Dale "Apollo" Cook Movies
- 1996
- R
In this martial arts actioner, a kickboxer's life goes into the gutter after he accidentally kills an opponent during an important bout. Devastated, the distraught fighter becomes a street bum until his brother's murder by a drug-lord rouses him into a frenzy for revenge. Kickboxer Johnny Rider's (Dale "Apollo" Cook) target is narcotic kingpin Rod Sparks (Nick Hill). In order to bring him down, Johnny joins Sparks' organization as a goon. His plans to get near Sparks and destroy him, however, are nearly destroyed when dogged detective Bill Williams (Ron Hall), himself a kickboxer and the brother of the man Johnny accidentally killed, enters the scenario. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dale "Apollo" Cook, Ron Hall, (more)
- 1993
A woman enlists the help of a martial arts friend after her pugilist husband is missing. When the two find he had been involved in a criminally run, to-the-death fighting match, the avenging kickboxer puts his skills into action. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
John Barrett, star of American Kickboxer 1 (1991), is nowhere to be found in American Kickboxer 2 (1993). In fact, much of the emphasis this time is not on the title character, but on the heroine. When her daughter is kidnapped, Kathy Shower calls upon the two most important men in her life. Those worthies are her kickboxing ex-lover (Dale "Apollo" Cook) and her equally athletic ex-husband. Evidently she could never make a commitment-but her two "ex"s certainly can! This film's official title is American Kickboxer 2: To the Death. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1993
This martial arts adventure is set in a post-nuclear apocalypse world where rival gangs use gladiators to fight their battles. Most of these battles are to the death, and the trouble begins when one of the best fighters, Amp, begins objecting to the practice. When he is scheduled to fight his arch rival Mainframe, who enjoys killing opponents, Amp flees into the radioactive wasteland accompanied by a pacifistic Christian girl whose clan was wiped out by Mainframe's men. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1992
A golden Buddha and two kickboxing con men provide the basis of this lively martial-arts actioner that opens during the Vietnam war as three lost commandos make their way though the jungle and find themselves in a cave containing a fabulous golden Buddha. The story jumps ahead twenty years as two con artists Dave and James run a successful scam that bilks gamblers out of their money during phony kickboxing matches. One of the three veterans tells the grifters about the treasure and enlists their aide in getting it. He then draws them a map just before he is executed by the villain McMann's henchmen. Shortly thereafter, James, Dave, and Dave's girl friend, Julie, head for Cambodia. They are pursued by McMann and his deadly gang. The question then becomes, who will get to the treasure first? ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
