a fine job, but he is not in nearly as good of shape as he was 15 years prior to when this movie was made. He has not aged very well. Marc Dacascos is the star of the movie and he does a good acting job, but my main problem is that the fights are nothing special. Some good kicking, but that is really all that I enjoyed. The story is not even worth going over. It is pointless. Don't waste your time with watching this movie, even if you are a Marc Dacascos fan. He has a few good moments, and that is the only reason the movie is worth watching.
Rautus
I enjoyed Redempition: Kickboxer 5 has much as I enjoyed the previous films, the fighting was good and the main villain Mr. Nagaal was Pretty good and so was the hero Matt Reeves. The film sees a Professional Kickboxing company called the Nagaal Federation wanting to recruit the worlds best Kickboxers to their company but if they refuse they kill them and that's what happens to David Sloan, the start explains that David has declined their offer so Nagaal tells them to kill him and then while the title credits start we see David Sloan battling a few of Nagaal's men but gets overpowered and killed.We then go to retired Kickboxing Champion Matt Reeves (Mark Dacascos) who discovers his friend David was murdered and when his other friend is giving the offer to join the Nagaal Kickboxing Federation but declines they kill so Matt then goes to get revenge on Nagaal (James Ryan) but Nagaal sends Paul Croft (Geoff Meed) to kill Matt but Paul just used Nagaal to get out of prison and now wants to return home.But it's not long before Matt and Paul are being hunted down my Nagaal's men so they try to escape them and when they go to the casino where Nagaal is Matt confronts him at his estate.Redemption: Kickboxer 5 is a good film that doesn't disappoint with the action. Check it out.
disdressed12
this movie represents the slowest and most boring of the franchise(so far)i also found it pointless and even more devoid of any real story than any of the previous entries.there's some action scenes which are not bad and Mark Dacascos has some good fighting mood and i like his fighting style.he seems able to carry a movie all right,but the movie doesn't carry him.i did like the inclusion of James Ryan (from "Kill or be Killed"(1980) and "Kill and Kill Again)(1981)as the villain of the piece.he makes a pretty good villain and also has a very cool fighting style.but the problem with this movie,besides the hackneyed plot,is it is mostly just a bunch of endless foot chase scenes.in my opinion "Kickboxer 5" is a 4/10
kapecki
Mark Dacascos delivers the moves and his usual workman-like acting job in this utterly predictable martial arts revenge flick. James Ryan is appropriately evil and vicious--until he just caves before our hero. But little, not even the location filming in South Africa, can save this by-the-numbers film, especially with a climax that is...well, just not climactic.
AD
