Villains Beginning With 'T'
Tong Po
Kickboxer film (1989)
Tong Po is a visious kickboxer.
Kurt Sloan is a cornerman for his brother Eric, an American kickboxing champion. Kurt and Eric travel to Bangkok to take on Tong Po, the Thailand champion. However, Kurt and Eric quickly discover that they are outmatched by Tong Po after the first round. However, Eric is too stubborn to give up and returns for round two despite Kurt's urging not to. Eric continues to take a vicious beating, prompting Kurt to throw in the towel. Rather than stop the fight, Tong Po continues and brutally paralyzes Eric in the ring. Kurt vows to avenge his brother and defeat Tong Po in the ring, and goes to a remote area in Thailand to train with a famous trainer, Xian Chow, who helps him master the art of Muay Thai ("Thai boxing"). As he becomes more and more powerful, local Thai mobsters worry that he'll interfere in their work in underground kickboxing and force him into a death match against Tong Po. In what they call the "ancient way" the contestants wrap their hands in hemp rope, coat the rope with resin, and then dip their hands in broken glass to make their hands deadly weapons. In an epic final battle Tong Po and Kurt face off, and in the end Kurt beats Po, victory and vengeance now his.
SUMMARY
ARCH RIVAL : |
Kurt Sloane. |
STRENGTHS : |
Tong Po is a skilled and tough martial artist. He has won numerous fights against hard opponents and is more than capable of taking on the next best to come along. Po is agile, fast, and hits like a mule. His legs are extremely well conditioned - to the extent that he can kick and pound solid beams of concrete and crack them. |
WEAKNESSES : |
After just a few months of hard training the otherwise amateur fighter Kurt Sloane is able to win in a fight against him. |
WEAPONS : |
He imbeds glass into his hand straps whilst fighting so as inflict more damage against his opponent. |
QUOTE : |
"You bleed like Mylee. Mylee... good FUCK!" |
EXTERNAL LINKS
Kickboxer film (1989) - IMDb
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back film (1991) - IMDb
Kickboxer 3: The Art of War film (1992) - IMDb
Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor film (1994) - IMDb
Kickboxer 5 film (1995) - IMDb
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