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August 24, 1995. ( 1995-08-24) Running time. 88 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Savate (also known as The Fighter) is a 1995 martial arts Western film directed by Isaac Florentine and starring Olivier Gruner, promoted as the allegedly true story of the world's first kickboxer.
Savate: Directed by Isaac Florentine. With Olivier Gruner, Ian Ziering, Ashley Laurence, Michael Palance. 1865. A young French officer, travelling the U.S. in search of the murderer of his best friend, gets involved in a struggle between poor farmers and a rich landowner.
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- Isaac Florentine
- R
- Olivier Gruner, Ian Ziering, Ashley Laurence
The final scene of Singer being kicked repeatedly about the head is lifted straight from KICKBOXER! Also hanging around is a down-on-his-luck James Brolin, although goodness knows why. For cheap-looking, sometimes violent B-movie thrills, check out SAVATE, an entertaining concoction of diverse elements that actually works.
The movie includes the standard good vs bad and good boy gets pretty girl stories, and the movie reaches a climax at a "tough-man" tournament at the end. A tournament in the wild west with capoeira, kung-fu, savate, boxing etc. Overall the movie is light entertainment with some very good fighting scenes.. (I give it 6/10)
