Nomination Year: 2009

SYNOPSIS: You've got to love it when they put a number after the first movie in a series. Alas, it goes downhill from there. Kickboxing champ BJ Quinn starts a fight at a party and kills a guy, and is sent to jail thanks to the testimony of his arch-rival Jacques Denard (and the fact that he's guilty). After serving a slap-on-the-wrist 10-month sentence, BJ is back on the street, but the judge also bans him from kickboxing tournaments for five years. First, he tries to train an up-and-coming young fighter to beat Denard but, when that doesn't work, he finds a loophole to get back in the ring and settle his grudge the old-fashioned way -- with kickboxing!

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It's #1! It's #1! Not only is the film numbered optimistically with a "1," but their big draw is Chuck Norris' former workout partner.

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Frans Nel

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
John Barrett	B.J. Quinn	Gomez in Gymkata, and stunts coordinator on "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers."
Keith Vitali	Chad Hunter	Fight choreographer on American Kickboxer 1, and co-produced Bloodmoon.
Terry Norton	Carol	Teri Harper in Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money.
Brad Morris	Jacques Denard	Did stunts for the Gor franchise.
Ted Le Plat	Willard	Was on "Guiding Light," "Bare Essence," and "Santa Barbara," followed by stints in Bad Movies.
Roger Yuan	Howard	The Master Monk in Bulletproof Monk, Huang in John Wick 3: Parabellum, and Duba Tegin in the live-action Mulan. But he got his start in American Kickboxer 1.
Jeff Fannell	Dick	Small parts in a few action flicks. Mostly with names like "Dick," "Chuck," "Manny," etc.

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