Desert Kickboxer
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41% Critic Match

Desert Kickboxer

Navajo... Warrior... Kickboxer. Cross the line of his law and you'll live... to regret it.

4.1 / 10 1992 1h 26mNR English
DramaWesternAction

Storyline

A kickboxing cop abandons the violent life after he accidentally kills his opponent during a match. After quitting, he heads for the Arizona desert to live alone and occasionally work tracking drug runners for the area sheriff. One particularly wily Mexican drug lord, Santos, has been a real thorn in tracker Joe Highhawk's side, so when he encounters the beautiful Claudia and her simpleton brother Anthony running for their lives because she, an accountant, embezzled $20 million from Santos, he decides to help them. This actioner follows what happens next. Along the way, they encounter all sorts of danger, and double cross until the exciting final standoff between the kickboxer and the villain.

Cast & Crew

John Newton

John Newton

Hawk

Lead
Paul L. Smith

Paul L. Smith

Santos

Judie Aronson

Judie Aronson

Claudia Valenti

SD

Sam DeFrancisco

Anthony Valenti

DC

David Correia

Jorje

FA

Frankie Avina

Luis Contreras

Luis Contreras

MM

Michael M. Foley

Bruno

What People Are Saying

2.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Isaac Florentine's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Desert Kickboxer is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker