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Directed by | Albert Pyun |
Produced by | Jessica G. Budin |
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Music by | Anthony Riparetti |
Cinematography | George Mooradian |
Edited by | Ken Morrisey |
Distributed by | Kings Road Entertainment |
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90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor is a 1994 direct-to-video release martial-arts film directed by Albert Pyun. The film is the fourth entry in the Kickboxer series. This was the last film to star Sasha Mitchell, who reprises his role as David Sloan.
The film opens with a recap of earlier events in the series as David Sloan writes a letter to his wife, Vicky. After being framed for murder by Tong Po, Sloan has spent the last two years in prison, while his wife has become the sexual captive of his old nemesis, who has since become one of the most powerful drug lords in Mexico.
After receiving explicit photos from Po of his kidnapped wife, Sloan takes his frustrations out on a fellow prisoner before meeting with a DEA official, Casey Ford (Nicholas Guest), who briefs Sloan about their situation. He reveals that the agency has been unable to apprehend Po by their own means and that Po intends to host a martial arts tournament at his private compound, with the winner earning a match against Po and a $1,000,000 cash prize. Knowing the history between them, Casey offers to release Sloan if he will enter the tournament and eliminate Po himself. Sloan eagerly accepts, using the alias "Jack Jones" to conceal his identity. His first stop is a street fight, where he easily dispatches two street fighters earning him a necessary invitation from a man named Brubaker, who scouts fighters and invites them to Po's tournament.
On his way to the border, Sloan enters a roadside bar and stumbles upon a group of thugs harassing a young woman named Megan Laurence. Sloan defeats them with ease and saves the woman, who is ungrateful for his help and reveals that she is entering the tournament as well. Sloan arrives at the compound and is greeted by Darcy Cove, one of Po's many female sex slaves, who tells him that he must compete in the qualifying matches. Sloan witnesses Thomas, a brutal fighter, take out another young fighter. Then, Sloan is chosen to face Laurence. Reluctant to harm the young woman despite her taunting, Sloan peacefully subdues her. He also meets up with an old acquaintance named Lando Smith, a talented fighter who turns out to be the brother of one of Sloan's students.
At the party of the tournament's seventh anniversary, Bill, Po's right hand man, introduces Tong Po to the crowd; Sloan stares at his nemesis for the first time in many years. Sloan leaves the party soon after to search for his wife, but finds the entire compound to be heavily guarded. Meanwhile, Po offers Laurence a second opportunity to compete, but places a bounty on her head inciting all the other fighters to attack her at once. Laurence holds her own until Po attacks her, prompting Lando to intervene. After a brief standoff with Po, Lando escorts Laurence back to her room.