Kickboxer: Retaliation

A stylish and enjoyable fight flick with just enough tongue-in-cheek content to keep us smiling.

A very dumb, and very satisfying throwback to a simpler time when American action films were as predictable as they were formulaic.

A hysterically entertaining train wreck.

[A] slam-bang exercise in sequelitis.

Unlike the last movie, which stumbled when outside the ring, [the director] doesn't bog things down with too much plot about fraternal bonding, love interests, or anything that requires an emotion more complicated than punching someone's lights outs.

Story-wise, the movie's not reinventing the wheel, but the combat highlights are many and varied enough to please fans.

There are smarter and more original action films to watch in the world, but few, trashy or earnest, are this consistently entertaining or brute force in their own honesty.

As it progresses, scene after scene in Retaliation are infused with this crazy little thing called "fun", and Moussi feels much more at home than he ever did in the first movie.

This film feels like watching a series of fight sequences that are loosely connected by a wafer thin plot.

Isn't trying to change the action movie game or shake up the martial arts sub-genre. It's just a simple, easy to digest film with a slew of incredible fight scenes.