American Kickboxer 2: To the Death
1993
Dale Cook, Evan Lurie, Kathy Shower, David Graf, Ted Markland
Directed by Jeno Hodi
One day, a little girl is kidnapped by a group of terrorists/extortionists, led by evil Xavier. The girls mother Lillian, is the niece of a famous rich person, who is forced to give Xavier a million dollars to get her daughter back. Lillian decides there is something she must do about it. She gets her ex-husband, Mike Clark, a tough as nails cop to try to get her back. Lillian also gets her former boyfriend David, a karate instructor, to help. Theres just one thing. Mike and David hate each other. Mike was married to Lillian when she was sleeping with David. Despite their hatred for each other, Mike and David must try to team up and save Lillians daughter before its too late.
PLOT: Think of a usual terrorist movie with a little twist, concerning the heroes (6)
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY: Not enough fighting, especially with Cook, a five-time karate champion (4)

American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
1989
David Bradley, Steve James, Marjoe Gortner, Evan Klisser
Directed by Cedric Sundstrom
Fight Choreographer Mike Stone
In 1979, Sean Donohue saw his father, a karate champ, killed by a terrorist. His fathers master takes him in and he studies the art of ninja. Ten years later, Sean has become a karate champion and is getting ready to compete in a tournament in South Africa. It also turns out an evil madman named the Cobra is in town and he is looking for men to turn into ninja assassins using germ warfare. To stop his reign of terror, Sean must team up with Curtis Jackson, the Army soldier from Parts I & II.
PLOT: Terrorist martial arts thriller with part-revenge (4)
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY: Not too bad, but couldve been better (7)

American Shaolin: King of the Kickboxers 2
aka No Retreat, No Surrender 5
1991
Reese Madigan, Trent Bushey, Daniel Dae Kim, Billy Chang, Cliff Lenderman, Zhang Zhi Yen
Directed by Lucas Lo
Fight Choreographer Corey Yuen
Drew Carson, a martial arts expert, is humiliated in a tournament by an unscrupulous kickboxer named Trevor Gottitall. Drew would find out that his teacher was never a Shaolin monk, so Drew decides to travel to China to join the Shaolin Temple. After many nights of rejection, Drew is finally accepted as the first foreigner to join Shaolin. At first, he finds the training extremely difficult, but would later learn to adjust to his new life. At a local tournament, he would find out that Trevor is also competing. When Drews fellow brother is beaten to a pulp, Drew now must fight Trevor for vengeance and honor.
PLOT: It may have been seen as a revenge film, but as the film rolls on, Drew learns a lesson about life (9)
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY: Corey Yuen did one spectacular job with the fights in this film, especially making Trent Bushey, a non-martial artist look good, as Trevor (10)

Angel Town
1989
Olivier Gruner, Theresa Saldana, Frank Aragon, Peter Kwong, Tony Valentino
Directed by Eric Karson
Jacques is a French martial arts champion who has come to Los Angeles to study at a college and help the Olympic Committee with martial arts. He stays with a family, despite their warnings about living in the barrio. The son, Martin, keeps getting harassed by a gang leader named Angel. Jacques teaches Martin a lesson about joining gangs and the consequences. Jacques himself was a former gangster as a teenager, and he doesnt want his friend making the same mistake. Soon, a war breaks out and Jacques and Martin must help fight off Angel and his gang using guns and martial arts.
PLOT: Not too bad for a low-budget martial arts film (7)
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY: Not too bad as kickboxing champ Olivier Gruner shines in his film debut (8)

Armour of God
1986
Jackie Chan, Alan Tam, Rosamund Kwan, Lola Forner, Ken Boyle
Director and Fight Choreographer Jackie Chan
Jackie is a former singer-turned-soldier of fortune, codename Asian Hawk. An evil group of monks have planned to kidnap Jackies ex-girlfriend Lorelei in exchange for the five pieces of the Armour of God. The monks have two of the pieces. Jackie finds out Dr. Bannon, a respected collector of antiques has the other three pieces. Jackie and Loreleis boyfriend Alan, who was Jackies best friend, meet Bannon and his beautiful daughter, May. Jackie said if Bannon lends him the 3 pieces, he will give Bannon all 5 pieces of the Armour of God. In this adventure, Jackie, Alan, and May must rescue Lorelei and get the Armour of God before its too late.
PLOT: Indiana Jones tribute with all the right touches (10)
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY: A must see as Jackie shines in two extreme fights, one with monks and one with amazons (10)

Armour of God 2: Operation Condor
1990
Jackie Chan, Carol Cheng, Eva de Cobo Garcia, Shoko Ikeda, Vincent Lyn
Director and Fight Choreographer Jackie Chan
The Asian Hawk is now Condor. Jackie is back and his new mission is to help the United Nations locate a military base in the desert that contains gold the Nazis hid 50 years ago. Joining him are 3 beautiful women: a desert expert, the granddaughter of a Nazi commandant, and a Special Forces agent. It also turns out that there are a group of terrorists out to find and get the gold too.
PLOT: Not like the original but pretty good plot (8)
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY: Is Jackie Chan always a delight to watch or what in terms of fighting. Look out for the famous wind-tunnel fight between Jackie, Vincent Lyn, and Ken Lo (10)