Is Kickboxer actually good?

Kickboxer sits in the 65.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 65.9% of them.

How does Kickboxer compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Kickboxer lands in the 63.0% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Kickboxer's score based on?

137 calibrated reviewers stand behind Kickboxer's score.

1989

global pct

65.9

Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s

Kickboxer

Name: Kickboxer
Genre: Action, Sport, Thriller
Released: 1989

Scored from 137 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

65.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

63.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

84.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

137 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After his champion kickboxer brother is paralyzed in a brutal Bangkok match by ruthless Thai fighter Tong Po, American Kurt Sloane seeks out a reclusive Muay Thai master to train him in the ancient art. Determined to avenge his brother, Kurt must endure grueling traditional training and confront Tong Po in the ring.

Kickboxer (1989) is a film IMDb files under the action, sport and thriller genres.

137 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 140 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus.