Kickboxer: Retaliation vs The Message

The Message has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 5.4/10 for Kickboxer: Retaliation). Kickboxer: Retaliation is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 3h 26m. The Message is the older of the two (1976 against 2018). Both are action, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Kickboxer: Retaliation posterKickboxer: Retaliation2018 VS The Message posterThe Message1976
Kickboxer: RetaliationThe Message
Audience score★ 5.4/10★ 8.5/10
Year20181976
Length1h 50m3h 26m
GenresAction, DramaAction, Adventure, Drama, History
Country––
DirectorDimitri LogothetisMoustapha Akkad
Main castChristopher Lambert, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mike Tyson, Sam Medina, Maxime SavariaDamien Thomas, Martin Benson, Abdallah Ghaith, Ali Ahmed Salem, Mohamed El Arabi

Synopsis

Kickboxer: Retaliation

One year after the events of "Kickboxer: Vengeance", Kurt Sloan has vowed never to return to Thailand. However, while gearing up for a MMA title shot, he finds himself sedated and forced back into Thailand, this time in prison. He is there because the ones responsible want him to face a 6'8" 400 lbs. beast named Mongkut and in return for the fight, Kurt will get two million dollars and his freedom back. Kurt at first refuses, in which a bounty…

The Message

In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.

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