American Kickboxer (also known as American Kickboxer 1) is a 1991 South African-American martial arts action film directed by Frans Nel and written by Emil Kolbe, based on an original story by the film's lead actor, John Barrett.

Quinn (John Barrett) is the current middleweight kickboxing champion of the world ready to face his next opponent, Chad Hunter (Keith Vitali).

Hunter proves to be quite the opponent with his impressive skills but in the second round Quinn accidentally hits Chad with an elbow while going for a spinning back fist, causing the doctor to stop the fight.

At a party celebrating a new sponsor to kickboxing, middleweight contender and cocky fighter Jacques Denard (Brad Morris) hits on Quinn's girlfriend Carol (Terry Norton).

Denard proves to be a complete showboating type who resorts to using dirty tactics and has felt both the ire of kickboxing promoter Bob Wiser (Len Sparrowhawk) and the heckling of journalist Willard (Ted Le Plat), who did the same to Quinn during his days as a champion.

At another party, Quinn drunkenly confronts Denard and beats him relentlessly using a chair, prompting Carol to leave him.

It was directed by Darrell Roodt and featured John Barrett as the newly titled "Rick Quinn" and Michel Qissi replacing Brad Morris as Jacques Denard, who starts out as Quinn's rival but ultimately becomes his ally when he is forced into a series of fights to the death by a ruthless promoter.

In 2022, the streaming service Swissx TV offered NFT ownership of American Kickboxer to commemorate its 30th anniversary.