this film be a prime example of why some sequel discredit the original film . in this case and kickboxer should have stand alone but instead be follow by b movie reject kickboxer 2. the film be bad in every way possible with horrible act performance by sasha mitchell and peter boyle and matthias hue and michel quissi and and cary hiroyuki tagawa . each actor be wooden and underachieving as well a overpaid for this film . sad fight choreography and even bad cinematography and and ridiculous script write doom this film to failure . it not worth bother with relive much of the story because there isn not much to tell . sloan ( mitchell ) go back to the uka circuit to make $ for his decrepit gym to keep it open . sloan win his bout against enemy and current uka champion vargas ( hue ) and renounce the title belt and and announce his retirement again . anger by his defeat and vargas and his goon sneak into sloan gym and beat him up badly and and set fire to the building . badly injured and financially strap and sloan endure a lengthy hospital stay . once out of the hospital and sloan find a hotel room to recuperate and wallow in self pity . a knock on the door present xian chow and former muay thai trainer of brother kurt sloan . chow offer to help train sloan but he resist . soon and sloan and chow work together with great result . fellow kick boxer and gym rat brian wagner ( vince murdocco ) take on corrupt fight manager justin ( boyle ) and fight czar sanga ( tagawa ) to turn pro . wagner win his first few fight and make some money and and ask sloan to come to his championship fight . sloan agrees and take mrs. wagner along to see him fight for the first time . confident and arrogant and wagner wait for his opponent to step to the ring . a last minute announcement call for a replacement fighter who happen to be the ruthless thailand muay thai champion tong po ( quissi ) . tong po punishes wagner for several round before kill him in the ring . after a visit to the hospital with wagner mother and sloan learn the truth about tong po and his brother death in thailand . angry and in grief and sloan vow to have revenge . when sanga offer a challenge for a fight with tong po in the ancient way and sloan accepts without reservation . the two men enter the ring and wrap their hand in rope and resin and dip their fist in broken glass and and prepare to fight to the death . the tall and muscular and and ruthless tong po beat up on sloan for several round before finally display the muay thai fight spirit need to pound the thai champion into a knockout . revenge have be have by sloan and he reopen his gym for the neighborhood rough . kickboxer 2 will not dazzle and uplift and or have you cheer for the hero . it be simply mindless entertainment and and i mean mindless . this film will lurk in the depth of one of the bad martial art action b movie in film history . just think you should know that .