1992
Martial Arts Action
So this was supposed to be the sequel to King of the Kickboxers? Well, Fighting Spirit was, I have to admit, woeful; it was also released under the acronym of American Shaolin, and much like the No Retreat movies, is unrelated to the previous films. The score is just horrible to endure, just a jumbled up mess that is enough to make your ears bleed, terrible dubbing. As a sequel, Fighting Spirit is devoid of any over the top quality martial arts fight scenes that the original had, it does a complete 180, it wasn't easy sitting through this movie. It is so shoddy and painful that even the man himself, Loren Avedon has disowned this offering that he advised fans to avoid watching Fighting Spirit. He doesn't have many fight scenes here, and but for the last 10 mins (when he does a flying split kick), he is barely in it as often as I'd hoped he would be. The fight scenes consist of people kicking each other when they are on the floor. Kick of the Kickboxers was so enjoyable that to see it getting crapped on by this poor excuse of a follow-up it does that film a huge disservice. Hate to admit it, but it was far from being up there with The King of the Kickboxers. After enjoying the first film, immensely, this one was an utter disappointment. If, however, you know what you are in for, you might like this one more than me.
Not really, stick with the first film only
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