Gayong vs Return of the Kickfighter
Gayong has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.2/10 for Return of the Kickfighter). Return of the Kickfighter is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 50m. Return of the Kickfighter is the older of the two (1987 against 2025). Both are action, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gayong
Return of the Kickfighter| Gayong | Return of the Kickfighter | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1987 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, War | Action, War |
| Country | Malaysia | – |
| Director | Faisal Ishak | Anthony Maharaj |
| Main cast | Yayan Ruhian, Hiromitsu Takeda, Rafique Iskandar, Beto Kusyairy, Nabila Huda | Richard Norton, Dick Wei, Huang Kin-Lung, George E. Mahlberg, Rex Cutter |
Synopsis
Gayong
Biography about the late great Dato' Meor Abd Rahman, grandmaster and founder of Silat Gayong Malaysia.
Return of the Kickfighter
The plot concerns a unit of US marines operating in the Vietnam war during 1970, with the movie opening on a raid in a village. After massacring the villagers, the marines steal the villages gold, much to the objection of their Vietnamese translator and guide. Skip forward past the credits sequence; it's now 15 years later, and members of the unit are getting murdered one by one. This leads to the former head of the group, now a high ranking…
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