Michel Qissi
Actor · b. 1962 · Oujda, Morocco
Movies21
Movie7.1ActionDramaAn American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.
Bloodsport
1988 · 2.3K votes
Movie6.8ActionThrillerIf your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt, American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane, arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless fighter and Thai champion, Tong Po. Tong not only defeats Eric, he paralyzes him for life. Crazed with anger, Kurt vows revenge.
Kickboxer
1989 · 1.6K votes
Movie6.6ActionLyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.
Lionheart
1990 · 1.2K votes
Movie5.6ActionAdventureIn this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po and his managers resort to drastic measures to goad Kurt's brother into the ring for a rematch.
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991 · 208 votes
Movie5.1ActionDramaEric and Kurt Sloane are the descendants of a well-known Venice, California-based family of martial artists. Kurt has always been in older brother, Eric's shadow, as he lacks the instincts needed to become a champion. Against Kurt's concerns, Eric accepts a paid offer and travels to Thailand to challenge the Muay Thai champion Tong Po and fails with dire consequences. Kurt sets out for revenge. He trains with his brother's mentor, Master Durand, for a Muay Thai fight against the merciless champion, Tong Po. Durand first thinks Kurt is impossible to train, but through a series of spiritual exercises and tests, Durand discovers that Kurt has a deeper strength that will carry him through his final showdown with Tong Po.
Kickboxer: Vengeance
2016 · 454 votes
Movie6.7MusicDramaA struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.
Breakin'
1984 · 181 votes
Movie7.4DocumentaryAn American low-budget action film celebrated an unexpected worldwide success in 1988: "Bloodsport". With its, the world of film fans and martial arts cinema discovered a new idol: Jean-Claude Van Damme. In the 1970s there was Bruce Lee, but at the end of the 1980s a Belgian won the day. Van Damme was a karate master and had unparalleled strength and flexibility. For ten years he was one of Hollywood's hottest action stars. But excessive overconfidence and drugs bring him down again. At home in Europe he becomes a laughing stock on talk shows. Only with "JCVD" does he manage to get back on his feet, playing his character with perspective and self-irony, but without ever giving up the reputation that his action films brought him and which has been a cult for several generations. The highs and lows of his eventful life are told through archive footage and contributions from people close to the popular Belgian actor.
MovieActionAdventureIn a world teetering on chaos, elite assassin John Rico is the go-to solution when the government wants threats removed-quietly and permanently. But when a mission goes sideways, he's given one last shot at redemption: track down and eliminate Mason Ryker, the final ghost of the feared underground unit known as The Order of the Dragon. As Rico's mission leads him to a small, danger-ridden town in Serbia, the lines between good and evil begin to blur. Is Ryker the monster he's made out to be, or is there a deeper conspiracy at play? What begins as a black-and-white hit spirals into a moral storm-and time is running out.
Movie8.0DocumentaryExploring the story behind the 1980s cult classic, examining the mix of Hong Kong action with Western storytelling, how Kurt McKinney inspired kids and teenagers to fight back against bullies, how the world was introduced to Jean Claude Van Damme, and how it impacted the VHS generation.
The Untold Story of No Retreat No Surrender
2026 · 1 votes
Movie6.7ActionThrillerWhen shady businessman Ron Hall kidnaps his daughter, retired karate champion Michael Rivers is forced to enter a deadly illegal Kumite tournament in Bulgaria. Enlisting the help of seasoned trainers Master Loren and Julie Jackson, he discovers other fighters face the same desperate struggle to save their loved ones.
The Last Kumite
2024 · 133 votes
Movie3.4ThrillerThe film follows a boat carrying migrants from various African countries through the Mediterranean sea to Italy. When the boat loses orientation and goes off course, things turn violent as the migrants blame the smugglers. After finally making it to shore, the desperate passengers try to evade police and a few manage to get away.
Run
2025 · 5 votes
Movie5.2ActionA vigilante, Franck Denard, is released from prison after serving 10-years for a crime he didn't commit. Discovering he's on borrowed time with a terminal illness, he sets out for one last blood-thirsty fight seeking redemption and vengeance.
Denard: Anatomy of an Antihero
2021 · 5 votes
Movie7.6DramaIn the post terrorist attack, infamous Molenbeek, two brothers are each unexpectedly presented an opportunity, a dream that will forever change the course of their life: a wild card to participate in a tournament in Vegas.
BXL
2025 · 4 votes
Movie4.2ActionBrick Bardo is on a mission to find out which one of the world's greatest kickboxers killed his brother. Five years ago, one of the four champs was fixing fights and set up his brother in the fight that took his life. Now Bardo must take on the gang in the ring for an all-out kickboxing fight to the finish.
Bloodmatch
1991 · 14 votes
Movie4.1ActionKickboxing champ Rick Quinn decides to retire from the ring, but his main adversary, Denard, wants him to fight again and murders Quinn's wife. Quinn suspects Denard, but can't do anything. Three month later, Quinn is jailed after a drunken bar brawl; a rich man named Le Braque bails him out and asks him to fight for him.
To the Death
1992 · 7 votes
Movie5.0Najib, who lives in Morocco, envies his brother, an architect living in France for twenty years. For lack of money, he decides to join the hexagon, but clandestinely. During his journey, he meets Attila, a Turk on the run that will drag him into his shady business. His arrival in France will be far from being as idyllic as he hoped!
Un Marocain à Paris
2012 · 2 votes
Movie6.4ComedyActionIn Casablanca, Ali, Hmida, Mbarek and Messoud are four unemployed youths who spend their time dreaming of a better life in the Netherlands. One day, Hmida falls on a specialist of illegal immigration, Ouchen. The four friends manage to collect enough money only for the departure of one of them, Hmida. Several months later, it still has not given any sign of life. Ali, Mbarek and Messoud discovering that he is not in Holland but in Afghanistan, they decide to go looking for him on the road to Kabul.
Movie4.6ActionThrillerTwo LA cops, Julie and Jay, must return Marsalas to Africa to stand trial as the chief state witness against international villain Alex Gatelee. Gatelee, into everything from gold smuggling to female slave trade, hijacks the party. In a vicious shoot out Julie and Jay overcome Gatelee's men. Gatelee then has Julie kidnapped from one of his nightclubs. He tries to use Julie as bait to get Jay to hand over Marsalas in exchange for Julie...
Terminator Woman
1992 · 8 votes
Movie4.5ActionAn international thief becomes a hero as he seeks revenge against the partner who betrayed him.
Extreme Force
2001 · 4 votes
Movie6.7ActionHector Riviera (Hector Echavarria) is a man with a past. Once a member of a lethal Special Forces unit in the Falkland War, he now lives an ordinary life with his wife and son. Suddenly, his peaceful existence is shattered when he discovers that his best friend Tomas has been brutally murdered by a mysterious hit man known as the Reaper (Ryan Watson). But when Riviera rushes to the side of his dying friend, the police target him as Tomas' killer. Now Riviera must stay one step ahead of the law as he tries to prove his innocence.
The Falkland Man
2001 · 3 votes
Movie4.5ActionA former assassin's comfortable family life is upended when his beautiful ex shows up out of nowhere--with a slew of killers after her.
Killer Ex
2024 · 2 votes