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Kickboxer (film series)

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Kickboxer
DVD box set containing the first five entries
Directed byMark DiSalle (1)
David Worth (1)
Albert Pyun (2, 4)
Rick King (3)
Kristine Peterson (5)
John Stockwell (6)
Dimitri Logothetis (7, 8)
Distributed byKings Road Entertainment
Release date
1989–present
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Kickboxer is an American action film franchise that totals seven films. The first installment revolves around a character named Kurt Sloane, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme. Due to opting out of Kickboxer 2 to do the film Double Impact, the second through fourth installments focus on the character David Sloane (played by Sasha Mitchell), younger brother to Van Damme's character from the original. Redemption: Kickboxer 5 (simply titled The Redemption in the opening title card) focuses on Matt Reeves (played by Mark Dacascos), a friend of the Sloan family. After a long hiatus, a sixth entry was eventually made as Kickboxer: Vengeance, which also serves as a reboot to the storyline, with Alain Moussi portraying Kurt Sloane and original actor Van Damme playing his trainer. The seventh entry, titled Kickboxer: Retaliation, serves as a direct sequel to Kickboxer: Vengeance.

Films

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Film U.S. release date Director(s) Screenwriter(s) Producer(s)
Kickboxer September 8, 1989 Mark DiSalle & David Worth Glenn A. Bruce Mark di Salle
Kickboxer 2 June 13, 1991 Albert Pyun David S. Goyer Tom Karnowski
Kickboxer 3 September 4, 1992 Rick King Dennis A. Pratt Michael D. Pariser
Kickboxer 4 March 3, 1994 Albert Pyun Albert Pyun & David Yorkin Jessica G. Budin
Redemption: Kickboxer 5 August 1995 Kristine Peterson Rick Filon Michael S. Murphey
Kickboxer: Vengeance September 2, 2016 John Stockwell Dimitri Logothetis & Jim McGrath Nicholas Celozzi, Ted Field & Dimitri Logothetis
Kickboxer: Retaliation January 26, 2018 Dimitri Logothetis Dimitri Logothetis & Robert Hickman
Kickboxer: Armageddon TBA Dimitri Logothetis

Cast and characters

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Character Original series Reboot series
Kickboxer Kickboxer 2 Kickboxer 3 Kickboxer 4 Redemption: Kickboxer 5 Kickboxer: Vengeance Kickboxer: Retaliation Kickboxer: Armageddon
1989 1991 1992 1994 1995 2016 2018 TBA
Kurt Sloane Jean-Claude Van Damme Emmanuel Kervyn Jean-Claude Van Damme A Alain Moussi
Tong "The Tiger" Po Michel Qissi Kamel Krifa Dave Bautista
Eric Sloane Dennis Alexio Casey Stengel Dennis Alexio Darren Shahlavi
Xian Chow Dennis Chan
David Sloane Sasha Mitchell
Matt Reeves Mark Dacascos
Mr. Negaal James Ryan
Master Durand Jean-Claude Van Damme
Mongkut Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
Joseph King Steven Swadling