First of all, I daresay that the rating for this movie is too low. I give it a 5 out of 10, which is more in line with the overall quality of this than the measly 3.3 displayed on the IMDb at the moment. It's of course nowhere near as good as the first Kickboxer, but it doesn't have to be. Sasha Mitchell is no van Damme, but he does his job in a way I won't complain about. One of the good things about this is the return of Michael Qissi as Tong Po. This gives a link to the first film and makes the whole thing more interesting. But most importantly, the fight scenes are decent, the plot is not that bad and if you sit back and relax you'll see that this movie is entertaining if you have the right kind of expectations beforehand. Nothing Oscar-worthy, but as a simple martial arts/action movie this is more than OK for a night's viewing.

This was just a dream. What REALLY happened after Kickboxer, was that Kurt and Eric decided to live in Thailand where they opened there own Muay Thai school. Kurt eventually married Mylee and they are still there partying today.As the first movie pointed out, there was only two brothers. There was never a secret brother. The "brother" subplot was used in the first one, even if they did have yet another brother (man what a cheesy, excuse to do a sequel!), they obviously don't care too much about him as they said in the first one "there's only you and me". I can't imagine Eric saying. "Dad was always on my case. But he made me harder. Oh wait on me AND David! I somehow forget that I grew up with a brother here!" Satcha Mitchell is really weak and wimpy looking. He could never be the brother of Kurt and Eric (as Tong Po correctly states in this movie, "You're the weakest of all the Sloanes". That's no bulls**t. It's true). He's really boring and can't act. I would stick to 'Step by Step', Satcha, because as an action star, you're pathetically weak. Kickboxer was a success mainly for the presence of Van Damme. When you put in an unknown actor who's as dull as ditchwater, you know you're in trouble. It basically confirms that this is not a sequel as the actor you see in the flashback is obviously not Van Damme. Maybe this is another person Tong Po fought that was also named Kurt Sloan (cause the Kurt Sloan we know only had one brother, Eric). When you put in a villain that was already defeated (Tong Po), it's kinda mindless. But somehow, despite being soundly defeated, the movie attempts to show him as "stonger than before (how?)" And if Tong Po REALLY killed Kurt (which he didn't, as I said, this film didn't happen), just bashing him up in the end is not getting revenge. Knowing he is a killer, you can only be satisfied if he is killed at the end and gets what he deserves (which he doesn't), so there's no stopping him from doing the same to David Sloan. I could relate to Kurt, I certainly couldn't relate to this "David Sloan". I didn't know who he was and I couldn't care less. I hope the fans of him were just and p**sed off as I was about Van Damme, when he was dumped from the series. The unexciting presence of Satcha Mitchell led to this being a series of direct to video sequels, which he was happy to star in (being a no-name actor). To most of us he's simply making money by being in Van Damme's movies. He wouldn't even have got to be in those without Vann Damme, so don't you dare think of him as the Kickboxer actor. I suppose if David was killed off and it was revealed there was yet ANOTHER brother you'd call it cheesy. Well I found this too cheesy to contemplate. Like I said, this was a Kickboxer imitator, not a sequel. There is no such thing as a "David Sloane". Just Kurt and Eric who are still living it up in Thailand.

The main story has Tong Po's manager trying to bait the younger brother of Kurt & Eric Sloan into fighting Tong Po.The worst thing about this movie is the fight scenes. They aren't bad but 80% of the fight scenes are in slow motion.Dennis Chan reprised his role as Xian and thats a plus as he helped provide the comedy relief.The story was deep displaying the emotional torture of David Sloan. Then there's the human game of chess Tong Po's manager plays with multiple characters.Sasha Mitchell did a exceptional job succeeding Van Damme. This does make the 1st movie seem pointless but its a decent film.

Well, lets get a little backstory in. I loved the first kickboxer, and when I heard there were sequels that didn't even have Van Damme, I was a little worried. But when a video shop in town had a sale, and this was only $1, I thought "what the hell?".About half way through I actually found myself really getting into this movie and the characters, it was flowing really well... I don't know, I am a sucker for B-grade movies ("college kickboxers" anyone?). The fight scenes are a little over the top, but hey, if I wanted to see real kickboxing, I'd watch real kickboxing. For a rushed sequel that was probably only made for the money, and couldn't get the main actor back, so they had to make up some poorly explained story about what happened to Kurt and Eric, this is a surprisingly good movie. If you like kickboxer, you'll find it hard not to have a soft spot for this. And the soundtrack is cool too. Especially the end scene, when that "it's all up to you" song comes on. Pure cheese.I really liked Kickboxer 2: The Road Back, but like I said, the explanation of what happened to Kurt is poor, and the explanation of what happened to Eric (the one with the moustache) is non-existent. We are just told he's dead and thats it.But yeah, if you can get over that, which shouldn't be hard, as they only spend about 5 mins, probably less on it, you'll have fun watching this, and may even watch it again.